THE NEED FOR AND BENEFIT OF GUIDANCE IN OUR LIVES
As human beings we are often dependant on guidance in our lives, particularly when we are young. However, this guidance is only as good as our parents and teachers, which means mostly imperfect. As we grow up further, this role is taken over by personal experience, which is – as we all are painfully aware – a tough teacher, and this does not even guarantee that we understand and accept the lesson, at least not immediately.
Therefore, there is an ongoing need for guidance, which all spiritual teachings tell us is always available, however, we have to ask for it, which means we must at least become aware that we require a higher perspective to discern the hidden patterns in our life experiences and the effects of the universal laws which govern our physical existence.
One source of this higher guidance is past lives research which reveals the bigger picture, the purpose of our other lives, and the lessons learned. Thereby we obtain the tools to understand our present life and regain control of how to live that life consciously.
From my own explorations (see my book ’75 Lives of Haran – New Insights into Reincarnation’) I distilled a number of insights which may also be relevant to you. Here are some examples:
- Don’t make limiting assumptions about yourself and your capabilities. If we engage life as a victim we can never fulfill our aspirations. We need to fully and unconditionally accept that our happiness is in our hands, and only in our hands. Only once we have tried out new challenges do we realize what we are capable of.
- Don’t reject your role in life as unsatisfactory or unimportant. All roles are necessary and form an integral part of all life. You explore completely unique life aspects which no other consciousness can repeat.
- Don’t judge others just because they don’t see life your way. The difference between us is mainly the beliefs we built up from our life experiences.
- Although life is very much about learning, accepting responsibility for our decisions, and coming to understand the difference between wanting something for short-term self-gratification and needing something for long-term well-being, i.e., not having a personality perspective but a soul perspective, life is also about enjoying it, living it, experimenting with it, and celebrating it and our achievements. We need to do that more often, and in a more conscious manner.
Haran