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She explained that each of us has spirit guides, nonphysical beings with whom we plan our lives prior to incarnation. Through her I was able to speak with mine. They knew everything about me—not only what I had done but also what I had thought and felt.
Although I did not realize it at the time, my session with the medium triggered a profound spiritual awakening for me. I would later understand that this awakening was really a remembering—a remembering of who I am as an eternal soul and, more specifically, what I had planned to do on Earth.
As you read the stories, you’ll probably wonder whether you planned your own life challenges. My research suggests that the vast majority of life challenges are indeed selected. In general, the more profound the challenge the more likely it was chosen before birth.
“Was this challenge planned before birth, and if so, why?” They had agreed that this was a sound starting point, and further inquiries grew out of the response to that question. In some instances they permitted me to handle most, if not all, the questioning during those sessions.
Mediums and Channels Mediums and channels receive information in a variety of ways. If they are clairaudient, they hear the thoughts of nonphysical beings. (I use the term Spirit to refer to such beings; by contrast, I use spirit to refer to the nonphysical realm.) When a medium or channel “tunes in” to a nonphysical consciousness, it is much like setting the dial on your radio. Just as every station is at a particular wavelength, so, too, is each being with whom they speak.
Mediums and channels communicate with a variety of beings, including spirit guides. A spirit guide is a highly evolved, nonphysical entity who in most (but not all) cases has had many physical incarnations. Through these incarnations, they have acquired great wisdom that now allows them to act as guides to those of us on the physical plane. Spirit guides speak with us in the same way our souls do: through inspiration, feelings, ideas, and intuition. When we have a “gut” feeling about something or when we “just know” that something is so, these are often communications from either our guides or our souls (also referred to as the “higher self”). One example is the person who decides not to board a plane because he or she has a “bad feeling” that something will happen and thus avoids a fatal accident. Spirit guides, who are well aware of our life plans and whether or not they include plane crashes, can create such feelings in us. It is said that Spirit whispers to us; meditation is a powerful way to quiet the mind so we may hear those messages. Experienced meditators are able to hear the inflow of nonphysical energies into the body, something they describe as sounding like the wind.
When Staci’s spirit guide conveys to her conversation from pre-birth planning sessions, he is accessing the Akashic Records, though he prefers the term “Book of Lives.” This is a complete record of our every experience, act, word, and thought.
CHAPTER 1 Pre-birth Planning
YOU MAY FIND THE CONCEPT of pre-birth planning—particularly the planning of painful challenges—astonishing. I know this feeling well.
Why We Incarnate The planning we do before birth is far-reaching and detailed. It includes but goes well beyond the selection of life challenges. We choose our parents (and they choose us), when and where we will incarnate, the schools we will attend, the homes in which we will live, the people we will meet, and the relationships we will have.
AI Summary
Your Soul’s Plan by Robert Schwartz presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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