We are all connected- could be your helper is this other person's spirit. I think it is possible that our guide is always helping us, wether we notice or care. I had a few obe's were I was looking for a guide, then I seemed to have connected without finding a guide, I think it is something that is just a part of ourselves, always there and always leading us onward. Which is not to say that others could not be lending us a hand also.
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Originally posted by zuark:
I should mention also that I am an Empath--where I burst into uncontrollable tears very suddenly.
Is THAT how people define an empath???????
Vendi, Vidi, Vici, Mucho denero.
[I came, I saw, I conquered, I got paid--my mercenary motto]
As of yet,there are two reasons I tend to believe that socalled past life memories are out of context.
1. Iin many cases, I think that you are en rapport with someone living or fictional somewhere in time. The effect of perfect clarity of mental interconnectedness is akin to the Japanese man who dreamt he was a butterfly. So vivid was the dream that he always wondered if he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man. In all the multitudes of places in the places of the multiverse, we would probably be in tune with all kinds of things at any given time. Somehow, somwhere, there is definitely someone (maybe even a plant or animal) with the same, exact energetic pattern for passing instants of time.
2. Otherwise, I beleive the people that have come to make us are but intellegent anthropomorphizations of life events. Ask the people specific questions, if possible. They are there for your convenience and will usually tell you of any deeper meanings should you wonder.
demigod: no, that's not how I define it. the dashes indicate a part of the sentence aside from the main idea; I was noting that I am an empath in order to explain that I am familiar with the sensation of having emotions come from an outside source. Like I said I'm not very knowledgable about any of this or the terminology, as mostly everything I do know comes from what I experience. I say I'm a empath because I can directly feel the emotions of others. That is not to say that I believe it's at all a supernatural ability, but that would be how I would define it.
pod3: thanks for the input. as I said, the problem is that I have a lot of doubt in my own perceptions. even if I did receive an answer I would tend to second-guess it until I was left with no certainty. Really I was just looking for outside opinions on the topic, nothing more.
Please forgive my ignorance on these subjects, I've done very little research. All of my knowledge comes from personal experience and intuition, and I know it is limited.
I firmly believe in reincarnation. There are a few cultures that are not my own that I am very drawn to, and while I've had no full-blown past life episodes, I can feel them on the edge of my mind. One of the strongest shadows of memory that I can feel is that of a woman, someone very dear to me, that I believe I was separated from.
I have also, throughout my life, felt as though I've been watched over and guided. Even when I make dire mistakes, things have this tendency to work out, and often I feel literally as if I'm on autopilot in crucial situations.
Recently I've gotten the feeling that this force watching over me is the Watcher, that greater Self that is mentioned in popular works on the subject. Very recently I had an extremely powerful experience--I should mention also that I am an Empath--where I burst into uncontrollable tears very suddenly. It's difficult for me to go into detail, but it was then that I felt the connection, and I feel now as though this woman and this Watcher are one and the same.
Despite my certainty that I do have some abilities, I know that they aren't very well-developed and I have little confidence in my notions. I suppose my question is, to put it simply: Is the Watcher strictly a part of the self, or can it be the spirit of another?
My current theory is that in a past life, I was killed--but I remained, and watched over and guided this woman for the remainder of her life; and now she is returning the favor. Does this seem plausible? Just looking for some opinions, or perhaps some insight as to how I could get some sort of confirmation of my theory. I am currently "training" myself to go out of body; attempting to contact my Watcher is number 1 on my list for when I succeed.
Thanks.