Goldenage's Wisdom is wise...
I wonder how Carol's children (I don't need to know personally), are handling their Mother's coming forward of their past-life memories from when they were little children. Do they embrace it now, that they are adults (are they adults now?)--or do they simply put it on a back shelf, not ready do deal with it at this time--something I would do, when I have enough to deal with in this life--never mind my past lives~-(although, yes, the seeds are here with me now, etc.)- Or, have they totally, at least for the moment, rejected their mother's work, and their childhood recollections. I do not think they have rejected the work.
But, I do know of a family, who had four children, and, both the mother and the father were far ahead of their time, in bringing forth this kind of insight and teaching into the world, etc. Their father, who was 20 years the senior of the mother, died of a stroke when the mother of the four children was just 33 years of age, (in 1972), and the youngest of their four precious children was just one years old or so~! On top of raising her children, the mantle of responsibilty of both of their mission was upon her shoulder, in addition to administring an organizaition, serving in leadership roles, and continueing her work as Minister, Healer, Preacher, etc etc. etc. I remember, rumour was in their community, in the Los Angeles area, when I was in my early 20's about the past lives of some of their children. I put it on the shelf, and, did not make too much of it, but observed the children growing up for many years--I lived near their community, and attended some services there on Sundays, and on Wednesdays night, and was part of a Fraternity associated with their order, that was dedicated to personal freedom, with included Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of all people and nations, etc.
In any event, as the story goes, when the movie Ghandi came out, their 16 year old, one of their daughters, was given a 'going out'--coming out party of sorts--there was a great teaching of both the blessing and the curse (?) aspect of this coming out... To the public of the announcement of someone's past life--especially concerning a famous person from the past (?)--- In any event, not this sister, but another sister (there were three sisters and one brother in this family)--in her early 20's ended up, at least for a season, 'rejecting' her mother and fathers work, and was paid by 'deprogrammers' huge sums of money to speak against her mother, etc, and the organization her mother and father founded upon a very solid rock. I also witnessed this girl growing up, and was able to hold her baby when her first born was about 9 months old or so, when she brought her to a day care I was working at for a short season.
This sister married early, at the age of 17, and was very tall and beautiful. Her past life-rumoured has something to do with one of are recent past presidents of the United States of America--this must have been a huge shoulder of responsibilty to bear when one was a teen, especially, when, in those days, the main stream media, speciffically, in Los Angeles, was very anti religion, and they tried to associate the world 'cult' with this organization, which, was very, very, sad. In any event, the teenage years were very difficult years for the children of this family.
Recently I met the Grandson of the Mother and Father whom I first spoke of, the son of the Son of the Family. He was in his late teens. We happen to chance meet at a hospital near my mother's house in the San Fernando Valley in L.A., when i was there because my little girl had fallen, and her nose was split open, and she needed stitches. In any event, I had also seen him, when he was about one years old. He barely knew of the work his grandmother and grandfather had done. We did not speak about reincarnation or karma, but he told me he was interested in going to school and taking up Philosophy--so, I thought that was good.
Take Care.
