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Reincarnation Questions Answered: Why Don’t We All Remember Past Lives?
Your burning reincarnation questions answered by a scientist, a journalist, a medium, and multiple spiritual teachers.
These reincarnation questions are the main reason I was personally so skeptical of the concept in the first place. If reincarnation is real, why don’t we all remember our past lives? Why is it that some people do remember — and why is it usually children?
In the following paragraphs, you’ll see insight from various sources ranging from a journalist and a scientist to mediums and spiritual teachers. For me, the most fascinating aspect of all is how much these individuals seem to agree with each other.
I think it’s worth reading through all of the details, but if you’re in a hurry, here’s the short answer. It seems that we’re supposed to forget past lives so that we can focus appropriately on the current life. The other significant is that we usually do remember at first — which is part of the reason we don’t talk for the first year or two of life.
