Do you even accept that you have lived before? I wasn't sure until I started learning a healing process that peals back the layers of denial and error within our soul structures and which gradually allows lost memory function to return - now I know for certain that I have lived before and I will do what I can here to help those of you who are ready to find your pasts too.

While 'scientists' debate and intellectualise about what 'might' be true - there are always those amongst us who are more adventurous who happily throw ourselves into the firepit of creative exploration - seeking the truths of important topics without relying on third party intervention or 'meta-analysis'. I am one such soul and I have met many others along the way too - I also hold a science degree and so have a pretty high standard for my own determination of truth. When it comes to reincarnation, I left the door open to the possibility that it is real, since it answers so many questions - yet I also didn't initially understand why - if I had lived before... did not remember it?

In this first post in this series I am going to set the necessary background that is needed to be understood before proceeding.

Has Eddie Murphy (comedian) been with us before?

How about Nicolas Cage (actor)?

or Michael Jackson?

Social Issues: Half the planet already accepts that reincarnation is real - Why is there a split among human society on this issue?

The reality here is that we are collectively, seriously, spiritually and emotionally injured - which, as with cases of more minor trauma - has resulted in memory loss. Many of you have difficulty remembering what you did last week, let alone what you did 18,000 years ago!

Memory is directly and inescapably linked to emotion and so it follows that if our emotions are injured then our ability to lay down and recall memory will be limited too. When we understand the mechanics of amnesia (memory loss) we can start to understand more about why entire cultures accept reincarnation and others do not. In short, if you are part of a group who is open to this reality then your psychology will be receptive to the subtle markers and feint images that surface from time to time as you day dream, meditate and otherwise go about your life on Earth. The more open you are, psychologically, to such images, feelings and recollections - the more you will understand your own past and the patterns that are involved. As you learn more and go deeper, the more integrated you can become as an individuated soul/consciousness. Since this cumulative effect of nurturing our own spiritual connection to our 'larger spiritual selves' is helped by being around other like-minded individuals, it can easily be understood how cultures developed which agree that reincarnation is simply 'normal'. In contrast, the groups who traditionally deny their real emotions - such as can be seen by the 'British Stiff Upper Lip' (creating an emotionless - false - image of strength), will generally be thoroughly disconnected from their own roots as a soul and thus will generally be imbalanced as a result and even fearful of those who think differently. It is no accident that British imperialism raped, pillaged and destroyed large parts of the world, specifically in areas where more ancient and often deeper understandings of life were predominant - the almost psychopathic desire to dominate and control life stems from a loss of connection to life's roots and often brings with it an intention to destroy whatever reflects what the real roots represent. Even today there are many 'Westerners' who ignorantly view 'foreign' tribes and 'simple' groups as being 'unevolved', yet ironically, it is often the case that these tribes are significantly more aware of reality than the 'Westerners' are and just choose to live differently as a result (often more in tune with the Earth than the industrialised 'Western' peoples are). More on this specific point can be found in my recent blog about an encounter of a South American Kogi tribesman with a British Professor which makes this point very clearly.

Professional researchers who demonstrate that past lives are real

There are some cynically minded people who are stuck in the limited thinking that will attempt to refute any claim of reincarnation as nothing more than imagination and/or delusion. However, there have been several researchers who have put significant time and resources into building up bodies of work that can be drawn upon to open up even a very closed mind to the situation here. One such man was Dr. Michael Newton (now deceased physically) who worked as a regression therapist for many years and who wrote several detailed books on his findings. Having read his works 'Journey of Souls - Case Studes of Life between Lives' and 'Destiny of Souls - New Case Studies of Life between Lives' - It is abundantly clear that repeating patterns occur in the regressions of the 1000s of individuals who we worked with over his long career and they are highly revealing.

Without going into full detail now - when we die physically, the majority of us will go through a specific processing period of healing, learning, remembering and reconnecting with our spiritual teams/families who reside in non Earthly domains that are of a less dense energetic configuration than we experience when human here. Dr. Newton documented how for most of us, life on Earth is a learning experience that is intended to help us grow and evolve - with many complex interactions being pre-scripted in our lives before we incarnate in order for us to learn specific lessons and achieve specific goals.

There have also been other researchers who attempted to scientifically uncover the truth of reincarnation, although - as far as I am aware - they generally didn't produce publicly such significant results as Dr. Newton. There are numerous stories of children from around the world who remembered past lives and in one case, the boy was allegedly even able to identify his own murderer who then confessed when hunted down and challenged. I have no way of confirming the accuracy of those stories, however, the following documentary is about a boy from Scotland who shocked his parents when, from an early age, he regularly referred to his previous life on a remote island off the coast of Britain. While this documentary doesn't provide proof with a capital P, it does certainly set the scene for more rigorous and ideally personal exploration of the subject:

Common misconceptions about reincarnation

There are several world religions which accept and promote the reality of reincarnation, yet as is common with most religions they have complicated the situation by inserting belief systems on top of the idea which mislead people away from the basic truth of what is involved. Reincarnation is not a process of rewards and punishment for past deeds - it is simply the process of spirits (us) returning to physical life, having previously been forced to die physically and having been nudged carefully back towards a direction that leads to balance. It is true that an active and dynamic process is involved which is intended to bring us into balance (karma), but it is not a 'balance of payments' - rather it is an intelligent form of education by way of lived experience.

"If reincarnation were real, where did all the new people come from that make up our growing population?"

This is a key question that intellectual 'thinkers' like to use to dissuade themselves from further research and it is a logical question, since our populations are indeed increasing quite rapidly; how can that be if the beings are actually just the same beings who were here previously being born again into new bodies?

There are several concepts to understand here. The most obvious is that our universe is vast and there is absolutely nothing stopping beings who have previously lived on other planets from coming and being born here to experience being human. The most important idea for us to understand here though is that when we die or are seriously traumatised, it is possible for our non-physical essence to be fragmented and to essentially go and live away from the rest of the 'us' that we think we are. Often, these fragments can incarnate as seemingly separate humans or animals and we have no idea that some of the people we see around us on Earth are literally parts of our own essence having been given form. These two points go most of the way to answering the question about the spiritual mechanics that facilitate population growth. A process of deep spiritual healing and reintegration of lost spiritual essence can reduce the number of fragments on Earth and shamanic healing practitioners work with this idea every day - as they have done for 1000s of years.

How does past life recall help us now?

Many of our life patterns have roots that are very old indeed - just as 'history repeats' so too do the patterns in our lives repeat, even across multiple lives! This is ONLY because we DO NOT CHANGE and we are stuck with habits and judgemental thinking that we do not release and allow to transform! If though, we realise that our patterns have been with us for so long and see how they have effected our life experience in so many different scenarios, it is easier for us to evolve our thought patterns in our current life and to accelerate our rate of learning of what is most important for us to know for us to heal and balance successfully.

Ultimately, through knowing our true origins within the wider cosmic reality and by opening to more of the deep nature of our existence, we become more able to make wise decisions that benefit us all and our planet. There is very little in life that is more noble an aim than that!

My own past lives and evidence of them

In my next post I will explain what I have learned about my own past and some of how it has helped me in this life to adapt and improve my thinking and decisions. I'll also explain how you can start your own journey of recollection and while I cannot offer any guarantees of your own success, I am certain that the tools I share will help you when you are ready and also help you speed up your process.

A warning to consider: Not everyone is ready to remember their past lives for very GOOD reasons! Do not go against what your feelings are saying here - If you feel it is not the right time for you to remember, then just accepting that will help you more than forcing yourself to go against your will could ever do.

Wishing you well!

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