Anyone Else Sense "Past Lives"???

[cragger65]

Nic, is it possible the "lost child" is a part of yourself. To that I can relate very strongly. But I have learned it is never gone, just outside the door, cold, waiting to be invited back in. But, perhaps past life impression as well. Who knows?

Patrick, you and I were a lot alike. I used to draw on a map the still uninhabited parts of the world. Ones that hadn't been "spoiled" yet by modern man's reach. Prestine, real, unaltered. It made me angry and afraid growing up that these untouched areas were shrinking and might disappear before I got a chance to see them for myself. It's funny, in my whole life I've never gone farther than a few hundred miles to go camping ;P (so much for Mr. Adventure! ;)

 

[nic]

I guess it's possible, but I just have a greater connection to the parent of the "lost child." It's a strange maternal thing.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Even scientists don't know where the thinking mind starts and our feelings/emotions end in the human body. They say that we are made up of energy and energy never dies.

Looking into past lives is something that is usually a hobby. I don't think it would help anyone heal.

Just some advise here. Please try to focus on the "Here and Now" and not too much about reincarnation, it only creates confusion in the mind, and slows down your healing process.

I'm psychic (not good at it because I don't practice it) and it's caused me a great deal of problems. The majority of the psychics I know feel it's a curse, and so do I. If you go dabbling into the paranormal make sure your fully aware of the fear it will bring on.

Most of us that have PTSD deal with fear issues, and past life regression and psychic phenomenon causes a lot of unwarranted fear. Once you open the door and start looking into it, well it's hard to shut the door.

There is one thing I noticed about feelings. Flashbacks and scary psychic visions "feel the same". The only difference is the flashback is very familiar to you because you know you lived it. A vision is something you may have seen on television and that image triggered a scary feeling in your body. This feeling/emotion went into your subconscious and stays there. When triggered again, that feeling can surface which will confuse you.

Some visions that are not scary can be something you seen, then forgot about. Or they can just be an over active imagination.

It takes a lot of reading and understanding about the paranormal, not to mention a lot of documenting of weird feelings to figure out what is psychic, past lives and what is PTSD related. Trust me on this one! It's a total waste of time so please just let the feelings go through you, acknowledge them, and then move on.

Take care
Tammy

 

[nic]

Well said, Tammy.

 

[cragger65]

It's not really a pasttime for me, just a curiousity.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

I didn't mean for it to come across that way.

The curiosity of it can lead you into several different paths. If you decide to look into it, it's your choice, but I just wanted to let you know from my own personal experience it's a waste of time.

Yes, you can find out information about yourself, but it really doesn't have much to do with what's going on right now.

If you just want some validity that your not crazy, then I will give it to you and I think a few others did too. It's normal to feel things out of the ordinary that can't be proved or measured, only 'felt' with our six sense.

Take care
Tammy

 

[cragger65]

Thanks for the heads up Seeking. I can see what you mean.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

cragger, if you ever get scared over the issue PM me and I will help you with what I know (which isn't a whole lot). More than anything I could just help you put into perspective.

Tammy

 

[midi]

I understand what you're saying, Tammy, but some people can't be told what to believe in, regardless of past evidence for or against it. I learned that the bloody hard way - and alienated many people. If somebody wants to believe that drinking milk will cure them of cancer, they will believe it, even if it kills them faster. All we can do is offer our experiences... Sometimes I have believed in the absurd, like believing my ex loved me, and it was the only thing that kept me going - so while it was a complete lie and clearly just a fantasy, I needed it and it saved me...

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

Hi Midi, I'm confused here?

I understand what you're saying, Tammy, but some people can't be told what to believe in, regardless of past evidence for or against it.

I didn't tell him what to believe in. Please point that out to me because I must have over looked it. I told him my experiences and I thought it was a waste of time. What to believe in and what is a waste of time are two separate issues.

I learned that the bloody hard way - and alienated many people. If somebody wants to believe that drinking milk will cure them of cancer, they will believe it, even if it kills them faster.

I know that as well and I just tried to keep him focused in the "Here and Now" instead of looking into past lives. It's my opinion it won't help the recovery process, but I also stated this was from MY personal experience and opinion. I didn't tell him he couldn't look into it. I even told him to PM me if he decides to go that route and needs help.

In my opinion, if I give reasonable advise and that alienates people from me, then that is their loss not mine. I've been working hard on my issues and I've seen a lot, and have had a lot of paranormal experiences. I have a lot of paranormal friend's who help me through the things that confused and SCARED me. They were once confused and scared too, and someone helped them, and someone before them helped them etc etc etc.

I've been looking into this phenomena for a long time and got beat on in a post when I first joined here. I stated that it was wrong for people to say psychic's are fake. Look into the archives.

All we can do is offer our experiences

Yep, that's exactly what I did. Yes or No? Then gave some explanations as to why I feel this way. I believe that is what the forum is for; exchanging ideas and giving advise based on personal experiences. Yes? Isn't that what I did?

Then it's up to the individual to take it or leave it. It's their choice and I'm not going to stalk them every time they speak of their decision to go in the opposite direction of how I feel about it. Did I allude to that?

... Sometimes I have believed in the absurd, like believing my ex loved me, and it was the only thing that kept me going - so while it was a complete lie and clearly just a fantasy, I needed it and it saved me...

I'm glad to hear living in denial saved your life, and if it saves anyone else, then I say they should continue on with what ever is keeping them alive.

I believe that people should do what they know how to do if it works for them. But, I think the forum is open for discussion on trying to help people come out of denial, heal, and try to keep them from going down roads that seem long and drawn out in their recovery process.

If he decides to go that route I can almost assure you Anthony would agree that learning about the paranormal would take up a lot of time, and maybe even help him down the road in healing, but it would be time consuming when he could be learning easier, and less confusing methods.

I might ask Anthony to reply to this post just to get his opinion.

But, I will state this again. It's his choice to do what ever he wants and I am more than willing to help him if he gets stuck in the confusion.

Take care
Tammy

 

[cragger65]

Seeking, to be honest it used to horrify me. It scared the shit out of me that I had to deal, not just with the mistakes I've made in this life, but the mistakes, sins, whatever from countless lives. I'm not there anymore, nowhere near it. It was so bad before, because EVERYTHING was that bad at the time.

You are absolutely correct, it was dealing with here and now that turned things around, and is what I recommend to people most myself. The 5 precepts, prefaced with "Just for this moment..." is what I have used for years to cope.

 

[cragger65]

Seeking, I understand you feel a bit defensive of Midi's last post, but it is clearly a bit of misinterpretation, nothing more. Midi, I think you've read a bit into what Seeking is saying. Perhaps it was stated in what seemed a mildly agressive fashion(?), but I think the intention was to save me needless suffering and confusion, which I can appreciate.

I do not mean this post to be a place of debate, rather exploration for curiosity's sake and (was hoping) possibly compare notes.