Friendships and Past life memories

Over the past few years I have had encounters with many people who I have met in past lives.  Sometimes the memories come flooding back and sometimes they are in bits and pieces but I always welcome them.  I actually remember a lot of my past lives and it amazes me the things I remember.  From my first lifetime to my present I have been taught lessons and helped to guide others so I suppose that is the purpose in remembering them.  A few years ago I met a friend who I instantly knew from a past life and it was amazing how much flooded back to me in the first few moments we met.  It is one of the only lifetimes I remember being a man but I remember it so vividly and have to say that it was by far the most loving lifetime I remember to date.  Sure I have had a few other lifetimes where I was a man but they were in a Buddhist temple as a monk and I have memories that I shared with others who I have met along the way - they were my teachers in the monastery.  I don't remember the monastery as much as I want but I get pieces here and there.  I think I remember the pieces from those lifetimes the most when I am relearning a lesson in this one - perhaps that is the purpose to those lifetimes.  Perhaps those lifetimes are to serve as a reminder for me to remain peaceful and to live in the present.

The one thing that my previous lifetimes has taught me is that I have to learn to let others live their lives and just be supportive and caring.  I have to ensure my loved ones know I am there for them no matter what and that I always will be.  I think I have been relearning that lesson a lot throughout my lifetimes.  Some of my closest friends have been with me in some manner in the past and I reconnected with them for a reason and I can say I usually can figure that out fairly quickly.  I have friends that have opened me up to be more myself, others who accept me regardless of how I am, others who just believe in me so much that I cannot express my gratitude enough,  and others who are just so wonderful to be around I cannot explain it.  I tend to stay hidden away from many people, to not show my truest self, not because I am afraid but because it makes me more comfortable.  Getting outside my norm is a big step for me on a growth level and I have pushed myself a lot over the past few years to do just that - grow.  

I believe that the relationships I have that have lasted so long are because they are lifetime relationships - ones that I have had numerous lifetimes actually.  I think I am very fortunate that I have reconnected with so many of them.  Sometimes my interactions with these souls lead me to have past life recall of which are painful and sometimes they are blissful but they are always with a purpose - something I am supposed to remember... something I am supposed to learn or help them to learn...  there is always a reason.

I have one relationship that I eluded to in the beginning - a past life with a beautiful soul of which I spent over 70 years with.  I have to say it was a beautiful lifetime filled with love and peace, family and happiness, loss and hope...  I remember every detail which surprises me a lot because I cannot remember every detail of many of my past lives but I am supposed to remember this one.  Some many be wondering how I recognized her and the answer is really not one I can explain as much as you'd think.  We met in a meditation class and she came in just before the class started.  Funny thing is - I felt her presence before she walked through the door, like an old friend coming home.  When she came in I just knew her and when I looked in her eyes all the memories came flooding back from our lifetime together.  I was a bit shaken up because everything was so detailed.  I spent a lot of time sorting through it and trying to make sense of why but ultimately it doesn't matter why.  I know I am here to love and support her and to encourage her to find true happiness.  She is meant to learn to trust and to grow spiritually.  I think I am meant to help her along that path but I can only help someone who is ready for my help - I learned this lesson awhile ago.  As our current lifetime progresses I know what is to come - I have had visions of things yet to come (some good, some bad).  Life is full of lessons and some are hard but others are easy.  I am always willing to help those I care about though - like I said earlier sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes I have to remember to let lessons occur and not step in to help it along.  

I have always believed that the eyes are the windows to your soul.  If you look at someone directly in the eyes you can see their entire life - the pain, the suffering, the happiness, the fear, the love.  For some of us we can also see their past lives (at least the ones we were part of) and that is how we recognize the other soul.  You've had that experience too but perhaps you don't recognize it.  You've looked at someone directly in their eyes and just known that they are a good person full of light and love.  You've realized an instant connection to that person but haven't been able to explain it.  You've also had the sudden experience of feeling like a person is bad and couldn't tell why.  Something inside you just didn't trust that person and you couldn't explain it.  Something just made you feel like running in the opposite direction to get away from that person and to stay away from that person.  We all go through soul recognition but we don't always trust what we see or feel.  The most important thing is that we have to trust what we see in another persons soul, in their eyes, and what we feel when we see it.  Trust is one of the hardest lessons for all of us but it is the most rewarding lesson to learn.  Trust in your intuition, in yourself, and those you care about deeply.  Trust is not ever given lightly (I know this to be true) but when it is given it means more to me than being loved.  Trust is a bond between souls that never ends - something that extends past time and space and into the very fabric of the universe.  I don't trust lightly and I am sure you don't either...

Love, peace and happiness to you - today and every day.