Great article. Science is a method, but unfortunately, many have transformed it into a belief system and an infallible one, at that. So, for them it is effectively as faith based as the religions you mentioned.
Regarding past lives. Through extensive work in this area, myself and clients, as well as plant medicine journeys, I believe that they are actually concurrent lives, all occurring right now and we can tap into whichever one can support us in resolving a pattern in our own lives.
Of course, this is completely subjective, and this is the problem with anything subconscious from the scientific perspective. Most of it is unmeasurable.
Thanks so much for the compliment @eftnow! And you summed it up so neatly too:
That's just it. Most of life is not measurable, but western dogma's have thrown us on a path where we almost believe that if it can't be measured, it doesn't exist. Or in the economy: efforts are only worth something if they produce a measurable gain for the economy. Artists, parents, they produce so much, but economically they don't exist. If one of the kids wants to be a painter, than that's fine as long as he or she also studies for a real profession... Or did you think yourself to be Picasso or Dali..?
This purely material worldview is slowly losing ground though, I'm glad to say. Would these hippies, you know, "The Age Of Aquarius"-kind, be right after all?
Very interesting that both you and @cause-no-harm have the same opinion on multiple concurrent lifes... I've followed you both, and I'm looking forward to an article about this. Really, if you have the opportunity, please share your experiences with us!
Once again, thank you for sharing!
It's a pleasure and thanks for this great reply. I did talk about concurrent lives in one of my podcasts on DLive, but it wasn't a big mention, so I'll go into more detail some time. SOOOO much to talk about :D