repeating, repeating........
Dear Charles,
First let me just say that nothing works unless one/you believe it will. Axiomatic, no?
Does this mean that I could, at some stage, return to my life as Charlie Stuart and prevent all the dire consequences of my actions then?
Well not exactly, by that I mean probably not the whole life. The issue is that the matter turns on the individual decisions that result in specific negative acts. Almost the same thing in most cases but not quite, and, one has to start with the small things first. The big things would undoubtedly need a support group because of the amount of energy involved.
If you really believe that time is linear then of course it cannot be done. It is rather, first of all a matter of belief and access. For if time (that is the time in incarnation A or B) is simultaneous, then it means that the lives of all incarnations in all details (from start to finish), from the viewpoint of the higher self, are being played out now, this very instant. Furthermore this very instant is all there is, all that could possibly be, for that matter. Also, according to my "insight" this is so from the standpoint of the higher self.
As far as access is concerned, one must use very strong (complete) identification with the offending ego. This is of course the hard part, if one just pops back into that ego (“light” regression), that ego will just do as it always did. In that case you are perfectly correct:
”My belief and understanding is that what is past is past” and that is the finish of it, nothing changes. You are
so right!
On the other hand, picking a small indiscretion, and starting with the clear understanding and conscious identification of your ego with your higher self, identical with that aspect of the eternal self from which all proceeds, one can exactly live through that same instance in a “positive light” so to speak. What happens immediately is the “previous indiscretion” ceases to exist. You change yourself and all those affected by that “error” and thus the whole world. There are no parallel life-lines (strands) left unchanged for no parallel strands exist.
Disagreement is certainly expected and my pointing out the opposite will likewise have no effect. As things are it could not be otherwise, could it? You can however, if you are of a mind, try it for yourself, but do not pick on huge errors. Small almost insignificant items can work if you so desire.
They (scientists) also believe, however, that in theory if one could, one would indeed return in "time". If one did, however, would one really be able to change the sequence of events, or would one again be a part of events that have already happened, and be involved in them just as before?
This scenario is very close to the “
myth” of Eternal Return of Western thought, the symbol is the worm (snake?) Uroboros eating its own tail. BTW there are two very very good fiction/fanasy?? works on this subject:
by E.R. Edison: The Worm Oroborus, and also Zimiamvia: A Trilogy Edison presented these works as fantasy but if you read them it becomes obvious that they are illustrative of the reality he perceived, in a very profound way.
The Vedas say that the case is eventual contraction of form but with the inherent vasanas (scarring memories and urges – longings) still in place within the “unmanifest” – eternal existence, which knows no destruction-. These urges then are responsible for initiating the next great cycle and all beings emerge therein, seeded by the vasanas, and they take life again from a point exactly where they left off, as form evolves, they again become manifest. This means each cycle starts from a different “focus” but since such cycles are without limit then exact replication will take place sooner or later.
Actually, for an individual, one of the ways off of the cycle is exactly the one I have alluded to. Otherwise, Charles, it is just as you said in your first post to this thread
The soul is in permanent evolution through reincarnation except that it is worse, the overall cycle repeats for the very slow learners………….
Regards