Different ages?

Do we live to different ages in past lives, would we die very young in one to experience that and then live to our 90's in the next and so on?

Yes, I believe so.

Violet wrote:Do we live to different ages in past lives, would we die very young in one to experience that and then live to our 90's in the next and so on?

Only if we had decided that it were beneficial for us to experience those situations.

We can't possibly experience every situation, every variation of any particular situation. If we chose not to live more than one physical life then we probably wouldn't personally experience more than one of any of the many possible variations of even commonplace situations.

Not all situations are necessarily of equal value anyway.

I did read once that when we choose our next life,we can have a short hard life or a long reasonably happy one.
Depends I suppose,on what karma we owe from a previous life.
Also what kind of conditions,we need to experience in a futture life.

Joanie wrote:I did read once that when we choose our next life,we can have a short hard life or a long reasonably happy one.
Depends I suppose,on what karma we owe from a previous life.
Also what kind of conditions,we need to experience in a futture life.

Who is the karma owed to?

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:I did read once that when we choose our next life,we can have a short hard life or a long reasonably happy one.
Depends I suppose,on what karma we owe from a previous life.
Also what kind of conditions,we need to experience in a futture life.

Who is the karma owed to?

Not necesarily owed to anyone,Mac.
It could be something evil or just plain bad you may have have commited in a previous life.
Hoarded money,refused charity to those who rattle the tin cups at you.

You achieve your own growth and all actions that you perform determine the state of your evolution. No one else accomplishes that growth for you.

You have the choice as to how you order your existence, as to whether you give priority to spirit or to matter. That is the nature of the human problem.

You are not responsible for what others do or say. You are responsible only for what you do or say. Do not concern yourself with the opinions or actions of others.

Every individual is personally responsible for what he does for this is the natural law. Much as you love anybody else, you cannot assume the responsibility for is life. You cannot shoulder the results of his action. This is cause and effect. If you make a mistake, you must pay for it – I am talking about the spiritual law.

Man is the gardener of his own soul. The Great Spirit has provided him with all that is necessary for it to grow in wisdom, grace and beauty. The implements are there, he has but to use them wisely and well.

Show in your own lives you know the things of the spirit because the power of the spirit is in you.

We do not seek to take away from you the responsibilities of your own lives, but only to try to inspire you to live so that men may know the Great Spirit is working through you.

Says it all,better than I could.
In other words Mac,watch your p & q's.

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:I did read once that when we choose our next life,we can have a short hard life or a long reasonably happy one.
Depends I suppose,on what karma we owe from a previous life.
Also what kind of conditions,we need to experience in a futture life.

Who is the karma owed to?

Not necesarily owed to anyone,Mac.
It could be something evil or just plain bad you may have have commited in a previous life.
Hoarded money,refused charity to those who rattle the tin cups at you.

To atone for one's shortcomings then?

Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

Joanie wrote:Says it all,better than I could.
In other words Mac,watch your p & q's.

"In other words Mac,watch your p & q's." I didn't see z's explanation that way at all, J

We wouldn't be human if we were forever watching what we we're doing.

Mistakes are part of the experiences, learning how to put them right equally so.

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

...........................or even out-of-the-body!

zerdini wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

...........................or even out-of-the-body!

agreed!

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Hmmm! We can never go back - onward and upward.

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Hmmm! We can never go back - onward and upward.

So true,Z. I won't be sorry when I leave though.

Joanie wrote:

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Hmmm! We can never go back - onward and upward.

So true,Z. I won't be sorry when I leave though.

Neither will I!

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Hmmm! We can never go back - onward and upward.

So true,Z. I won't be sorry when I leave though.

Neither will I!

That makes two of us.

Joanie wrote:

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

zerdini wrote:

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

Hmmm! We can never go back - onward and upward.

So true,Z. I won't be sorry when I leave though.

Neither will I!

That makes two of us.

Glad you can count.

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Exactly. But then again we can't all be perfect,can we?

No-one should ever be expected to be perfect in-the-body. Let alone all of us.

Only joking,Mac.
I've done stupid things during my life which I regret.
If I had my life over now,it would be a great deal different.
I wouldn't be such a fool again.

"Only joking,Mac." ah, gotcha!

Think of these suggestions, Joanie. Regrets one may feel about actions or omissions in this life may also be one of the karma issues we are effectively 'paying back' in the here and now - a mixture of current and past regrets which the individual is dealing with simply by accepting the shortcomings (s)he is unhappy about? No more than that being necessary because they've been acknowledged and accepted?

Maybe it's the ones we don't think about, or turn our backs on, that 'come back to haunt us' and eventually make us want to make amends for?

Too true,Mac. The hurtful things we have done to others without realising it.
Probably without malice but we do,do them.
I was accused once of being a terribly 'stuck up' person! Yes,I was! I was flabberghasted.
When I asked why they thought that,I was given the answer,because 'I looked snooty'.
Can you beat that?
Just a small aside.

Joanie wrote:Too true,Mac. The hurtful things we have done to others without realising it.
Probably without malice but we do,do them.
I was accused once of being a terribly 'stuck up' person! Yes,I was! I was flabberghasted.
When I asked why they thought that,I was given the answer,because 'I looked snooty'.
Can you beat that?
Just a small aside.

I might be able to match it, Joanie.... But let's not open that can of worms!!

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Too true,Mac. The hurtful things we have done to others without realising it.
Probably without malice but we do,do them.
I was accused once of being a terribly 'stuck up' person! Yes,I was! I was flabberghasted.
When I asked why they thought that,I was given the answer,because 'I looked snooty'.
Can you beat that?
Just a small aside.

I might be able to match it, Joanie.... But let's not open that can of worms!!

Ok! I don't think I look snooty!
rebellious attitude,yes!

Joanie wrote:

mac wrote:

Joanie wrote:Too true,Mac. The hurtful things we have done to others without realising it.
Probably without malice but we do,do them.
I was accused once of being a terribly 'stuck up' person! Yes,I was! I was flabberghasted.
When I asked why they thought that,I was given the answer,because 'I looked snooty'.
Can you beat that?
Just a small aside.

I might be able to match it, Joanie.... But let's not open that can of worms!!

Ok! I don't think I look snooty!
rebellious attitude,yes!

rebellious? Oh I can't believe that! (nose growing longer by the moment!)