How necessary is it to delve into past lives? For some people, returning to the past is not necessary at all. They may breeze through life, innately knowing how to nurture relationships and be successful and happy. Other people manage to resolve the few issues they experience, on their own, and yet others, will experience constant and overwhelming challenges in their lives.
If you have deeply-ingrained issues that have defied healing by other means, or you are on a spiritual path or are a healer, then you may want to understand how a behaviour began, why it continues and how you can clear it and learn the lesson it carries with it.
To illustrate the necessity of past lives in certain circumstances, I would like to relate a true story. A friend told me about Martha. A happily married lady in her 40's, Martha took her young son for swimming lessons. The minute she saw Mark, the young instructor, she knew she loved him deeply and with this love came tremendous heartache.
None of it made any sense! But, instead of censoring what she was feeling, Martha decided to embrace the love and the heartache.
After a few weeks of feeling the same, she sat down to ask what all this was about. She got quiet, closed her eyes and focussed. She saw a life where she had been a princess and Mark had been a servant. They had fallen deeply in love and wanted to marry but, it was forbidden.
Duty had to come first and so Mark was sent away and she wasted her life pining after him, so strong was the love she felt and the heartache.Finally, she understood why they could not have stayed together and that she had now been reunited with him as proof that "love never dies", even if you are separated.
She also had a dream at about the same time that confirmed the reality of this life to her. She was in a restaurant celebrating her birthday and Mark was the waiter. He handed her an unexpected present in a small box. Upon opening it, she found a silver necklace with two hearts side by side, each engraved with the initial "M", one for Mark and one for Martha! Mark then he left. Martha understood fully.
This beautiful gift was his way of confirming his undying love for her through the past. After this dream, Martha never experienced heartache again around Mark; only the love remained.
For Martha, this past life explained the reason for her unexpected emotions and also helped her heal the real cause of her heartache, freeing her to be more loving this lifetime.
In certain circumstances we do need to know about past lives. There is no doubt that, for those who have had such experiences, their lives are so much richer and more rewarding as a result.
Maria Parkinson is an Intuitive Consultant, Energy Healer, Life Coach and metaphysical Counsellor who helps inspire people to heal their lives. Maria uses her clairvoyant ability to get to the bottom of the matter quickly and give clear guidance. She can be contacted via email at kwanyin@bigpond.net.au
