Second: what do I think Reincarnation is?
What I have experienced and observed over my lifetime led me to what I personally
believe about it:
There is a single universal conscious energy that one can imagine (very simply)
as a kind of energy tree. In order to grow, the consciousness expands, as all of our minds do, through experience. In order
to experience as much as possible, the consciousness divides many many times, but all of the divisions, like branches and
stems, stay connected to the trunk of the universal consciousness.
As our consciousness divides, we take off in different directions and for new
experiences. But the connection to our former experiences, and to all experience through the trunk of our central energy,
remains - we are just not conscious of more than a little of what is out there.
Because of this division, I believe in parallel incarnations. Though I recall
being Esther, I may not be the only one who was a part of her. I truly feel I am not the only one who has come out of
my earlier incarnations. The layers and possibilities of who we are and who we may have been might just possibly be endless.
But as people we each experience the recall as a personal journey, ours and ours alone, so that we can concentrate on our
single purpose of living our present lives.
So what is important about past life recall?
We recall who and what needs to be recalled, I think, in order to help
us grow. We recall who we can most identify with, who has the most to contribute to the present condition of our lives. On
top of that, when we do recall, we begin to understand the complexity of relationship, of purpose, and of eternity. We also
begin to understand what I have called the metamorphoses of mercy: we continue to exist through all things, yet we always
have a chance to begin again.
