Recurring Patterns and the Journey through Past Lives

Freedom from Recurring Karmic Patterns Relating to Past Life Experience

Many of us notice certain patterns in our lives—repeating challenges, emotional loops, or relationship dynamics that seem to come full circle again and again. Why does this happen?

Recurring experiences can be viewed through the lens of karma and reincarnation. We live many lives, and the lessons we haven’t yet learned tend to show up again—just in different forms.

A study of past lives can also help heal your pain points today, giving you freedom from old habits, fears, attitudes, even desires, which originate from the past but are limiting you today.

You can move beyond these limits into the most fulfilling life you could ever imagine. We’re going to tell you how.

Common Past Life Patterns People Experience

Many people unknowingly carry spiritual patterns from lifetime to lifetime.  Some recurring patterns are especially painful.  Loneliness is one of them.

Sri Harold Klemp, the spiritual leader of Eᴄᴋᴀɴᴋᴀʀ explores this topic by responding to the following person’s concerns:

I am beset by a terrible loneliness at times but am at a loss to explain it. I am an isolated person—not that I want to be; it just seems to always work out that way. This has been with family, friends, and mates, as well as jobs and people connected to them. Everything is very short-lived, and it doesn’t seem normal. I do the best I can, but no matter what I do things are always interrupted and ending all the time.

As far back as I can remember, it has always been this way. Whatever is going on I know has to do with some past life I lived.

Response: Most of the karma we make is from this lifetime, although periodically there is a longstanding condition hanging on from another lifetime.

Imagine, if you will, the life of a leper in Palestine shortly before the Christian era. Anyone with a diagnosis of leprosy faced a life of separation from his family and friends. The repeated reactions of horror and disgust by citizens when coming across lepers would be enough to leave a deep scar for centuries.

Anyone who reincarnates into the present life from such an existence ought to look on the positive side. What a blessing to no longer be regarded as a scourge among people because of a disfiguring disease! Just this thought alone ought to make one appreciate a healthier body in this lifetime.

Do the Spiritual Exercises of ECK, and Divine Spirit will work with you.

How to Heal Recurring Patterns in My Life

Transformation can begin when we actively seek healing and guidance. One of the most powerful yet underused tools? Our dreams.

Sri Harold Klemp answers a seeker’s inquiry:

How can one heal oneself in the dream state?

Response: It is possible to get a healing for many conditions, like poor health, emotions, or mental stress. But not always. The study of dreams in ECKANKAR begins with the fact of past lives. All conditions are due to karma, and some will last a lifetime, such as the loss of a limb. A study of dreams can help people learn the spiritual reason their life is as it is, and what they can do to improve their lot.

A way to heal oneself begins with a spiritual exercise. At bedtime, sing the word HU. Softly sing this ancient name for God for five to ten minutes. Also create a mental picture of your problem. See it as a simple cartoon. Beside it, place another image of the condition as you feel it should be.

The second week, if you’ve had no luck seeing a past life, do this dream exercise for fifteen or twenty minutes. Take a rest the third week. Repeat this cycle until you succeed.

Keep a record of your dreams. Make a short note about every dream you recall upon awakening. Also be alert during the day for clues about your problem from other people. The Holy Spirit works through them too.

So be aware and listen.

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Further reading: The Washington Post article, The children who remember their past lives. Published May 2, 2024. Written by Caitlin Gibson.

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