Reincarnation or Resonance? with Vernon Neppe and Ed Close

Vernon Neppe, MD, PhD, FRSSAf and Ed Close, PhD, are the joint authors of the book, Reality Begins with Consciousness. This book elaborates their theory consciousness in the universe. Both have been interviewed multiple times about their work on this channel.

In this video, both Neppe and Close share their thoughts on the reincarnation process as it appears in their own lives, and in terms of their philosophical understanding.

00:00 Introduction
04:54 Conscious memories of past-lives
14:29 Ed Close and Pierre de Fermat
20:39 Vernon Neppe and Georg Cantor
27:49 Reincarnation and physics
35:12 Reincarnation or resonance?
44:36 The finite and the infinite
52:05 Conclusion

Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and Swedish.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

(Recorded on June 7, 2024)

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[Delta_Tesseract]

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Many blessings and much love to one and all.
May all sentient beings awaken to the light of their true nature,
May all beings realize they have always been free from suffering.

[Deborah-nxkr]

Thank you so much for this. Totally fascinating.

[mortalclown]

Polymaths are fascinating anyway, but Prof. Close takes 'wisdom of the elders' to the next level. Riveting talk. Thank you all.

Edit: Just looked up Fermat from a 17th century painting,
and the resemblance to Dr. Neppe is a bit uncanny.

[erReefer]

Amazing Jeffery!!! Love your work and who you decide to showcase. Much appreciated!

[luigifilippodl]

I have wanted to read their book for many years!

[jph]

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NTA is one of my favourite podcasts and if you will allow me I would like to make a suggestion. I find the stark black background contrasting with Jeff's face a bit harsh on the eyes. I was just watching another podcast that is a recent start up and one can see right away the attention they put into getting the lighting right, to make it easy on the eyes. This is just a suggestion that may help to make NTA a better visual experience. Thanks . . . Joe

[richter]

I have a vague memory of my father (who's just a fundamentalist Christian and not really very spiritually oriented at all) telling me a story when I was a boy. He said he was travelling through some small town in North Carolina. He said he'd never been there before, but he intuitively knew all the streets and the town in general, but he didn't know HOW he knew. From what I remember he was very disturbed by this. It left a deep impression on me. I tried to get him to tell me about it again a few years ago but he refuses to.

[michaelearendil]

Dr Michael Newton's books seem to indicate a between-lives meeting with spiritual guides who advise on the next life.

[deborahbayer]

Thank you, gentlemen. I am going to happily watch this again--so much to contemplate 🙏

[priapsus]

I am afraid some people might get lost in the technical language, but this was a great interview. I will indeed check out the book and other videos.

[missh]

So ... He too knows the drunk who looks for lost keys under a lamp post also the person who is a table lamp and a spark who is capable of illuminating the dark.

[joerivera]

Mr. Close said something profound to me about (paraphrasing) The spiritual evolution of consciousness is the basis of all forms of spiritual growth and expansion of understanding. 😮 👍🏼😃

[boshmow]

In a clairaudience session with a long dead English doctor over a period of 30 years, this was revealed.

Reincarnation does not exist. In the process of preparing a spirit for incarnation on earth, we are endowed with previous incarnates experiences. The oversoul decides which experiences we receive. Generally most people don't experience any bizarre memories or dreams but occasionally children have memories that are unexplainable. The Akashic Record is the source of all experience and is what remote viewing taps into as well as those with psychic abilities. This indicates that consciousness is not local.

[mikelis]

"space/time is a geometry of mass, energy and consciousness, but not to go too far afield.... " could you do another video with Ed going far afield with this.

[arcocarib]

These two guys are very original thinkers. I don't exactly know what they mean by 'Gimmel', but a lot of the stuff they talk about makes sense.

[lindaraereneau]

Yes, "akasha" translates as "luminous space, ground radiance, primordial matter." It was said in the sutras to penetrate everything, to be inside and outside of everything, to be everywhere in all of existence.

[bennguyen]

Regarding the 5m mark, the linked interview (Mathematics and the Physical Universe with Edward R. Close), doesn't mention Kriya Yoga at all. Is there another video where Ed talks about this?

BTW, regarding reincarnation, some cases I've seen, suggests some elements of personality (likes, dislikes, etc) do carry over.. i.e. it's not just spiritual evolution devoid of earthly matters.

[luisuriashermosillo]

Excellent!! Ed made clear withYogananda, how to percieve life manifestations. !!!!