J Rainsnow
Senior Registered
Here's a question, not meant to stir controversy, though I can see it does contain some risk.
Does anyone feel that current world events are resonating with any emotions/experiences from a past life, perhaps triggering certain feelings or memories? Perhaps even causing your reactions to current events to be a mixture of current-life responses, and responses influenced by what happened to you in the past?
I have discussed this on other forums, since 9/11, where I have found that some individuals (including myself) have had powerful reactions, not only stemming from those traumatic events, but also from PL traumas, which were reawakened by the similarity or suggestiveness of modern day events.
For example, to some, the presence of soldiers with automatic weapons on the streets and in the train stations of New York City after 9/11, although meant to bolster our security, created a terrible sense of uneasiness, as did some of the legal steps taken by the government to fight terrorism. Having experienced the repression of a police state in a PL, we just couldn't feel comfortable in this environment, it released PL fears and shadows into our present-day consciousness. There was a blending of the past and present in our emotions, and it was hard to keep the two times separate.
For me, due to several past lives as a fugitive who depended on the wilderness to shelter him from powerful enemies, learning, after 9/11, that America has incredible new technology, such as robot planes supposedly able to identify a target many miles away through a snowstorm, incredible spy satellites that can see through smoke, see in the night, and see through forest canopies (?), and bombs supposedly capable of sucking the air out of a cave, were all horrifying. Just the fact that such technology exists, fed into my PL wounds, and created a terrible sense of insecurity: that now, my ancient last resort of fleeing into the wilderness to escape from persecution, could become futile.
But other people may have other responses. The ancient warrior may long to climb into the saddle once again, feeling the pride and challenge of a new struggle. Perhaps, there were some who participated in the Crusades, as Christian warriors, and are ready to do so again - or hesitate, after perhaps witnessing the sacking of Jerusalem, and failure and disillusionment of previous crusades. Perhaps there are some former Muslims, who feel the threat of olden days has been resurrected. Perhaps, someone who was persecuted by Muslims in the past may feel more threatened by Islamic Fundamentalism, today, than the general population, or someone who cherished Islam, may have a special empathy with the Arab people today, and be especially moved to work for peace.
It is interesting to see the ways in which our PL experiences can intersect with current events, and perhaps more important than we realize, if what happened in the past continues to exert a strong, but largely invisible, influence upon our actions in the present.
As a final note: this post, once again, is not meant to be political or to start something political, just to look at the interplay between past and present in our souls.
Peace & all the Best to Everyone,
J Rainsnow
http://www.rainsnow.org
Does anyone feel that current world events are resonating with any emotions/experiences from a past life, perhaps triggering certain feelings or memories? Perhaps even causing your reactions to current events to be a mixture of current-life responses, and responses influenced by what happened to you in the past?
I have discussed this on other forums, since 9/11, where I have found that some individuals (including myself) have had powerful reactions, not only stemming from those traumatic events, but also from PL traumas, which were reawakened by the similarity or suggestiveness of modern day events.
For example, to some, the presence of soldiers with automatic weapons on the streets and in the train stations of New York City after 9/11, although meant to bolster our security, created a terrible sense of uneasiness, as did some of the legal steps taken by the government to fight terrorism. Having experienced the repression of a police state in a PL, we just couldn't feel comfortable in this environment, it released PL fears and shadows into our present-day consciousness. There was a blending of the past and present in our emotions, and it was hard to keep the two times separate.
For me, due to several past lives as a fugitive who depended on the wilderness to shelter him from powerful enemies, learning, after 9/11, that America has incredible new technology, such as robot planes supposedly able to identify a target many miles away through a snowstorm, incredible spy satellites that can see through smoke, see in the night, and see through forest canopies (?), and bombs supposedly capable of sucking the air out of a cave, were all horrifying. Just the fact that such technology exists, fed into my PL wounds, and created a terrible sense of insecurity: that now, my ancient last resort of fleeing into the wilderness to escape from persecution, could become futile.
But other people may have other responses. The ancient warrior may long to climb into the saddle once again, feeling the pride and challenge of a new struggle. Perhaps, there were some who participated in the Crusades, as Christian warriors, and are ready to do so again - or hesitate, after perhaps witnessing the sacking of Jerusalem, and failure and disillusionment of previous crusades. Perhaps there are some former Muslims, who feel the threat of olden days has been resurrected. Perhaps, someone who was persecuted by Muslims in the past may feel more threatened by Islamic Fundamentalism, today, than the general population, or someone who cherished Islam, may have a special empathy with the Arab people today, and be especially moved to work for peace.
It is interesting to see the ways in which our PL experiences can intersect with current events, and perhaps more important than we realize, if what happened in the past continues to exert a strong, but largely invisible, influence upon our actions in the present.
As a final note: this post, once again, is not meant to be political or to start something political, just to look at the interplay between past and present in our souls.
Peace & all the Best to Everyone,
J Rainsnow
http://www.rainsnow.org
