Why would anyone want to remember their past lives?

Question

Most lives have a lot of pain in them. Would you really want to relive that pain? And would you want to be accused of all the bad things you did during that lifetime? Isn't this life hard enough to deal with?

Answer 1

I believe in karma. I believe that whatever energy you put out into the universe, you get back. I think that some people want to remember their past lives out of curiosity. Others may want to see how their current lives, interests, etc relate to past lives (i.e. which attributes of their past lives have been carried over into the present life). Some people carry over unresolved issues from past lives that can manifest themselves as illnesses, phobias, self-sabotage, etc.... During a past life regression, a person can access their past, witness whatever event caused them trauma, release it, and heal.

I don't think that the priority is to relive the pain by remembering one's past lives. I think the main agenda is to learn from the past lives, to derive some lessons out of them for yourself. I think everyone can learn a lot and enhance their spiritual growth by finding out about their past lives. By the way, just like ignorance of the law doesn’t excuse you from the law, remembering one's past lives and any wrongdoings therein won't make you any more accountable than by not remembering them.

Karmic debt is still there in your spirit whether you choose to consciously remember it, and the universe has a way of making each person repay that debt. I think it's much easier to reduce the karmic debt once you're aware of your past wrongdoings, so that you have a point of reference of where to start the change.

Answer 2

I do not  think its like that at all.I think some people have flashbacks and short visions on memories from past lives.There current mind may only have some short memories of different lives.People regressed with hypnosis would properly remember more.I have flashbacks now and then but they are the same flashbacks.No new ones.Maybe that's all i can remember from past lives.Some flashbacks may appear in dreams too.

Answer 3

Curiousity?

Answer 4

I have vivid memories of my past lives and when they came up for me it was to deal with life lessons that connected me to those lives. Without understanding where the pain came from in this life it can be almost impossible to let go of. By connecting once more to the past and saying byebye-your soul-memory can really obtain that closure you need.

Many people need it, others dont..and some people just believe past lives is an entertaining thing to know.

Answer 5

Some people want to create problems they don't have to get attention then get drawn into their own drama. When they realize they have created a life of h**l they want to blame it on past lives and bad karma from past lives so they have an unexplained never ending illness that can never be cured. Then they are destined to be forever dependant on someone or the system as a way of insuring they will forever be loved by someone through woundology.

Or maybe they are just bored with who they are and want to make themselves seem more exciting to other people so people will Awe at them, which is also a play on a need for attention.

Don't thumbs down me, I was there once and I'm not now. I perfectly understand who I was then and now and I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm proud of it because of what I learned from it and you will be too one day if this is your path. :)

Answer 6

Isn't this life hard enough to deal with?

You're right of course, most people are too immature to deal with the problems they've caused themselves in this life.

Well, think about it if people reincarnate because there are things they have to pay for or are yet undone, then they are here right? Do you want to be here?

If you could rid yourself of all the Karma that was keeping you here wouldn't you want to know what it was you needed to overcome, outgrow?

As far as being accused, you're going to have to answer for everything you ever did at any time anyways, wouldn't you like to have the opportunity to make amends?

I think you know the answer, you just wanted to be told, to me moved off center so you could take action, am I right?

Answer 7

It actually gives you the benefit of knowing where you're coming from.  Life has a lot of pain in it one way or another, but sometimes knowing the root of that pain actually helps you to deal with little phobias, and compulsion disorders that you might have now.  As for the bad things that I did do, I done them, I suffered the consequences and I've moved on.  One thing about accepting and believing in reincarnation is being able to say, "Hey look, I REALLY f___ked up there.  Yeah, I might not want to do that again."  It is basically learning from your mistakes, not really anything to different that we all do on a daily bases now.  Reincarnation is about learning and accepting life in all of its aspects good and bad and reaching that next level, where you no longer have to be reincarnated and are helping other people aka souls to move on from life period to life period and learn from thier mistakes.  Basically a guide of sorts.

Answer 8

Not that I believe in past lives, but life is more than mere pain. At least mine is, and for that I count myself as a fortunate person.

Answer 9

oh h**l no,i love life and all the past. hope to come through again.

Answer 10

Because they're bored or unhappy with the one they have.I feel bad for them.

Answer 11

Most of the people don't have the memory of their past lives. But some people do have some bits of memory.

You are right in the sense the knowledge of the past lives would only add to the burden of sins we have committed in this present life. But if you look at life as an endless voyage consisting of numerous births, during which we also continuously learn and update ourselves with both pleasant and unpleasant experiences .

Knowing the past lives gives us the insight in to the current life, on our close associates and the way we behave. From a study point of view it will certainly be a useful tool to know on our past life.

Answer 12

I think I would want to compare  those lives to this one. Things have been tough in this life. So I would like to see if things were better or worse in the past lives. If they were worse, I would probably feel a little better about being in the here and now !!

Answer 13

I think you answered your own question. You say you would like to do regression to see beloved ones. That's it. People want to see their beloved ones. Other people are just curious to know what happened in a previous life. But one thing you are right, why would we want to relive the pain from the past? I had the chance to regress and I refused to do so. I have the feeling I was murdered in a previous life and I surely don't want to go through it again.

In a way, we are not supposed to seek the past. God blesses us with the forgiveness so that we can have a new start, a new opportunity. We bring a lot from our past lives in our personality, in our tendencies and in our talents and skills. We also have the memory stored in our spirit, however we shouldn't go after it, instead we should let it come to us. We only remember what is relevant to this current existence.

Peace!

Answer 14

I always had some memory of a past life, or memory of people I once knew. I always had the feelings of things in a past life, because I still haven't done some of them here. I was also given memories of two past life times from Erica my spirit guide as we were once together. I must of done some things correctly for her to love me enough to become my guide twice that I know of, to protect me, help and guide me. Every life time is hard as we struggle to learn from our experiences. Lot's of times we are giving these memories to encourage us to go on as we find our experiences hard to deal with, and that there's encouraging, comforting messages within these memories. Memories from our guide is almost the same as ours since they were there too. The more life times we live, the better, stronger, more wisdom we gain within our spirits. Yes we still struggle through life, but that's the gain, the experience, we learn positive through negative.