The past is just the beginning

There is so much more to each of us than just our past.  I try to help my clients and my students focus on this because looking into the past is ingrained into our psyche both by psychology that wants to find the root cause of everything in our formative years and by spirituality which wants to find the root cause of everything in our past lives.  The past is great in that it informs our present.  It’s the base material that we build on either as a role model or a warning on what to do next.

But it’s just the beginning.  There is so much more to us than where we’ve been.  In working with students and their soul books I point out various other portions to explore beyond Past Lives.  There are all the records of how we transitioned from being embodied to being a fully participating member of our soul group again. This includes records of all the lessons we learned during each life.  We don’t have to guess what it all means, we worked it out once we got home and had it all written down.  There are records of what we do and learn when we are not living an embodied life.  Being in a body is a small portion of what we do and who we are.  Then there are the records of who we truly are as a soul, all the unique identifiers of our life, like a diary of our innermost being. There are the notes we left behind of what we intended to do and be while we are in this body.  And the intricate relationship map that shows all the connections and the opportunities and the possibilities for this time around.  And there is so very much more to be explored.

Being focused on the here and now is a very good thing because it allows you to fully participate in all the bounty that is available to you while keeping you from getting into car wrecks.  Paying attention to the past helps you to learn from it and not repeat the bad bits.  Putting some effort into learning who you really are apart from all of this can help you get the most out of your time here.  The past is just the beginning…