Reincarnation & past life songs.

It’s been a while since I’ve wanted to do something like this, and now that we’re on a Sunday, I’m not in the mood for a serious talk about anything, and I feel I’ve already turned the page concerning my latest posts, probably today is a good day to start.

Music is one of the greatest triggers to remember past lives. Sometimes it’s the music itself the one that brings you back straight to the past: it can be a military march, the sound of drums, a popular song, an opera. Other times it’s the emotions that music and lyrics cause in you. In my case, old music usually provokes me bad feelings: for example, opera always makes me nervous, I’ve hated it ever since I can remember. I suspect this comes from my WWII life. I remember a gramophone my boss had in the apartment where I worked as a housemaid, though I think the bad feelings come because that kind of music was quite common in that era and I don’t like to remember. But for me, the greatest triggers have been from modern songs with specific lyrics that bring past life emotions. Before I started to remember past lives, I already knew the band Arena and I had even attended a live concert, but I wasn’t a big fan. Some years later I began to delve into their music and discovered a jewel. I regretted I had not done so earlier. Coincidentally, when this happened, I was having my first past life memories, and their music has closely accompanied me ever since. Sometimes the synchronicities have been even a bit weird. For instance, one of his latest songs included a mention to Pandoras’s Box, the title of my reincarnation book. I just love them, because they talk a lot about death... and often you would say they also talk about reincarnation.

Today’s song reflects perfectly the stage I’m in regarding my past life journey. It feels like I’m leaving behind a wonderful introspection time where I discovered the real nature of human beings. This means I had to get through a lot of pain and darkness in my own past lives, things that are not easy to acknowledge and accept. But at the end you realize it was worth the effort. Pieces of the song remind me of certain past life events, other pieces make me picture myself exactly like they describe: someone who has gone a long and dark path and still feels so astounded by everything he encountered in that path.

HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

Something now, is something that will always be

           This is far beyond some earthbound human plan

    In this universe we’re merely specks of sand

Nothing more than man

Tell me - How did it come to this?

What we do, may light an unexpected fuse

Every left or right may lead to consequences

If the butterfly should flap its wings

If an angel sings

Tell me - How did it come to this?

Tell me - How did it come to this?

Once a child, I tried to hold eternity

Take a leap of faith and never fear the fall

But as I floated to those distant shores

I would hit the wall

How could I believe...

There was something on the other side of it all

More than any man could truly understand

More than I could comprehend

So how did it come to this?

Honestly, I never thought I’d seek adventure in my life

Never thought that I would walk so dark a road

In this universe we’re merely specks of sand

Nothing more than man

Honestly, I never thought I’d reach such judgement in my life

never thought that I would fall upon this road

And if the butterfly should flap its wings

If an angel sings

So how did it come to this?

How did it come to this? 

I always say one thing is believing in reincarnation, and a very different thing is remembering past lives and be certain of the reality of reincarnation. It doesn’t matter how many times you say this, someone who doesn’t have the same experience won’t ever understand. This verse always makes me think about this transcendental question:  

How could I believe...

There was something on the other side of it all

More than any man could truly understand

More than I could comprehend

Once you remember and verify your own past lives, you pass through this stage of “bewilderment”, when you think: “Wow, so... is reincarnation true?” You also understand how past lives can affect you and others, how your decisions are all that matters in this game. You understand (at least you try, and probably are closer than others to do so) what life really is.   

Never thought that I would walk so dark a road

This sentence here always reminds me of my shadow, how I could have never imagined all the things I did in my past. It’s one of those things about which I often have to remain silent, as nearly no one would understand. Newbies and skeptics love to theorize about the possibility many people just “imagine” their past lives, or it’s all wishful thinking. Yes. It would seem many of us love to relive again and again how we were imprisoned and hanged in our past lives, or how our loved ones were murdered right before our eyes. And yet, I’m pretty sure that without those dark events happening in our lives, we wouldn’t come to appreciate peace, justice, love or other beautiful things on Earth.

So, how did it come to this?

This is quite similar to one question I always ask myself and would like to ask many people I’ve met along my journey: What were you thinking? Life is complicated. You can set off with best intentions, you can even think you’re doing the right things or being as fair as possible, but sometimes things just turn wrong at some point. And though people in general always tend to blame others and find lots of excuses for their doings, the truth is that in most cases, our actions are the only ones to blame. The good news is we always have a second chance (and many more).

Related posts:
Music and resonance.
Suicide (The Great Escape).