Why Do We Not Remember Past Lives?

[Guest guest]

Some people do remember past lives. A number of volumes record such

experiences. Throught the world a small but irrefutable number of

people have been born with memories of former lifetime. They have

demonstrated knowledge of people and places that they could not have

otherwise known

 

Sri sathya Sai baba relates a wealth of information about his

previous incarnation in west central India as Shirdi Sai baba. He

has shown knowledge of that incarnation that he could not have

known in any other manner. It is, of course, rare for most people to

remember previous lives. The memories of former lifetimes are lost

to new experiences and new concerns - and so God's compassion

prevents a probable, overwhelming compounding of our problems

 

" You know only the present, what is happening before your eyes; you

do not know the present is related to the past and is preparing the

course for the future. It is like the headlines and titles of a film

on the screen; as the letters gleam one after the other, you read

them pass on to the next that comes to view. Each new letter or word

wipes out the one already before your eye, just as each birth wipes

out the memory of the one already experienced " Baba

 

The extent of our interest in events also determines how much we

remember. We have little cause to remember much of this present

life, much less past lives. Our senses and minds are attached to

present objects and future ambitions.

 

" You may not remember the incidents of a particular day ten years

ago, but that does not mean that you were not alive that day. so,

too, you may not recall what happened in the previous life or in the

life previous to that, but there is no doubt that you had those

lives " Baba