Posted by findingneo
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I am pretty sure we do, to some extent. I used to think we had more control than we have, but I think we do have a certain amount of control.
I think this depends on a lot of things though, which are not so easy to get a grip of.
The first thing that comes to mind how we influence our experiences, is a time when I was in an area east of Lake Turkana, Kenya, almost 10 years prior to it becoming a national park. It was at the same time as Julie Ward went missing and was thought to have been murdered by Park Rangers. They were all acquitted and there has been talk that the then President Moi's son was somehow involved. As it happened, I was at President Mois's house for his 10th Anniversary Celebration with 4 or 5 other Westerners (the only Westerners there) at his house in the country.
At time I was not aware that Ms Ward had been killed. I was in the middle of nowhere on a scientific/adventure expedition. I lived in the bush travelling about by foot and in army trucks for 3 months with co expeditioners. We slept in tents or under the stars. A good navigator at the time, I was the one who went to map where the goat herder took his goats to graze each day. The map was hand drawn but it could be followed to see what pattern of grazing on what plants was made each day. We were usually out for 9 hours, just me and the goat herder. I could not speak his local tongue so we just sort of gestured. I made a joke of sorts about the scratches on this herdsman's legs. He laughed. We sat quietly every now and then with the goats grazing and climbing trees, then would move on. I had been told not to ask in any way, how many goats one owned as that was rude and to expect a spear in the stomach if I did. I made sure not to ask. After the scratches on the legs "joke", we stood up to move on. I turned away from the herder, expecting him to take the lead. We were in the middle of a huge thicket of acacia with very long thorns. We could hear wild animals but there were no humans wandering the desert for miles. At that moment, the herdsman grabbed me by the throat with one arm from behind and put a machete to my throat with the other. I thought that was it. I was 23. Had I panicked, I have no doubt I would not be writing this today. A quick movement with a very large sharp knife would have sorted the problem of a panicky tourist. Instead, I laughed at the irony of it. I am not the sort who does not get bothered. I worry quite a bit. But I knew there was nothing to prevent it, so I laughed. 2 days into my great adventure in Africa and it was over.
The laugh must have made the herder think I was not panicking and he just let go, slapped his knees and walked along as if nothing had happened. I was a bit shell shocked, had to follow him back as it was the best chance I had, and I simply did not go our again with him. After that, the expedition scientists made sure we were in at least pairs. My point is, had I panicked, it would have been a different story I am sure. But that was pure luck, often times you can't plan how your body or mind will respond to a major event. But it does show how different responses can alter the outcome and how it is a good idea to try and master your own emotions. Of course, sometimes even that is not enough to change what happens next. Something like death is usually pre planned prior to incarnating again anyway, with possible exit points along the way I think.
I remember being very, very stressed due to family stuff. I went to bed having a real fear of spiders that night even though I was not bothered most of the time. I had the feeling a spider the size of a dinner plate was going to come into my room, even though we had not seen a spider for months. I don't like killing anything, but I fetched the bug spray to put next to my bed that night. As I lay in the dark, I heard a scuttling in the chimney. It was open to the roof and into the room. I could hear loose soot falling as something was moving down the chimney. Just as I feared, a huge spider appeared in the dark gray night, as a black object against the background from the fire place and scuttled up the wall. I am relatively sure I was not having a premonition, but that I manifested it's appearance, my fear was so strong from the things that were stressing me that day. I had not seen a vision of it, I was just totally sure it was coming.
When it comes to our lives overall, I think we get to choose to a certain extent, what the major events in our lives will be, prior to the incarnation, but how we respond to it is the major test we face. I also think we get to choose the body we are born into and what impediments we may have or may end up with, but it is still a limited multiple choice. Supposedly, the more impediments, the more intensive learning for that lifetime. Some things you just can't change, like what happens to those around you. Part of a Karmic cycle that keeps repeating can be infuriatingly impossible to break, as you yourself are unable to do anything about it, except repeat it. That is why reincarnation reminds me so much of the Hunger Games. You don't want to play but you have to. You get to choose a few weapons (tools) and who will be your allies, but the rest of it is how you respond to the challenges. Quite often, the challenges are unfair. I cannot accept that all the bad things that happen in the world to the living creatures of this planet and to GAIA are the intent of the Creator.
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