609. Jim Tucker

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Dr. Jim Tucker is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is Director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies, where he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives. He is the author of Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives, a new 2-in-1 edition of his books Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives and Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives, which together have been translated into twenty languages. Websites: jimbtucker.com Division of Perceptual Studies Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded July 31, 2021. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:02:48 - Motivation for Research 00:05:44 - Challenging the Physical Understanding of Reality 00:10:10 - The Evolution of Spiritual Beings 00:14:57 - The Middle Ages and Beliefs 00:22:17 - The Fascinating Case of James Houston 00:25:50 - Paradigm Shift and Understanding the Deeper Nature of Reality 00:29:37 - The Value of Consciousness and Past Life Memories 00:34:09 - Hypnotic Regression and Past Lives Experiences 00:38:17 - Reincarnation stories and choosing parents 00:43:14 - Children's Memories of Past and Future Lives 00:47:06 - Indicators of Past Life Skills 00:50:24 - Birthmarks and Reincarnation 00:53:56 - The Five Sheaths in Sanskrit Tradition 00:57:10 - Hypnotic Regression and Dr. Brian Weiss's Work 01:00:11 - The Potential for Harm and Benefit in Past Life Research 01:03:21 - Disincarnate Entities and Incarnation 01:06:35 - Recent Lives and Intact Memories 01:09:22 - Unfinished Business and Emotional Ties 01:11:59 - Skepticism and Debating Past Life Cases 01:15:08 - Unusual Behaviors in Children with Past Life Memories 01:18:13 - Impact of Past Lives on Gender Development 01:21:25 - Reincarnation and Transmigration across Species 01:24:13 - The Possibility of Consciousness on Other Planets 01:27:51 - The Hollywood Case and Past Life Memories 01:31:21 - Verifying Ryan's Statements and the Impacts of Past Life Memories 01:34:54 - Possibilities of Past Lives and Sequential Reincarnation 01:38:16 - The Malleability of Time 01:41:39 - The Pursuit of Inner Happiness 01:45:56 - A Potential Shift Ahead 01:48:11 - Next episode preview and introduction

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump.
0:27.5	My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.3	Buddha at the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people
0:34.7	and conversations about topics relevant to spirituality and
0:39.4	enlightenment and all that kind of stuff. We've done over 600 of them now, and if this is new
0:45.2	to you and you'd like to check out previous ones, please go to batgap.com, where you'll see them all
0:50.8	organized in several ways under the past interviews menu.
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1:05.7	there's a PayPal button on every page of the website,
1:09.3	and there's also a page about alternatives to PayPal.
1:12.5	My guest today is Dr. Jim Tucker.
1:18.9	Dr. Tucker is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia.
1:21.6	He is the director of the University of Virginia's Division of Perseptial Studies,
1:26.1	where he is continuing the work of
1:27.8	Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives. He is the author of
1:33.4	before, children's memories of previous lives, a two-and-one edition of his books, Life Before
1:40.8	Life and Return to Life, which together have been translated into 20 languages,
1:46.0	and which I downloaded from audible.com and listened to both of them in their entirety over the previous week.
1:54.9	It was very interesting. I've mentioned Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Tucker numerous times over the years on Batgap
2:03.2	whenever the topic of reincarnation comes up because, well, Jim will explain it in a minute,
2:09.1	but let me just ask you a question right now, Jim.
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