What era do we reincarnate in?

Whenever we reincarnate are we able to choose which time we reincarnate in?
For example, if I die in 2020 can I reincarnate in 1969?

 

This is a difficult question to answer. We are told pretty consistently that time does not exist and that all our earth-lives (and all of earth-time) are happening at once, with our lifetimes actually influencing one another. So in theory, yes, you could mix up your incarnations out of order that way. But a great deal would depend on why you would want to do that! If it's just because you want to wear love-beads and try LSD, then such a lifetime likely would not be approved and you wouldn't be able to locate a body being born there. But if, on the other hand, you had a specific set of experiences that you and your primary guide thought were important for you to have for your own spiritual growth, and if a body that could be used to have those experiences was about to be born in 1969, then you might well be offered that body. So it's hard to say!

 

I've wondered the same thing, Kurt. My brain has a hard time wrapping itself around the concept that everything is happening at once and my need for order makes me tend to organize time neatly in a linear fashion. But then I saw the movie Interstellar (the Matthew McConaughy one of several years ago) and the sight of "stacked times" in a pivotal scene really struck me. And I know I've read books by reputable mediums and researchers who say their spirit contacts have tried to describe something similar, so I tend to accept the theory.

A number of them have also said that our understanding of karma is skewed and is not just simple payback for the actions of "previous" lifetimes. Which would mean that our higher souls are experiencing many lifetimes, not just one, in which all the lives affect our spiritual development. At once. Which boggles my mind a bit. But I see no reason, based upon my current understanding, why we couldn't choose a lifetime in an era before this life's point in time, though we won't know for certain until we're over there and know more about the true nature of things.

 

@RobertaGrimes Seasons Greetings Mrs. Grimes. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year's. I would like to inquire whether or not your views on this matter changed or evolved over the course of a quarter-decade?

 

It appears from the evidence that all of our lifetimes are happening at once and we can indeed reincarnate out of earth-time order, but specifically to experience events that will help us grow spiritually - not just so we can wear love-beads and say,"Peace, Man!"

 

Is the body who we are or is it just for us to have earthly experiences in? In my body I get weighed down, but I see better things when I think of spiritual things I experienced during the NDE.

 

You are absolutely right Mac about that! Moments have ups and downs.

 

Based on what has been said here in my time reading, I'm convinced we can have multiple incarnations within the same time period, or overlapping. If it's true that the afterlife has no linear time, then technically, all our incarnations could be happening all at once, which would mean that in essence, our "higher selves", as it has been called here, could be fragmented into all these incarnations at the same time.