Raise Your Spiritual IQ — The Wonders of Past Lives

About this event

**The Wonders of Past Lives** *Raise Your Spiritual IQ — a free workshop in Gastonia* There’s a particular kind of fear that has no story behind it. Deep water, or flying, or something more specific and stranger than that — and nothing in this life ever happened to explain it. Or the opposite: a pull toward a country you’ve never visited. A period of history that feels less like interest and more like recognition. Meeting someone and knowing them in the first minute. Most people have at least one of these, and no obvious shelf to put it on. ECKANKAR suggests they may be echoes. That we have lived before, and that something of those lives — what we loved, what frightened us, what we learned and never quite finished learning — travels with us into this one. Seen that way, past lives aren’t a curiosity about who you might have been. They’re part of why you are the way you are now. This hour is an introduction, in plain language, for anyone curious. We’ll look at what past lives are and what exploring them actually involves, share a simple exercise for noticing their traces in your own life, and leave plenty of room for questions. **What to expect** * An introduction to past lives — no background needed * A simple exercise you can take away and try * Open conversation — ask, share, or simply listen * A free *Raise Your Spiritual IQ!* Experience Journal to take with you Nothing is asked of you but your curiosity. Nobody has to speak, and nobody has to arrive convinced — come skeptical if that’s where you are. Whatever your faith or background, you’re welcome. **Last of three.** This is the final session of a short series in Gastonia: Dreams (25 July), Soul Travel (8 August), and **Past Lives (22 August)**. Each stands on its own — you’re welcome whether you came to the others or not. **Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 1:00–2:00 PM ET** **Books-A-Million** — in the Joe Muggs Coffeeshop area 3710 East Franklin Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28056 **Free. No registration — just come.**