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Reincarnation:
Child Prodigies Explained?
By
Jill H. Lawrence
What can possibly explain a child prodigy? How in the world can
a four-year-old play the piano like a seasoned concert pianist?
How can a five-year-old be so eloquent and so comfortable with
the limelight that they capture the hearts and minds of their
audiences? No cogent answers are offered by pondering pundits,
only clumsy attempts at rationalization. In mid-May, Time Magazine
ran a comprehensive article on child prodigies which came to no
conclusions regarding an explanation. Nonetheless, there were
references to 'cosmic happenstance,' 'gifted by genetic
accident' and 'miracles of nature.' Buddhist and Hindu
journalists would not be so hampered, not to mention one-third
of all U.S. Christians. They'd cite reincarnation as the causal factor.
So would Walter Semkiw, MD. Semkiw's new book, Return
of the Revolutionaries, shows how facial architecture,
writing styles, interests, personality traits, loved ones and
close associates often follow from lifetime to lifetime. Child
prodigies would be the most extreme form of carryover from past
lives.
But until Semkiw, people have only been able to hypothesize about
past lives and their impact on present day incarnations including
child prodigies. But Semkiw's book compares people today with
who they used to be in an effort to make clear cases of reincarnation.
Take Oprah Winfrey, for example. She was a child prodigy. Her
stage presence and eloquence was apparent when she was just a
toddler. She wowed church goers with her abilities. What else
other than reincarnation could be the explanation for such ability
at such a tender age?
In Return of the Revolutionaries, Semkiw points out that he believes
Oprah was a significant historical figure at the Constitutional
Convention, an Abolitionist and a highly persuasive debater and
orator. Her name was James Wilson, a Scottish immigrant born in
1741 who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1765.
Wilson/Winfrey built a successful law practice in the US, taught
English literature at the College of Philadelphia (Oprah teaches
at Northwestern University) and became actively involved in the
revolutionary movement. In fact, Wilson signed the Declaration
of Independence.
Later Wilson was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of
1787 and was one of the most influential participants only
superceded by James Madison. Interestingly, Elbridge Gerry/Gary
Zukav was the only other party of equal standing at the Constitutional
Convention. Of course, Zukav has been a frequent guest on The
Oprah Winfrey Show.
George Washington appointed Wilson as one of the original justices
of the Supreme Court. Like Winfrey, Wilson was a great speaker.
As Semkiw points out in his book, One historian writes, “Wilson
was one of the early congress's greatest orators.” Thomas
Kindig comments, “James Wilson's power of oration, the
passion of his delivery and the logic he employed in debate, were
commented on favorably by many members of Congress.” This
mirrors Oprah's style. James Wilson was repeatedly chosen
to speak at public gatherings, much as Oprah was chosen to speak
from an early age. It appears that Oprah's gift for oration
is a continuation of James Wilson's talent with words.
In addition, the photographic comparison of present-day Winfrey
with James Wilson is compelling. The eyebrows are identical as
are the chins. And although the nose and lips are not mirror images,
the overall facial architecture is.
 Semkiw
points out in his book that Wilson/Winfrey was closely affiliated
with Robert Morris/Shirley MacLaine, who founded the Bank of North
America, and made James Wilson/Oprah Winfrey a director of the
bank. He mentions in the book that Winfrey/Wilson was a big spender,
but more in terms of business ventures and land speculation. Wilson/Winfrey
demonstrated sagacious business acumen and even purchased frontier
land with Robert Morris/Shirley MacLaine where the city of Chicago
later developed. Of course, Winfrey's greatest success has
been spawned in Chicago.
Semkiw makes his case even more tantalizing by noting that both
Winfrey and Wilson “demonstrated an inclination for weight
gain.”
Winfrey, Semkiw points out, has shown a natural gift for speech
and oration this lifetime. At the age of three, she gave a recitation
to her church's congregation which earned adult praise. “At
seven, in the third grade, she was paid $500 to give a speech
to a church group, an amazing accomplishment for someone born
into poverty and raised on a pig farm.” Certainly 'child
prodigy' would be a term that applies to Oprah. Thanks to
the lifetime of James Wilson, it is clear where her prodigious
talents come from. It's not attributable to a 'miracle
of nature,' or a 'cosmic happenstance,' but rather
the law of reincarnation.
Jill
H. Lawrence is President of Ruby Slippers, Inc. specializing in
print and broadcast communication. Her Wisdom Radio show, Jill
& Friends, is broadcast online as well as on Sirius Satellite
Radio, stream 143
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