You ever see any of these assumed reincarnates (asking about your interaction if any, not trying to say you have to witness it first hand)? Personally I wouldn't see much of them either way where I live.
So far as I'm told all they really have to do is select a certain number of items that were personal to the old lama, personally I doubt this is particularly difficult if you knew anything about the old lama or have the ability to see a pattern in the items.
I don't doubt that THEY think this one person is so special that he shows up repeatedly. I doubt them, they could choose 100 people in a row but, it's still their opinion which means nothing to me.
Really it all sounds akin to claiming I am the antichrist because I am the 13th child of the 13th generation and am also an atheist. I am both of those by the way, including the ever so cool birth pattern. (I may have the exact thing wrong, it's been awhile since I heard it and I rarely think much of it.)
So no I don't think they are lying but, is it THAT surprising that these guys could convince themselves of whatever they wanted? There are people out there that beleive in a literal story of creation, that are so deep into religion that they are willing to starve their own child to death because he would not say 'amen' after eating. It's a true story, he was just over a single year old.
We also spent years thinking the earth was flat, the sun orbited the earth and the moon appearing during the day meant it was time for sacrifice or the gods would burn our crops. These monks WANT to find what they are looking for, and the mind fills in the gaps.
Am I telling you that a bunch of religious monks who are going out specifically looking for a single thing could be wrong? Hell yes I am.
So far as I'm told all they really have to do is select a certain number of items that were personal to the old lama, personally I doubt this is particularly difficult if you knew anything about the old lama or have the ability to see a pattern in the items.
I don't doubt that THEY think this one person is so special that he shows up repeatedly. I doubt them, they could choose 100 people in a row but, it's still their opinion which means nothing to me.
Really it all sounds akin to claiming I am the antichrist because I am the 13th child of the 13th generation and am also an atheist. I am both of those by the way, including the ever so cool birth pattern. (I may have the exact thing wrong, it's been awhile since I heard it and I rarely think much of it.)
So no I don't think they are lying but, is it THAT surprising that these guys could convince themselves of whatever they wanted? There are people out there that beleive in a literal story of creation, that are so deep into religion that they are willing to starve their own child to death because he would not say 'amen' after eating. It's a true story, he was just over a single year old.
We also spent years thinking the earth was flat, the sun orbited the earth and the moon appearing during the day meant it was time for sacrifice or the gods would burn our crops. These monks WANT to find what they are looking for, and the mind fills in the gaps.
Am I telling you that a bunch of religious monks who are going out specifically looking for a single thing could be wrong? Hell yes I am.
