What then is one possible constructive perspective on past lives?
: Remember that the patterns you see are good indicators of what you need to be looking at now. Consider that every person you meet has likely evolved across many lifetimes. In other words, no longer are they just the homeless person begging you for money, or the musician who inspires you, or your pre-adolescent child; they are the culmination of many lifetimes embodied before you now. Think of the opportunity and the great honor that brings to any given moment. Then remember that you are a mirror of that same evolution, if you choose to be. It is a two-way street. Likely, you were once a homeless person, or an inspired musician or artist, or even a child. Imagine that. Seventy-five percent of who you are now relates to who you were in previous lifetimes — much more than what happened in your childhood. By the same token, you wouldn’t want to live in the past — particularly not a past lifetime. After all, it is indeed a past lifetime, and you came this far. Why go back? What did you
