Past Lives

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January 18, 2004

Who were you?

There are many sites, books and tapes about past lives. My favorite tapes to use are the past life tapes by Dick Sutphen. I've used them many times to view glimpses of former lives. The information I've gained was very valuable to my present situation. THIS is what's important.

It's very easy to get hung up on past lives. Are they real? Can you prove it? What do you do now about someone who wronged you before? What do you do now about someone you loved/married before?

First of all - this information is only useful if it can help you in the here and now.

There's a reason we don't consciously or easily remember former lives. Some of them are very painful. Some of them are very pleasant. The painful ones would haunt us and the pleasant ones would make us yearn for yore. That's not useful and certainly not helpful. So it has come to pass that it takes much effort to recall previous incarnations.

Now the question: Is it real? I answer with: Does it matter? If your purpose for exploring is to learn, isn't the learning the meat of the matter? If you have a situation in your life and you watch a movie and learn how someone else dealt with the same situation that you're experiencing - does it matter that it's only a movie? If you're able to see things from a different angle, entertain the possibility that someone's motives may not be what you originally thought, or learn how to love more deeply... isn't that worth an hour with your eyes shut?

One thing that you will find when you explore this realm is that nobody OWES YOU anything because of anything that happened between you in the past. Just because someone loved you before doesn't mean that they will love you now. And if someone wronged you before, getting even with them will not hold in today's court. So all you can do is learn what you can from the recall and use that learning to better live your present life.

Another thing regarding "real"... Some people try to verify past life information. They try to match what was glimpsed to a person who existed. They try to verify facts to match present person A with past person B. Perhaps it doesn't work that way? Are you sure that it was YOU who was that person? On a soul level (pre-birth), we have access to the Akashic Records. These records store all that ever was about all of us. Are you sure that what you're seeing was the you that you used to be, or could we just be reading a pertinent page of the Akashic Records?

Once again, if what you "see" helps you in your current situation, it doesn't really matter, does it? All that you can do is affect the now moment. Affect it to the best of your current ability.

Posted by BlueWolf on January 18, 2004 12:22 AM