[quote author=alysia link=board=afterlife_knowledge;num=1114831335;start=0#13 date=05/01/05 at 11:05:44]Freebird, since you shared some of your past lives thought I'd share a few of mine:

1) holocaust resistance fighter and good at it I might add, probably took a pot shot at you. lol. really grew a lot in that life towards a desire for peace and a desire to honor life, foe and friend alike.
2) Assinated my mother who was in power and doing a piss poor job of it for the rest of us slaves. we both got around to forgiving each other in this life.
3) nurse who fed others and died of starvation in the process. advanced a lot in this life.
4) reclusive fisherman, obsessive philosopher, ignored everything but books.
5) viking on a ship, brawled and enjoyed myself. didn't learn much but was fun
6) spoiled rich Greek lady, totally pleasant life but didn't grow spiritually.
7)Christian missionary warping the minds of the innocent natives who were doing just fine until I showed up. (DP, I call him dead preacher, my guide.) grew a lot from this blooper life.
8 )Southern lady of etiquette saving the downtrodden by seiging city hall. when I got to heaven they just laughed at me. figures. I had done it all for myself.
9) a pearl diver, the best one, hit my head on a rock dive because I didn't want to grow old and lose the limelight.
10) Indian medicine woman during the time the white man took over. not very fun. died young with a big ache in my heart for the new life, the babies were killed also.
11) got healed by Jesus touching me. vowed my loyalty to him then, to assist him in any way possible without worshipping him; he told me then even greater things then I do, will you do.
12) obese guy with a harem, totally bored.
do I believe any of this? you're right none of it matters a bit. the only thing that matters is the now moment, .....

....YES ALYSIA, 'tis true, BUT the "now moment", when fully investigated and experienced through meditation can reveal all the input from those (12) you list; their "now" is also all that matters.  Connecting their "now" with your "now" will reveal a multidimensional "now" that is the HIGHER SELF exfoliating in all its glory.
As you know, my third book will be an attempt to capture that mutidimensional now.  Capture it and put it on display.

love, gordon