Soul Memories Of Past Lifetimes
Intuitively, I have felt for a long time that the cause of over-eating in many can probably be found in soul memories from other lifetimes, in which they starved to death. One cannot help wondering in how many lifetimes, during the long course of our evolution, this has that happened to any one of us. Such memories can now be extremely difficult to access, because by now they are merely faint echoes of distant events that sit deeply buried deep in our subconscious.
For as long as they remain unattended, they are likely to create many problems and disturbances. It is not hard to imagine how difficult it is for people who are affected in this way, when they are confronted with the masses of food that are now freely available at all times. Unconscious thoughts and their accompanying feelings like: ‘If I don’t get enough to eat, I will starve! I must have food!’ could be driving them along. And they are likely to find it almost impossible to resist the temptation to cram more and more down, even after being long past their saturation point.
The soul cravings mentioned in the chapter ‘Inner Hunger and Thirst’ are another aspect of over-eating or over-indulging in anything. As long as our personality on the outer level of life fails to understand the feelings that rise from within, it will continue to interpret them as those of a physical nature. There may then be a constant temptation to eat and drink far too much, which could be so strong that all attempts at overcoming these cravings remain unsuccessful.
The realisation that our soul is the cause of our problem represents the first major step forward on our road to recovery. In danger of starving, it is screaming ever more loudly for what is commonly known as ‘the bread and wine that comes from Heaven’, the highest levels of life. I cannot help the feeling that when we finally wake up to what is truly required and start to feed our inner self with spiritual knowledge and wisdom, the problem will slowly vanish over the horizon on its own.
Yet another characteristic of over-eating that may have its origin in past life memories could be that our soul has brought into this one a tendency towards gluttony. If we indulged in this during other lifetimes, we have on this occasion been granted the gift of creating opportunities for eliminating this character trait. We need to remind ourselves that we – together with the wise ones in charge of us – choose the experiences of our next lifetime. Opting for physical death by starving in one lifetime and gluttony in another could be a soul’s way of trying to create balance, because in this way it desires to learn the two different aspects of the same lesson.
This way can eventually both be integrated into the wholeness of its character and experience. Unless that soul during its present lifetime becomes aware of the purpose and the higher meaning behind this lesson, it has precious little chance of doing anything but suffering and no likelihood of resolving its issues. The two extremes of this almost certainly have to be experienced by every soul on its evolutionary path at some time. This is such an important issue that it is likely that there are as many variations on the theme as there are fish in the sea – or rather souls in the ocean of life.
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The above is a chapter from ‘The Spiritual Perspective Of Eating Disorders’
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