Blog 18: Notes on Between Death & Life, Chapter 16 - THE RETURN TRIP

Notes on Between Death & Life

Chapter 16: THE RETURN TRIP

Before beginning the return trip into the physical life the spirit not only goes through the planning sessions with the masters & teachers & consults with the other people they will be trying to work out karma with, but they also check out the family they are considering being born into.  The following are a few examples of a spirit checking things out before being born into a family again:

• The subject is watching the family she will be born into.  She is studying & learning about them so she will know how to deal with them.  She was about to be born into a peasant life in China.
• She has known these people before & feels they will help her accomplish much.
• Before being born, she goes back & forth to the masters for teachings.
• Sometimes spirit enters the body before birth, sometimes at birth, sometimes a little after.  It depends upon the lesson that must be learned.
• She says she will enter before birth.
• In most cases there is always a choice for the first short while about whether or not one must stay, or whether one decides that, for some reason it is not right & decides to leave {which often results in a walk-in/soul exchange & rarely crib death].
• If this happens it may be because they decided the parents were not ready for them, or not ready to give what would be needed, or they themselves were just not ready.
• A spirit can leave the body during infancy for short periods, usually when sleeping,  if it is gone too long it can lead to crib death, but usually the spirit stays inside the body permanently by age 1 or as late as 3-5 years of age.
• There are those who do this longer & remember the other side longer, which is often seen in their play.
• Lessons for this lifetime: She will have to learn the meaning of not wanting so much.  Learning how to deal with people on a one-to-one basis & not coveting.
•  Learning to not want for much is a little harder to learn than others [for her] because if you have nothing & see that others around you have things, you long for it.
• You must learn the difference between needing & wanting, and strike a happy medium between.
• She says when choosing a life to return to the physical plane, the time of birth must be right.

In that life, she became a very shrewd Chinese Tradesman (almost a con man with the gift for gab).  His downfall came when he coveted a black pearl & succeeded in obtaining it.  But it caused his arrest & death by flogging.

Another pre-birth example:

• She is watching the woman who is to be her mother & feels unsure because they are very demanding.  She has been watching for a few days, sometimes it takes a bit longer before making the final decision.
• There is a need for her in this situation.  She can learn much:
• Humility, dealing with relationships with people on a day-to-day level, learning tolerance of others, giving more freely of oneself, & having good bonds with others instead of being too self-sufficient.
• She must work through issues with the soul that is to be her mother; learning to love in spite of faults.
• There will be someone who will look to her for guidance.  There was a failure in the past & there is a need to repay this.
• She will be a male priest.  It is needful for her to follow that path in order to repay karmic debts.
• Free will is still involved.
• If something is shown to be needful, it will occur.
• You must not hope, you must believe.  Hope has no power or strength, but believing does.  With belief we can work toward our ultimate destiny.

He became a priest, but it was not his own choosing.  It was common in this time period & place for younger sons to be sent away to monasteries, rather than having more mouths to feed.  The superiors were often bitter & wielded power over the monks that amounted to cruelty, since they did not enter religion with a desire to help humankind.  He lived a destitute, lonely & unhappy life until he escaped by having an early heart attack.

Dolores Cannon regressed many subjects through the birth experience.  She had some sad regressions where the mother did not want the baby & the spirit was very much aware of this.  But they felt there was no backing out & maybe they would  be able to rectify the situation once they were born.  It is very strange watching subjects go through the birth process.  They do not see anything until they come into the light, cold & confused.  They are aware of everyone's thoughts & they don't like being separated from the mother.  Their first cries are in frustration of being unable to communicate.  Then softly a wave of forgetfulness seems to sweep over them as their responses dull & the memories of the other planes & existences begin to fade away.

Many have wondered about the "population question".  Although there seems to be more people living on Earth than ever before, it just keeps increasing.  The people who ask these questions are obviously hampered by a narrow outlook.  They think the souls that have been incarnating since historical times are all the souls there are.

• Where are all these souls coming from?  We would ask that you understand that there are many more souls than there are vessels available.  There are far more souls available to incarnate into bodies, than bodies to incarnate into.  And so there is the waiting process for the correct vehicle to come along.
• If everyone were to incarnate, there would be no one left in the spirit world to tend to the store, so to say.  There must always be those on this side to assist & guide & direct.  For there is much work to be done.
• There has never been a total influx of all the souls on this planet.  If that were to happen, you would surely be standing several feet deep in people, shoulder to shoulder over the entire Earth.
• So we merely say that the souls are being incarnated now at a rate which is compatible with the amount of vehicles available.

Unconditional Love:

• In order to experience this concept one would necessarily be required to experience a lack of this same energy we call unconditional love.  This is a lesson this planet as a whole is now learning.
• The confusion & disharmony pre-sent on the planet has clouded & distorted this love to such a degree as to make it almost unrecognizable.
• This transition from on of conditional to unconditional love is now in its later stages.
• It can be described; however it cannot be defined.
• Example: The most accurate portrayal of this on your planet would be that of a mother's love for her child.  This love is given unconditionally regardless of the circumstances of the transgressions.
• Jesus was trying to teach unconditional love & his incarnation was the personification of unconditional love.
• Many are now attuning to this fact & becoming aware of the subtleties in the Christ's teachings.
• There are many more lessons on a subtler plane than could ever be hoped for in the literal.
• Another Lesson:  We would say that tolerance & patience are like twins, in that each is a compliment to the other.  For without one there could not be the other.
• Ultimate Goal:  on the physical plane, is to know yourself.
• You shall be offered many lessons which will challenge you to know yourself.
• Oftentimes these will be painful.
• In times of distress & urgency, we would ask that you always remember that your experiences are given to you by yourself.
• We can see all the options spread out before you.  But it is you, yourself, who must make the final decisions.
• Also, remember that you influence individuals continuously.
• It is one thing to dominate, but yet something all-together different to influence.
• Were all to remain as it should be, nothing would ever change.
• Earth is a testing ground, a battleground, a play-ground, and many more concepts.
• That which you perceive as upheaval is in fact merely the physical manifestation of the reshuffling of priorities.
• Follow your own intuitive guidance while on Earth.
• No real truth, for all is relative.
• That which is necessary is that which will manifest.
• The most important period to work on is the present.
• The souls who decide to go down & have another cycle of life in your time are either foolhardy or brave, depending on their viewpoint.
• Most of these are the ones that are rather dull & plodding & conventional on your world.
• Other souls who are more advanced do it with both eyes open, knowing full well it will be difficult
• Due to the resistance of the general world trend this causes them to become that much stronger, to where it is the equivalent of 2-3 lifetimes worth of growth.
• When they cross back over to this side, they are extremely advanced, and they are usually asked to stay on this side for a while to help prepare those of us who wish to go back.
• We would say that actually in very simple terms, everyone on this planet has this same journey.
• All paths will eventually converge & meet in one single place.

"It is amazing that all the info for this book was obtained from many different people who did not know each other.  They were of different backgrounds, religions, and occupations.  Yet in spite of their differences, the info they gave while in trance does not contradict but rather compliments each other...If they all see the same things, then I believe the afterlife must be a very real, identifiable place with definite rules & regulations & a hierarchy that keeps it all in order...The info I have received in my work is probably only the barest skimming of the surface.  It does give us a glimpse of what lies in that other world that we all must someday visit...It isn't always easy to accept another way of thinking that partially or completely disrupts the pattern laid down for us since childhood.  But if it contains the ring of truth, then it is worth considering & exploring...I believe all of us carry these memories & maybe they will be awakened at the the time when we most need them...Everything that happens to us is colored by our own thoughts & experiences...For in my study of death, I have found the celebration of life...Maybe the info I have found has allowed us to lift the veil a little & peer beyond...and the memories are truly wonderful, because what we see is a beautiful sight to behold.

    I am grateful that I was allowed to have these conversations with the spirits.  What they told me encourages the shedding of fears & doubts & brings the realization that what lies beyond the barrier is only joyous "homecoming"."

- Dolores Cannon

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