what is your take/opinion of karma, as it relates to past lives

specifically

is is typical for 2 souls to continue in this incarnation in the same pattern they was in the last or can it flip around and swing back in the other direction

Originally posted by Dharma Employee
what is your take/opinion of karma, as it relates to past lives

specifically

is is typical for 2 souls to continue in this incarnation in the same pattern they was in the last or can it flip around and swing back in the other direction

Hey there Dharma Employee ... as always I can only speak for my own beliefs that have been derived from my firsthand experience ... as Einstein said 'everything is relative' and therefore it may not be the same for everyone ... I believe it is all in the way we translate our thoughts and experiences to fit into our own perspective of life(s).

Personally I believe in 'soul-groups' ... were certain souls can share numerous (if not all) lifetimes ... we don't come bacl necessarily in the same roles (in fact this is very rare indeed) but our souls do cross paths and maybe in a pastlife you may have had an intimate / close / prolonged relationship with a certain soul but in this lifetime you may only need to have a passing acquaintance in order to fulfil a particular need / commitment / karmic action.

Sometimes (like myself) we realize we are following the same path we have already trod in a previous lifetime and we have already learned cetain lessons ... therefore there is no need to repeat them again and we can change the course of our present to become more positive and/or productive.

Love this thread! I have another question. What happens when someone remembers being a horrible, evil person in a past life who did wickedly awful things? Imagine if someone remembered being Hitler. Would that person begin to hate himself? Or be afraid of what they may be capable of? Would these evil things follow them into their present life?

Also, I happen to have a very weird fear, and I've always wondered if it had to do with past lives. I do have a fear of planes, I won't get on one, but my fear goes beyond flying.... every time I hear a plane pass overhead, I get nervous it will fall on me. Every time I hear about a plane crash on tv (specifically ones that crash into neighborhoods) I get a micro panic attack. Weird, I know.... but this fear can't possibly come from anything that's happened in my present lifetime.

One more question. Pretty sure there are no professionals where i live who can help us remember past lives. So can this be done by skype for those of us without access to a pro locally?

Hey there nder Water

Originally posted by Under Water
Love this thread! I have another question. What happens when someone remembers being a horrible, evil person in a past life who did wickedly awful things? Imagine if someone remembered being Hitler. Would that person begin to hate himself? Or be afraid of what they may be capable of? Would these evil things follow them into their present life?

Thank-you and these are great questions btw;

1/ Ideally if someone remembered being horrible or evil in a pastlife they would have the commonsense to realize they were already experiences lived and lessons learned and as such they had no need to repeat them this time around ... unfortunately I believe this is not always the case.

2/ I'm sure there are a few people who believe they were once someone famous (good or bad) and this is usually due to a psychological personality disorder ... not pastlife memories. However, if someone genuinely had been Hitler in a pastlife and they recalled this they would need a lot of help / therapy in coming to terms with this and to learn how to understand and accept that what they had done in the past should not damage their present ... they may be one soul but they were different people. But that said I imagine it would be very difficult to accept/

Also, I happen to have a very weird fear, and I've always wondered if it had to do with past lives. I do have a fear of planes, I won't get on one, but my fear goes beyond flying.... every time I hear a plane pass overhead, I get nervous it will fall on me. Every time I hear about a plane crash on tv (specifically ones that crash into neighborhoods) I get a micro panic attack. Weird, I know.... but this fear can't possibly come from anything that's happened in my present lifetime.

I agree this is illogical as far as your present life is concerned and is very likely the residue of pastlife memory ... I think I may have an idea from when but that depends on when you were born this time around.

You could do some websearches for 'plane crashes in residential areas' (historical and modern) ... something might trigger the memories if you were to read some accounts (official / personal) and/or look at some scene photographs of plane crash sites. If you decide to do this have a pad and pen at hand to jot down anything that might pop up ... and remind yourself that this was past and cannot harm you now ... you are just remembering ... not reliving.

One more question. Pretty sure there are no professionals where i live who can help us remember past lives. So can this be done by skype for those of us without access to a pro locally?

Unfortunately I would not do this via skype as it would be a little reckless of me and if you were to become upset by the things you were recalling (as many do especially if the memories are traumatic) I would need to be there to calm and reassure you and bring you to the 'observer' position ... I would not feel right doing this remotely in such cases.

If you feel like sharing I would be interested in hearing about some of your more profound experiences when you hear planes overhead or hear/see about crashes on the tv etc.

Woody

Woody

Hi Woodwytch,

bit of a fan here...

anyways, I just wanted to pop in with a quick question.

Do you believe in karmic accountability?
I have been born here on earth as an indigenous Australian, and needless to say we have a number of issues as a people and, also in terms of a modern integration a few more...
I have never lived off of government handouts or used my cultural/ racial background as a stepping stone to higher education etc. but despite this my caucasion friends have always looked down on me or suggested countless times that I take advantage of all the programmes on offer that discount or pave the way forward for peepz of my background....

I am hard working and honest, socially apt and financially integrated into modern Australia.
My personal belief is that somewhere back in ye olde days when Oz was still an Atlantean super power spiritually my people were either #ed with/ led astray or misused whatever grace was unto them, and now we are paying the price on a mass embodiment scale...

Personally, I have no affiliation or what have you with the plight of an indigenous Australian, but I do feel that my role has been to represent so to speak or otherwise challenge the stat-quo stereotype prevalent here about native Australians and their role in our society...
Is this a lesson?
Do we volunteer for roles or circumstances that will challenge not only ourselves but the people we are born with?
How do we move forward?
How do we take people we are here with on an upward spiral that moves us towards a positive outcome that leaves behind prejudice and bigotry?
Is there a greater picture and are we active participants in this story?

Wag

Wow. You're beautiful. I wanted to tell you about one of my sons. He was born Dec. 15, 2008. He is advanced in everything. He was walking at 9 months and talking very good at 1 year 7 months old. At gthat time, he started telling a story about how him and the green lady rode around in a helicopter and that they crashed. He said that she was driving it. I didn't over-react when he told me or nothing like that and mentioned it to my wife. My wife asked him about it and he told her the same story, word for word. He talked about this several times to me voluntarily. I tried to see if he knew more but he always changes the subject and talks about something else, every time. Just wanted to share this with ya.

is there any inkling you could give me, of anything you pick up maybe on a you to you or something

do you ever sense anything energy wise about peeps past lives

if I lived more local, I would def do a reading with you

If you are still doing this, I would like to know anything about my past lives you can tell me.