Have you ever ran into someone, someplace, and just knew, somewhere down deep, you KNEW this person? They were familiar in some way? You had a comfort level with them that is uncommon? Been attracted to them, without being totally sure why?

You might well have just encountered someone from your past, waaaaay past!

This can work in either a very good way, or a very bad way. Not all past life people we encounter is going to be a good thing.  have you ever not liked them, and there realy has been no obvious reason why? this person may have done yu wrong in the past, and you inner self is recognizing this person, within that person. On the flip side is there someone you are totally head over heels over, and again, you have no obvious reason why, especially if you are already in a relationship with someone else?

In either instance it is important for the NOW to recognize that our reaction to that person is seated deeper in our past than we realize.

Now, these emotions that are stirred can be hard to ignore, hard to put aside, and well, maybe we shouldn't, within reason!  

These people are often put on our path for a purpose, a learning experience, a chance to heal something, to move on from it, to give closure.

Closure you might ask?

How can we be certain what that could possibly be, when we can't even really remember the person, the time, the event, or anything about the whole issue!? Give it time! Patience is a virtue in times like these. Some of us are blessed to have a better 'knowing' of things past, while for others, well, it's like beating your head on a brick wall, lol, ya end up with the same headache, faster!  

Follow your gut, your inner self. Your higher self, will give you clues, hints, feelings, smacks upside the proverbial head, if you will. Go with it, meditate on it, journal it, do what works for you. Get it out of your head, your heart, your gut, wherever it is stuck, and to a medium you can understand. Sit with your cards, ask the Gods, or just scream to the universe. Give it time. You might well end up with a new dear friend, or better , but in the end, yuo'll heal something in not only your Self, but the other person as well.

I love it when that happens!!! I have meet both (good & bad) I thank the Goddess for letting me find them and I smile.

Brimaso

NO doubt.

I figured out a long time ago, stones are placed in our path, to learn something from.  

A lot of healing, on both parts, can come from these 'chance encounters'.  Sure it might cause us some momentary discomfort, but in the end, like childbirth, it's well worth everything we go thru.

I am sure it explains a lot of "mismatches" in relationships. The bond is still there because it transcends physical death, but we have changed in this life and so have they....sometimes in huge ways.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to do an "Edgar Cayce" and slip in to the Akashic Records. Instead we keep falling over our own feet    or maybe over our own heartstrings.

Eg, but what we would learn by knowing in advance what lies ahead of us.  Like reading only the end of a good novel!  

Hi Novia. I too have met people that sometimes just "rub me the wrong way". What I usually do in situations like that is just give them enough rope to hang themselves before I decide if they are truely a bone head and are someone I'd chose to associate with. Conversely, I've also met people who on the surface seemed alright only to be disappointed when they turn out to be a jerk. I can't be sure if they're past life encounters or not. I'm not gifted in that way to be able to figure all that out.  :roll: All I can do is be the best person I know how to be and treat people how I want to be treated. Regarding Eeyoresgirl's post: I can definitely understand where she's coming from in not wanting to experience the anguish of our own mistakes. And you're correct in that we do (or at least we should ) learn from our mistakes. However, if you had a road map of life that told you where the bridge was washed out (so to speak) or where the bad roads were or what roads led to bad places, would you still take those roads just for the learning experience? I know that I wouldn't.  And EG, since we don't have that "road map", the best we can do is find the silver lining in the dark clouded areas of our lives and take all the positives we can from the experince. Just my 2 cents .

Blessings,

Draco

No doubt Draco