Memories of a Battlefield
by Carol Nicholson

Do you have dreams or waking pictures in your head of other time periods you can't explain? Do you sometimes wonder where a certain habit, fear, or other unusual behavior comes from? Have you had the experience of thinking you've been somewhere before or tugging memories of other places when reading a book or watching a movie? If so, perhaps you are experiencing a memory of one your past lives.

On a Sunday afternoon in 1994, I had rented the movie "Gettysburg" which was about the horrific three-day battle in early July of 1863 between North and South. I was watching with detached interest the reenactment of what is now referred to as Pickett's Charge. As I was watching, I suddenly felt an unaccountable sadness. Not because of identifying with the folly of that particular battle charge and the thousands of lives lost, but because somehow I knew I had been there. Right in the actual battle! Like a video playing in my head, I saw myself on horseback, a young man, very blond hair, flowing mustache, and could feel my sword dangling from my side. I sensed a great urgency and anxiety about the battle about to begin and saw myself galloping up and down a long line of foot soldiers shouting orders. As quickly as it replayed in my head, the vision was gone. Needless to say, I sat there for a few moments and wondered, "What was that about!"

Skeptics say what people remember in past life regressions are probably false memories or "confabulations" (made up imagery). Quite the contrary, after conducting hundreds of past life sessions, the lifetimes people recall are exceedingly in depth and emotion packed. Some individuals even express sensing distinct smells, touching things, and what the weather was like in that particular experience. For others, the life recalled is a shock to find they are another gender or living in a place or time they never would have imagined.

There are many well-known authors today such as Dr. Bruce Goldberg and Dr. Brian Weiss who have done extensive research and written powerful books on the topic. Carol Bowman has written an eye-opening book on the subject of children and their past life memories. America's 'Sleeping Prophet', Edgar Cayce, talked about past lives in his now famous Life Readings. He speaks of the many gifts and talents people can bring forward from past lifetimes, which, when remembered, can be put into practical and spiritual use today. According to Cayce, not only can past lives be uncovered, but future lifetimes revealed as well.

As Cayce contends, we are the sum total of all our past lives. Remembering who and where you have been before is not only interesting but also almost imperative to understand and heal your life. Furthermore, you will be able to see people you have been with before and heal relationships with greater understanding and compassion.

I believe everyone should try an experience some of their past lives. Why? Because you will better understand better the soul's migration from lifetime to lifetime. You will have an illuminating understanding of the role karma plays and the transition between frequencies of the astral and etheric planes back into the three-dimensional world we know of here on earth. You may even come to know that this is not the only lifetime you will experience and that you have the opportunity to come back time and time again to perfect the soul essence.

For me, I now know why fireworks exploding over my head terrify me. I now know they are reminiscent of the sound of artillery in battle. I now understand why I have lingered in front of gravesites of unidentified confederate soldiers unable to move away when visiting the South. And, beyond the shadow of a doubt, I know I will live again!

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