Can your past life or parallel universe self affect you? Let's look at two ways your past and parallel reality "selves" can connect with you, and how to know when it's harmless and when it becomes intrusive. In this video we touch on: Past life memories Possession by past life "selves" Experiencing living two lives simultaneously Qualities and traits of a parallel reality "self" merging with your current reality RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: PAST & PARALLEL LIVES: https://bit.ly/3v6HQQb HUMAN OPTIMIZATION: "Are you still operating from your mind’s default mode?" Get to know your way around the Human Mental Apparatus. You’re not who you think you are. Where do your thoughts come from? Are they even yours? Do you allow an inner Narrator to stand as a filter between you and every perception, every feeling, every experience? Are you able to self-regulate your thoughts and moods? Are you able to choose your perspective? We’re thrust into this human vehicle at birth without any kind of manual on how to operate it. It’s never too late to learn. Your mind isn’t the enemy. It’s just a tool you haven’t learned to use. FIND THE BASIC HUMAN SERIES HERE: https://amarastrand.com/basic-human-series/ __________ EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://bit.ly/2RVGA47 __________ Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand #alternateuniverse #parallelreality #pastlives ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0jxNZNhykQ

One of the foundations of mental and emotional mastery is being able to tell if the thoughts and emotions you are experiencing belong to you. Do you assume the thoughts you experience are yours? If so, why? This simple misconception is at the root of a great deal of confusion about the mind. The mind is not your enemy, it is a powerful tool that you don’t know how to use. It’s like someone having a very powerful computer that they only use to send email, because they haven’t a clue what else the computer does, how it works and what it can do for them. But in this case, you don’t even know you are the master of this tool. You believe the error messages, the malware and the random spam is somehow yourself. The voice that is constantly talking to you is…yourself. What if it’s not? MORE AT MY WEBSITE https://amarastrand.com EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://mailchi.mp/e2edf396ca2e/emailsignup SOCIAL: Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand SUPPORT MY WORK: If you value what I do, contribute to what I do: https://paypal.me/amarastrand #spirituality #mindfulness #selfmastery ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFG6h9fspgg

Does childhood trauma damage the soul? I know some of us have been handled roughly in life, in childhood, in past lives, with the memories carrying over. We are not our joys or sorrows, both pass through us. We are this pristine consciousness, totally undisturbed by good or ill fortunes, happiness or heartbreak. I sat every night and looked inside, in my typically direct and objective way. I breathed and I looked. I breathed and I felt. Whatever was there, I was willing to see it, to feel it, and know it. This is what I found: I found a brilliance, a radiance that defies all description. I found a hardness that was not made for defense or out of armor or in response to pain. It was like a perfect diamond, hard by its basic nature, indestructible, untouched and…pristine. Absolutely pristine. I kept looking, trying to go deeper. I did this every night for the better part of a year. I never found anything other than this utterly natural perfection. Nothing could be added to it and nothing could diminish it. It’s not what I expected to find. I thought I’d probably find a bunch of persona-level stuff, psychological stuff. At least some sadness or anger. That stuff was there, but it wasn’t on the “inside.” It was on the outside, more like stuff on the very surface. Looking inside uncovered something so astonishing to me. Primordial clarity and radiance. My message to you is not about childhood trauma or about the dangers of psychology. My message is this: be independent. In all areas, including and especially spirituality. Observe deeply, challenge your own assumptions, hold “beliefs” ever so lightly if you need to hold them at all, don’t be afraid to road test them. Look at your spiritual search and see where you might be falling into the “good patient” trap. I guess in this case it would be a “good seeker” or good student, however you look at it. Should you believe what I tell you, that you are this indestructible, radiant awareness? It sounds pretty, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t matter at all unless it is your lived reality. Most spirituality provides you with a whole world view, when it should be unburdening you of all views so that you can simply see. MORE AT MY WEBSITE https://amarastrand.com EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://mailchi.mp/e2edf396ca2e/emailsignup SOCIAL: Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand SUPPORT MY WORK: If you value what I do, contribute to what I do: https://paypal.me/amarastrand #spirituality #healing #childhoodtrauma ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U16MNilOVw

Reality, or the manifested world, pops in and out of existence. It's kind of like a sine wave -- above the midline the world exists, then it drops below the midline and does not. It does this continuously, all the time. ⠀ ⠀ Our minds stitch together the "manifestation", the above-the-midline parts of the wave, and we experience continuity -- an unbroken chain. When in fact we are constantly dropping into the Void, we spend equal time under the midline as we do above it. ⠀ ⠀ When we pop back above the midline, there is no absolute reason things should be the same as before we dropped into the Void. ⠀ ⠀ I realize this all sounds like metaphysical cotton candy. How can you know this is true, and more importantly, if it is true, so what? When I woke up, I went through a period of experiencing this sine wave of existence. I've no idea how, but I perceived the movement. And when we crossed the midline on the way up, there was a loud sound that accompanied it, like breaking the sound barrier. ⠀ ⠀ Obviously, no one can live like that, constantly perceiving this movement. So luckily it was temporary. Then we get to the all important "so what?" This question is at the heart of everything for me. If it has no place in the actual living of one's life, what is its significance? MORE AT MY WEBSITE https://amarastrand.com EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://mailchi.mp/e2edf396ca2e/emailsignup SOCIAL: Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand SUPPORT MY WORK: If you value what I do, contribute to what I do: https://paypal.me/amarastrand #reality #spirituality #thevoid ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHSR2o6IJs