Hey, Christine. Put your mind at ease. When we plan our lives as souls, we work in teams. The priority is learning important lessons so we grow closer to God. With that in mind, we help each other learn these lessons. I know this is hard to grasp, but we usually plan the hardships we face in life, so we can make progress.

I’m not sure that we feel any pain we caused, other than being aware of it and everything else, good and bad, our actions led to, especially in terms of what knowledge was gained. There is a full review of every life, but the purpose is more to evaluate the learning that took place, so we can plan the next life to learn more.

I do know that there is no punishment for souls based on human choices, because everything that happens serves a purpose. Also, when we cross over, we regain the universal knowledge we had before becoming human, so there are no hard feelings or anger that remain. More than likely, the people who hurt us were trying to help us learn in some way.

I totally get just wanting to be left alone, so we can recover and enjoy doing nothing without any stress to cope with. When I first learned we plan our own lives, I wondered what in the world I was thinking and not wanting to ever go back for another lifetime. Our problem is, we don’t have the universal knowledge of our soul with us, and we can’t begin to see the big picture. To us, the big picture might include the world, but to our souls, it includes all the universe and everything in it.

Hope that helps settle you. When we cross back over, it’s a happy time. We reunite with loved ones, our knowledge is restored, and we celebrate coming home. There’s nothing to dread or fear. Blessings!