I recently had these words come to me while praying, “Sit in Grace”. Afterward, when I was reading quotes about grace Id came across this one, “Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.” which is attributed to Rumi. I noticed you have used this quote in the past and was wondering if you could give us your interruption of these words?

I am a 26 year old woman, married to a wonderful man. I love my husband to bits. I consider myself straight. However, I am strongly convinced that I am very much attached to the previous life I have lived as a man (or any of the lives I lived as a man) in this current life. I do not have a problem with gay people at all. But, some of the time I feel like the experience as a man from a previous life is so strong I cannot overcome. I love (genuinely) women and my husband. Is this the case of mistaken sexual identity or is it possible that I have re-incarnated with some attachment to certain traits I had in my previous lives.

Recently I’ve begun re-examining the way I look at life, and this led me to end a 5 year relationship that I realized was going nowhere, and return to college. In doing this, I returned to the same college I had been academically dismissed from 5 years ago. Recently I ran into someone that I always felt I had a deep connection with, and I have the feeling he might be “the one.” I’m not sure if the feeling is mutual, but this has led me to ask: is it possible to choose your soul mate or influence their feelings about you? How do you know if you’ve met your soul mate?

I wish to ask for your opinion on a matter which has arisen for me. I recently changed paths from being a business manager, after an event during a near death experience reminded me what I came here for. I now find myself owning several natural healthcare clinics, which I am using to fund free natural healthcare for anyone in need, as well as free yoga, meditation and massage in the low income communities. I have also received guidance to start a sanctuary for those who are grieving or needing intense healing.

All this has happened very quickly, and everything has been handed to me (or manifested by me 😉 on a silver platter to make it happen. I know there is much more still to come. I now live in an ashram community with many spiritual people. Many of my peers see my businesses as being successful and feel that I am taking away from them, as most of them are sole practitioners within the healing profession. I have been accused of making money off the sweat of others (as I employ therapists) and told that this is not the ‘spiritual’ way. I have not, and do not feel I should publicise the fact that every dollar of the profit is channeled into free healthcare. It should not make a difference in how people see me or how they treat me or my clinics. I feel quite misunderstood by some people, and I sense that others (who do know what i am delivering) are intimidated by me or even scared of me. I am only a 30 year old female, not intimidating at all. My ex-partner, who studied yoga lifestyle for years and is an instructor, left me because he could not cope with the fact that I give wealth away via running the free clinics and classes. What I am doing brought up many issues and challenges for him, and ultimately he could not cope with it. I thought there would be a little more camaraderie or support from the ‘spiritual’ community. I guess I feel very isolated. I know I can’t give it all up just to fit in and be understood, but it seems to be a very sad and lonely path to have chosen.

How do I cope with this, or understand that it just doesn’t matter at all?

I have had many surgeries but always knew that I was going to have them. I would dream that something was wrong and with my body and it would happen. Why does this happen? I am 37, years old and I need to start working and finish school but somehow I do not think like most people. When I go out into the world I feel people’s energy. I am exhausted at the end of the day. I have always known what was wrong with my animals before the doctor. But people always think I am crazy. I am starting to think I am crazy.