For this project I decided to focus on past lives memories.  The idea of reincarnation is not something everyone believes in.  Many eastern polytheistic religions believe that we live many lifetimes, and that each life time is part of our soul growth and we have lessons to learn and karma to adjust.  Most people, even though they may believe they have lived before, do not seem to have any memory of a previous life.  But every so often there is someone who does have memory of a life they have lived before.  Not all memories are very clear and not all details are clear.  For example they may recall the house they grew up in but not remember where it was.  They may have memories of people or events that have made an impact on them.  It has been said that trauma endured in a past life can carry on to another life.  It’s believed by some that a person’s phobias or anxieties may be linked to past life trauma, especially if it is linked to how they died;  perhaps in a fire or drowning, or a falling from a high place.  There was one story I researched of a three year old boy near the border of Syria, who remembered being murdered in his past life.  The murder had only taken place one year prior to his birth, but the body was never found and the murderer was never caught.  The little boy was able to remember his previous name and where his body was buried and he led village elders to the body and the killer was caught. Many stories you hear like this almost always involve small children with such memories.  They say it’s because they were so recently on the other side.  The older you get and the longer you’ve been alive, the more you forget.  This is also why many young children tend to be clairvoyant and able to sense the supernatural.