Cyclical rebirth / reincarnation

“Can I plan my next reincarnation?”

Context: The experiencer, during an NDE as a child, explicitly asks the being of light about planning a future reincarnation and then proceeds to select a specific location in Japan for rebirth.

Review note: The passage contains extensive first-person experiential content about planning a future incarnation—including choosing a location, glimpsing a future life, and discussing conditions of rebirth—directly satisfying the claim's inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I remember dying in my previous life. It was from a drug overdose. I won't get into the details, but I do remember it clearly.”

Context: The experiencer explicitly recalls dying in a previous life and then describes the entire rebirth process including choosing parents, reviewing karma from past lives, and incarnating into a new body.

Review note: The passage contains extensive first-person experiential content directly affirming cyclical reincarnation: recall of a past life death, a between-life planning stage, karma review across past lives, choosing a new incarnation, and being born into the current life — fully matching the inclusion criteria, and I agree with the prior verdict.

“I was told the next time would be my choice. I understood that meant I would not have to incarnate on earth again, unless I wanted to.”

Context: The experiencer is told by the entity that future incarnation will be optional, explicitly framing reincarnation as a cyclical, repeatable process.

Review note: The passage contains extensive first-person experiential content meeting every inclusion criterion: prebirth planning, being shown multiple life options on screens, recognition of past lives (Native American and Medieval), a soul showing its future earthly appearance, and an explicit statement about future incarnations being the experiencer's choice—all affirming reincarnation as a cyclical patter

“Then other lives lived started to appear in a visual format. Each life appeared in a bubble; the entire life from beginning to end, in an instant, with awareness of every moment of that life as if it was just lived from birth to death. There were many lives, too many to count.”

Context: After observing the perfection of the life just lived, the experiencer is then shown multiple past lives in visual bubble format during the NDE.

Review note: I agree with the prior verdict: the passage contains explicit first-person experiential content of being shown past lives during the NDE, directly satisfying the inclusion criteria for cyclical rebirth/reincarnation, further reinforced by the statement 'Reincarnation is part of the human experience' and the being's promise 'This is the last time you will have to return.'

“I could decide what gender I wanted, I still remember thinking it over and I decided to become a man. Becoming a woman was tempting but I decided that I could leave that for my next life.”

Context: The experiencer recounts planning their current incarnation in the afterlife, explicitly referencing a 'next life' and having chosen a prior life, establishing a cyclical reincarnation pattern.

Review note: The passage contains first-person experiential testimony of recalling a past life's death, planning the current life with a spirit guide, choosing gender, selecting a spouse across multiple lives, and explicitly referencing a future 'next life,' all of which directly affirm the cyclical rebirth/reincarnation claim; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I knew I would always have to return to Earth until I had completed the task the beings had told me I was supposed to do. I realized I had tried this many times before, and with each life, I had failed.”

Context: The experiencer recounts a first-person NDE in which they learn they have lived multiple past lives and must keep reincarnating until a mission is completed.

Review note: The passage contains explicit first-person testimony of cyclical reincarnation—multiple past lives, repeated returns to Earth, a pre-birth planning space, and the expectation of future incarnations—fully satisfying the claim's inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I saw my previous life. I am in my fifth life-time on earth.”

Context: After reflecting on the meaning of the four rooms she saw during her NDE, the experiencer concludes she has lived before.

Review note: The passage contains explicit first-person experiential claims of having seen a previous life and being in a fifth lifetime, directly satisfying the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“It is his time to be born again. If not to you, then to someone else.' I instantly knew that reincarnation was real.”

Context: During her NDE, Beings communicated to the experiencer that the baby would be reborn, and she gained direct experiential certainty about reincarnation.

Review note: The passage contains first-person experiential content where Beings explicitly tell the experiencer about rebirth during her NDE and she states she 'instantly knew that reincarnation was real,' satisfying the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I remember choosing my life. I didn't want to miss out since everybody was doing it. The beings with me were male energy to my right and female energy to my left. I was presented with thousands of different planets, and worlds to live in.”

Context: The narrator describes a pre-incarnation process as an orb waiting in line, selecting a planet, family, and life to enter, culminating in being born on Earth.

Review note: The passage contains extensive first-person experiential content of choosing and entering a specific incarnation—including selecting a planet, family, and life script—which directly supports the claim of cyclical rebirth/reincarnation as defined; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I decided to take this life. I have had this memory for as long as I can remember, and though it is foggy, I can still remember most of the detail. I have found throughout my life I have come across certain events, that remind me of the movie I watched before I choose this life.”

Context: The experiencer describes a pre-birth memory of choosing their current life in a hall of reincarnation, with supporting beings, after watching a preview of it from birth to death.

Review note: The passage contains explicit first-person experiential content of a pre-birth life-selection process in a 'hall of reincarnation,' with the experiencer stating they chose this life and intend to return, directly supporting the cyclical rebirth/reincarnation claim; I agree with the prior verdict.

“it was determined that they would attempt an immediate reincarnation”

Context: After a council meeting of Masters and Angels, they decided to attempt an immediate reincarnation for the experiencer due to the impact of her encounters on her essence.

Review note: The passage explicitly states in first-person NDE testimony that the divine council determined the experiencer would undergo 'immediate reincarnation,' and further details her agreement to 'take on this new contract' and return in a reborn state, directly meeting the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“later during reincarnation sessions I discovered gaps between my lives. The feeling in these gaps is exactly the same as during my experiences, for me these gaps feel like the moment to choose where I will be born the next time. I also think I can choose my parents and the moment when I get into my new body”

Context: The experiencer describes first-person awareness of gaps between lives encountered during reincarnation sessions, explicitly framing them as moments to choose the next birth.

Review note: The passage contains direct first-person experiential content affirming cyclical rebirth — the experiencer discovered past lives, experienced inter-life gaps, and describes choosing the next incarnation, clearly meeting the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I understood that all the souls go through a very long learning process and that we all live multiple lives. In fact, the number of lives is enormous.”

Context: The experiencer describes direct first-person understanding received during the NDE about souls living multiple lives as part of a learning process.

Review note: I agree with the prior verdict: the passage contains explicit first-person experiential content affirming cyclical reincarnation (multiple lives as a learning process), and additionally the mystical being tells the experiencer her future children 'were waiting to reincarnate' as her children, further supporting the cyclical rebirth claim.

“My experience relates to memories I still have about my life before this incarnation.”

Context: The experiencer opens by explicitly framing the entire account as pre-birth/pre-incarnation memories, then describes planning their next life in detail including selecting sexuality, reviewing life previews, and being briefed for an earthly mission.

Review note: The passage directly affirms the inclusion criteria through first-person testimony of pre-birth planning and incarnation into a new life, including a parenthetical reference to 'a previous lifetime' ('probably a subconscious memory carryover from a previous lifetime'), which together constitute experiential content about cyclical reincarnation; I agree with the prior verdict.

“This is the place of reincarnation. The beginning and the end of wisdom.”

Context: The old man explains to the experiencer where they are, describing the puddles as places where souls are disassembled and recombined into new souls.

Review note: The passage contains first-person NDE testimony where the experiencer is explicitly told they are in 'the place of reincarnation' and given a detailed explanation of how souls are disassembled and recombined into new souls, directly satisfying the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict, though I note the old man also says 'that has nothing to do with you,' slightly complicating persona

“They reminded me that I had chosen to be incarnate on Earth and that I had to go back.”

Context: The experiencer is told by three beings of light that she had previously chosen to incarnate on Earth and must return, implying a pre-birth planning process consistent with cyclical reincarnation.

Review note: The passage directly affirms the claim through first-person experiential testimony: the beings explicitly remind the experiencer of a prior choice to incarnate, which constitutes an encounter with the rebirth/incarnation planning process as defined by the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“Until that training is completed, the cycle of reincarnation continues—and this was the starting and ending point of that.”

Context: The experiencer describes understanding, during the vision of the great tree of light, that souls undergo repeated cycles of reincarnation until their training is complete.

Review note: The passage contains first-person experiential content explicitly describing the cycle of reincarnation as encountered during the NDE vision, including the additional detail that 'a soul is born in proximity to souls it connected to in previous lives,' meeting the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“I remembered the memory I had before I was born -- I was looking down on planet earth from this ethereal place... So as I was joking with my buddies, I felt ready to go back (in my previous life, I had died in a world war with a bullet to the head).”

Context: The experiencer recalls a pre-birth memory of choosing to incarnate and explicitly references a previous life death, demonstrating the cyclical reincarnation pattern.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. The passage contains explicit first-person experiential content of both a past life ('in my previous life, I had died in a world war with a bullet to the head') and pre-birth planning of the current incarnation, directly meeting the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“Someone, or something, was suddenly and without any introduction, presenting my different lives to me. I saw a blonde female, she was heavier than I was in this life, she was outgoing, she was bubbly and happy... I understood that this was me. I didn't see her life as a good or a bad thing, this was just one of my lives.”

Context: The experiencer describes being shown multiple past lives during an out-of-body/NDE state, explicitly understanding each figure as a version of herself.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. The passage contains direct first-person testimony of the experiencer being shown multiple past lives understood as her own incarnations, explicitly framed as cyclical simultaneous lives, fully meeting the inclusion criteria; I agree with the prior verdict.

“it was as if something else in side me, was speaking an a strange language but I understood it to be a recounting of this and past lives, kind of like and introduction to someone else... At a certain point I met someone who seemed to be there to assist me in deciding whether I should come back in this life or start all over in another... I remember choosing my parents for their personality and kindness. On a certain level I'm pretty sure I chose to have asthma to keep me from making the mistakes of another life.”

Context: The experiencer directly describes past lives being recounted, a guide helping decide whether to continue this life or start over in another, and pre-birth choices including selecting parents and designing circumstances to avoid repeating prior-life mistakes.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. I disagree with the prior 'mentions' verdict and upgrade to 'supports': the passage contains multiple explicit first-person experiential claims affirming cyclical reincarnation — recounting of past lives during the NDE, a guide facilitating the choice to continue this life or 'start all over in another,' and remembered pre-birth choices of parents and life condition

“My Guide asked me if I was sure about the long list of things I wanted to experience this time coming to Earth. The Guide and I didn't talk out loud, we communicated by hearing each others thoughts. My Guide asked me if I was sure about the long list of things I wanted to experience and reminded me of how challenging like on Earth can be but I did not remember my past lives at all and I wanted to feel all the feelings. Now I remember 3 of my past lives.”

Context: The experiencer describes a pre-birth planning session with a Guide between lives, explicitly referencing past lives and choosing to return to Earth.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. The passage clearly affirms cyclical reincarnation through first-person experiential content: the narrator recalls planning a new incarnation with a Guide between lives and references both past lives and a decision to return to Earth, fully meeting the inclusion criteria for 'supports'; I disagree with the prior 'mentions' verdict, which was too conservative given t

“He asked us what we wanted to do in our next life and I remember saying I wanted to be popular and rich and then quickly changed my mind and said no I want to learn life's lessons.”

Context: The experiencer describes a pre-birth scene where an unseen being asks her and another child what they want to do in their next life, and she actively participates in choosing her life's purpose.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. The passage contains a verbatim first-person account of pre-birth planning of a next life, directly matching the claim's inclusion criteria for 'encountering the planning of a next life'; I disagree with the prior's downgrade notation and find this clearly 'supports' rather than merely 'mentions' given the explicit, detailed experiential content.

“one theory I have is I could have been in like a character choosing screen like you see in video games, there could have been other lives I could have gone into as well.”

Context: The experiencer speculates post-experience about possibly choosing from multiple lives before birth.

Review note: I agree with the prior verdict: the passage touches on the concept of choosing between multiple possible lives (a reincarnation-adjacent idea) but this is explicitly framed as post-experience theorizing ('one theory I have') rather than actual experiential recall of past lives, being shown past lives, or being told about future rebirth, so 'mentions' rather than 'supports' is appropriate.

“before I was born I was sat down and shown what my life was to be in like a movie format... After that I was "told" that I would now have to go and live my life... so angry that I had to live being a child AGAIN.”

Context: The experiencer describes a childhood dream in which she recalls pre-birth planning and expresses anger at having to incarnate as a child 'AGAIN,' implying prior lives.

Review note: downgraded: quote not verbatim. The passage contains first-person experiential content affirming pre-birth planning and the word 'AGAIN' strongly implies a cyclical rebirth pattern, meeting the inclusion criteria; I disagree with the prior's 'mentions' downgrade and upgrade to 'supports' because the verbatim quote directly affirms the claim of encountering the planning of a next life and implies c

“Everyone has had past lives on Earth. How you have been in your last life determines how your next life will be. Your last life determines your next life.”

Context: These statements appear in a numbered list of ideas the experiencer says 'emerged in my mind' years after the OBE (2001-2005), explicitly framed as post-experience reflections rather than content witnessed or communicated during the OBE itself.

Review note: I disagree with the prior verdict of 'supports' because the inclusion criteria require first-person NDE/OBE testimony referencing past lives or rebirth as experiential content (e.g., 'I saw my past lives'), but the reincarnation statements are explicitly framed as post-experience ideas that 'emerged in my mind' years later, not as something the experiencer was shown, told, or recalled during the O

“They said to me that they weren't going to give me the choice of another body as time was short. I should look for my wisdom, and my studies, to others, and through them utilise the same body, but re-energise. It was another life but in the same body. I would take the previous life as a past life.”

Context: After years of post-NDE spiritual study, the experiencer describes guidance from the Beings about her path forward.

Review note: I agree with the PRIOR verdict of 'mentions': the passage uses reincarnation-adjacent language ('another life,' 'past life,' 'choice of another body') and explicitly frames the current life as a new life superseding a past one, but the mechanism described is metaphorical/energetic rebirth within the same body rather than literal cyclical reincarnation into a new body, making it too ambiguous to 's

“I believe I was deciding whether to choose my parents.”

Context: The experiencer interprets their pre-birth memory as evidence of reincarnation and a pre-birth choice of parents.

Review note: I agree with the prior verdict: the passage touches on reincarnation through a post-hoc interpretive belief ('I believe I was deciding whether to choose my parents') rather than a direct experiential encounter with past lives, future incarnations, or the rebirth process itself, so 'mentions' is correct rather than 'supports'.

“During your experience, did you encounter any specific information / awareness that you either did (or did not) exist prior to this lifetime? Yes Yes, the entire experience happened when I was being born. Before this lifetime.”

Context: The experiencer confirms awareness of pre-birth consciousness and a decision/plan to enter this life, but does not explicitly recall past lives or reference a cyclical pattern of multiple rebirths.

Review note: I agree with the prior verdict of 'mentions': the passage describes pre-birth consciousness and an agreement to be born as part of a plan, which touches on reincarnation themes, but it focuses on a single incarnation decision without explicit recall of past lives or a cyclical rebirth pattern, falling short of 'supports'.

“I realized that I chose to come here to earth, but instead of making it a good place to come and learn, I made it into a Hell.”

Context: The experiencer reflects during her NDE on having chosen to incarnate on earth, framing it as a place to come and learn.

Review note: I disagree with the prior verdict of 'supports': while the passage includes first-person experiential content about choosing to come to earth and choosing to return, this reflects a single incarnation choice and a single return decision rather than a cyclical pattern of reincarnation; the claim definition requires reincarnation as a cyclical pattern, not a one-time choice, so 'mentions' is more ap

“Together,' he said, 'you made a covenant to fill these rolls in each other's Earth life.”

Context: The being tells Laura that her infant son chose her to be his mother and that they made a pre-incarnational covenant to fulfill roles in each other's Earth life.

Review note: The passage describes pre-birth soul covenants and soul choice of incarnation ('your infant son chose you to be his mother'), which touches on reincarnation themes but does not explicitly reference past lives, future rebirth cycles, or conscious recall of previous incarnations as required by the claim definition; I agree with the prior verdict of 'mentions' rather than 'supports'.