Why can’t we remember our Past Lives?
August 19th, 2009
The idea of an eternal soul is a belief that has been shared amongst all nationalities and religions proven by the first written records.
The scholars, poets and artisans have entwined Reincarnation into their creations throughout human existence.
“Some people deny the existence of the soul in the past simply because they cannot remember the events of their past.
Others, who hold memory as the standard of existence say, “If our memory of the present ceases to exist at the time of death, with it we shall also cease to be, we cannot be immortal.”
They hold that memory is the standard of life. If we do not remember then we are not the same beings.
Vedanta answers this question by saying that it is possible to remember our previous existences. Memory is nothing but the awakening and rising of latent impressions above the threshold of consciousness.
A Raja Yogi, through powerful concentration upon these dormant impressions of the subconscious mind, can remember all the events of his past lives.
It is said that the Buddha remembered five hundred of his previous births.
Here let us take an illustration: In a dark room pictures are thrown on a screen by lantern-slides. The room is absolutely dark. We are looking at the pictures.
Suppose we open a window and allow the rays of the midday sun to fall upon the screen.
Would we be able to see those pictures?
No. Why?
Because the more powerful flood of light will subdue the light of the lantern and the pictures.
But although they are invisible to our eyes we cannot deny their existence on the screen. Similarly, the pictures of the events of our previous lives upon the screen of the subliminal self may be invisible to us at present, but they exist there.
Why are they invisible to us now? Because the more powerful light of sense-consciousness has subdued them.
If we close the windows and doors of our senses from outside contact and darken the inner chamber of our self, then by focusing the light of consciousness and concentrating the mental rays we shall be able to know and remember our past lives, and all of the events and experiences thereof.
These dormant impressions, whether we remember them or not, are the chief factors in moulding our individual characters with which we are born, and they are the causes of the inequalities and diversities which we find around us.”
The good news is that becoming a Raja Yogi is not the only way to access your Past Life memories.
Explore Meditation offers a past Life Regression Guided Meditation to assist your journey. Wanda Shipton guides you into a relaxed state, where you ‘close the shutters to the outside world’, so you can experience your past lives.
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“If we do not remember then we are not the same beings.”
Persons holding this belief should in turn consider that if we did remember THEN we would not be the same beings; we would in fact be the immortal energy body many desperately seek. Perhaps those who question do not seek. Have you noticed an intense speed increase in the informational flow?
There are three reasons most people do not remember past lives:
1) Choosing to avoid pain
- Many past life experiences involve pain. Each life ends in death and loss, both of which are painful.
2) Choosing to focus on the present
- Here and now is where you operate. The past is gone and can only serve as a lesson or perhaps pleasant reminiscing. Consider that most of the experiences are relatively mundane. Can you remember what you had for lunch even a week ago?
3) Choosing to accept a mistaken idea that you can’t remember past lives
- We have been conditioned to the idea that we only live once. Part of accepting this belief is not really trying to remember. Another part is assuming that things we actually do remember are not real, but only dreams or imagination. Denying real memories becomes a habit originally developed to avoid ridicule. Even those who do remember seldom talk about it openly.
Please note that in each of the three reasons we have made a decision. We chose to not remember. We don’t always deliberately and consciously forget, but originally we did choose to forget. Similarly, if we are overweight we forget that each bite we eat is a deliberate choice. Habit and not taking full responsibility for our decisions lies at the basis of a lot of issues, not just past life remembrance or weight, but that’s for another topic.
Now where did I bury that pot of gold?
Stephen
Reiki Master & Teacher
no matter what they say, we are still not sure, its just a theory, how come not even a single raja yogi cant tell who he was in his past life? if there is life after death, why not these souls contact us? or appear on us?