Can You Go Back To The Past?

Can you go back to the past? This is a question that can have many answers. For example, if you believe that time is linear and you are living all your lives at the same time (past, present, and future), then yes you can. But we are going to look at this from a human 3D perspective.

From my experience, you cannot go back to the past no matter how hard you try. Believe me, I’ve tried.

I know that is an answer that you may not want to hear, especially if you are reading this article. But there are good things to this as well. This article will help you to understand more so that you can move forward.

We Tend to View the Past with Rose Colored Glasses

As humans, we tend to put what we cannot have on a pedestal and see it through rose-colored glasses. This is why the past may be remembered as better than it was – since we don’t have it, it becomes of higher value and therefore we want it more. Anything we think we cannot have has a higher PERCEIVED value.

We try to re-capture the happy memories of the past, especially when the present seems dull or boring or it isn’t going the way we want it to. Our minds will wander to the past and remember the good times much easier than they will remember the bad times. The bad times are much easier to forget than the good times.

I just had this very experience. I wasn’t completely happy in my current job and kept fantasizing about how much better my old job was. It paid better and I got every other Friday off. I liked so many of the people there too.

My mind kept fixating on what I had lost and I tried reaching into the past and pulling it back into my present. I thought “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I thought it was but it appears that I made a mistake.”

Then I had to shake myself and pull myself out of the past and into the present. I had to consciously remind myself of why I wasn’t there anymore.

I had to remember the moments of breaking down and crying because I hated my job so much. I remembered the long hours and the 2-hour commute to work every day. I remembered the management style and why I chose to leave in the first place. I remember the people I didn’t care for so much. I thought about the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and the anxiety because of all the negative energy there.

I said to myself “what the hell are you doing? You quit for a reason. Why on earth would you ever want to go back to that?”

This applies to any area of our lives – past relationships, past jobs, and past circumstances that we wish we still had.

By forcing myself to remember the bad, it put perspective on the present. I thought “maybe the present isn’t so bad after all.” I was seeing the past through rose-colored glasses and not how it actually was.

I know this may sound in a way “negative” but it is really about putting the present into perspective and trusting that you are where you should be. It helps you to understand why you are where you are and that it isn’t as bad as your mind can make it out to seem.

Anything you do not currently have, you see as higher value because you don’t know if you can get it. Therefore, it is normal for us to see the past with rose-colored glasses and put people and things on pedestals as to how we want to remember them, not as they truly are and how they truly made us feel.

We Cling to the Past Because the KNOWN Past is Much More Comfortable Than the UNKNOWN Future

Part of the reason we want to be in the past is because of the comfort level it provides us with. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Better the devil you know than the one you don’t know.”

We cling to comfort because it is comfortable and change can be hard. We don’t know what the future has in store so it is more uncomfortable than the past we do know.

The Past is a Different Energetic Part of You

We all emit energy and this energy pulls things to us. When we change our energy, new things come to us and things that no longer vibrate on the same wavelength will leave.

This is why people leave, jobs leave and circumstances change. They cannot stay if you are shifting your energy unless they also shift with you.

So, if you go through a big spiritual transition things will leave your life. You are no longer vibrating on the same wavelength and those old things are no longer attracted to you.

Can You Go Back to the Old Energy So That You Can Get Your Past Back?

This is a complex question. I think you can go back but I don’t think you truly want to and your higher self doesn’t want you to. So, even if you think you want to go back, your higher self has other plans for you. It knows what is best for you and it knows what will make you the happiest.

Even if you can’t see it yet, you will eventually see why the future is better and why you had to leave the people and events of the past in the past.

Believe me, I’ve tried to go back. I tried my absolute hardest to go back to the past and get the people back that were no longer in my life but my energy shifted so much that it was impossible. Also, on some level, I knew it wasn’t for my highest good.

If someone is meant to be in your life, they will be. I knew my soul had bigger and better plans for me even though the spiritual transition was super painful.

You Can Get ELEMENTS of the Past Back in the Present, but the EXPERIENCE Will Be Different

Just because you can’t get your whole past back, it doesn’t mean you can’t get elements of it back.

For example, if someone has left your life they may come back. But the experience with them will be different than it was before. It will not happen exactly as it did the first time. This is because one or both of you shifted your energy and therefore separated. When your energies matched up again and you came back together it was with new energy, so it will be a different experience.

This applies to jobs and any circumstance in your life, not just with people.

I do truly believe you can get elements of the past back but the relationship/experience will be different. This is a good thing. It is good to grow and change. So, please understand that you are not doing anything wrong. In fact, you are probably doing something right if you go through lots of changes in your life.

How to Cut Cords with the Past to Move Forward

We create cords with every person and experience we come in contact with. Some cords are stronger than others depending on who and what they are with. For example, if you’ve worked at a job for 20 years, you are going to have much stronger and many more cords with that company and those people than with a place you’ve worked for a couple of days at.

These energetic cords can keep us stuck in the past, no matter if they are with a person, place, or thing. A good way to release them so that you can move forward gracefully is to cut them.

The way I do it is I ask Archangel Michael to cut all cords from my past that are holding me back. If there are specific places and people I ask for those, in particular, to be cut.

Then I imagine the cords being cut with his sword. Once I feel they are all cut I release the person/place/thing to the light and ask that they be released to the pure white light for all of our highest good.

I then thank Archangel Michael and I trust that if they are meant to be in my life, the Universe will bring them back. 

This simple cord-cutting process can be done at anytime and really helps you to stay focused on the present instead of in the past. It almost feels like a weight being lifted off. You may have to cut cords a few times with the same people and it can be done as many times as you feel you need to do it.

The other person may feel a small shift. But it isn’t hurting them in any way and it is not saying you don’t want them in your life. It is simply saying that you are releasing all attachments for everyone’s highest good so that all parties involved can live the best life possible. Without heavy cords of the past keeping them stuck they can move forward and so can you.

Believe it or not, this process can actually bring things back to you as well. Once you release them, they don’t feel that neediness from you and they may want to come back. Or the Universe may send them back because via the Law of Attraction.

By not hanging onto a person or thing for dear life it causes the resistance to be released and they are then able to come back. They don’t feel that dense energy and want to come back.

Remember this goes for everything, not just for people. It is also accurate for situations and jobs. It is not saying they will come back but after you cut cords they then CAN come back if they want.

Bottom Line: Can You Go Back to the Past?

Not in this 3D human experience. Can you get elements of the past back? Absolutely. You can create new things with things from your past.

It is a matter of not living in the past and expecting your future to look like your past. It is about taking off the rose-colored glasses to the past and putting them on to look at the present and the future.

The future can be just as great or even greater than you’ve ever imagined. But you will not get there if you are looking out the rear-view mirror. Embrace the present because one day it will be the past you are trying to get back.

~Meghan