When a stranger is familiar, you usually feel confused. Have you even met someone for the first time while having a sense that you know them from somewhere? Quite often a client will express having had this experience. Sometimes, we feel strongly a connection to someone we have never met before. Now, we want to know more about this compelling sense of familiarity.

Recently, a young woman in her early thirties, Alexa, is so curious about this phenomenon she books a Zoom regression with me. Alexa, who lives overseas, is keen to explore this strange feeling.

When a stranger feels familiar

Not long ago, Alexa meets a man at work and feels an immediate connection. Suddenly, the man, Myles, works in the same emergency medical department where Alexa works.

Some months earlier, Alexa leaves her husband because their values, dreams and personalities are no longer compatible. Originally, when she married her husband, she was young and he was older. Although the marriage had worked well for a nearly a decade, over time they had gradually grown apart. Incompatibility is a good reason to separate. Sacrifice by either one will build resentment, and resentment is destructive, often making us ill. Although difficult at the time, breaking up, is usually a better choice for all involved.

Over time, Alexa’s sense of connection to Mules grows stronger. When working together, there is so much joy around them, laughing and having fun with each other and with their patients too. Everyone seems to feel uplifted. 

Confusion about the connection

In the regression, her main question for her guides is a desire to know what is really going on between them. She knows he has a girlfriend, but he says little about that relationship. Alexa makes sure she doesn’t cross any boundaries, treating him as no more than a friend.

During her regression, the first thing she is aware of is the song, “Lover” by Taylor Swift, and hearing the words, “can I go where you go?” Then, an image of Myles appears. Although, he looks the same as in his current life, he is in a low mood, grumpy and unhappy. Also, she receives the message that he feels unworthy. Actually, he is thinking about his girlfriend who seems like a child. He is miserable, shutting down to her and not wanting to share himself with her. At the same time, he doesn’t want to hurt her. Sadly, he isn’t really open to Alexa even though he desires happiness, which is what life with Alexa seems to offer.

Now, Alexa feels tremendous love for him, so I suggest she allow herself feel that love whether he responds to it or not. Soon after, she sees him at peace.

A past life connection

Then, she sees a wall with a tulip beyond the wall, which is just out of reach. Again, she hears the song playing and she feels frustrated.

Suddenly, her chest feels heavy and her body is hot. She smells smoke and fire, feeling trapped under a wooden door. Lying flat, with the fire above her, she cannot move.

I suggest she can let go if she wishes.

Now she is floating and more information flows, explaining what happened.

“I was in a barn, a female trapped by someone in the barn. Surprisingly, I feel this man shares the same soul as Myles. I have some sort of life contract with him. Now, I sense he regrets what he did to me in that last life and wants to make amends.

“I was poor and lower class while he was careless and wealthy. Horribly, I keep seeing an evil grin on his face, as if he is taking pleasure from hurting me. Unfortunately, I am pregnant to him and unmarried. Carefully, he traps me and then sets the barn alight. He is proud and hard, laughing at me. But, I can’t get away, so I die.

“The hurt is gone now. That’s curious?”

In that life, he lived the way he wanted, but later he was sad, and ended up alone. He regretted what he’d done and I agreed to come again to help him in this current life.

“Therefore, he feels guilt, believing he must protect his current girlfriend due to his callous behaviour towards women in the past life. Unfortunately, the guilt he carries is actually to his detriment. The tables have turned. Now, his young girlfriend is needy and controlling him.”

Patience and staying open

Should Alexa speak to Myles about her feelings? Her guides say yes but she is afraid to open up to him. Will he hurt her again? Although, she has come into his life to help him, she is unsure. Her love for him is still there but acting on it feels dangerous. Still, she needs to trust.

Will they be together again? She believes so. However, she knows she must be patient and stay open to love, while allowing him time to sort himself out. This is essential, and er guides will be with her.

The connection Alexa has to Myles is surprising. Obviously, she feels pulled towards him. But the past life is shocking and a pivot away from how she feels about him now.

Alexa’s case teaches us to trust our intuition. During our many incarnations, our connection to others grows stronger when we experience both love and trauma with them.

Discovering our path in life can help us find the patience and understanding we need to achieve our purpose. This is of major importance to us humans and brings us great peace at the end of our life.