Many of my kin friends often speak of times long past in their past lives and often tell me how if they had one thing to bring them peace or some level of content to live out this life, they'd want to be their old selves again.

So if you had the choice to return to what you once were in a past life(any if you have multiples) Would you? Why or why not? And for a twist, if you could get your wish in your next life, do you think you'd miss any aspect of this one, if in reflection of this one being a past life. If that makes sense.

I wouldn't change a thing..being fae physically may be better than being human and I have experiences many embarassing moments earlier in life but I would never ever go back or alter even a single thing...everything that has happened to me has led me to this, to my mate..and i wouldn't give that up for anything...as for getting it in the next lifetime...it doesn't matter really where i am as long as i'm happy and have what i want

also..i've come to view my kinnesss as an evolution for my soul...not just i was fae in previous life, i am puny human now..oh how i long for such glory again!...i mean to say that there is a purpose i was put here and away from my fae form and if it's beneficial to my soul then i'm pretty ok with that

I'm with Rose on this one.

However appealing the past may seem now, it's the past and going back to it won't help me to grow. I do know that I'd have a tough time deciding if given the option right now because I'm lacking a decent purpose ... but I still think I'd choose to move on with this life. Never been one to throw in the towel halfway through a fight.

Also, I think that the expression "The grass is always greener on the other side of the river." also goes for our memories. It's not unlikely that we remember things more positive than they really were .. or only remember the better parts.

I'd actually want to go back

My life was about chaos, battle, war, death, fighting constantly, but oddly enough it was simple.

I know good and bad. The tired feeling of always fighting and loss, pain, betrayal. It was a rough life.

Yet for all it's hurts and pain it was soo simple. There was no muddling through emotions, and nothing like what I deal with day in and day out in this life.

As also had human forms in past lives, I wouldn't really miss this human existence. Only regret would be miss friends I made in this life, as if it were past, probably be mostly enemies. Was a loner then, and a stray.

This life being a stray is far more difficult and trying to fit in is worse than being alone

i think most of us would feel that previous life was better or prefferable to some way than the other?

here's a question: if you would want to go back at what point in time would you want to return? as in start the whole life anew, in the middle of the life somewhere along your timeline, or right at the end and just keep on going instead of dying? or being incarnated as someone else but being in that world?

First off I'd choose on over the others. Life as Tiger. In panthers world, too many bad memories and didn't love it as much as tiger. In wolf's world was more a delinquent in trouble, never really being calm.

My tigers world was beautiful. Water all around, ivory pillars and crystal clear blue waters. It was heavenly and though she did grow tired of being alone and fighting, the fighting was all she knew and lived for.

Every mission that came up, there was an anticipation, a readiness to complete an assignment, and my partner was awesome. Always joking and keeping my spirits high as we rode to next mission.

I'd most likely want to continue on, before I died. Though not sure if she did die, or how she did, but still would continue on as being able to shift, go on missions and so on.

i suppose you get a greater sense of purpose..so far most of it seems related to having a great purpose

I think the main problem is that in our lives here we have it too easy. Every one of us can survive decently. We have a roof over our heads, food to keep the hunger away and even a computer and plenty of other comforts to make our life easy.

The downside of that is that we have time to think, a lack of purpose and simply fewer reasons to live life.

When we look back on past lives, I share Nightwolf's warrior experiences mostly. There things were definitely not better. In fact they were much worse. Constantly struggling to survive. Fighting and killing. The suffering, pain and discomfort were much higher than in this life and death was much closer than it is in this life.

Because you're so busy staying alive you don't get to think about how so and so would be better or why your life can't be like that person's life ... so you basically don't get the time to be unhappy about it.

Those're my two cents anyway.


I still wouldn't want to go back to my past lives though. This life is still far from over and there is so much I have to experience here. Why give the chance for that up? We really don't have it bad here and there are a lot of options I wouldn't have had in past lives.

If you're unlucky, sometimes you never have it easy to survive and learn sacrifice. For now we have those creature comforts, some of us even able to do without a computer, but keeping all of that is not easy at all. In essence, some may have it easy, cause parents help them out, but for those with parents who can't support them and have to do it all early themselves, the creature comforts, such as a roof over your head is no easygoing matter. I think I've flirted with being homeless about 6 times this year already. Been down the road of hungry, cause it's come to paying bills or eating, heh fair trade off that is and so on.

Even with all the chaos, I still have time to think, in the downtime between not worrying over bills, the rent being late, my brakes going out, next meal. blah, blah.

I must agree, yeah, I never thought of not having to think then as a possibility for why it was simple. I mean I had a job, which did involve trying to stay alive, and therefore it was my life, but even then it was simple. This life has too many details is what it is. Details you must dwell on to survive or perish. There's no safety net if you don't have something called Cash in this life. In my tigers world, if I had no money, guess what, could just change shapes and hunt. The ground wouldn't see me dead from exposure as I had fur then and so on.

Admittedly I see others who have it easier and think on it in the back of my mind, As I'm driving to try and keep the lights on in the middle of winter, and make it to work, before I lose my job and possibly roof over my head and so much more.

Hearing this life is far from over, is already a daunting thought, and sometimes I do want to go back to standing under a cerulean sky and clean air, and yes it does have to do with a small sense of purpose. I didn't have to think about why I was here, why I was the way I was, I just was. I was a warrior through and through. My job was to kill or hunt, and that was the end. The adventures though harrowing were what kept me going. Being dragged under an ocean on a whales back, seeing overgrown sized pillars and so much more. The world was beautiful and I loved it.

Rant through, should point out that you would return to what you were if you wished it After this life was over. Heh

So you'd get to try your experimental hand at this life and see what it gives you. I'd rather just wait for death if what it's given me so far is any indication of years to come.