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AFFECTS OF YOUR PAST LIVES

Question #1: "I would like to know if I have had any past lives, how many and during what time periods?"

Psychic Advice:
The affects of your past lives can be far reaching, influencing your experiences and choices in your present life, and in future lifetimes. Each thought, each action and each interaction is like a pebble on a pond that ripples through eternity.

It is important to remember that time is an illusion, and that all time exists now. Our "past lives" and "future lives" all exist concurrently and simultaneously as different facets of our soul's journey of experience. You can imagine that our soul is a honeycomb where each compartment represents a different epoch of our soul's experience, or a different lifetime. We have collectively created the concept of time and linear existence as a way of processing and understanding the law of cause and effect, but really now is the only time that exists. This is why we can access information from other lifetimes now. 

In a personal reading, we can fully explore the affects of your past lives, as well as how many and during what time periods, which I cannot do on a personal basis in this column. However, there are ways of conjuring up past lives and receiving significant information for yourself.

First, make a list of all the places in the world that you feel a real fascination about and a strong attraction to. Also list all of the periods in history that intrigue you or draw your attention. These are usually places and times in which you have had positive experiences and happy lifetimes. Close your eyes and let your "imagination" flow. Imagination is a component of intuition, so allow yourself to trust what you see, and follow the story wherever it leads you.

Think back to your childhood and remember what periods in history and what places inspired your "make believe" world. The types of things you were drawn to as a child are often related either to life purpose, or to past life recall. (If everything in life seems new and exciting and you are not particularly interested in past epochs, then you probably don't have much past life experience on the earthly plane.)

You can also make a list of the places in the world and time periods that you have a strong aversion to. In many cases, this repulsion is the result of negative past life experiences in these places or during these times. Likewise, if you have an instant repulsion or dislike for a person when you first meet them, it is often because of negative past life experiences with that person.

If you are truly obsessed and preoccupied by a particular era or event in history, or even in the "future", then this marks a very significant experience for your soul. Lots of young men (and women) are particularly obsessed by war or torture. If a child seems to be born angry or aggressive, it can be because that soul died in battle and is still fighting. Unfortunately, we have experienced far too many wars on this small planet, and the affects of war and physical pain in your past lives can traumatize, fragment and scar the soul. Past life readings and spiritual healings can help heal the wounds from other lifetimes and retrieve fragments of the soul that have been trapped in painful experiences, thereby returning the soul to its natural state of peace and wholeness.

Past lives can hold the key to understanding many fears, phobias and afflictions in this present lifetime. These issues often arise from how we died in another lifetime. Certain conditions, like asthma or breathing problems can be related to dying in a fire. Chronic neck problems can originate from being executed. Birthmarks are often the site of mortal wounds from past lives. Fear of spiders and snakes, or of small places, can all be triggered by traumatic past life experiences that usually led to death.

Reconnecting with the initial incidents can release the trauma of the past, but it is not necessary to go into a full past life regression. If you can allow yourself to trust that what comes to mind is there for a reason, then you can allow your intuition to guide you to remember what is most significant for you, even if you feel that you are making it all up.

You can also use a pendulum to access information about your past lives. You can ask how many lifetimes you have had, and you can ask questions about different periods in history, or whether you have lived in different countries (keep in mind that the names of places change, which can affect the accuracy of your results, so it might be better to hold the pendulum over a map of the world and ask "Have I experienced any lifetimes in this area of the world?").

You can ask the pendulum if you have lived in certain centuries, and you can ask different questions to determine what class you were part of and what your roles and duties were. You may not want to ask about every century, but instead allow yourself to be guided by what you intuitively feel and let the pendulum act as confirmation to lead you to receive more clarity and information about what you have already suspected.

Your soul holds the record of all of your experiences. Trust yourself to remember and to recall what is significant for you. Don't disregard or dismiss your intuition, because if something is in your conscious awareness, it is because it bears some importance for you.

Question #2: "I want to know more about my past life. I want to know how long a soul lives on earth before ascension? How long I have to experience life on earth?"

Psychic Advice:
Each soul has different experiences on earth and chooses to incarnate at different times and for various reasons. The number of lifetimes a person has lived on Earth varies for each person (and many souls have incarnational experiences beyond the Earth plane as well).

Although the Earth is a school, it is not as simple as going through twelve grades before you graduate and move on to the next plane of existence. It is not a particular number of lifetimes that determines freedom from the wheel of reincarnation. Ascension from this plane of density is determined by the energies of light, love, karma and detachment.

As long as we are attached to any aspect of life on Earth, whether it is a person, a place, an experience, a desire, or any other strong emotion, such as anger, hatred, fear, etc., then we remain "stuck" here. Our negative karmic experiences bind us to this plane until we release them and free ourselves through forgiveness, love and detachment.

Ascension is really about raising one's frequency and vibration to that of Love and Light. Heavier emotions create an anchor of density, so forgiveness, love and gratitude are key to becoming Light. Ascension is achieved by detaching from the physical while still appreciating it. Peace, joy, and acceptance are essential to the ascension process.

One must not seek ascension simply as an escape. The goal of coming to Earth is not to escape from this plane, but to experience growth and evolution of the soul through experiencing human emotion and physical density. As human beings on Earth, we have the God-given power to create in the physical, to be alchemists and manifestors, and to feel the consequences of our choices and actions. This is quite a unique experience in the Universe, and it is a privilege that we each have earned, because it requires a great deal of responsibility to wield this much power.

Incarnating on Earth is not a punishment to get over, but an honor to be able to experience, particularly at such an important time in Earth's history and evolution. Each person has the gift of Free Will and the power of choice, and each of these choices affects your past lives, your present lifetime, and your future, as well as the collective destiny of all souls on Earth. 


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