I Was a Hippo in a Past Life

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There are many different teachings about reincarnation, past lives, and why you are here in a human(ish) body to read this, as well as who or what you could have been in a past life. Chances are you were not Cleopatra. That doesn't mean you don't have Cleopatra energy or vibe. Everything is energy (ask Einstein), and we can all be influenced and connect to someone else's energetic signature. You weren't Cleo, but your energy can absolutely resonate with the energy of the leader and beauty queen she was.

Similarly, you might have been a hippo. Or space dust. At some point, you almost assuredly were something besides a human. Matter and vibration existed long before humans were invented. Your present day shop girl incarnation still carries the memory of those older times in her spirit and her energetic body. There's an excuse for those days you just feel spacy!

So, having been a creature loved by millions and respected by anyone with any sense, why are you a clerk at Macy's? There are many reasons we choose to be here now. See the article Past Life Recall by Karen Charboneau-Harrison for ways to discover who you were in the long ago. This can shed light on that question. You can also use those techniques to observe your life between lives and find out what you were thinking.

We incarnate to teach as well as to learn. In fact, we can learn best by teaching. We also incarnate to have experiences that we can only have with physical bodies. I am here for playground swings, bicycles, and key lime pie. We may incarnate to be with a loved one we feel needs our care and support again in this lifetime. Or because of unfinished business of another sort.

There are people who believe we start as space dust and work our way up to realized human beings who can knowingly choose to come back to help others along that pathway, or to get off the wheel of reincarnation. Sometimes it's like so much we do - we just kind of got in the habit. That's where death doulas and things like the Tibetan and Egyptian books of the dead come in. During the dying process, the death coach reads from the book of the dead, or otherwise tells the transitioning one what to expect on the other side, and how to make good choices regarding the next step on the evolutionary path of the soul.

Once shed of this mortal coil, you may choose to ascend to rejoin the energy that is the universe, you may choose to come back to teach, you may choose to come back as a water elemental, a hippo, a kept man. You may choose to reincarnate on another planet as something other than a human, or even another vibratory level as something we can't even conceive with our human brains. It's up to you. There will be guides there to help you and try to get you to make good choices. If you don't want to make good choices, that's an option, too. I recommend you don't drink and incarnate. Just my opinion, though!

Reading books of the dead and other writings on life between lives, the akashic records, reincarnation, and moral living, discussing these topics with open minded friends, your spiritual leaders, family, and end of life care workers can help you prepare for the big event. Open your imagination, let go of the idea that you are only and ever a homo sapiens sapiens, and get ready to relive and prelive a little!

Thank you, C. for the inspiration!

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