Reply #7: Thanks for sharing, Sh. [View All]

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I think the issue of self sabotage is a really important one. I'm sure that job counselors and counselors in general see this quite a bit. I'm sure it's not a rare phenomenon.

In terms of past life issues; I'm sure this is an important issue. Often, we are our own worst enemies. We don't even know it. We struggle for success or for a good outcome, and yet with everything in place we either walk away, or somehow sabotage things.
Example: I had a co-worker friend from a few years ago. She was very attractive and yet she seemed to overeat a lot.
We were talking over lunch one day, and she mentioned how she had nightmares a lot. It seemed to be the same recurring dream. Apparently there was a man who would come into her home. It was at night, and he attacked her in bed. He either smothered her with a pillow, or he strangled her. She told me this was a recurring dream, and she would wake up in a panic or in a sweat.
As I was listening to her, I thought "Of course. This is a past life experience. You are still troubled by it, and there must be a way that you can reconcile this bad experience and move on to a better & healthy life".
This is a case of, not necessarily self sabotaging behavour. This woman was haunted by a past life experience, and it was damaging her health currently. It's important to get to the source of these issues so we can heal & move on.
I myself have spent a lot of time in this lifetime sabotaging my own best efforts. There's no other explanation. The question is, is it from my current lifetime (some issues) or does it go deeper? Maybe previous grievances from a former life.
We carry with us all our life experiences.
It's all with us, today.
Good post, shallah.