2018, Why We Should Not Remember Past Lives | The Mystery of Previous Birth Memories

Why We Should Not Remember Past Lives | The Mystery of Previous Birth Memories

According to spiritual knowledge and Behad Ka Gyan, many people become curious about past lives. Across the world, there are many stories where small children suddenly recognize places, families, or people connected to what appears to be a previous birth. News channels, YouTube videos, and documentaries have shown such rare incidents many times. But the deeper question is: why does this happen only to a few people, and why does nature not allow everyone to remember their previous births?

In this spiritual discussion, Bapuji explains that such incidents are extremely rare. Out of crores of people, perhaps only one person may experience such memories. Even in a country with more than 130 crore people, only a handful may remember fragments of previous births.

Why Some Souls Remember Previous Births

Bapuji explains that when some souls take rebirth, certain records remain stored within the soul’s subtle and causal bodies (sukshma sharir and karan sharir). During rebirth, some of these impressions or records may emerge again. This mostly happens when the child is very young — around five to seven years old. At that age, the consciousness is still soft and certain hidden impressions may surface naturally.

According to this explanation, these memories are not produced intentionally. They emerge because some subtle records remain active inside the soul-consciousness. Sometimes the powers within the soul itself allow these memories to emerge temporarily. But this is not considered a spiritual power or achievement. It is simply a rare occurrence connected with the subtle structure of the soul.

Hypnosis and Past-Life Memories

The discussion also talks about hypnosis and regression techniques. Some people attempt to access past-life memories through hypnotism. Bapuji explains that under hypnosis a person may begin speaking about events, people, or identities connected with another lifetime. However, according to this spiritual viewpoint, this may not always come directly from the soul’s pure memory.

It is explained that sometimes subtle entities or subtle souls may influence or hypnotize a person into speaking certain things. In some cases, these experiences may arise through astral or subconscious influences rather than true spiritual realization.

This teaching warns that not every past-life regression experience should be accepted blindly as divine truth.

Why Nature Does Not Allow Everyone to Remember Past Lives

One of the deepest points explained in the discussion is that forgetting previous births is actually a blessing. If every human being remembered all previous births, relationships, karmas, mistakes, and identities, life in the present would become extremely difficult.

Bapuji gives an example of a modern educated college girl who became very interested in hypnosis and past-life practices. Despite being warned by her guru not to pursue it deeply, she continued various spiritual and occult practices to discover her previous birth. Eventually she experienced memories of being a devadasi or prostitute in a former life.

After learning this, her mental state became deeply disturbed. Her present life became difficult because the burden of previous-life identity began affecting her current consciousness. This example is used to explain why nature hides such memories from most people.

If a person becomes trapped in previous-life identities, guilt, attachments, or trauma, then living peacefully in the present becomes difficult.

Live in the Present

The teaching emphasizes that human beings should focus on the present birth and present karma. Instead of searching endlessly for previous births, one should purify present actions, thoughts, and consciousness.

Bapuji explains that in Gyan Marg, the focus is on transformation in the present moment. Even one second ago, your state may have been different. Human consciousness changes continuously according to karmic bondage and inner purification. As karmic burdens reduce, the mind and soul naturally begin changing.

The discussion teaches:

• Perform pure and good karmas.

• Remain soul conscious.

• Remember the Supreme Soul (Parmatma).

• Bring transformation in the present moment.

• Do not become trapped in past identities or karmic stories.

Why Thinking About Past Births Can Be Harmful

According to this spiritual perspective, remembering previous births can create emotional suffering, confusion, fear, attachment, pride, or depression. Even remembering bad actions from the present life can disturb the mind, so carrying memories from many births can become even more painful.

Therefore, the teaching says that one should not become obsessed with discovering past lives. Instead, energy should be directed toward improving the future through present karmas.

The message is simple:

• Think positively.

• Create good karma.

• Work not only for yourself but for the welfare of the entire world.

• Pray and act for world transformation and universal upliftment.

The Future Is Hidden for a Reason

The discussion also references a teaching connected with Mahabharata. It says that the future is hidden so that human beings continue performing karmas naturally and sincerely.

If people fully knew the future beforehand, they might stop acting properly, lose motivation, or become trapped in fear and karmic confusion. Human life functions through karma, effort, learning, and gradual unfolding.

According to this explanation, the karmic cycle operates automatically through universal law.

The concepts often expressed as:

• Brahma creates,

• Vishnu sustains,

• Shankar destroys,

are described here as symbolic understandings of natural cosmic processes happening automatically within creation.

Main Spiritual Message

The central message of this discourse is not to become trapped in curiosity about previous births. Whether a soul had greatness, suffering, wealth, poverty, purity, or pain in past lives, the most important thing is the present moment.

The soul should focus on:

• present awareness,

• pure karma,

• soul consciousness,

• remembrance of Parmatma,

• and welfare of the world.

True spiritual progress comes not from collecting memories of past births, but from purifying the soul in the present.