Post by euskanoravian on Sept 26, 2010 18:35:33 GMT -5
Once again I do apologize for my long absence. Without going into complete details of what had happened to me, all I can say is that I was extremely sick and completely out of commission. I am somewhat back and somewhat better, and I appreciate times like these. I do recall during one of the last times participating promising to talk about my step-dad, and my discoveries about his past life. Nonetheless I am not sure if this is the correct area of the forum to post this.
My step-dad is a wonderful and a reserved kind of man who was born in 1953 in a small town in Oregon. His mother was of Scottish/English/Irish/German descent and Episcopalian. His father was Jewish, but kept it hidden due to fear of antisemitism. My step-dad was sent to Christian schools and as he had gotten older, he had a change of heart. He for whatever reason converted to Seventh Day Adventism, shortly before he had moved to New York City. My late mother also moved to New York City from England, already a Seventh Day Adventist convert herself, due to a close friend/co-worker's influence. She was born into a very abusive Catholic family. Nonetheless, my step-dad and late mom ended up meeting up in a Seventh Day Adventist Church in New York when I was 18 months old, and they married when I was 4. My step-dad adopted me when I was 6, though to this day I was never comfortable with calling him "dad" even though he is my dad in every way other than biologically. He has been patient with that. I think it all comes from the fact that it pains me for never knowing who my biological father was, other than what little of him my mother had told me. Anyhow, my late mom and step-dad have always been devout Seventh Day Adventists who have never been open to the phenomenon of reincarnation.
While I was growing up, my step-dad rarely spoke about his father and Jewish heritage. I always assumed it was because he knew very little of it, which he did. Nonetheless he avoided the topic often. After my mom passed away in November 2008, her death had triggered something within him which had shocked me. One morning last January, I received a shocking phone call from him. He announced that he had been planning to take a trip to Poland in the summer (2009) to not only visit a friend of his in Krakow, but to go to the Museum of Auschwitz. My jaw dropped when he said that. I had no idea what to ask him other than what made him make such a huge decision. He admitted ever since mom passed away, he had been thinking about his father and how he never honored his Jewish heritage. My step-dad resented him for this. He kept saying the least he could do to honor it was to visit Auschwitz. I did ask him if he was truly ready for that. He said he could never figure out why but something within him pushed him to go. He constantly wondered if he had relatives from his fathers side killed. His sudden need to visit Auschwitz made me think that there was more to it than him wanting to honor his Jewish background. He could have joined Jewish groups, or visited some Synagogues. Why not do any of that? Why all of a sudden Auschwitz? He did go last July, and was quite silent about it for a while after coming back. He did say a few things here and there about it as time went on nonetheless.
My intuition has been weaker since I became ill. Nonetheless I still have enough of it to find out certain things clearly. I usually do not do this without someone's permission. Nonetheless I wanted to find out about my step-dad's past life. Something was nudging me to believe that he actually was a Holocaust victim in his previous incarnation, and my mom's passing opened up his subconscious which would explain his sudden need to visit Auschwitz. One day when I was feeling decent enough, I did a tarot reading on him. The image I had gotten was him as a young boy, around 8 or 9 years of age being sent to the gas chamber. I did not need to look into anymore, and the sight was disturbing. I got my answer quite clearly. I felt very bad about peaking into my step-dad's past life without his permission but I needed to fulfill my curiosity. Not to mention this past summer, he visited to the Holocaust Museum in DC. I never said a word to him about what I had done. Firstly, he would be furious at me. Secondly, he would not believe it.
I would say my step-dad is a much younger soul than I am. This is something I have always sensed. He is a good, reserved man who just minds his own business. I have wondered often if younger souls who were through the trauma in the Holocaust come back, not being open to the idea of past lives and reincarnation as a form of protection? Likely because they are not ready to acknowledge what they endured in their previous life? Some may latch onto religious dogma, or may go the other way and be atheists? I certainly believe this is the case with my step-dad. I am interested in hearing what your thoughts are on this?
Blessed Be,
Andi
My step-dad is a wonderful and a reserved kind of man who was born in 1953 in a small town in Oregon. His mother was of Scottish/English/Irish/German descent and Episcopalian. His father was Jewish, but kept it hidden due to fear of antisemitism. My step-dad was sent to Christian schools and as he had gotten older, he had a change of heart. He for whatever reason converted to Seventh Day Adventism, shortly before he had moved to New York City. My late mother also moved to New York City from England, already a Seventh Day Adventist convert herself, due to a close friend/co-worker's influence. She was born into a very abusive Catholic family. Nonetheless, my step-dad and late mom ended up meeting up in a Seventh Day Adventist Church in New York when I was 18 months old, and they married when I was 4. My step-dad adopted me when I was 6, though to this day I was never comfortable with calling him "dad" even though he is my dad in every way other than biologically. He has been patient with that. I think it all comes from the fact that it pains me for never knowing who my biological father was, other than what little of him my mother had told me. Anyhow, my late mom and step-dad have always been devout Seventh Day Adventists who have never been open to the phenomenon of reincarnation.
While I was growing up, my step-dad rarely spoke about his father and Jewish heritage. I always assumed it was because he knew very little of it, which he did. Nonetheless he avoided the topic often. After my mom passed away in November 2008, her death had triggered something within him which had shocked me. One morning last January, I received a shocking phone call from him. He announced that he had been planning to take a trip to Poland in the summer (2009) to not only visit a friend of his in Krakow, but to go to the Museum of Auschwitz. My jaw dropped when he said that. I had no idea what to ask him other than what made him make such a huge decision. He admitted ever since mom passed away, he had been thinking about his father and how he never honored his Jewish heritage. My step-dad resented him for this. He kept saying the least he could do to honor it was to visit Auschwitz. I did ask him if he was truly ready for that. He said he could never figure out why but something within him pushed him to go. He constantly wondered if he had relatives from his fathers side killed. His sudden need to visit Auschwitz made me think that there was more to it than him wanting to honor his Jewish background. He could have joined Jewish groups, or visited some Synagogues. Why not do any of that? Why all of a sudden Auschwitz? He did go last July, and was quite silent about it for a while after coming back. He did say a few things here and there about it as time went on nonetheless.
My intuition has been weaker since I became ill. Nonetheless I still have enough of it to find out certain things clearly. I usually do not do this without someone's permission. Nonetheless I wanted to find out about my step-dad's past life. Something was nudging me to believe that he actually was a Holocaust victim in his previous incarnation, and my mom's passing opened up his subconscious which would explain his sudden need to visit Auschwitz. One day when I was feeling decent enough, I did a tarot reading on him. The image I had gotten was him as a young boy, around 8 or 9 years of age being sent to the gas chamber. I did not need to look into anymore, and the sight was disturbing. I got my answer quite clearly. I felt very bad about peaking into my step-dad's past life without his permission but I needed to fulfill my curiosity. Not to mention this past summer, he visited to the Holocaust Museum in DC. I never said a word to him about what I had done. Firstly, he would be furious at me. Secondly, he would not believe it.
I would say my step-dad is a much younger soul than I am. This is something I have always sensed. He is a good, reserved man who just minds his own business. I have wondered often if younger souls who were through the trauma in the Holocaust come back, not being open to the idea of past lives and reincarnation as a form of protection? Likely because they are not ready to acknowledge what they endured in their previous life? Some may latch onto religious dogma, or may go the other way and be atheists? I certainly believe this is the case with my step-dad. I am interested in hearing what your thoughts are on this?
Blessed Be,
Andi
