J:  Now this paragraph makes sense.  We have many lives in one lifetime.  We are so many things (roles) in any one lifetime.  How could we not be growing and changing all the time?  Taking conscious thought of that premise is the key.  Also taking personal responsibility for our own actions as we go is paramount to learning and growing.

Dear friends,
I have came across a wonderful book in my life which has made me to enter into spiritual life.The book which has changed my life is-'AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI-by PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA.
In this book the great Master has given some of his experiences about past life.The interested seekers of past life,please read it & put your comments in this page & also ur life experiences either yours or the people you know.
with good wishes to all my mystic friends

It is easier to learn here in this plane of existence. There is no sense of time in the spiritual realm.  You do not feel pain there.  No sense of urgency, but if you want to move to a higher spiritual level you must improve yourself.  Which is why you chose to come here.  We are usually born in soul groups so that we might help each other through some issue.  Which is why you run  into some people you feel like you have known all your life.  You do know them..just not in this physical form.  The population is so high now because of the damage we have done to the planet...we are running out of time...not too many incarnations will be possible.  There will be a major meltdown in this world and it will be some time for this planet be capable of supporting this many people.,,,or even half this many.  Only a tiny percentage will be able to be born at a time. The wheel has been set in motion

Also there is different levels in the spiritual realm and if you lived your life badly or selfishly you will go to the level with others with your level of spiritual growth... which is why it is so important to live your life in a way that doesn't harm...and helps to heal.

This is my belief and in no way do I ask you to follow it, or even believe in it...your life is your own and I want you to do what you feel is right for        !!!!YOU!!!

I feel closer to God in the woods talking to the trees, in the garden smelling the roses , on the lawn gazing at the clouds, then I ever have in a man made building...how about you?

I could agree with most of your post, however as we have no idea of what lies ahead after physical death, then like all belief, hopes or feelings it's all conjecture. What you would call spiritual planes, I would categorises as dimensional realms. No, I don't feel closer to god when in the bush, as god is a mythical concept, but I do feel very close to the universal laws of controlled chaos which is derived through constant change and adaptation. I live in the bush over looking the sea and keep it as close to natural as I can, so I can enjoy and help native animals survive the despotic genocide being carried out by the ideological humans of the world against all life, so they can be right when they are completely wrong in their approach to life. How can any one be spiritual or caring, when abusing other life forms on the planet for gluttony, the pleasure of killing and destroying their habitat for greed.

You are right about the planet not being able to sustain the current population and in the future not being able to accommodate many humans, but the reality may be this planet may not be able to accommodate any humans and most of life as we know it in the next few years. The window for life is very small, only a couple of degrees change in temperature upwards is enough to close that door, a process which has already begun and well on the way to being achieved within the next 5 years.

I understand how many feel we are born into certain groups of spiritual standing, but I don't necessarily see it that way at all. I see it as we are all born according to the ideological understanding of our families and then at a certain stage of our lives, have the opportunity to question and then change that understanding. There is a time in our lives when we are faced with a choice, to take another road or to continue to walk the road we are on. Those who are truly evolving, always take another road, then another road and continue in this way throughout their lives constantly evolving. However the majority either find a road where they feel comfortable, secure and meaningful on, or they stick to the road of their forbearer's and never change.

The older I get, the more I lean towards evolving reincarnation being possibly in one life, if we are prepared to choose as many roads and changes as possible in a responsible manner. In this way we are gathering an immense amount of knowledge about many different subjects and understandings, if we just stick to one thing like god or some other form of ideology, then all we get out of life is a repeat of the past and never ever step outside our illusionary comfort zone and into the world of universal reality. We need to investigate all avenues of life and the so called spiritual and psychic realms, only in this way can we begin to understand that it is us who creates the future by what we do and think now. So to continue with a conscious understanding beyond this 3rd dimensional realm, we may have to create a mental vehicle which can survive and function in other dimensions. Rather than now, only being able to have fleeting glances and misunderstood glimpses of the dimensional realities that surround us. To achieve this, requires the linking of minds in an open and equal fashion. Sadly 99.9% of people have very closed minds and fear anyone being able to be privy to their thoughts, emotions, feelings and methodology of life out put. That's why we can't read minds, only the astral projections of the mind which are basically illusions we create to cover our reality.

There is a methodology for doing this, which can be found in a little known philosophy which only a very rare few take on. It's called Organic Alchemy, or a journey of the soul and it's requirements go far beyond what most people consider as reasonable, yet it achieves it's goals which are viewable and usable. It actually achieves what we all set out to get from life, love, trust, security, creatively, responsible freedom and dimensional evolution. If you were to read all the original writings of the worlds ideologies and mystical practises, you will find this method hidden within them all and they all give the same message, just 99.9% never ever see it through the myriad of illusionary delusions surrounding all mythology.

Life is beautiful.  Just reading all the views on these two issues reincarnation and past life experience, shows God's divine wisdom.  Life would be very boring and dull if we all see the same thing, think the same thing, and experience the same thing.  

One does not have to believe in something for it to exist.  Reincarnation and past life experiences will be there whether one believes in them or not.  SpiritTalk is right about monetary motivations in many new age promotions, but they also help raise the awareness of people, and everyone has to make a living, pay bills, feed children.  

Our future is still not set in stone.  We have the free will to change it.  I have had many readings about  what I should be doing, when, how, with whom.  At the end the decision was mine and the other person's to make if we were to follow through or not.  The ultimate message of all my spiritual messages were: Have fun!  
So, just listen to yourself, you have all the answers within you.  God is within everyone of us, and if we reach out to Him, he will help us, and guide us.  Everything that happens whether it appears to be good or bad, happens for God's ultimate good, and the results at the end are always good.  Love is behind all forces even when it is denied in a person, sooner or later it will surface and will flourish.