Hey there,
I asked those same questions. The Archangels explained that the lower emotions like fear, jealousy, anger, etc. are not present in the higher dimensions where souls reside, so although we have that knowledge as souls, we had no experience. Think about it; you can read the definition of anger or fear, but would that be enough to understand it? What I’m learning is that, before the Earth fell to the 3rd dimension, the souls who came to Earth had the knowledge without the experience and really messed things up, largely because of the lower emotions they brought about there, thinking there wouldn’t be any consequences. Since then, if I’m not mistaken, we’ve had to experience everything. As for why we come without our soul knowledge, it would hinder the learning and experience, which makes sense. If you know everything that’s going to happen and why, you wouldn’t learn as much. Believe me, the idea of starting from scratch again and again is not something I want to do. But really, we don’t start from scratch, because we don’t have to relearn the lessons we’ve already experienced.
Thanks for the question and best wishes to you.