This thread just reminded me of something alluded to earlier on. It is my belief that experiences, emotions, etc., can be handed down through genes. For instance, my husband had a dream of places in Europe - particular places he later saw in pictures - that he believed were in his ancestral past. I looked into reincarnation at one time due to people's statement's of past memory but the genetic connection makes sense to me. Or genetic memory.

That second quote you made, Bex, on matter has to do with what I've been stating about matter being eternal. (As are our spirits which are also composed of matter although more pure and fine). Eternal things are pretty hard for our finite minds to comprehend but its actually quite a mind opening experience which opens up all kinds of cool stuff.... (I love these little emoticons