One concept that I find I have embraced easily over the years is the idea that we live multiple lifetimes. It has always just resonated with me. At the same time, I am not that interested in exploring them or trying to figure out what they mean, or how they affect this lifetime.
I guess I figure that if this is true, and it is somehow part of our exploration and evolution, then that would mean anything we do in this lifetime has a ripple effect in those. Otherwise, why have a shared connection or lineage.
Heal something in this lifetime, heal it in the others.
But the other day I was having a conversation with my friend Lindsay (Happy Birthday Lindsay!) who added another little gem to this equation. Her thought was that because we have evolved to the point where we live dramatically longer, that we are actually living multiple lifetimes in the same body!
As a species as we become more advanced and efficient, that we have affected our own spiritual growth process. We are now staying in physical form longer in order to maximize our own evolution… We have found a way to expand consciousness without trading in one physical form and starting over in another!
While we were talking, I just sat with the idea. I sat with the possibility to this new thought or idea and whether or not it might fit in with my scatter-box of beliefs. And you know… I like it.
Overtime, when I look back at my life, there are timeframes or experiences that seem like they belong to someone else. I have recall of those experiences and can search the memory bank for details. Yet at the same time, it seems as if they are encapsulated in their own bubble.
When I look back on these times, I remember them fondly. There is nothing that I wouldn’t do again… Even if it meant spending another 30 days in the brig, before being unceremoniously thrown out of the Navy. Or another day as a cabdriver, with only one fare.., before terminating my illustrious career. Even my years climbing the corporate ladder seem caught in a time warp. Something that I remember fondly…, but feels like a different lifetime.
Each one offered a building block or opportunity for the next one. Each one placed me in the right time and space to move on to the next adventure. And, even circumstances and the places that these other life’s within a life have taken me have all been different. When I look back I see different identities and/or images that while I was living them felt real. How I defined my value, measured success or failure or even acted in relationship to/with others.
As an example, I clearly remember a time in my life, where a committed, monogamous relationship was the last thing I would have wanted, and would have felt like a trap. Now, it is an important part of the foundation I stand on, and my greatest joy. These two juxtapositions clearly co-exist in this same lifetime. But they also feel completely autonomous.
So as you can probably tell.., I am loving the exploration of this concept… AND trying to determine if it will fit in with the rest of my beliefs. And, if it does; Are there any old beliefs that have to be released, because they are not compatible?
This feels timely to me. I am personally experiencing so much shifting and change, that sometimes it feels disorienting. I have many dear friends and some family members who are going through life altering events. What if we are simply moving from one lifetime into the next, without leaving our physical bodies. Something in our lives is dying away so that something else can emerge or be birthed.
And yet because this is a fairly new phenomenon.., (living longer to maximize our consciousness evolution in one body), that we are experiencing these shifts as chaos, trauma or loss. When in fact we are actually evolving!
I guess I will continue to ponder this. In the meantime, if there is a piece you would like to add to the puzzle… Share!
With Light, Love, and Laughter
Charles
past lives or not, the changes we make in a lifetime are somewhat explained by just about every school of psychology… learning… passages… 7-year itch… shifts in consciousness every 7 years… Piaget’s theory of learning… things we could not know at one stage of development and once we learn them, we change our goals and views with new levels of wisdom… a 12 month old child, for example, believes that if their parent leaves the room, they no longer exist… a 4-year old believes if you lay 2 shoe laces on the table, one stretched it’s full length, the other folded in 2, that the longer-appearing lace is actually longer… they have no concept of similar lengths… according to most theories of human development, an 80 year old obtains levels of wisdom that are nearly impossible to comprehend at age 50 and so forth… so are we moving from one lifetime to the next or simply developing within this lifetime as part of the human condition… hmmmm, definitely something to ponder…
That is one way of looking at it Darla… I like to think we are all unique and that our experiences and adventures are all designed to create exactly the experiences we came here to have. Sometimes they fit comfortably in someone else’s box. Other times there is Magic at play.., but we have to be willing to see, sense and experience Magic, if we want more of it. So today, I want to sit in wonder! No right or wrong, but a strong preference for individuality. Past lives or not! Thanks as always for sharing your insights!
so true… another great story about living multiple lives was written by Richard Bach… rather fascinating theory as well… so many ways to view this mysterious human condition…
This is all a bit confusing for me. I recommend everyone read ‘The Law of One” and David Wilcock is coming out with a new book explaining the questions in the other 5.
I know what you mean Diana! It can be confusing.., and then I realize I keep wading into unfamiliar waters… I am the source of my own confusion. And then I amble off in another direction! Thanks for the resource referrals!
I had a focal seizure on Sat 2/14/15, my 27th wedding anniversary, at work. I was sitting at my desk and couldn’t get my mouse to work. A few min later I felt the strangest thing: a crunchy, electric pain starting in my right fingertips; making its way up my wrist, down my arm, up the shoulder neck to my head. All of a sudden my right arm cut loose and started flying up in the air and around. I had no control of it.
My manager; called my husband, John. I wanted him to take me to the hospital. Unfortunately when I couldn’t get my right hand to sign off the EMTs had to take me in the ambulance. Shortly I had some CAT scans, MRI’s and a diagnosis of brain cancer, brain tumor, Lung and Liver, cancer. In the next few weeks I had brain surgery, radiation, started a course of chemotherapy and all manner of treatments to counteract side-effects and review the progress of the avenue of care my oncologist had me on.
I have always had a very creative mind. I have done all manner of artwork, writing, beading and other endeavors. Unfortunately, nothing ever came to fruition enough to allow me to ‘drop out’ of the corporate maze I was caught in for 30 plus years. Nothing but cancer. Go figure. I actually feel a sense of relief now! God is giving me a ‘breather’ in order to calm and collect myself. I am redirecting my creativity due to my physical limitations but I love the work I am putting out!
Through this whole crazy ride God has seen fit to provide me with a loving and attentive husband and doting twin sister who visits from NJ when she can. A friend of hers actually funded a trip for her to come see me! I am renewing and repairing relationships with others. My Mom & sister will be here in May, 2016 to help celebrate our 60th birthday! My husband hooked it up like a champ!
My oncologist who is more like a friend (to both of us)! When we see him he ushers us into a little examination room, shuts the door so we can laugh and cut up together, and tends to my body, mind, soul and spirit. I have folks greeting me at the medical offices I go to with smiles and hugs! I still hold a little grudge as they insist on weighing me (I make my husband turn away each time)!
The angst, anxiety and bitterness associated with years of running, like the scared rat I was, on that corporate wheel, or mind-numbing scuttling through the ‘maze of terror ‘ the banking industry became are dissipating. I can breathe again! I do miss having full use of my body; especially my right arm and hand. My scrawl is getting worse and my hand and arm cramp up if I over-use them. As an artist, this caused me more than a little concern. God had remedied that as well!
I am producing copious amounts of literature and craft. I am on meds that do not allow me a full night’s sleep. If I get 4 hours sleep a night I am lucky. Often I can be found listening to music and crafting as the sun comes up. Another blessing, a palm tree just outside my study window filled with baby birds chirping and tweeting, announcing the onslaught of dawn each day.
Life is good!
Peace my friends.
Lita Smith
Lita, I can so relate. I had a similar situation 3-1/2 years ago. I was working 6 days a week (sometimes 7) and got a simple blood test that sent me immediately to an oncologist/hematologist. I was in serious trouble. I instantly couldn’t work, which meant I couldn’t pay rent. Friends said “you’re moving in with us and that’s that”. They lived close to my son and his family which made it wonderful for me. Like Charles (and cats) I feel that I have had several lives; (not necessarily 9) but all in the same body. Spirit/the Universe is giving us one hell of a ride and I feel we are growing and learning at an exponentially fast rate.
Best of luck to you………and all of us!
Go Judyth! You have been growing and learning at warp speed since we met!
Wow Lita, what a journey! In the metaphor of “whispers or shouts” this definitely falls into the ‘screaming at the top of our lungs’ category! I am inspired by your positivity and how you have leaned into your creativity as a source of strength! Keep it up! Would love to see images of what you are creating whenever you are ready to share!
Charles… thank you for inspiring a great topic for one of our Spiritual Chats! This idea of living a “new” lifetime within this physical incarnation has come up in my Angel readings from time to time… and I love how you described it! Hugs!! Joni 🙂
I hope your Spiritual Chat is a great one and that it inspires new ideas and confirmations on some old ones Joni! Let me know how it goes!!