Have You Lived Before?

Reincarnation. What do you think? Have you ever had the feeling that "Gosh, this place feels familiar!" This is so weird! I know that if I turn that corner I'm going to see an old pharmacy with a red awning and an ice cream cone painted on the window. . . Helloo!

Einstein once remarked that Reincarnation was the only thing that made any sense to him. What did he know! Who knows. But I feel the same way, and I'm not Einstein. I've sometimes met somebody who I think I ought to know, and yet I can't place that person. Or an event feels familiar. As a child I once stood there watching a carousel turn, with scores of waving kids aboard, and I suddenly thought, "I'd like to do that - but I'm scared of that red horse . . . " Because it felt as though the last time I'd ridden a carousel I'd fallen off the horse I was riding. Trouble is, when I had that feeling, I was only three and had never before been to the fairgrounds.

And then there's Deja vu? Which of course means, 'Seen before'. Perhaps you're sitting around a camp fire with a group of friends and suddenly someone says, "Wait! I've seen this exact scene before - we were all sitting around this fire and talking about this very thing!" It happens to most of us. What do you think? Think you've done this scene before? But when? It could be a past life memory - but notice the clothing. In Victorian times we wouldn't be sitting around in short shorts and tank tops. Now, would we? So what's going on? Could it be that we've had the same conversation before in a similar setting with these same people? And perhaps when we had the first conversation we were all Victorians, but we wouldn't recognize us in that scenario. So did your spirit decide to change things up to make us all more recognizable? Maybe it's the conversation with all the same people that's important - not the 'look'. Or could it be your Higher Self/Spirit/Soul jumping ahead of you and saying, "I know what we're going to say next!" Smarty. Or, a scientist might say, "Brain glitch!" I've had a couple of those. Interesting isn't it. The whole idea of Reincarnation is interesting to me.

It makes perfect sense to me, who was taught that there is a loving father, God, who made us and is looking out for us. Why would He give us only one  chance to get things right?  What parent pulls the rug out from under a child saying, " That's it! You blew it. No more chances for you!" We are much more likely to say, "Okay, so that didn't work - why don't you try it again?
I also think that if we do reincarnate, it's a choice we make. I don't believe anyone is sitting there with a cattle prod saying "Get back down there! (loser)." No way. I think that with the help and guidance of spiritual beings on the other side - Angels, Guides, trusted friends who've been down here too, we make that decision to come back or not. Because free will exists in all dimensions.
It makes perfect sense to me that if, for instance, we messed up a relationship with someone who really mattered, we'd want to come back to earth and try to make it right the next time. Hopefully that person will be generous and come back in with us.

And that's another thing. I believe that we choose the people we want to spend lifetimes with, and we pick the people who can teach us the most. If we're going to make this difficult journey, we may as well make it worthwhile by learning our lessons from the best teachers we can find. Parents, siblings, friends . . .  everyone. Ever wonder why that sister of yours is the most aggravating person you've ever met? You chose her. Either to get the relationship right this time or around, to learn from her or to teach her a thing or two! Yup! That's it! I'm going to show her! Or maybe not - You're here to get it right, remember? And if you don't, think you might have to come back and do it again?

Makes you think.

I think I've lived before. And I'll probably be back to mop up a few messes I've made. And maybe we'll be back to continue a lifelong love affair with a person, an animal or a place we're very attached to. Maybe we'll come back just to enjoy this beautiful planet one more time.

This human state is so hard to get perfectly right, isn't it? But we can give it our best shot.
So, jump in, everyone and let's see what happens this time around!

I hope it's a great day for you, and that tomorrow will be even better.