If God had wanted us to fully understand human life – to walk not only in our own shoes, but in the shoes of others so as to better understand the lives and experiences of other human beings’ in addition to our own life’s experiences, and so as to grow in expressing the spiritual qualities which come from the Spirit within us – if God wanted all this – He would have created Reincarnation, and thus give us many chances to be born into the shoes of many diverse human lives, so we can learn our real relationship to each other and God.

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Sometimes, not remembering our past lives is a gift of mercy from God, giving us a chance for a fresh start. Knowing this is for those who recognize that we could have made some real and hurtful mistakes in that life…

… also.

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Some of us do remember our past lives, or at least some of them. To remember them, we do need to seek to remember them, because knowing them does come with work to be done, forgiveness to ask, forgiveness to give, higher standards to reach for, an effort to be more honest with ourselves, and a desire to understand and heal our relationships with others and with ourselves.

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Curiosity alone when seeking our past lives can also bring realizations which we are NOT equipped to handle. I.e. who we have harmed, killed, or murdered. If any of us wish to remember who we were, we need to acknowledge both our helpful and our harmful past life actions, and some of us don’t have the tools yet to process and resolve what comes. Healing ourselves and our relationships is also determined by holding the desire to heal ourselves and our relationships. Not everyone wants to heal ourselves and our relationships. Sometimes, it’s because we don’t yet have the tools to accomplish this.
Knowing our past lives is not required to walk our spiritual path and grow spiritually. All we need to do this, is to Love God above all else, and Love our neighbor as ourselves.

(©, 2023, by Jodie Senkyrik)