Haunted by the Past

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(No, this is not a scary a post.  Not really Halloween related, just the title.)

All of us are planting something in our lives every single day, whether we realize it or not.  And we are always reaping whatever we have planted in the past.  The quality of our lives right now is the result of what we planted and harvested in some time before.  We reap the good and the bad for years after we have sown.  That’s why it is so important to plant and nurture the right seeds now. - From the book given by my best ever friend, The Power of a Praying Woman.

I grew up thinking that the issues faced by anyone would be vicios unless the root cause is dealt with.  That is ironing things the right way, no running away, or else you will find yourself going around in circles.  I had my share of circling especially during younger years.  Until I reached the point of not really giving up, but trusting to the One and with time, the things which are beyond my control.

But what about someone’s unfinished business or unresolved issues during his lifetime?  I have been busy with this kind of thought especially a decade ago.  Perhaps I was hungry for rationalizations then that even the ideas not for my age, or those that are completely bizarre, I was interested to get in… at least only in my mind.  Combining logic and other beliefs, I concluded that unresolved issues will be passed on biologically.  That is whatever the offspring is experiencing is the result of the kin’s actions.

I never realized that I have limited my thoughts to a sole life.  Until I read Jaime Licauco’s theory.  He is very active with innermind quest and is conducting regression classes.  He and his group is assisting people who wishes to know their past lives.  In one of his classes, there was a woman who is grieving for his partner’s infidelity and found out that in her past life, her husband was actually a woman and she was then the womanizer.  Role reversal.

In another class, there is a mother who hated one of her sons so much even for no reason at all.  She learned that she was an african slave in her past life and that master that gave her hard time is now her son.

The behavior can either be positive or negative because both great hatred and great love bind us to another person.

If you love somebody very much, you are bound to meet that person again in another lifetime. And, if you hate somebody very much, you are also bound to meet that person again in another lifetime.

So, if you do not want to meet your enemy again in your next life, better forgive him now and release him to his/her highest good. Otherwise, you are bound to meet that person again—and again, until you learn to forgive and release all things.

Happy Halloween, everyone.