Life Between Lives

Good Morning,

I came across a very interesting article in a psychology journal entitled "Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives." The article caught my attention and the reading proved to be very intriguing. Basically it talked about souls and whether there is any validity to such a thing. They recorded conversations with patients under hypnosis who seemed to be reporting their perspective between lives! The article failed to mention what type of "patients" these were, but went on to say these type of dialogue are far more common than one would imagine and they do appear to have commonalities. In the spirit of curiosity I offer some of the actual quotes below. Note this are actual quotes from patients.

"Some souls are driven more than others to expand and achieve their potential, but all of us will do so in the end."

"Being in many physical bodies and different settings expands the nature of our real self."

"Fulfillment is not cultivating self for selfish means, but allowing for integration with others in life."

"We all know earth is a difficult school"

"Earth is considered severe? Yes. On some worlds you must overcome physical discomforts--even suffering. Others lean towards mental contests. Earth has both."

"We get kudos for doing well on the hard worlds. We are called the adventurous ones by those who don't travel much."

"Less developed souls are inclined to surrender their will to the controlling aspects of human society with a socioeconomic structure which causes a large proportion of people to be subordinate to others."

"Souls are created in a positive matrix of such love and wisdom that when a soul starts to come to a planet like Earth and join the physical beings who have evolved from a primitive state, the violence is a shock. Humans have the raw, negative emotions of anger and hate as an outgrowth of their fear and pain connected with survival going back to the Stone Age. "

"The test of reincarnation for a soul coming to Earth is the conquering of fear in a human body. A soul grows by trying to overcome all negative emotions connected to fear through perseverance in many lifetimes, often returning to the spirit world bruised or hurt."

"There comes that time when the soul must once again leave the sanctuary of the spirit world for another trip to Earth. Souls must prepare to leave a world of total wisdom, where they exist in a blissful state of freedom, for the physical and mental demands of a human body. Souls have misgivings about even temporarily leaving a world of self-understanding, comradeship and compassion to go to a planetary environment of uncertainty and fear brought about by aggressive, competing humans."

"The real lessons of life are learned by recognizing and coming to terms with being human. It is how we stand up to failure and duress which really marks our progress in life. Sometimes one of the most important lessons is to learn to just let go of the past."

Having grown up with a mother who was always interested in psychology, I too have a passing curiosity. We tend to know less about ourselves than the world we inhabit. Have a wonderful weekend and keep this in mind: Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.

Peace and Love, Jim