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Anytime we proclaim a vow, oath, or promise, especially if there is an emotional charge involved such as those made at the moment of death, the proclamation is recorded in our body-mind. These agreements affect our lives—past, present, and future—until they are cleared. Simply saying: “I will always . . . ” or “I will never . . . ” in one life is enough to create an ongoing commitment that we carry with us life after life, even though it may no longer be useful to us. These vows and agreements are very powerful thought forms.

Some examples are as follows:

As we lay dying of starvation we may have vowed, “I will never be hungry again,” and in this life we are unable to control our appetite or to lose weight.

We took a vow of poverty as a religious person in a prior life. It may be affecting our ability to allow financial abundance into our life. The thought we may be holding is, “If I commit to my spiritual growth, then I cannot have wealth or possessions.”

A former vow of obedience may unconsciously cause us to wait for an authority figure to make our decisions for us.

We took a vow of silence when learning secret teachings or when joining an organization with secret rites, such as the Freemasons. We develop forgetfulness to fulfill this vow.

A woman promised her fiancé to wait and never marry another when he leaves on a sailing adventure or goes to war, and he never returns. She may find herself unavailable in this life for any kind of lasting relationship.

A father made a promise to his children that he would never leave them yet died unexpectedly. As a father again in this life, he may linger on in a coma for years after a near-fatal accident.

Vows, oaths, and promises originating in another time can cause us to react automatically in the moment, not by conscious choice but by this pattern which no longer serves us.