Anna H.
Anna H.
This continues a discussion that started last night on another thread. I don't want to hijack that person's thread even more LOL, so I'm making a separate one.
For many years, I have had sparse, but vivid memories of being a Mongol boy. I don't know when this was, but there's a big hint in the fact that the name Temujin, or Ghenghis Khan, means nothing to me. It was about 1206 when he united the Mongol tribes.
Anyway, here's the fun thing. I remember some words in Mongolian. That boy called his uncle Agka Akh, a horse mawr and a boy hfwn. According to Google translate, all these are approximately correct. Even more fun, my made-up word for uncle translates as "mother's brother."
Well, maybe I took three shots in the dark and hit somewhere on the target by coincidence. Maybe. So last night I tested it some more, by modifying a trick Tanguerra suggested. I asked myself what the word for "no" was, then tried to visualize a situation I might have heard it. A visual popped up, of seeing a woman sitting at a cooking fire. A toddler wandered close to the fire. The woman threw her arm up to block the child and yelled something like "Ya'ah!" Back to Google translate, and, interesting, that word is also fairly correct. Also, I came up with "chai" for yes, and that, too, works.
So... It's looking less and less like coincidence. What I'm wondering, though, is this. For several years, I had Chinese neighbors who were very talkative. If the words are similar in Mandarin or Cantonese (not sure which language they spoke) is it possible I overheard them without being conscious of it? If not, if I really remember the words from a past life, then why don't I remember words from any other past life language? What do you guys think?
For many years, I have had sparse, but vivid memories of being a Mongol boy. I don't know when this was, but there's a big hint in the fact that the name Temujin, or Ghenghis Khan, means nothing to me. It was about 1206 when he united the Mongol tribes.
Anyway, here's the fun thing. I remember some words in Mongolian. That boy called his uncle Agka Akh, a horse mawr and a boy hfwn. According to Google translate, all these are approximately correct. Even more fun, my made-up word for uncle translates as "mother's brother."
Well, maybe I took three shots in the dark and hit somewhere on the target by coincidence. Maybe. So last night I tested it some more, by modifying a trick Tanguerra suggested. I asked myself what the word for "no" was, then tried to visualize a situation I might have heard it. A visual popped up, of seeing a woman sitting at a cooking fire. A toddler wandered close to the fire. The woman threw her arm up to block the child and yelled something like "Ya'ah!" Back to Google translate, and, interesting, that word is also fairly correct. Also, I came up with "chai" for yes, and that, too, works.
So... It's looking less and less like coincidence. What I'm wondering, though, is this. For several years, I had Chinese neighbors who were very talkative. If the words are similar in Mandarin or Cantonese (not sure which language they spoke) is it possible I overheard them without being conscious of it? If not, if I really remember the words from a past life, then why don't I remember words from any other past life language? What do you guys think?
