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Homesick

Born2Fly

Born2Fly

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Since I was about 8 years old, I've felt a very strong connection to Ireland. I first learned about the country in geography class and from the moment, I saw pictures of the rolling green hills in my text book.. I felt this sense of homesickness. Of course, at the time, being so young.. I didn't think about it. But, as I got older that feeling just increased when I'd see pictures of Ireland or hear Irish music. I started looking for more information on the country. I studied maps to remember where certain cities were located there, all the while still feeling as if I had been there before.

That longing seems to have gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I'm 26 now and seeing pictures of the Irish landscape (especially the Cliffs of Moher) still makes me feel homesick. At times, it brings me to tears to talk about it. It seems to affect me more in the spring time, for some reason. The best way I can explain it is when you look back at pictures taken of a favorite vacation spot, it fills you with happiness to think back of how much you enjoyed being there, but it gives you a sense of sadness to think you're not at that spot at that moment. That's how I feel about Ireland. I feel like it's been so long since I've set foot there, when actually.. I've never been outside of the US.

I literally ache to travel to Ireland. I've set a goal to get there before I'm 30. I really feel, in my heart, that when I do get there.. I'll find something that will explain why I feel this way about a country I've never been to. I've done research and learned that my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Irish. So, maybe there's some kind of link there.

I'm interested in learning more about previous lives. Although, I don't have any specific memories, I do feel as if I've been to Ireland before sometime. I do have this dreamlike image that makes its way into my mind quite frequently (at least a few times a month.) I am convinced that this happens in that stage where you're just drifting off to sleep. I feel as if I'm still slightly awake, but my eyes will be closed and I'll see this image as if I'm dreaming. It's always the same. I see this small winding road running across hills and yellow flowers on both sides of it. I see myself walking down it towards a huge tree and then the image disappears (or I fall asleep, I guess.) I think I'm still awake when it happens, because I always think to myself of how that's pretty strange to feel as if I'm dreaming, when I'm not yet asleep.

I also have a recurring dream of this large blue plantation-looking house that's surrounded by 4 roads. The house is empty and I always find myself roaming around it and feeling like I've lived there before. I have this dream a few times a month.

I don't know what this all means or if it has any connection to how I feel about Ireland. But, thinking of how often I dream this.. it makes me wonder.
 
Hello Born2Fly... seems we share the same feelings about Ireland. I have had too that sense of homesickness from looking at pictures or documentarys on TV. Most of my music is celtic. Especially the melancholic songs (sung in gaelic) give me goosebumps and resonate differently inside of me.


I know of one very happy past life in Ireland, but I suspect that I have been multiple times there.


All my best wishes to you.. maybe we will stand one day again on the cliffs and watch the sea :)
 
Hello Born2fly and welcome!


I can certainly relate to your feelings as well :) When I was a teenager my world revolved around Ireland, everything about it gave me goosebumps. I got the chance to go there for three weeks when I was 15 and that was one of the best things I've ever done. The feelings toward Ireland has faded a bit now, but I'm still sure that I've had past lives there in Celtic times. It just feels like home :)


I really hope you get a chance to go to the Cliffs of Moher :)
 
Well, I know exactly what you mean about being homesick for a place you have never been. My experience is the same, but slightly different...?!? Before I went to the Scottish Highlands, I would yearn to be there whenever I heard the music on the TV advert for 'Visit Scotland'. I just felt like my heart was breaking, and like I wanted to cry, every time I heard the music. :( Even now I've been, I still have this yearning to go back...made worse when I hear the music... According to a psychic, I had a past life as a Scottish fisherman...who had a nagging wife and 7 children!!! Having no children, in this life (and no desire to have children), I am unsure whether this particular past life could possibly have me yearning to go back!!! Ha ha! :laugh: I really hope that you get your wish to travel to Ireland.
 
I've always been that way with France since I was about 13 or 14, I'd read a few books/seen a few movies that were set in France through the medieval times to the late 1700s/early 1800s and had read that a play or two I liked were originally written in French.


Whenever I see a special on Nostradamus I feel like I've walked those very streets. I've taken up learning the langauge. Other langauges I'm fascinated by are Japanese, Icelandic, Danish and Thia. Even though I don't understand Thia I can recognize the accent right off and pronounce a few words. Whenever I see the insides of a French chapel or church I just fall in love with the decor. Even when I was a young kid I loved anything set in medieval England or similar places. I always knew what they'd bump into when they'd have to come up with a plan to get into a castle and had a rough idea of the layout.
 
Yeah, I always longed to go to Scotland or the Western Front Battlefields, (particularly the former) and always feel homesick when I'm not at either (strangely, if I'm at one, I don't miss the other so much!) - I've been like this since I was small and hadn't been to those places : )
 
Homesick


Hello everyone


First of all I'd like to say that it feels good to be here.... although I'm holding my breath a bit - I've been in doubt for so long that I'm still in awe of the possibility of finding guidance and.. well, closure, in a way.


Ok. Since a very early age (I must have been 4 or so), I've had a strong - very strong - need to learn other languages. As I grew up, I began to feel more comfortable with english than I do with my native language. I never had any specific education or training in this area, it's just there, like something that has always been a part of me. By the time I was nine I read my first Somerset Maugham novel.


I remember british people asking me "where did you learn to speak like that???!!" :eek: with strong suspicion in their eyes and voice.


Anyway, I grew up, graduated, got married, and have two wonderful baby boys. I'm a blessed woman, and I delight in all the love and beauty and good luck that I have in my life.


Except for the ever underlying restlessness I've always felt, to the point of anguish sometimes, that I dont belong here... this is not my home.


I have vivid memories of other places, other moments in life, smells, sounds, a kind of quality of light that belongs to other places ( I hope you understand what I mean... :o )....


The strongest attraction to northern landscapes, skies that are less than sunny, rocky seascapes... these are common elements in my recollections.


The thing is, why do I feel this terrible longing, as if I've been untimely taken away from "home"..???


This is only the beginning.


But I'll be glad if you care to share your thoughts with me on all this.


Have I come to the right place? :o
 
Dear Homesick,


Yes, you certainly came to the right place. WELCOME!


Wow, reading your post made me think of my own experiences several years ago. I too had this nagging sense of another place and time and definitely an unexplained sadness. For me reincarnation was the answer. It took me sometime to really accept this, as I too thought it was a little "outta the ordinary" for this Midwest Catholic boy.


What I found here wasn't so much "closure"...but a vast opening. An opening, and an understanding, of one of the most ancient truths to our existence. You'll find hours and hours of reading here...hope ya got time:thumbsup:!!


I'm glad you found us and hope we can answer any questions you may have. You'll find this is a very safe and well moderated environment for your exploration.


Again..Welcome!!


Tinkerman
 
Longing for England


England. I've longed for England as long as I can remember. Five years ago I got a chance to visit briefly and was overcome when I stepped off the plane, broke down in tears and kissed the ground.
 
I want to go home...


Hello everyone! I'm new here, and I'd first like to thank the wonderful administrators who manually processed my registration for me. Thank you so much for your kindness! Here's my situation...I am 32 years old, and all of my life I have felt that I've been here before. And not just once, but many times. Unfortunately, my family wasn't the type to write anything that I may have said as a small child, so I don't know if I ever shared any past life experiences with them or not. Even if I did, they would have ignored it or brushed it off as my imagination. I do vividly remember my 12th birthday and me telling my mom that I feel so much older than 12, that I didn't feel like a child. But what has been happening during my adult years, I guess for the past 10 years or so, is that I feel this longing to go home, but I don't know where home is. I do know for a fact that it's not the "home" where I grew up as a child. I have no desire to go back there. I have lived in several different states, but no matter where I live I always have this feeling of wanting to go home. Most nights when I go to bed, my last thoughts are "I want to go home, please let me go home." Also, I have always felt like I'm not supposed to be here, in this body, in this lifetime. Like it's a mistake. But then I've read that we all choose whether or not to come back, so I don't know what to think. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on my situation. Thanks for your listening.
 
Hi Kindred and welcome. I'm glad we could help you through the quagmire!! I'm sorry it was so drawn out.


Regarding your longing to go home...I have just the opposite story to tell you. I feel like I am there. I've written in other places on the forum that I feel such a kinship to this place that I marvel at it everyday. I feel safe, secure and a bit territorial of this region. I know that it comes from several lives. First as an indigenous American whose tribe hunted this valley over the centuries. I was also an early settler, my great grandfather, in the 1870s. I'm sure that life was just a continuation of the many times I've been here. I was driving home late one afternoon when I came to the top of a hill over looking our small valley. I was so mesmerized by it I stopped right smack in the middle of the road and acknowledged the feeling. And it was one of "knowing," of certainty, of familiarity...I just knew it was home.


I think if you know that place is out there, you'll recognize it when you see it. I believe there are some similar threads to this somewhere, I'll see if I can find them.


Again welcome!!


TinkerMan
 
Welcome to the forum Kindred,


I do understand your feelings ;) I think many people on the board can relate to missing a specific place they feel - is home.


I am curious - if you feel drawn towards any specific country or culture? Is there anywhere you’ve always wanted to go? A certain language or type of music that stands out to you? Often our current attractions and interests can give us a hint about where we have been.

Also, I have always felt like I'm not supposed to be here, in this body, in this lifetime. Like it's a mistake. But then I've read that we all choose whether or not to come back, so I don't know what to think.
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I don’t believe it’s a mistake. I think there are many things we don’t understand while incarnate. I personally don’t believe that we pre-plan our lifetimes or that we are given a choice about returning, but rather we are drawn to specific lives by our thoughts, feelings and emotions - they are, powerful creators. ;)


Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts,


Aili
 
Hi Tinkerman. Thanks for sharing your storing with me. I hope to one day have that same feeling of knowing I'm home.


Hi Ailish. I have never really felt drawn to any particular place or culture. That's part of what makes this so strange to me. I have this incredible longing, but I don't know what I'm longing for (I know, I sound crazy:) I don't know where I'm supposed to be, but my current life just does not feel right to me. It never has.


It's interesting that you say we are drawn to specific lives. This life has been a hard one for me. It was a particularly difficult childhood. I have to try to determine what kind of lesson I'm supposed to be learning from it all.
 
Hi Kindred and welcome! I think you are on the right track of self-discovery and understanding. I don't know what to say to help it be better, because I think that answer lies within you. I would recommend meditation, even on just this life and what its lessons may be. Pay attention to dreams. Symbolism may offer clues for you. Guided regression CDs may also help get in touch with past lives or life-between-lives, which may also help. Good luck on your journey and feel free to share!
 
Hi Kindred!


You are at the right place, and I know you'll find help in here - friends to guide you in your journey and hopefully find your way back home.


I agree with Ailish, it's no mistake - this life will bring you good things and important lessons, even if things are not very clear for now - things aren't always clear.... I'm fortunate to feel that I know where home is. But it hasn't always been like that.


A favourite spirit guide of mine has said that God does not inspire desires that are unattainable - whatever "God" may be for you, I'm sure your longings will bring you home.


Love and Light!
 
Welcome to the forum, Kindred. :)


I hope you'll find your home. You can find it in some physical place, with a person or in some personal truth. :thumbsup:


I don't believe we get to choose whether to be re-born or not. I think it's a must, and however difficult your life is to you now, you will be going back cherishing the many experiences you got and lessons you learned while you were here. :)


I believe you have the power to change your current life to more of your liking. Just set clear goals - and go for them.


Good luck!


Karoliina
 
homesickness


The same sensation comes to me when I see places in England and Germany. The point is that I love cold places! I can't cope with heat...I really miss winter when is summer. ANd the funniest thing is Iwas born in southAmerica and I'm actually living in Australia!!


But I know one day I'll visit my beloved England.


Lizzi
 
I've Had That Yearning Too


I've had a fascination with Scotland all my life and yearn to return to a place I've never been... in this life. I now realize this yearning has to do with a significant, very significant past life I am meant to write about and I'm going to Scotland next year for the first time on a tour that I dreamt about three years ago... I've loved Scotland so much that I even ended up with a man who was born and raised there!


Bonnie
 
::is homesick almost all of the time:: :thumbsup:


Hey, for those of you who have felt this homesickness for a particular place and have been able to visit the country/region in which you feel homesick for, does this help to alleviate the homesickness?
 
Ginger_Mandrake said:
Hey, for those of you who have felt this homesickness for a particular place and have been able to visit the country/region in which you feel homesick for, does this help to alleviate the homesickness?
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It's been a good experience for me. I'm still homesick, but I love it here in Finland, too (maybe because I've had a good past life also here, lol), so I'm okay with living here. Still, going to the places I miss has always - at least this far - been pleasant.


Karoliina
 
For me it did help to visit the place I felt homesick for. When I was a teenager (this is in retrospect) I was absolutely crazy for Ireland and everything Irish. I really longed for Ireland, I would do the weirdest things just to feel connected for a while (like looking at Irish real estate sites, finding gaelic words in my dictionary etc.).


Anyway, ten years ago I finally went to Ireland for three weeks on my own. I attended an English language programme and lived with a family in Dublin. When I got home I wrote a long novel taking place in Celtic Ireland (which I now believe holds many pl memories) and when that was finished my fascination faded. Now I feel the same for Ireland as for any other country. I do feel today that Denmark is my home, that this is where I belong. But had you asked me those 10 years ago I would definitely have said Ireland.
 
I feel this way a lot times....the feeling that I am not "home" or that I am not with "my people". I just figured that I was missing the souls that I know from the resting place beween lives. Or maybe I'm just having a "beam me up Scotty" kind of moment! :laugh:


But I have also heard my daughter say this to me when she's feeling tired and weary. She will come and crawl into my lap and say "Mom, I wanna go home". I know what she means....a place that is not as difficult as the day to day struggles we all face here on the "earth school".


I'm not afraid of dying, because I would like to see home again. Apparently I have just as many friends and family there as I do here!
 
I agree with Ravenheart's daughter


:) "Mom, I want to go home."


While some of us are fortunate to live in places that feel like home (special 'hello' to Tinkerman) and we all feel more attracted to some places than others in terms of "home," we are exiles in this world. Our real home is the other side, the place Ravenheart's daughter misses when she is tired and weary. We are all homesick, I think, whether we realize it all of the time or not. Thank goodness for those places that are homier than others.
 
Lizzi said:
The same sensation comes to me when I see places in England and Germany. The point is that I love cold places! I can't cope with heat...I really miss winter when is summer. ANd the funniest thing is Iwas born in southAmerica and I'm actually living in Australia!!
But I know one day I'll visit my beloved England.


Lizzi
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I'm reading the archives and I'm bumping up this thread because it's so interesting.


All my life I had dreams about living in poverty in 19th century London, specifically the East End. My best friend and I wrote and illustrated books about it when we were in grade school. I believe we shared a life back then.


When I was in my 20's my mother treated me to a trip to London and I was beside myself with excitement because I would finally get to see the East End. I felt sure that it would be familiar. What I didn't count on was the Blitz, which destroyed many of the old buildings. Where I expected to see old homes on narrow streets, I saw instead modern, ugly brick apartment buildings and new shops. I was bitterly disappointed. "My" London was no longer there.


I'm not exactly sure what I was looking for but I know I didn't find it.
 
I sincerely believe in the power of place when it comes to pl memories. For me the connections have been texas, italy and my own hood. I have stood in the apse of st. John the divine in harlem and felt eternity. I think tapping into these feelings helps us on our journeys.
 
Thanks for resurrecting this thread, Hannah!


It's apparent that many people feel homesick, especially for something they cannot identify. And, it's extremely interesting whenever that longing is for a country one has never been to. I used to believe that people make a place, but now I know that places can also have their own resonance. And, like most, who've found their former homes, I've experienced the disappointment that so much has changed.


After I left home in 1966, I lived in many places that I didn't like and didn't belong. And, after two short years, when I returned home to Detroit, home was no longer there. It was as if it had been nuked. So, six years later I felt drawn to where we now live in Connecticut. It, too, has changed drastically after 200 years, but the feeling of home is even stronger than was Detroit.


There still remain places upon this earth that call to me, like Ireland, Scotland, and England. Like many members here, I enjoy pouring over photographs of these places; and I feel a part of their history. But, for now, I'll settle for where we are, with trust that the true home for all of us is not of this world.


I'll see you all there.
 
Memory.


I have had a similar experience when I visited a little town called Westonia in the wheat belt region of Western Australia.My mother came from there but I had never been there or seen photos of it or even discussed the place with her.I came from the opposite side of the country in New South Wales,a very different environment.Yet when I visited Westonia years after my mother's death,I experienced an overwhelming feeling of familiarty.I knew the place intimately even though I had never been there before.Is it possible that feelings of past lives is inherited memory,embedded in our DNA.That is,just as we inherit physical traits from our parents and ancestors generally,we may also inherit memory.It may be memory from the past lives of our DNA(so to speak)that "feeels" like past lives we have personally lived.In a sense(if it is inherited memory),we have lived these past lives.Or at least,our DNA has.
 
Denis said:
Is it possible that feelings of past lives is inherited memory,embedded in our DNA.That is,just as we inherit physical traits from our parents and ancestors generally,we may also inherit memory.It may be memory from the past lives of our DNA(so to speak)that "feeels" like past lives we have personally lived.In a sense(if it is inherited memory),we have lived these past lives.Or at least,our DNA has.
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Hi Denis! And a warm welcome to the Forum. Yours is a well-informed question, which some of us here have explored. There have been controlled lab experiments to discover, if there is such a thing as genetic memory, and they've found evidence that there may be in the case of flatworms. In addition, scientists have been conducting studies of learned behaviors among animals, that would suggest the possibility of a type of telepathy when learned behavior reaches a critical "mass", then seems to "transmit" this knowledge to animals from the same genetic group.


However, I think you'll find after reading the many posts on this forum, that the real transmitter of such knowledge may be more reincarnation-related than biological. Speaking only of human beings, which is what this Forum is restricted to talking about; reincarnation seems to most often happen within the same family groups. There are exceptions, where people change race and sex from time to time. But, for the most part, reincarnation seems to happen within the same family, and could include extended family members who are not even blood related.


Judging only from the many cases discussed here and in the many books and links about reincarnation, it is more likely that your memories and feelings directly correlate to a deceased relative -- not because of the genes you share, but possibly because you were there. In fact, it is thought that you could also have been someone totally unrelated, who lived in Western Australia.


Anyway, please explore the different sections of this Forum, and feel free to ask questions and share your thoughts.
 
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