Why do we forget our past lifes? How come our subconscious minds seem to remember?

Can anyone offer some advise?

A simple explanation would be that the you that was then, is not the you that is now.
Until someone comes up with a definative answer to question of nature V nurture, I'll go with my view that you are combination of your own, inate, inborn talents,moderated by your parents, further moderated by the kind of society you grew up in,then even further moderated by your own personal life experience.
I'm reasonably sure I flew a biplane in WW1 but think about the kind of world it was in 1917 as opposed to when I grew up from the 40s onward, in fact look at the differnce between when I was born (1948) to now.
Stuart

I think many things from past lives would be very traumatic to remember so we block them. Children seem more able to remember past lives than adults. I have strong feelings of deja vu in places I have never been before and flashes of memory but no more.

Traumatic or inutile and useless?

Don't recall the last time I reviewed the notes I took down religiously and meticulously as if my life depended on those, when I was in 7th grade!

RR


[quote="starryskies"]I think many things from past lives would be very traumatic to remember so we block them. Children seem more able to remember past lives than adults. I have strong feelings of deja vu in places I have never been before and flashes of memory but no more.[/quote]

I think that we also forget about what went on in our previous physical existences because we are once again trapped in 3rd dimensional reality. The slower vibrational frequencies of 3rd dimension don't allow us to open up and access such information that exists on higher planes.
The reason why we are able to get glimpses and facts treacling in about our past lives is because many of us from moment to moment reach a higher frequency (without us realizing it - it happens spontaneously sometimes because something may have triggered it) and as a result we "see" and "feel" many spiritual truths - among those truths are our previous incarnations. As a result of higher frequency, we can open our chakra and when the third eye is open - previous incarnations are understood, and some people can access the akashic field while reaching higher frequencies. Only at a higher frequency, or 4th dimensional reality, can we understand our past life. Meditation exercises are essential for achieving this.
Indigo Children and Crystal children are already at 4th dimensional reality and beyond. Also, if there are certain karmic happenings, lessons to be learned, or events to be experienced - then it is impossible for you to access your past life because if you were to see what happened in previous incarnations, you also would understand the karma you are carrying and would be able to foresee something that is "written". This my make one try to manipulate or change your future and that would cause a cosmic ripple of disturbance.