[Edward Alexander]

Regarding "where we are" here is something that was revealed to me during a contact with one ascended Master:

I went to my astral sanctum and met my Guide ("Gatekeeper", whom guards the "portal" to my personal astral sanctum).

Not going into too much details about all the things I did, but I'll explain the main event that took place and which was the reason I went there. I met one of my Masters ("teacher", "ascended being", what you want) and asked him if he could show me the purpose of these experiences where I find myself in other peoples bodies.

The communication and way of receiving answers in this realm is a bit (extremely really) different than here in the physical plane. First of all it's telepathic. So, when communicating in a wordly way so to speak, where I have the questions formulated as words in my mind the answer is often received before I can completely finish formulating the question. So communication is very fast and instant. Another form of communication that is more frequent when "answers" are shown to me, is that it is not in any verbal form but more a visual form, as living images, or a complex presentation shown in my mind.

So in any case, the answer I received was in this complex way so I can't put it into excact words, but I will try word is as close to what I was shown as I can:

Basically he told me that the reasons for these experiences was a part of my spiritual development and understanding of my self and true being. It was revealed to me that these other people are other aspects of myself, or incarnations if you want, and that I had been experiencing these moments of time in these other bodies to see that reality is that we are more than "one" physical and spiritual being. I was shown that, which I can only explain as a myriad of parallel alternate versions of myself, exists in the same moment and their development unfolds together with my own, and that all of my other selves are connected to a "higher self" or "soul" and that what these physical bodies have within them is only a portion of that complete soul, such as our astral bodies etc, like branches of a tree and leaves on the branches. Ultimately, we develop ourselves inwards, and not outwards, meaning that each of my selves will not "expand" in consciousness and physical and spiritual development, but rather "implode" into that "higher soul" or "true being" that I am - and that the experiences of all my alternate selves will at some moment merge with this "higher soul" and create a Oneness where I will experience myself from a completely new perspective and see myself as the being I really am. Then, I will as this new "Oneness" become "free" from the current location where I am (or rather where the "higer soul" is located) and "ascend" to higher realms and be free of all physical bonds and continue the spiritual and mental development and understanding. But there is more after this "Oneness" is achieved too, higher "realms" and new things to discover about reality of Being and Existence, but I asked him to end it there as I had been shown what I was wondering about and wanted to leave the rest up to when the time comes.

So that is how it was revealed to me at last in regards of my personal experiences. It certainly gave me some new insights and perspectives and I do feel more settled and calm now when it comes to these experiences.

I felt like I should share this part of what I experienced in my astral sanctum here as it may be interesting or spread some insights/reflections to others whom have had similar experiences. Perhaps to other people as well. There are other parts that happened that is of a more personal level and serves no purpose to share.

And this is what I gathered, it is obviously something that can not easily be verified so I will consider it a most likely possibility rather than say that I now "know" that this is really it. But in any case it provided me with some really interesting new experiences and insights into my own mind and spirit if nothing else =)

Thanks, and peace profound!
-Edward Alexander