Past Lives

[Steppingfeet]

2) She told me that I had been generals or commanders of armies in past lives. And that I was a great in this because I led with compassion.

This too seemed odd because the purpose of the military is so antithetical to who I now know myself to be, and I did not enjoy my stint in the Army Reserves in this lifetime.

Maybe I misunderstood you, but I interpret it as that you think it is odd that she told you that you have been generals or commanders of armies? But didn't she mean this:

I have an intense resonance with everything about the American Revolution, to the extent that the clothing and costumes of the era seem appealing to me. I feel certain that I somehow participated in the revolution. I used to think of being Thomas Jefferson, but that's akin to being Cleopatra. :-)

You say that you feel certain that you somehow participated in the revolution. Maybe by leading the armies?

While I am endlessly fascinated with the entire narrative of the American Revolution, battles included, what really draws me is the foundational ideals that were driving the American forces.

Of course it was a mixed bag, with STS energies and intentions on both sides of the conflict, but in that mix were ideals, however imperfectly realized and applied, regarding the equality of all peoples, their right to self-governance and freedom, etc. And so much of that particular conflict of ideas regarding the nature of things was fought with the pen. : )