I swear I thought I posted this one....

MARTHA: Last year I asked questions about past lives, sort of backtracking from present day backwards, understanding that it was just an arbitrary way for me to somewhat methodically get info.  I understand the “reality” is not linear. It feels somewhat like playing the game Battleship, in that some were “hits’ and prompted some really meaningful exchanges (like the Auschwitz one). Others just got a few sentences.  The last one “chronologically” was the one in Spain in the 1700s.  So I’d like to keep moving backwards, looking for the next battleship so to speak- are there more lives in the 1700s? If not, then the 1600s?

MICHAEL: We think a relevant addition to your exploration might be from the late 1700's Germany, as childhood friends of, and later reunited with, the Scholar known as Beethoven, another active student of ours. Though not directly relevant to the current life, we are able to access it because of several active students who were involved peripherally at that time. Your Essence's Personality at the time appears to have been female, bearing a "crush" on the Scholar, but losing track of him for several years until being invited to a performance. Your Personality's life did not revolve in any way around that fragment, but it is a relevant marker.

MARTHA: I was a Beethoven groupie?  Lol, what can I say, I like musicians

MICHAEL: We would not describe that Personality as such, though the fragment in question is a "good friend," in general, from Entity 3. Your Essence's Personality, at the time, spent most of the life focused on running her father's shoe repair shop.

MARTHA: that sounds kind of boring :) thank you!!

MICHAEL: It was not "boring" to the Personality known as Elizabeth or to your Essence, and this is a good example of why each Personality finds its own way, and is not affected by, approved or rejected by, any other Personality. In the lifetime of the shoe repairs, much Essence Contact occurred among your Essence and several other students, as her shop was central to their needs.

MARTHA: thanks

(POF Chat, 7/6/11)