Who Do You Tell?

[mccoyxyz]

My experience overall is it simply does not work within the white population nor the (East) Indian one.
Indians find it all kind of silly, why do two groups who are white hate each other so much? You are allowed to mention it in passing, but not in any depth.
Same with my former wife, Indo-Canadian. She is free to rant and rave as much as she likes about HER karmic problems, but expected me not to. She happened to have been one of those snooty British officers, third son of Lord Mucky Muck sort of thing. And of course angry at the world in general for three things:
a) the demotion in rank
b) being a woman this time
c) not being white any more
As well, I know one pastlife Jew, two pastlife nazis and avoid them as much as I can. They want to rattle on forever and ever, but aren't willing to return the favor.
These sorts of groups are the only place I find I can get any equality.
Best wishes.

[Laurasia]

The only person in my off-line life that I discuss my past lives in detail with is my partner, Miss Bothmann. Being Pagan, the topic of reincarnation has come up from time to time with others but not usually as they are typically not Pagan themselves.

The vast majority of sharing my past lives openly with others is done via the internet.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[Miss Bothmann]

I am the same as Laurasia. She was the first and only person that I know personally that I have told. The only other outlet is on this forum.

[eiszeit]

I'm usually pretty open, if a bit hesitant, to tell them the whole story... but I have done so, to both people offline and people online. If they're interested and seem to be receptive, and I can trust them, I tell them.

I think the first person I told was my sister (from the Third Reich past life), and we literally had whole conversations back and forth in chat programs where we'd be describing the rooms in our house, our parents, each other, our personalities... everything in insane details that synced up perfectly every time. It was reassuring to have her to talk to; she's very patient, very understanding and willing to listen to whatever I had to rant about. She's still one of my closest friends after five years now.

I've told two other people online, one of whom is helping me piece together things and trying to help me figure out who I was. I'm very grateful to have her! The other person, I haven't discussed my past life in detail with her. She knows I believe in reincarnation, is totally cool with it and often asks me for information regarding the Third Reich and the setting of KZs (she wants to be a writer dealing with WWII, and she also just has miscellaneous history projects).

I haven't told my mother yet, not really. She knows I was male, she knows I was in the Third Reich. She doesn't know about the KZ; I kind of feel like I should protect her from that side of me, because I know she wouldn't be able to understand it. I also feel that, if I revealed everything to her, she'd suddenly start blaming everything "wrong" with me on my past lives. Which may be true in some cases (the KZ is pretty much the source of all my anxieties/phobias; I don't remember being as anxious as I am now in this life), but not all of them.

I've tried to tell my closest friend, and that's a little difficult... She doesn't believe in reincarnation and past lives at all, so she's kind of hard to get through to about the topic. I learned a while ago not to talk to her about new memories that came up, and that was that. I told another very close friend of mine and she was very accepting. Other than that, the majority of my friends don't know of it.

[silver]

I've found something odd about telling people who don't believe in reincarnation; they might smile or chuckle, but if you stop talking, they'll frown and go "and then what happened?" I've only told two people offline; my brother, who made the hilarious Nazi-pitchfork remark and was interested but scared to hear the actual memories, and my close friend John, who giggled like a little girl. I smacked him over the head and he apologised, but when I stopped talking he did the above, nudging me endlessly and going "what else do you remember? Did your husband talk to you about what he was doing? Did you really live near a camp?" and the like. I guess he thought it was a good story.

Online, there's of course you guys - the first people I ever told, whose resource page actually helped me remember, and two other friends. Ed's an amazing lass in Texas (she's paying for me to visit her this July!) and, as a Pagan, was actually reading the past life stories I was digging up on Carol Bowman's site. I eventually told her when we were discussing reincarnation again, and she had the same "What, you?" reaction :P She mentioned it to a mutual friend - that friend and I aren't really talking as a result of about eight billion blowouts, we decided to take a hiatus type thing, but she messaged me immediately.

She's Indian and agnostic, as well as a qualified archaeologist, and while she shares my interest in the paranormal she's even more skeptical than I am - though once I had to talk her through a rough night in which she was convinced a ghost was in the room (when I had her calm, I told her it was mice, and it actually was, bless her). Nights spent alone in a creepy place aside, she's very scientific, and I wouldn't have brought the subject to her myself - but she was fascinated. I think her exact words were, "Please, please tell me more, ifyoudon'tmind." I suppose it shouldn't have surprised me, her being a history buff and all - she loves the personal stories of ordinary people in history, and I think she'd give her eye teeth to meet someone who remembered Mesopotamia, the Persian Empire, or the concentration camps, regardless of how they remembered it.

So, you guys and four people, only one of whom - Ed - that I can continue to talk to about it. Reincarnation is a good subject for debate, but when actually talking about your personal experiences - especially when it relates to WWII and the Holocaust - it becomes an awkward subject indeed.

[Miss Bothmann]

I've found something odd about telling people who don't believe in reincarnation; they might smile or chuckle, but if you stop talking, they'll frown and go "and then what happened?"

LOL! I laughed so hard when I read this because it is SO true!

[silver]

Hee, I'm glad somebody else has noticed that! It's really amusing to watch; sort of a "well, I think that's rubbish, it's just your imagination" reaction, and then the second you stop talking (why would you keep going?) it immediately switches to "I didn't say STOP." ;D

[kapitanprien]

Because of being a 'walk-in' - I have to be more careful with who I tell.

Given the complexities of my situation - the people not knowing me prior to the soul exchange and only after, they don't really have any way of 'gauging' the change (and so often don't believe in it!)

This is particularly so in dealing with online communication - rather than in person. Even so, there are those who I meet in person who of course didn't know me prior to the soul exchange (so again - they're in the same position of not having anything to go by).

Therefore - I pretty much keep myself to myself for the most part.

[Iseke]

I tell anyone and everyone who, themselves, express an interest in past lives. (Of course, while I am very open about my Holocaust lifetime, I am very closed in regards to talking about some of my other lifetimes...) I see it as my responsibility to connect with people about a major historical event, as well as a spiritual phenomenon that would benefit them greatly to tap into. So most all of my friends, even the ones who don't explore reincarnation, know about my last lifetime.

As for my family...I have told a few people and they have been very respectful about it. These are not people who believe in reincarnation and the idea of it may even make some of them uncomfortable, but the ones I have told understood that this is a deep issue and it is very real to me, so they have been supportive. There are others that I would like to tell (especially those who were there with me!!) but I am not sure I'm ready to face their reaction.

In general, though, I'm very open about Irina and what happened in that lifetime. I feel strength knowing that I am not alone (this board being huge in that) and that makes me strong enough to reach out to others without feeling like I'm crazy or making it all up!

[pixarfan]

I told my boyfriend, who (despite being a born-again Christian- but the nice kind) believes in reincarnation now (self-hypnosis mp3s worked for him remarkably well. Upon further fact-checking, we found out his memories were historically accurate, in addition to explaining a lot about his current life). I'm actually rather jealous of him for being able to do it so easily!

[pixarfan]

Jul 28, 2011 10:56:58 GMT -5 @inhaltslos said:

It is really great and beneficial that not only you can tell your boyfriend, but he has been able to share your experience and his Christian beliefs haven't been an issue.
I don't think I could have a relationship with a person who didn't believe in reincarnation or at least respect my beliefs. Luckily I have a fantastic partner and it hasn't been a problem at all. In fact, last night we went out for a great dinner at a swanky place. Afterwards, I turned to her and said, laughing, "Do you realize all we did tonight was talk about...Nazis??"

LOL! Hopefully no one there thought you were neo-Nazis!

I don't think my boyfriend would've believed it had he not experienced it for himself (and he said there's no way he's telling his fellow Baptists about any of this!) Oh well.

There's a really funny part in Michael Newton's "Destiny of Souls" where a self-righteous, fire-and-brimstone preacher dies, sees the "devil," and FREAKS OUT, convinced he's in hell. Turns out it was only his spirit guide with a mask on teaching him a lesson. ;D

[brooklynfan]

I have found it best to keep mum IRL, for many of the reasons already mentioned. Online, it depends. Aside from specific forums (AKA this one) I dont bring it up and definitely not on social networking sites where people from work and other parts of my life may see it. Sometimes, at least I have found, if the audience isnt already at least somewhat receptive, it can e more trouble than its worth, IMHO.

Also, I will agree, some lifetimes are easier to talk about. People tend to e more open to the idea of a lifetime in the American Civil War or Ancient Rome or Victorian England more than they are to WWII related lives, especially Holocaust related ones. These are just my personal experiences, however

[Miserere]

I have only told one person *offline* about this PL, let's say. It didn't turn out too well and it's probably the newest and most purest form (since it's coming from me directly so to speak) of gossip about me in my area.

[Laurasia]

Hi Miserere.

That's terrible that your past life has become public knowledge now after you trusted someone with the information. Hopefully it will all die down quickly for you.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[Miserere]

Thanks. I hope so too.

Even though I *do* try to joke it off as much as I can, which seems to work smooth for most people. I won't lie, it definitely hurts, a lot, especially this person who started to spread it around in the first place is avoiding me at all costs. I'm not sure it's because of this person is afraid I'm capable of doing terrible things because of my PL or something else is wrong.