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Is this what it's like?

Hi-- I'm new here and have just kind of begun to read about reincarnation. I'm interested...not yet sure what I think.

I have had through the years a number of odd dreams, and am wondering if my experience is similar to remembering past lives? What happens is I will dream in another time period and I will literally be another person with different memories in the dream...if that makes any kind of sense? 3 different time periods have come up, and being the logical person I am, I first tried to think if something I was reading or watching on tv could've triggered it...but no, it tends to be quite random.

The most frequent seem to be taking place in the early 1960's...and from what I'm reading it takes some years after death to be re-born? Well I was born in 1975, so that kind of makes sense under that theory. Those are never bad dreams and I usually feel sad and confused and wanting to be back in the dream when I wake up.

I've had one or 2 brief dreams that feel like late 1800's to early 1900's London. So quick I'm not even sure exactly what's happening...it involves running from someone is all I remember.

Then the farthest back I've been (in dreams) is sometime during the American slavery period. Those are always the most disturbing and strange.

I read somewhere that you can try to meditate while awake to get past life memories, and I tried it but don't completely trust it. For sure I get random thoughts but I can't be absolute on where they're coming from.

I don't know...wondering if anyone can relate to these kind of dreams? Sorry such long post.
 
Welcome to the forum sims2lover. The movies and books you mentioned could be triggering past life memories, as they do for many people. As for meditating, I've been doing so for 50 years, and it takes time and dedication to get the hang of it. I have complied a list of suggestions that might be of some help to you.

My list of pointers include being open to whatever you receive, don't be judgmental, avoid all expectations, and stay relaxed. Clear your mind, focus inward into your heart/soul center, and keep a journal, writing down every detail. I also have a micro-cassette recorder I use. Don’t be disappointed, instead appreciate any dreams you experience.

John
 
Hi sims2lover,

Welcome! :)

I hope you enjoy the discussions on the forum.

Like for example, movies about certain time periods often cause me a strong emotional reaction...
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Definitely keep track of it in a journal. You may see some sort of pattern emerging...and remember that not all of the historical information we read in books is completely accurate -- so the discrepancies between your "dream" and the book may not be that far out there. ;)

It's always good, imo, to question and to find validation where it's possible. :thumbsup:

Ailish
 
Hi sims2lover (welcome),

I agree with John - it could be that seeing a film or reading a book about a certain period is triggering your memories - or it could be a cigar is just a cigar. Usually I can tell the difference between a 'strong' dream and a regular one by how it feels. The difference is usually that it stands out, it has strong emotional resonance and you can remember all sorts of details that normally you tend to forget in 'regular' dreams.

Try to ponder further on what you have dreamed about when you have some quiet time to sit or lie in stillness without distractions. Don't worry too much about what is your 'imagination' and what is a memory - quite often they might feel a bit similar until you get used to it.

Memories sometimes start off being a bit fleeting or fragmented, but gradually coalesce as you think about them a bit more (just like present life memories of some obscure thing you thought you had forgotten). Don't try to force it, just let it float up into consciousness. It will come all by itself if you give it some space and you will know if it 'rings true' or not.

A good technique if you get 'stuck' is to ask yourself questions like: "What am I wearing" "Why am I here" "How do I feel" "What country is this" "What is my name". This type of question will often prompt an answer to pop into your head all by itself. Just go with whatever comes up and don't try to rationalise it or use 'logic' which will just get in the way.

The easiest one to start with is probably the one which packs the most 'emotional punch'. Just explore the feelings it generates in you. Quite often these things will come floating into consciousness because there is a present life issue that is troubling you and you will find a resonance with the previous life memory - eg. a problem in a relationship with a particular person, or a lesson you have learned before, but are in danger of making the same mistake again.

I look forward to the next installment.
 
conquering your recurring nightmares

I'd like to hear from any members that have successfully managed to overcome any recurring dreams that they've had to endure for many years.

I had a recurring nightmare about every 3 or 4 months for most of my life, ever since I was about 3 years old, of a little girl caught up in a volcano eruption, running for my life, and always waking up scared and not knowing whether I survived or died. These dreams were exactly the same every time I had them and I soon accepted them as just a part of my life, I never even considered the possibility that they were memories of a past life, not for many years, or that I could ever stop them until one day I found this forum, and then made an appointment to see a past life regressionist.

The regression did reveal more memories, but apart from that I didn't achieve very much else with it, so I started learning how to meditate using different methods to try and find out which one works best for me. I've also received a great deal of help and encouragement from the forum and its' members. Eventually I was able to regress myself and face my own death in the eruption, it was an extremely emotional experience for me and quite traumatic too, but definately worth the effort as I've been fortunate enough to recall some of the better memories from that life ever since. I've also found that just by getting it out in the open and talking about it with people who understand, has played a very big part in my healing.

But the main point is this, although it is long overdue, I haven't had the nightmare ever since I recalled my own death experience *my fingers are crossed* it's still too early to tell if i'll ever have them again, but something has definitely changed within me, and my heart tells me that the dreams will trouble me no more, I hope so.

I'd like to know if anyone else, especially the new members, have had, or are having similar experiences with recurring nightmares, whether they'd mind sharing the details of the dreams, and how they dealt with, or are dealing with them.

Chris
 
Just a dream, or past life memory?

A few months ago, I had this very strange dream, it was so vivid, and interesting to me. I still remember it, but not as well as when it was fresh in my mind. Some of the minute details have been forgotten. I am unsure whether or not this dream was just a dream, or past life related. I am hoping that someone from here could help me out, and I am going to explain it as best I can. Here it goes, I will just start where the dream started.

I start off running in a cave, there is someone at my side, another man. The air is cool and crisp, and a gloomy light casts a pale glow to illuminate our hastened advanced. The light is at our back, and soon I realize the roughened outline of unhewn stone revealed by the light. There is a sense of urgency, I'm breathing hard. I get the feeling of pursuit. We get to the back of the cave, and find that it ends there. I feel the dismay, and instantly turn around and put my back to the wall. My chest tightens, I feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I am anticipating a fight, I feel like I am going to die. I draw a dagger, and my comrade says something to me, although I don't remember what it was. I know his voice was grave. I said nothing, and simply kept my hand pressed to the wall. I was ill suited to do any kind of battle. Or maybe a dagger was all I'd had. That was when several men entered through the mouth of the cave and advanced upon me and my comrade. They had blades, swords I think. I don't remember what they were dressed in, just that they had blades, and armor. What kind of armor, I am unsure. Their features were unapparent. There were several of them. I think my friend or comrade had a blade, a long sword, or a hand-and-a-half sword or something like that, but he was in a tunic or something, no armor. Soon, these men were upon us, me and my friend were brushing shoulders when the fight started, but we were separated as one of the men maneuvered between us. I could feel the intense need for survival, the urgency, that there was only us and them, and survival was the top priority. I fought hard, and managed to kill one of them, I stabbed him in the chest. I knew what I was doing with that blade, I killed him efficiently, and soon after, I was come upon my another man. I could hear the grunts and scuffle coming from my comrade beside me. I managed to evade attack, but I know I had several large slices on my arms from the blade, because I was knocking it aside from fatal areas of my unprotected body. I was careful and picking my thrusts, I'd not yet struck at him, and when I did, he grabbed my wrist and grappled me to the wall. He tried to stab me, but I grabbed his blade hand, and we started struggling for the upper hand. It wasn't long before he overpowered me and thrust his blade through me. He got me through the left side of my gut. I froze, and loosened my grip on my blade. My eyes went wide, and I managed a gasp before he took my own blade and slit my throat. I could feel the knife slide across my skin, and feel the skin separate as it made a pass from one side to the other. He then smacked me in the side of the head, and let me fall to the floor. Although I was dying, I felt comforted. Because I was thinking at the time, " I'll live again, I know it. ". Then It was like I detached from that body, and floated from the dream. I saw the man that I was, he had dark skin, it looked weather beaten. He had brown hair, and either blue or grey eyes. It was as if he was looking right up at me as I drifted away. He looked rather young, maybe in his earlier thirties.

I never saw my comrade, at least not fully, whom I was next to, but I did get a sense of comradeship, like we were brothers or best friends or something. I also never felt a wound, at least not the pain. I felt the blade cut into my skin, but never the pain that followed. I can't really remember some of the finer details of the dream, so I am having my doubts about it being about something in the past life. So how would I know if it was something from a past life?
 
Hi Outrider,

Dreams are interesting things. I think it’s important to look at what’s going on in our present lives, before turning to thoughts of a past life. We have a way of working through difficult issues in our dreams – and many times, what appears to us is symbolic and difficult to figure out.

In regards to past life dreams -- according to Edgar Cayce, "The subconscious mind stores memories from the long ago past that can come to the surface in the present as a kind of “memory pattern” – a memory that tries to being some sort of awareness to the dreamer."

Many people believe that when past life memories appear – it is because of something similar going on in our present lives, and this situation has acted as a "trigger." It can be a “head’s up” that an experience from the past, or a specific pattern, is about to repeat itself in the present.

A past life dream is very different from a regular dream. It has a completely different “feel” to it. For me – it is usually very lucid. I am experiencing everything now – as it happened then. PL dreams have a very strong emotional aspect to them. They’re also quite detailed.

Usually, you know you are “you,” but it feels different. Sometimes you are the opposite gender, or from a different culture or country. Past life dreams have historical detail, so pay specific attention to clothing etc. – often the clothing can give you a time period to work within.

If you have the dream more than once – it is important to note that the events don’t change. ;)


As the others have suggested, keeping a dream journal is a great way to be able to see specific patterns emerging.

You may enjoy reading the thread How can I learn about my past lives? The book "Past Lives, Present Dreams" recommended in the first post is a good one. :)


Best of luck,

Ailish
 
Hi Outrider, and welcome.

It certainly seems to me that this dream has all the hallmarks of a Past Life memory - highly detailed,emotional, personal, multiple sensory elements. Having your brother confirm so many details would only lend weight to that in my opinion.

Past Life dreams usually stick out from normal dreams because they are so very vivid and memorable and they just 'feel' different. I remember being killed a couple of times and that feeling of slipping out of your body and looking down on it certainly rings true.

It is not unusual for people who have known each other to keep incarnating together until they work out their 'unfinished business' or choose to do something else as the case may be.

What is the underlying emotion behind it all - particularly regarding your brother? Hate, fear, greed, love....? (It is interesting that he was the first person you chose to tell about this).

Any idea what was going on - eg. what the fight was about? It is most unlikely it was just a random act of violence. Think about it, you may come up with something.

Who was your comrade? Was he in fact your brother in that life? This sort of question can lead to more insights.
 
Outrider, Thanks for sharing your dream. I too, think it sounds like a memory. The fact your brother has similar memories ads to the synchronous mystery....which I believe is part of your journey of discovery. The description of your death at the sword was amazingly similar to my own. I felt the cut, but no pain...I knew death was at hand and had no fear...strangely I was extremely cognate, in a very peaceful way, of the people around me, their faces and emotions. Then I slipped away. These memories came in a regression by a doctor a few years ago.

I think Tanguerra asked some great questions regarding your current situation. I too, would like to hear more.

Blessings, Tinkerman
 
Hi Chris,

Like Tanguerra, I also write down my dreams. I've had several recurring nightmares since childhood -- and usually they crop up when a specific situation in my life requires attention.

I find that by journalling -- I am able to release and transform the emotion into words -- which enables me to detect patterns and better understand the "triggers." ;)

Does anyone else have something to add?


Ailish
 
Maybe a memory?

Ok I had this dream, it was so real and detailed and I woke up shaking and I can't get it off my mind. Maybe it's a past life memory resurfacing. If so it's one I have never dreamt of but it was just so real to me.

I have a feeling this isn't "just a dream", I think there's something more but I don't know what! Any help is appreciated!

I was a young woman in the 50’s. I looked the same as I do now, just younger. I was in high school or college and became fell in love with a black man, something you just didn’t do back in those days if you were white. He was a baseball player at some point, none of the white boys wanted him in the team but he was allowed because he was so good. We were in love even though everyone was against it. We had 2 kids together and loved each other for many years. People hated us, beat him up, threw things at me, we weren’t welcome anywhere. I believe we lived in California at some point but I think we may have been in the South at a time too. We loved each other very much. I think for a time we were separated, I don’t know why. It was nothing we wanted, it just happened and when he came back our kids were about 5 or 6 maybe. They were beautiful children and when he sees them after a long time he is in awe. I say to him “these are my kids” and he says “these are OUR kids”, almost like he had never met them before. So maybe I was pregnant and he didn’t know it before we were separated and he is just now meeting them. One was a boy and one was a girl. No mention of their names but they may have been twins as they looked close in age and he didn’t seem to know of either of them. There was something about 50 years…I don’t know what. At some point there was some kind of 50 yr reunion and that was how we saw each other again but we weren’t that old and our kids were too young so I don’t know what the reunion was about. All I know is we hadn’t seen each other for a long time and we were happy to see each other, it was as if we had never been a part and were still as in love as ever. He was happy to see the kids and told me he loved me. That was the end of the dream.
 
Hi mamakaykay,

What an interesting dream!

Do you happen to keep a dream journal? If not -- I'd recommend starting one. You never know when you may get more information about a specific dream, and it's great to have it written down to go back and reference.

Since you met "in school" -- it could have been some sort of school reunion. Maybe the school was having its fiftieth year celebration or something of the sort. I know my high school marks special anniversaries -- by having a celebration for all graduating classes in certain years.

Something to consider....

Please keep us posted if you find out anything more!

Ailish :)
 
Hi mamakaykay

What a beautiful story of the power of love.

It could be that the dream got a bit 'scrambled up' towards the end, particularly if your ages and the kids' seemed all wrong.

It may have been a 'reunion' of a different nature? Perhaps you were separated by death? When you got back together it may have been on a spirit level?

Just a thought.
 
After I posted this I remembered other points of the dream. As I said at one point we may have been in California because of the sunny weather and there was references to the Dodgers but I know a long time ago they were in Brooklyn. Also there was references to the Chicago White Sox so I don't know where everything took place though when the man came back (his name was Dashell), we started out in a school or some sort of auditorium but then there was a get together at my home and he came there with me. This is where I see my mother, though she isn't my mother in this life. She is unhappy about him being there because of the color thing but knows I love him so doesn't say much. The house we're in is the one I live in now, I guess that's just the muddle of dreams since I live in Seattle! But the house looks just like the one I live in and I lead him through it to the back door and porch where we can see our kids playing in the yard. After the discussion about "our kids" the dream ended but I just wanted to share what else I could remember! I wish I could have another dream about it.

Edited to add: I just thought I would mention that my husband's middle name is Donchel, with the CH making the same sound as SH...interesting similarity to the names.
 
Very interesting MamaKaykay. Could your husband have been a professional baseball player? There may be a record if so. You say he was so good at high school they had to let him play even though they did not want to. This could be why he was away a lot? You could try googling baseball, his name(s) and so on and see what you come up with?

Have you tried meditating to recover more memories? You have quite a bit to get started on from your dream. It might be a way to fill in the blanks without relying on the capriciousness of dreams.
 
I had another dream about Dashell that I wanted to share with you all. This dream was 2 nights ago and it was a weird muddled sort of dream but I do remember him in the dream. I dreamt we were about to be married. It seemed like we were getting married at someone's house, I don't know if it was our's or what but it was a house, not a church. There were many people there but mostly his friends and family, not many of mine and I had no one to "give me away". I was getting ready for the wedding, had my dress on and all. My mom wasn't going to be there, in this dream she was my mom in real life unlike the last dream where it was a different mom. She wasn't happy about the wedding and refused to be there. So anyway, I am in my dress getting ready to marry Dashell. As what often happens in the muddle of dreams, my mom's house happened to be right across the street from the house we were in. I decided to go back one more time to see if she wanted to see me get married. I get there and the door is unlocked so I go in and my mom is sleeping in her bedroom. I leave and notice her garage door is open and someone is in there taking all her stuff. Then he goes into her house. Fearing for my mom's well being I go back in the house to warn her. I wake her up to tell her about the man but she's so sleepy I can't really get it to register. The man comes back to the room and has a knife, telling us he will kill us both. Somehow I overpower him and get the knife (only in dreams, lol) and I back him out of my mom's house. Just as we're coming out of the house, a man from the wedding party comes over with a gun and threatens to kill the man. At this point I woke up. I don't know if the robber and scene with him has anything to do with the rest of the dream/memory but I was excited to have another dream about what could possibly be a life with Dashell. I will have to look him up, see if there was any records of a baseball player by that name, but I don't really know where to start.
 
Dreams are funny things! The subconscious communicates with us in mysterious ways. I hope your real life mother is OK.

As to research, with the internet, it has never been easier. I went to www.google.com and put in the following words:-

baseball brooklyn dodgers history 1950s African American players.

You may have other words that you want to put in and can experiment with different combinations, like the name of your home town, etc and it may be more precise. The name of your guy may have been his actual name or may have been a nickname but you could try putting that in as well and try alternative spellings, but Dashiel Hammet wrote a book about the Brooklyn Dodgers, so you will probably get a lot of links to do with that!

These are a few items I have picked out for you at random from my search, that may be relevant. You may like to have a flick through here and see if anything comes up for you. There are a lot of pictures of Jackie Robinson (first African American to play baseball in the major leagues and for the Dodgers) but you may find someone else you recognise?

http://books.google.com.au/books?vi...yers&sig=_y87COIsOwW7eZHwAJ9hYxu0HIg#PPA89,M1

http://www.whshistoryproject.org/1950s/baseball.html
 
My past life...?

I'm not sure if this is my past life or not.
But I have this dream, over and over again.

Here it is:
I'm walking along a long gravel path. Like a driveway.
I'm wearing a dress thats late 1700 or early 1800 style.
A girl is walking beside me. I can't see her though.
I know its a girl. She has a female voice.
I can see the tips of her shoes and the bottom of her dress.
We're walking along talking, about a war.
I can't exactly remember what we're saying.
I do know that we happen to metion slaves a lot.
We come to the end of the path. Theres an iron gate there.
The gate is covered with red and pink roses.
A small gate house is next to the gate.
Inside the gate house is a big, bulky black African Amercian.
He greets us, calling us Miss.Elizabeth and Miss.Jackson.
We say hello to him. I call him Teddy.
He opens the gate and we walk through it onto a dirt road.
It then flashes to me in a parlor room.
The room is filled with many people crying, dressed in black.
I'm sitting next to a casket, greeting people as they come in.
Ther person in the casket is wearing an uniform.
After that it flashes to a battle scene.
The same person in the casket is standing on a hill.
He's in the middle of a war or battle.
It shows him getting shot and then falling to the ground.
It flashes back to me, standing in the gate house.
The man, Teddy, is gone.
I'm there with the same girl I was walking with earlier.
We're very stricken faced and not talking or laughing now.
I sigh and turn to her. "It's over now. They've won.", I say.
Then I always wake up.

Do you think this could be a past life of mine?
I have this dream almost every night.
It all seems so real too.
I can hear the gravel under my feet. I can smell the roses.
I can hear Teedy's voice. And the crying people.
I can feel the coldness of the dead man's hand.
I can hear the shot of the gun in the battle.
It all seems so real. Like I'm there. Like's its real,not a dream.

If this is a past life, what time period is it?
What war am I talking about?
 
Welcome to the forum, Stephernee.

You may find this link useful How can I learn about my past lives? Be sure to have a look through the FAQ Section -- there's a lot of great information there. ;)

If this is a past life, what time period is it? What war am I talking about?
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Make sure to take note of the style of clothing -- and write down anything else you notice in as much detail as possible. Have you considered the possibility of the Civil War?

Ther person in the casket is wearing an uniform.
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What kind of uniform? What color? Can you describe it more clearly?

Do you think this could be a past life of mine?
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It's possible. Pay specific attention to the emotions surrounding your dream. How does it make you feel? Is the dream always exactly the same? Does it happen in the same sequence? Do the little details remain consistent? :)

I would suggest keeping a journal and detailing your dreams as much as you can.

Ailish
 
Hi Stephernee,

Welcome to the forum. I hope you find it interesting and enjoy yourself.

It seems to be a characteristic of past life dreams, from what people describe to be:-
1. highly realistic and detailed as you describe - multi-sensory experiences,
2. repetitive - you keep having it over and over.
3. have a strong emotional content - that is you really feel what the person in the dream is feeling (where you normally don't feel such strong or realistic emotions in a regular dream).

I would think the African American house servant calling you 'Miss ...' would tend to indicate the southern United States, probably, but not necessarily during the slavery period, which to me would indicate the Civil War - also by the uniform you describe.

This is a terrific web-site full of all sorts of information about all kinds of military uniforms: https://www.army.mil/asu/

Have a look here at the civil war and see if anything looks familiar:
http://www.ushist.com/american_civil_war_uniforms.htm

If you did a google of fashions during the period (once you confirm the period), I am sure you could find a dress such as the type you describe too.

Have fun and happy hunting.

Also, possible interesting questions to ponder:

Does anyone in the dream 'remind' you of someone you know now?
Have you recently met or lost someone, or had a falling out with someone? - Say around the time the dreams started?
 
This was no dream

Hey everyone - new to this site so I am hoping that I am posting correctly.............

Something happened to me and I am finding it difficult to find some explanation. It was not a dream but rather a scary reality. I am hoping that you can offer some explanation, or point me in the right direction. I did consult a psychic and have tried to do some research on the ‘Net, and am now more confused than before. So I would appreciate your view on this:

On my way home from my workout at the gym, I passed a row of houses which triggered my memory about a dream I had while in Italy a few months previously. (I have driven thru this area countless times before and nothing happened before this – and I tend to not remember my dreams until something happens to remind me of them.)

On with the story………… I looked at the houses and they seemed to have shifted, and / or people had moved. Like something wasn’t quite the same. They also seemed to be slightly distorted in shape for just a second. I thought to myself that maybe it was too much oxygen in my blood from the workout, and the sub zero temperature, and thought nothing more of it and continued on my way home.

When I turned into my driveway, I got this weird sensation that I should not be there. Like thoughts of: "what are my neighbors going to think seeing me going down my drive way". Like "they will wonder what I am doing there". "I am not supposed to be here". But, obviously, asked myself: “this is my house, where else am I supposed to be”. But I also noticed that time seemed to drag on. Like it took a long time to drive down the driveway, or like I was driving in translucent jello. Again I’m thinking all this oxygen and subzero temperature is messing with my head.

Anyway, I open the garage door, park the truck, close the garage door and walk towards the house trying to shake this “I’m not supposed to be here” feeling. I walk around to the other side of the house to go in the side entrance, and again I get this feeling that I am not supposed to be there and what are my neighbors going to think if they see me, and I got this sensation that someone else was now living there.

So I stopped. This now started to rattle me, and wondered to myself what is going on. I thought that I must be dreaming and I purposefully whacked my hand against the side of the house. It hurt, so I wasn’t dreaming. So after a while of trying to figure out what was happening a thought came to me. And that was that dead people are not supposed to be walking around.

Needless to say, this thru me for a loop. I wondered what had happened to me. A heart attack at the gym, a fatal car accident on the way home? I then got kind of angry and “said” that this can’t be happening. My death would kill my mother and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to my sister. That this was unfair, this wasn’t right. I am not ready to be dead yet! (How long this all took, I don’t know)

So I continued on down the side of the house and into my living room. Everything seemed to be distorted in the way the shape of the room now seemed to be rectangular rather than square. And the furniture seemed to have been moved slightly from where it was supposed to be.

I then remember getting into bed with the same sensation that someone else has been sleeping there, but it was my bed and I wasn’t going to get out of it. I must have then fallen asleep.

I believe in reincarnation and from the info I've gathered from the 'Net, past lives seem to appear in dreams and this was not a dream. In fact this freaked me out so much that I phoned a friend with same lame excuse just to prove to myself that I was not dead.

Thank you.

Emilio
 
Hi Emilio,

Welcome to the forum. :)

I'm a little confused here -- you said this is not a dream, but you also said you "passed a row of houses which triggered my memory about a dream I had while in Italy a few months previously." So is the event you are describing something that happened while you were awake or asleep?

I believe in reincarnation and from the info I've gathered from the 'Net, past lives seem to appear in dreams and this was not a dream.
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Past life recall can happen in more ways than just in a dream. There is also spontaneous recall -- which can happen while you are conscious and going about your daily activities. You may want to check out the poll How We Receive Past Life Memories .

You may also want to read through the threads in the FAQ Section. :)

Ailish
 
hello Ailish - thanks for the welcome and sorry about the confusion. No, the experience I described was not a dream. Let me explain the reference to Italy / dream:

I hardly ever remember ANY kind of dream when I wake up. Sometimes tho, something happens which will trigger the rememberance of a dream. Like I dreamt about those houses while in Italy, but only remembered the dream months later when I drove past them again. And it was seeing those houses again that triggered the i rememberance of the dream I had in Italy about them.

Usually it's just a recollection of a dream I had, and that's it. This time it was not only a recollection, but also what happened in my previous post took place.

And I can't find any explanantion of what actually happened on the 'Net.

Thanks for the help. - Emilio
 
dreams?

Thanks vanhalen50one50 for the suggestions.

Believe me, I am the biggest sceptic when it comes to a lot of things, like psychics. I contacted 2 in fact with regards to my "episode".

One mentioned "reality shift" - "another dimension" - "that I am multi dimensional". This left me even more confused because I don't understand what that means, and when I asked her to explain she didn't really have an answer.

Another mentioned a time warp. That I was caught between this life and a previous one. She mentioned the different "realms" here on earth.

When I asked her what was the purpose of this, she told me that this was a "gift" from the universe. And I asked what I was supposed to do with this "gift" and she said that I need to learn to meditate, and could use this "gift" to help people.

She went on to tell me that this person (me in a previous life) was also a man, aged 19 or 20, and died in a car accident in February at the spot where those houses are.

Sceptical me thought that could be a wild guess since we are in February. But she then went on to say that the number "5" is coming across very strongly.

I'd spoken with her on the 15th. This all happened on the 5th of Feb. Something I didn't tell her. Lucky guess on her part? Maybe. But what isn't a maybe is that this incident happened while I was wide awake.

She also told me that the thoughts I had of "it not being fair, etc." where not my own, but rather "his" thoughts. Something I am having difficulty with also is the probability that I immigrate from one country to another, move from one city to another, and land up living "down the road" from my previous self?

To her credit tho, she did supply me with her private email address if I needed to ask her more questions about this. I will be taking her up on her offer.

Now my head hurts: eek:

Emilio
 
Don't get me wrong, I believe in psychics, but they are not always the best when you learn about your past lives. They cannot give you everything that you need to heal from the experience, but a hypnotherapist can. (refer to how can I find a reputable hypnotherapist?) If the psychic is going to just tell you about your past life, you probably shouldn't do it as it can leave you worse than before, if the psychic is actually going to put you in a trance and let you experience your past life yourself this is better, but we recommend a reputable hypnotherapist licensed with International Association for Regression Research and Therapies. Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
VanH.
 
Hi Emilio,

Welcome to the forum. Although we don't have all the answers here, I am sure we will do our best to help you figure this out! :) In any event, don't upset yourself. Strange anomolies in consciousness happen from time to time and are usually no cause for alarm. You have just had a little peek behind the fabric of the space-time-continuum, don't panic. It happens sometimes and it is intriguing but unlikely to be dangerous in any way.

While I am not by any means certain, judging by the info that you have given us I think your psychic could certainly have been on the right track. There are very competent psychics out there and some less so, so it is always wise to take care with any advice you are given, but if this experience you describe had anything to do with a past life, it would sound congruent to me with having died in a car accident in that street before.

During your experience, you had a very strong feeling that you were familiar with the streetscape, but that it was slightly changed, and even your house and its interior was familar, but slightly changed. This could be caused by a strong memory of how it 'used to be' coming through. Others here talk about having memories of past life experiences when wide awake, particularly when they find themselves in a familiar place.

If you had lived and perhaps died in that street before, this would account for your strange sensation of being a 'ghost' even though you were in fact alive this time. You may have been remembering what it was like to be 'dead'. It is possible that if you died suddenly your 'ghost' or your spirit was hanging around in the street for a while after the accident, possibly confused and disoriented and this is what you were 'remembering' the other night. It is not uncommon in cases of sudden accidental death, for the spirit to be a bit muddled and to hang about the scene until they figure out what has happened.

I would be interested in the details of the Italian dream you had. That might be very relevant, particularly if you don't usually remember dreams at all. What do you remember about it? Because it seems to have been involved as a trigger, the content of that dream might shed some light on the whole scenario.
 
Hello Tanguerra - thank you for your thoughts.

You wrote (in part): "What do you remember about it? Because it seems to have been involved as a trigger, the content of that dream might shed some light on the whole scenario".

This is what is so frustrating. I don't recall any of it except that when I saw those houses (in reality), I remembered that I'd dreamt of them while in Italy. But I cannot recall what the dream was about, or anything more than I dreamt about them.

So you understand my confusion? Granted, I am trying to find logical sence of this experience, but what I don't understand is this:

I dream of the houses in December while in Italy.
These houses are (in Canada) and I have driven past them numerous times before and not felt anything.

Granted, from what the psychic told me, I concluded that I must have driven past right at the time of "his" (my) death. Or as you suggested Tanguerra, that his (my) ghost was hanging around after the accident.

But my big question is why this experience? Was / am I supposed to learn something from this?

I've had "deja Vu" experiences before, of both the past and the near future, but nothing like this. This really scared the crap out of me because it was in reality, and at the same time I want to know this 19 / 20 year old that was me in a previous lifetime.

Am I wrong in thinking that this happened for a reason, like it was a message and I'm just not getting it?

Again thanks for all your thoughts. - Emilio
 
You might try regression, there are cd's that are guided regression cd's, I would recommend reading some books on Past Lives, Especially Roger Woolger and Carol Bowman. I suggest Roger Woolger's Healing Your Past Lives, it has a guided regression cd with it and it usually runs about $20 because it has the cd. Both Carol and Roger know how to talk to the reader, in their books I always seem to get into it very easily and thats a problem with non-fiction books for me. This is very interesting, keep us posted on any new developments! :thumbsup:

Sincerely,
VanH.
 
Hi Emilio,

Again I underline, don't be upset about this, take it easy and it will be easier to get to the bottom of it. Don't try too hard or you will tend to put more obstacles in your own way. If you say you have frequent deja vu experiences, this is a sign that you are sensitive to this stuff and, also, possibly that there is a message trying to come through from your 'subconscious'. Just be chill and let it float up by itself.

1. The dream - if you can't remember details, that's ok. Just find a quiet place to lie down close your eyes and recall whatever image you can from the dream - if it is just the two houses, that's fine. Picture that as clearly as you can, but don't get upset if it is fuzzy at first. (Don't keep saying to yourself "I'm no good at this. I can't remember, this isn't working.....") Just go with the first image that comes up and trust that. Was it day or night? Were there people around or not? Just keep it simple. You will be surprised what you can remember when you tell your intellectual mind to 'butt out' for a minute. When the image is as clear as it is going to get, then just try to think of the basic emotion in the dream - happiness, fear, nostalgia, excitement... There is no correct answer. There is only what you know inside you. We are looking for clues like Sherlock Holmes.

2. Why is this happening now? Well, there is a long answer and a short answer to that, but one simple answer could be there is possibly something going on in your present life which would benefit from you learning 'something' from this previous life experience - whatever it is. If you could try to get into the emotions of the experience you had (rather than fussing about the details and scientific explanations) you might get some insight. These things are more often than not to do with relationships and life lessons. But without more information I can't give you any more hints than that. How is everything in your present life emotional world? Anything upsetting going on? Somebody die recently? Getting married/divorced? That sort of thing.

3. Regression - yes, very useful and a good idea. It is really just a structured way for you to get access to all this information which is inside of you, but you are not used to accessing it. If professional regression is not feasible the tapes are good introductions to teaching you to relax and call up this information yourself to your conscious mind.
 
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