Day 141
2 Reincarnation would not, under any circumstances, be the problem to be dealt with now. If it were responsible for some of the difficulties the individual faces now, his task would still be only to escape from them now. If he is laying the groundwork for a future life, he can still work out his salvation only now. To some, there may be comfort in the concept, and if it heartens them its value is self-evident. It is certain, however, that the way to salvation can be found by those who believe in reincarnation and by those who do not. The idea cannot, therefore, be regarded as essential to the curriculum. There is always some risk in seeing the present in terms of the past. There is always some good in any thought which strengthens the idea that life and the body are not the same.
I never think in terms of past lives anymore, but simply as other lives and even that may not be correct. For certain, though, past and future are just words and concepts we made up to make the illusion of separation. But from within the illusion where time is a concept we must take into consideration, dwelling in any time other than the present can be a distraction and an ego delaying tactic.
I can look into the past to see why I am afraid of heights, but it is in this moment that I decide to live my life without fear. I have read that sometimes when a person does a past life regression and discovers the reason for a behavior that behavior stops. But I think that must be like taking medicine for a problem.
It works because we have made a decision to be free of the illness. The medicine provides a way to get well that does not threaten our concepts too much. When we are ready, and when the natural healing will not frighten us, we will not need treatments to experience health. Health will be our natural state when the mind is healed of the belief in sickness.
In the same way, when I am ready to lead a fearless life, I will be healed of my fear of heights. Maybe a past life regression would help me release that fear but another would rise up to take its place. My goal is not to be free of a fear of heights, but to be free of fear, and that healing takes place right here, right now and needs no special agents.
There is nothing harmful in peaking at another life I have experienced as long as I remember where it is that healing takes place, and not use the belief in reincarnation as just another way to play around in the illusion.
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