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I have been inspired to add this page due to many
questions I have received recently on this huge subject. I don't profess to know all the answers, but I can pass
on my own knowledge - such as it is - & my beliefs.
People who believe in past lives believe that we live
each life to learn lessons in order to raise our levels of spirituality. That it is not just WHAT we do & learn,
but HOW we handle the trials & tribulations of those lives. They - & I - believe that at the end of a life, we go
into spirit & evaluate the life just lived, & plan for the next incarnation to 'try & do it better' next
time around.
Many religions have past life beliefs even to this day, some positive, some negative. Though most
Christians reject the concept, as does Islam.
To believe in past lives we accept that we incarnate into a different
physical body to live a different life.
To believe in future lives, we must first believe that we have had a past life.
Belief in past lives helps us to understand 'why we are here'.
KARMA
Some
believe that we live out Karma, that our lives now are determined by what we did in past lives, whether good or bad - e.g.
if we hurt someone in a past life, then we may suffer ourselves in this life. They believe that we can right past wrongs by
how we handle our misfortunes in this incarnation. They also believe that people who do wrong in their present lives &
gain from it with no reprisals, will get their come-uppance in their next life.
SOUL MATES
Sometimes
there are strong links to people with whom we have shared past lives, usually a love connection which can repeat in some way
in several lives, maybe because it was unfulfilled, or they were kept apart by dark forces. They will keep meeting up
in other incarnations until the issues are resolved.
A soul mate is usually instantly recognised even though both parties
are in different bodies this time around - there will be that feeling on first meeting, that the other person seems very familiar,
that you have known them forever even though you have not met before. The relationship will take off instantly with feelings
of euphoria & great friendship. If this doesn't last, it could be because the karmic issue has been resolved,
or that those dark forces are interfering again. Also, there could be fears around the relationship caused by subconscious
past-life memories which may be painful.
PAST-LIFE REGRESSION
Past lives can
be accessed through regression or meditation.
Linking to a past life which has strong links to the present life can be
most healing - it has even been known to help cure phobias - there are many books with case studies of regressions with results
that can't be explained by present knowledge in the brain, such as people who have spoken medieval French or used words
long out of use. Crystals can be used to aid meditations & also regressions e.g. Carnelian helps to bring insight
as how to use past life knowledge, a double-terminated quartz stimulates awareness of how the past is reflecting in the present,
hematite is effective in past life regressions through hypnosis, lapis lazuli awakens inner vision, amethyst helps move your
consciousness into deeper levels of subconscious, tabular crystals balance emotions related to past life revelations.
Also,
the fragrance of essential iols can aid meditations too - myrrh is a powerful essence which is useful for past life healing,eucalyptus
helps prevent negative reactions to emotions raised through past life work, frankincense may help to find the reasons for
obsessive behaviour which is a result of past life experience overflowing into the present life, lavender is affective
with meditations that reveal the origins of inner conflicts which interfere with spiritual growth, sage awakens the realisation
that the soul extends beyond this physical incarnation, lilac assists with past life recall.
ASTROLOGY
& PAST LIVES
An astrological birth chart can indicate past lives.
The positions of certain planets
can show what a past life was & whether it was a difficult one. Those planets themselves can reveal information,
e.g. Saturn can indicate a life as a teacher or a hard task master, or Mars a soldier or a surgeon, Mercury can indicate
a communicator who makes speeches or a messenger, Jupiter could show a religious life, or someone who has been persecuted
for religious beliefs, Venus can show soul mates who have been kept apart, or a life of luxury but total dependancy
on another. I believe that what is shown in the chart indicates what needs resolving this time around.
Here
are a few small examples of past life experience carried over into a present life. All these children displayed incredible
skills, language & memory for ones so young - these are a complete mystery until you attribute them to learning from a
previous life:-
On 12th March 1953, an 8 year old girl called Giannella de Marco, conducted the London Philarmonic
Orchestra. This was the 123rd of her career, which started when she was 4.
Jose Capablanca was born in Cuba.
By age 4 he was a world class chess player & went on to be world champion.
John Stuart Mill could speak Greek aged
4.
Blind Tom Wiggins was the blind child of a slave. He played professional piano at age 4 & went on to
play internationally. When away from his piano he could barely speak. He died world famous.
Mozart famously, was
writing concertos & more at age 4. He composed a full opera at age 7.
Often, very young children bring
past life memories into their new life with them and will talk about them as if everyone else should know what they are talking
about. Usually these memories fade away as they start playgroup & school, when the education & concerns of this
life take over.
I had a friend whose little girl asked her Father if he remembered when she had saved him when he fell
into a lake.
PAST LIFE KNOWLEDGE
Doing a meditation for a past life which has links
to the present life can give revealing knowledge, which, once known, can have an amazingly healing effect for the person concerned
- e.g. someone may have an unaccountable fear of water. A past life meditation may show that they had died by
drowning in that past life. That knowledge can take away the fear which has nothing to do with their present life.
The meditation could explain certain attitudes, strange habits & even temperaments, which more often than not will change
once the reason for them is known.
Past lives are worth exploring for this reason alone, never mind for the curiosity
value!
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