You look familiar, have we met before?

Ahhh... there's nothing like Spain in the spring time....

So I've been told...

Er, by me.

uhm....

Sigh.

Out of all the out-of-earth topics, I think it is the area of past lives or reincarnation where I would like to understand more in the years to come...

Whatever your belief system, it is a very captivating topic. Hell, it might be true. It might even go a long way to answer the age old question - why are we here?

Reincarnation. There are so many ways to take a look at this - from a religious perspective and it's implications, from a scientific standpoint and unexplainable evidence derived through many cases, from just anecdotal evidence where people have shared their stories, many of which were drawn out through hypnosis or a medium uncovering vivid details and worlds of the past, and from a personal standpoint - aren't you curious about your own past lives? Well, my own curiosity took me a psychic/medium a few months ago. Apparently, one of my past lives had me living in Spain where I raised 8 or 9 children - pretty much alone. It seems that my beautiful wife had died giving birth to our last child, and so I had the burden of raising a family with little or no help. Is it true? Could this have happened? Or am I being conned? I have no idea. I certainly have no memory or sense of it, but it is very intriguing and my curiosity has been peaked. I intend to go again one day to another medium and see if Spain comes up again ... Deep down, I have reservations, but I will try... If it does come up, without me prompting it - I will freak out.

You know, this does/could connect to something I've often wondered about - namely, why some people are drawn to certain geographical regions having never been there before? In many cases, it's unexplainable (e.g. their parents had never talked about it, etc...). Yet, they are drawn to that place/country/culture. I've spoken to a few such individuals, when I was in Taiwan. A few of these expats had the need to come to Taiwan, that they have some sort of connection, but could not explain why. Personally, I did not have this connection while in Taipei and so I found this phenomena fascinating. Does this have anything to do with past lives? Did they make a strong connection in a some previous life to Taiwan or the culture? I have no idea, seems quite farfetched in reality.... But, what if? On another front, have you ever wondered why certain individuals have this "god-given gift" or talent for say, music or painting? How many times have you looked at an individual and uttered the words - 'a born-leader'. Perhaps this person has had some previous leadership experiences, and has come into this life with it ...?

This brings does up an interesting theory I have heard: that our soul/spirit travels from life to life picking up experiences, skills, etc... that stay with you in this and future lives. That our soul's life is made up of many lives, including this particular one we're living now. For example, if one has had much experience with losing loved ones in the past, they have developed very strong empathy/compassion skills that help them strong in similar situations in this life. Might even lead to a calling in the priesthood? Interesting eh?

So what in your life do you think you might have/could have been carried over, from a past life? Have you ever dreamt of something so specific that you just can't explain? Like a specific person or a house or even an era? I find these kinds of questions amazing, and want to investigate more ....

So why have I brought up this farfetched topic today? Was it because of something in one of my own past lives? Hardly.... It's an article I read from this life, hell it's from this week....

It's stories like that of James Leininger that bring excitement and energy to this topic, and begs many questions, starting with.... what if?

Enjoy.... The Past Life Memories of James Leininger