Spontaneous Memories of Past Lives with Kelvin Chin

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Dec 12, 2025

Kelvin H. Chin, a meditation teacher and author, shares his extraordinary experiences with spontaneous memories of past lives. He describes vivid recollections spanning various cultures, including his life as a Carthaginian slave and even non-human forms, like an eagle. Kelvin discusses how these memories surfaced through meditation, helping to reduce fear and clarify life’s challenges. He explores the continuity of consciousness and emphasizes the practical lessons learned from these past lives, making them relevant to navigating modern existence.

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Carthaginian Slave Memory Pieced Together

Kelvin reconstructed a Carthaginian slave life over 10–15 years by combining visceral sensory memories with historical research like the Roman corvus.
The memory included sensory details below deck, scars from chains, and being rescued after clinging to wreckage.

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Ancient Willpower Applied Today

Kelvin draws a practical lesson from an ancient life: the mind's power to will the body through crisis is transferable across lifetimes.
He uses that remembered skill to face modern challenges like job interviews and setbacks.

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Sumerian Nickname Match

Kelvin reports blurting phrases in ancient languages and recalling a Sumerian scene where he nicknamed a teacher 'Asha', which later matched the Sumerian word for cosmic order.
He uses these linguistic and contextual matches as part of validating his memories.

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Spontaneous Memories of Past Lives with Kelvin Chin

Kelvin H. Chin is a longtime meditation teacher, executive, and author whose career spans law, business leadership, contemplative practice, and afterlife studies. A graduate of Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law School, he worked for decades in senior corporate and legal roles before founding his nonprofits Turning Within and the Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation. He is the author of Overcoming the Fear of Death: Through Each of the Four Main Belief Systems and After the Afterlife: Memories of My Past Lives, detailing spontaneous recall of multiple lifetimes across millennia. His website is https://www.turningwithin.org/

Kelvin Chin discusses his spontaneous memories of past lives, describing how these experiences emerged naturally over decades through meditation and deep relaxation. He explains how these memories span multiple eras, cultures, and even non-human forms, offering insights into consciousness, the afterlife, and the continuity of mind. Kelvin also emphasizes the practical value of such experiences for reducing fear, cultivating clarity, and navigating the challenges of modern life.

00:00:01 – Introduction
00:01:47 – Spontaneous reincarnation memories begin
00:04:00 – Meditation origins and early TM journey
00:07:16 – First spontaneous past life experiences
00:13:40 – Interpreting subjective memories
00:23:17 – Carthaginian slave lifetime
00:31:01 – Lessons carried into the present
00:33:24 – Ancient memories thousands of years old
00:38:19 – Nonhuman and off-planet experiences
01:00:14 – Conclusion

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(Recorded on November 18, 2025)

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