I read up about this a while ago and the author's theory really interested me. He said that the soul sets a goal for itself before it comes back to life as well as certain things like likes and dislikes that have no reason for being there modify something from their past life. Also some things they might remember, like places (which I think we could've all guessed) as well as certain other things. Some examples that he used were truly amazing. I don't remember much, but I do remember the part about a little boy flying over Louisiana once with his mother, looking down and saying that it looks like Ithaca. The whole plane burst out laughing, knowing very well that Ithaca is in Africa and looks nothing like Louisiana because of how dry it is now. He mentioned that centuries ago Ithaca used to be a beautiful green place that looked like paradaise until it dried out. He said that the boy was so sure of his words that even later when others thought they'd convinced him otherwise he still believed it looked just like Ithaca. Now, I don't know whether to think anything of it or not, after all he was only 6, but I think it could very well be a modifier of his past life. I also myself believe that souls that love each other will continue on living together - that is if they truly love each other.
I have an example myself. This past summer my mother, my sister, and I went to the Palace in St. Petersburg in Russia. They still have some of the original furnishing there. Actually, I was quite impressed with how well they preserved some of the items there. But anyway, while passing through one of the beautiful rooms we saw a loveseat. Once we saw it my sister (who is not a child like in the other story, but is now 27) said that she remembered that loveseat and she remembered walking around in those rooms and she remembered sitting on that loveseat. She also said that the loveseat was in the previous room and not the one that it was displayed in. Of course like in any museum the furniture was sectioned off so the public couldn't cause any harm to it. She said it seemed like she remembered it from a dream or something of that sort. (now this next part is just for chucks and giggles) Later on we were walking through another room where they had portraits of all the royalty and the family. On one of them my mother said the girl looked exactly like me (which i didnt really think, but i guess mother knows best). On another one was already my oppinion - it looked a lot like my sister, with hair done up and the dress, but the face looked a lot like her and so I told my mother that. She smiled and said, "There you go. You and your sister were here in your past lives as the royalty."
I know, I always write these long boring posts that noone probably even takes the time to read them whole if any at all, but the conclusion is that I don't think the soul starts from where it left off, I think it trys to start over, trying to fix what it didn't do right the last time, so I bet some mistakes that we make, we made in our past lives, because everyone knows- once a mistake is forgotten it will most likely repeat itself.
