Page 34 - Spirit - A Journey Through Embodiment

compare to the lives of others. Remember life is not a
competition.

As the planets move across the heavens the energy they emit
spreads out in all directions. We know that the energy of the
sun can be so strong as to burn our skin depending on the
angle it strikes us at. We know that even in the depths of
winter its energy barely warms us. So too with others planets,
their energy affects to a greater of lesser degree depending on
where we are at a given time in relation to where the planet is
at the same time. This effect can be calculated and the
probabilities of this effect assessed. This is the basis of
astrology. This is why our Spirit so accurately times its entry
into this life. Even if the birth is assisted or by caesarean
section this still applies as this would have been factored in to
the Spirit's plan. It is ironic that this information is not
generally known, if it were there would be changes made to
the birth process.

Spiritually we have chosen the body, and also the family that
it would be born into. We would have also had a spiritual link
with all involved, the parents and the siblings, and even into
the extended family. It is not by chance that we attended
certain schools, experienced certain events, everything is part
of the plan. There are no coincidences or accidents,
everything happens on purpose and always a consequence of
some action on our part. We might try and trivialise such
occurrences by suggesting that they were out of the blue, an