JUST WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE?
Exploring Reincarnation, The Law of Attraction, and What Happens When We Die
Shari Harris, Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer
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WE ARE NOT HERE BY ACCIDENT
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Just Who Do We Think We Are?
Dr. Brian Weiss Says...
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"Not accidentally or coincidentally are we born into our families. We choose our circumstances and establish a plan for our lives before we are even conceived.... Mapped out are the key people we will meet, our reunions with soulmates and soul companions, even the actual places where these events will eventually occur....
Adoptive parents are chosen as well as the biological ones. There are reasons for everything, and no coincidences exist on the path of destiny.
Although every human being has a life plan, we also have free will, as do our parents and everyone with whom we interact....
We will meet the people we had planned to meet, and we will face the opportunities and obstacles that we had planned long before our births. How we handle these meetings, however, our reactions and subsequent decisions, are the expressions of our free will."
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In this issue, I'm inviting you to consider a basic concept of the theory of reincarnation that may challenge your belief system. The theme is found in the writings of New Age spiritual teachers who believe that we live many lives and that each life is carefully planned by our own souls before we are born.
This concept, pre-birth planning, rings true for me. Believing that I chose my life is transforming and gives me comfort in knowing that I am meant to be here, that I have a reason and purpose for being, and that my experiences are not random events, subject to the whims of fate. It helps diminish any "poor me" feelings of being a victim. I've come to believe that often the challenges in my life have been "lessons" I pre-planned and wanted to address in this life, and that when I have learned my "lesson," that particular challenge has ended. I believe that we all are living a life we intended. That is why I want to emphasize this month the concept of pre-birth planning.
The tenets of reincarnation, according to many New Age authors, include choosing our parents and contracting with other souls. In Sacred Contracts, Carolyn Myss (www.myss.com) explains how we and our closest soul mates agree to be together in various relationships from life to life in order to work out karmic debt. Prior to birth, we determine what we want to learn and/or accomplish in the upcoming life, as well as what karmic situations and relationships we will experience and work to resolve, all the while retaining our free will to respond to situations as we choose.
As an example of a contract, Dr. Wayne Dyer wrote that he experienced abandonment and felt hatred toward a father who left his mother with young children to raise by herself. Wayne and his brother spent much of their childhood in orphanages and foster homes until his mother was able to care for them again. Dyer created a film and a book called My Greatest Teacher (available at Hayhouse.com) about his father. Dyer eventually came to believe that the loving soul of his father had played that role in this life so that Dyer, who became a prolific spiritual author and speaker, could learn forgiveness.
Dyer wrote about what happened when he found his father's grave and planned to spit on it. Instead, "it was a moment of forgiveness that turned my whole life around and changed everything—from my writing to my career to my relationships. In that moment, I got rid of the anger and rage against my father that I had carried around inside of me since I was a child." https://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/my-greatest-teacher/
Not all contracts between souls need to be dramatic. We may merely be learning to love a parent or sibling with whom we had a hurtful relationship in a past life. I believe it is empowering when we can truly feel our life has purpose and realize we are not victims of circumstance or a "roll of the dice." We can overcome feeling victimized by understanding that challenges are opportunities we helped plan. I believe that knowing this frees us to live fearlessly and confidently.
Just think of the peace it would bring to the world if people understood that we are all spiritual beings having an earthly experience. That we are not victims of anything in life. That we participated in the pre-planning, and that our challenges are meant to be opportunities for growth.
Esther Hicks (www.abraham-hicks.com) often states in her workshops that we were so excited to be able to undertake this adventure of a life on Earth, and that we are considered brave heroes to souls on the other side. This life is our golden opportunity. It is what we wanted so much!
I've included statements from three other writers about pre-birth planning. If you're interested in reading more, books of the authors I've mentioned are a great place to start.
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Be well and enjoy your amazing life!
Sending my love,
Shari
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"With the help of our spiritual guides, elders, and masters, our souls plan our lives before we're born into them. Our souls know what we hope to accomplish in each lifetime, and so our souls set the stage for that to take place.
Our souls choose where on the planet we'll be born, including the culture, the socioeconomic background, the time in history, and any other major choices of this sort that well best shape the experiences our souls want us to have.
With this information, our souls choose our parents and, therefore, our family, along with all the details, dysfunction, and deliciousness that comes with those choices. We are also born with the health or physical/mental conditions that will best lead us toward the physical experiences our souls wish to have during our lifetime."
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"I agree with the theory that we choose our parents. The lessons that we learn seem perfectly matched to the 'weaknesses' of the parents we have.
I believe we are all on an endless journey through eternity. We come to this planet to learn particular lessons that are necessary for our spiritual evolution. We choose our sex, our color, our country; and then we look around for the perfect set of parents who will 'mirror' our patterns.
Our visits to this planet are like going to school. The parents you picked this time around are the perfect couple who are 'experts' in what you have chosen to learn. When we grow up, we have a tendency to point our fingers accusingly at our parents and say, 'You did it to me!' But I believe we chose them."
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"You are not your country, your race, your religion, or any of the other labels that you have placed upon yourself. You are not an American. You are not black or white or brown. You are not a Christian or a Buddhist. You are that which is eternal. You are a Divine extension of God....
You are an extension of God, who just happens to be in your particular body, with your particular practices....which are nothing more than part of your curriculum from God.
This is the curriculum that you have signed up for, that you are here to learn from.... Whether this body is short or tall, dark or light, it comes from your curriculum.... As I've said many times, your form is not who you are; it's just a garage where you get to park your soul for a little while."
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In the Right Place at the Right Time
by Shari Harris
This I Believe…
I matriculated into the university called Earth to work on my degree—
to progress in my education; to put my theories into action;
to test my readiness; and
to work out earthly relationships with those who chose to incarnate with me,
...as did you.
I am a great and powerful spiritual being,
...as are you.
I left a perfect home and chose to incarnate on earth
at this particular time in history,
...as did you.
I am part of the world thought.
I am a piece of the puzzle. I am the answer to the puzzle.
I am the missing piece of the puzzle,
...as are you.
I am where I am supposed to be.
And you are where you are supposed to be.
I chose to be on the earth at this time, as did you.
You and I are in the right place at the right time
doing the right thing.
Shari Harris 2003
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Just Who Do We Think We Are?
Shari Says...
I believe we are eternal spiritual beings who are currently living one of our many lives on Earth and who are the co-creators of our experiences through our thoughts, beliefs, and pre-birth planning.
Shari Harris
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If this "Good-News-Letter" inspires anyone to look into the law of attraction or past lives or what happens when we die, I will be satisfied. I am convinced that these are all profound truths: that our thoughts and beliefs influence the things and events of our lives, that we live many lives, that we never die--our consciousness continues on, and that in-between our lives, we rest, study, learn, and plan our purpose for our next life.
For me, these ideas are "good news" and help to answer universal questions about why we are here. I hope you will take what resonates with you and leave the rest. Shari
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