Should I remember every single detail?

[Charlotte02]

Good evening everyone here on this forum. I’m pleased to meet you all. I have been trying to sort out my past life for a long time, but I have a question that does not give me any peace.

The Question: Should I have every little detail about my past reincarnation in my memory? I mean, should I have in my memory such little things as my favourite food or remember my room?
Do I have to remember something all the time? For example if I see a photo of my past life friend (who is still alive) - should I immediately remember him? Or may I not recognise him?

I’ve heard that some kids may accidentally come home where they used to live during their past life and immediately remember that place from their life. But does it work with people who are over 20 years old? Or they may have difficulties in recognising this place but still feel some kind of connection to it?

For example, I am looking at the picture of my assumed past life room. Should my feelings definitely be something like “Oh, yes, I remember this sofa and this white mantelpiece. I feels like I was here yesterday”? Or is it normal to feel confusion in such situations?

 

[baro-san]

I believe it is as with everything you remember of how / what was your yesterday. The information is there, but what you recall depends on many factors: state of consciousness, emotions, interest, ... You (might) make up or distort some memories.

 

[Charlotte02]

In my situation I have a picture of my assumed past life family. And when I look at my relatives they seem so familiar to me. Very familiar. But at the same time they are like strangers.

I also have a picture of my assumed room it also feels familiar to me. But I don’t have this effect on me like I can close my eyes and recall every thing and detail of “my room”.

I just want to know if the feeling of "familiarity" is enough to confirm life and beliefs, or is my stories a signal that I'm on the wrong path?

 

[baro-san]

... I just want to know if the feeling of "familiarity" is enough to confirm life and beliefs, or is my stories a signal that I'm on the wrong path?

I also crave confirmations ... On the other hand, "confirmations" could be misleading, so I try to be flexible between confidence and caution.

A feeling of "familiarity" can have an emotional basis, or an intuitive one. Most people can't differentiate between them.

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

Welcome to the forum, Charlotte02!

Hm, I think it is different for everyone, and it appears that many only remember fragments. Much like when you remember something that happened in your current life a long time ago. Like, I remember the cake from my 4th Birthday in detail, some of the kids that were there, but not much else. There's a photograph of that time with a man who was a friend or neighbor of my parents, but I do not remember him at all.
In 2020, I met a friend after a long time. She mentioned a place where she lived, and I suddenly remembered a guy who lived there, too, his name and the poster he had on his door. Didn't have much to do with this man, but somehow what my friend said triggered a memory from over 20 years ago.
For me, it is similar with what may be PL memories. Sometimes it's like deja vu, sometimes I "just know" I have been at a place at a time (OR in a similar situation), or it is like with my current memories, an image, word or melody triggers some seemingly meaningless details, while things I "should" remember I can't recall at all.

I think how ever it is for you is fine. There is no should or should not. Take what you get and use it in what ever is the best way for you to get your answers, deal with issues and grow.

 

[fireflydancing]

Hi Charlotte,
Welcome to the forum!

When I walk through the street where I lived 30 years ago (in real life) I don't get very much vibes of familiarity. A neighborhood changes, the people who live there change, it's no longer 'my' place. I can't remember my tenth birthday. I do remember how typical birthdays were celebrated at that time. My aunts and uncles came to visit us and spoiled us with lots of sweets (that my mother didn't give us), the smoking family members, the smell of cigars of my uncles, the typical birthday snacks that were offered to the guests. I have a global memory.
My own room as a girl was not a static interior. It changed over the years, so how could I confirm a memory of that room? It was not always the same. And I am still talking about this current life.

In memories of past lives, I also don't see details, except when they are relevant or connected to a strong emotion.

With people it is different. When meeting past life friends/relatives in this life, there is an immediate familiarity and often an instant trust. It's not how they look like today, it's their energy and their eyes.

 

[Charlotte02]

I also crave confirmations ... On the other hand, "confirmations" could be misleading, so I try to be flexible between confidence and caution.

A feeling of "familiarity" can have an emotional basis, or an intuitive one. Most people can't differentiate between them.

Yes, exactly. Sometimes I feel like my need of “confirmations” will lead me nowhere. I've known the answers to all my questions (inside) for about a year, but I don't admit anything yet because I'm waiting for "confirmations" or "something concrete". I feel like I will never be sure until I am able to answer exactly what I ate on this day in my past life when I was 20 (it’s a joke, but it describes my lack of trusting myself). Maybe I am really afraid of making a mistake, but my intuition has never lied to me before.

Sometimes I feel like I need to make a choice: trust my intuition, deja vu, dreams and feelings, but still not being able to prove anything concrete; or keep on waiting for as long as it’s needed for some “confirmations” and tearing myself.

 

[Charlotte02]

Welcome to the forum, Charlotte02!

Hm, I think it is different for everyone, and it appears that many only remember fragments. Much like when you remember something that happened in your current life a long time ago. Like, I remember the cake from my 4th Birthday in detail, some of the kids that were there, but not much else. There's a photograph of that time with a man who was a friend or neighbor of my parents, but I do not remember him at all.
In 2020, I met a friend after a long time. She mentioned a place where she lived, and I suddenly remembered a guy who lived there, too, his name and the poster he had on his door. Didn't have much to do with this man, but somehow what my friend said triggered a memory from over 20 years ago.
For me, it is similar with what may be PL memories. Sometimes it's like deja vu, sometimes I "just know" I have been at a place at a time (OR in a similar situation), or it is like with my current memories, an image, word or melody triggers some seemingly meaningless details, while things I "should" remember I can't recall at all.

I think how ever it is for you is fine. There is no should or should not. Take what you get and use it in what ever is the best way for you to get your answers, deal with issues and grow.

Sometimes it's like deja vu, sometimes I "just know" I have been at a place at a time (OR in a similar situation), or it is like with my current memories, an image, word or melody triggers some seemingly meaningless details, while things I "should" remember I can't recall at all.

This is exactly what I mean! I have many deja vu connected to this person, sounds and music trigger some feelings I never knew before and associated with this person. Also, when I saw photos of this person’s childhood house for the first time I got this feeling like “I was there”.

The problem is that this person is kinda famous (not very much actually) and when I was so sure of myself and made an attempt to tell people about this (on another forum), asking people if I was on the right way, I got attacked with statements like “can you say something concrete?”. They asked me if I knew my past life best friend’s name, or what was my favourite subject at school, or how did my clothes looked like… I was so scared and overwhelmed, I feel like it suppressed my belief in myself and my feelings. I got it into my head that if I remember my past life, then I have to recall absolutely everything.

I do have flashbacks, deja vu, dreams which felt like memories, intuition, feelings of connection, familiarity. I even found a lot of parallels between my real life and the life of that person. I was doing regressions and saw things that pointed to that person. When I look at the picture of this person it’s like I am looking at myself in the mirror and see the thing I am not supposed to see, as if two parallels meet.
But at the same time I have no specifications.
I can't look at the photo of that person's friend and remember his name. I can't remember and list all the events this person attended. I can't remember where this man went to have breakfast with his children on Christmas mornings. But I do know what this person felt when he was in his twenties. I do know what this person thought when he came home after a busy day and took his book. I do know what this person felt when he made his first meal himself.
Idk, maybe it’s just my fantasy? Or maybe sometimes such kind of life is better not to be recalled, so people have blocks in their memories.

 

[helz_belz]

From my experience, we don't remember *everything*, for any life. I have to really think to remember what I ate this week, and that's only been a few days! Factor in decades or centuries, and switching to a new physical brain with each life, and it's not surprising that not every little thing has stuck. Confirmations will come as and when the time is right.

You're on the right track with listening to your intuition; thoughts, feelings and emotions are what drives the soul, and are where the most insights come from. Someone posted once (unfortunately I forget who), that the right question when investigating our past lives isn't 'what?' but 'why?'

 

[baro-san]

As far as I know and experienced, even when you regress to some moment of your current life, the quality of your recall depends on your state of consciousness. In a light trance you recall less details, and you're witnessing yourself at that time. In a deep trance you can become yourself at that time, relive those events, recall more, but you have less control, and you usually need somebody to guide you, and / or record your narrating your experience.

All projections are highly influenced by your current beliefs, emotions, expectations, so to minimize distortions you have to clearly intend to your subconscious to leave aside for the length of your regression all your beliefs, emotions, expectations. Then, you have to be as careful not to distort the information you get with your post-experience interpretations.

When a hypnotist regresses you, his beliefs, emotions, expectations also affect your experience. At the thought level everything is connected, and it matters how aware you are of that, and if you take steps to shield yourself from undesired influences. I am not talking here of, and don't believe in nefarious spirits, or such. The most nefarious force is one's own ignorance, but ultimately we're all protected in our individual bubble realities.

 

[CMoulton]

Good evening everyone here on this forum. I’m pleased to meet you all. I have been trying to sort out my past life for a long time, but I have a question that does not give me any peace.

The Question: Should I have every little detail about my past reincarnation in my memory? I mean, should I have in my memory such little things as my favourite food or remember my room?
Do I have to remember something all the time? For example if I see a photo of my past life friend (who is still alive) - should I immediately remember him? Or may I not recognise him?

I’ve heard that some kids may accidentally come home where they used to live during their past life and immediately remember that place from their life. But does it work with people who are over 20 years old? Or they may have difficulties in recognising this place but still feel some kind of connection to it?

For example, I am looking at the picture of my assumed past life room. Should my feelings definitely be something like “Oh, yes, I remember this sofa and this white mantelpiece. I feels like I was here yesterday”? Or is it normal to feel confusion in such situations?

Hi there,

No, you do not have to remember everything. In fact, it might even be good that you do not remember everything. If you did, it would be totally confusing. In fact, it is completely normal to be confused when remembering past lives or many past lives. I think your soul and brain has to filter some stuff for things to remain sane.
I do believe that people that remember past lives do because their souls have something to heal in those lives. Their souls have not transformed something that was too traumatic, too big, too something to deal with. Maybe the end was to abrupt.

I encountered the place of my death as a 19th century woman in London when I was 26 years old. I didn't understand that at the time but all I knew was that I could not go into . My knowledge of other of my previous lives and my maturity as a soul helped me prepare for

Good evening everyone here on this forum. I’m pleased to meet you all. I have been trying to sort out my past life for a long time, but I have a question that does not give me any peace.

The Question: Should I have every little detail about my past reincarnation in my memory? I mean, should I have in my memory such little things as my favourite food or remember my room?
Do I have to remember something all the time? For example if I see a photo of my past life friend (who is still alive) - should I immediately remember him? Or may I not recognise him?

I’ve heard that some kids may accidentally come home where they used to live during their past life and immediately remember that place from their life. But does it work with people who are over 20 years old? Or they may have difficulties in recognising this place but still feel some kind of connection to it?

For example, I am looking at the picture of my assumed past life room. Should my feelings definitely be something like “Oh, yes, I remember this sofa and this white mantelpiece. I feels like I was here yesterday”? Or is it normal to feel confusion in such situations?

Hi there,

No, I think it might even be good not to remember everything. Your brain and soul has to filter some details. It might be too confusing to remember everything.

Souls who remember their past lives have to.

Good evening everyone here on this forum. I’m pleased to meet you all. I have been trying to sort out my past life for a long time, but I have a question that does not give me any peace.

The Question: Should I have every little detail about my past reincarnation in my memory? I mean, should I have in my memory such little things as my favourite food or remember my room?
Do I have to remember something all the time? For example if I see a photo of my past life friend (who is still alive) - should I immediately remember him? Or may I not recognise him?

I’ve heard that some kids may accidentally come home where they used to live during their past life and immediately remember that place from their life. But does it work with people who are over 20 years old? Or they may have difficulties in recognising this place but still feel some kind of connection to it?

For example, I am looking at the picture of my assumed past life room. Should my feelings definitely be something like “Oh, yes, I remember this sofa and this white mantelpiece. I feels like I was here yesterday”? Or is it normal to feel confusion in such situations?

Hi there,

It is totally confusing. I have memories of the room I lived in as a 19th century woman in London. The emotions are unbelievably strong. Good and bad ones. I was probably murdered in that room. The eternity of the soul becomes absolutely clear in those situations and we start defining ourselves not through our bodies and this world, but through our spirits. That makes us pretty alone, but also connected to people who lived back then who often stick around to protect you. We are all friends who come back in bodies or without bodies to help each other. Some entities really need to be set free into the light, though. Everything is energy. Nothing is matter. So your spirit knows the truth. Go with love. Not fear.

You never have to remember everything. That would be maddening. Your brain has to filter stuff. I do remember stuff. More and more. That is great. But it sometimes makes me very melancholy. I realize that when I tap into the woman I was, the Irish Mary, she really can handle stuff better than me. I am a happily married man with a daughter in this life. Knowing my previous lives is healing issues. Doesn't make it easier. But it is unbelievably deep. I have such awe for God. The energy always has been a best friend.

Charles

 

[CMoulton]

Know, my dear, that your inner light is unbelievably strong. You and your loved ones are always protected. Always.