Identify Your Past-Life Fears
& Realize Your Soul’s Potential

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According to psychic Ainslie MacLeod, each of us has one or more past-life fears. When you release past-life fears—which hold you back from achieving your true potential—you’ll have the confidence to manifest your goals and to be all you were meant to be in this lifetime.

Based on Ainslie’s new book The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul’s Potential, the following quiz is designed to help you identify your past-life fears. His book then helps you learn how to find the motivation for change and connect with your soul’s goal.

For each of the 50 questions below, select the button which describes you best.

Tip: Trust your instincts—go with your first hit on how you feel this applies to your life today.

Time to complete: Less than 10 minutes.

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1. I get nervous around superiors at work or people in uniform.
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2. I try not to get too attached to material things.
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3. I often compare myself to others and can experience jealousy at times. 1   2   3   4   5
4. If someone betrays me, I feel like I’ll never trust him or her again. 1   2   3   4   5
5. I feel like there’s not enough time to achieve everything I want to do. 1   2   3   4   5
6. I hold a part of me back in my relationships. 1   2   3   4   5
7. When I try to speak out, the right words never seem to come to me. 1   2   3   4   5
8. I hate being told what to do. 1   2   3   4   5
9. I have an unexplained phobia. 1   2   3   4   5
10. I find it hard to forgive and forget. 1   2   3   4   5
11. If people in authority want my respect, they need to earn it. 1   2   3   4   5
12. I have to clear out clutter every so often. 1   2   3   4   5
13. I feel I should be doing better at this stage in my life. 1   2   3   4   5
14. I’m an exceptionally loyal friend. 1   2   3   4   5
15. I get anxious about making mistakes or choosing the wrong path. 1   2   3   4   5
16. I’ve never given 100 percent to anyone. 1   2   3   4   5
17. When I’m called on to speak, I tend to clam up or blurt out something stupid.
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18. I can’t stand having anyone breathing down my neck when I’m working.
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19. I’m terrified of public speaking.
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20. I have big abandonment issues.
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21. I get extremely anxious when stopped by the police.
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22. I prefer to have few possessions.
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23. I have lots of plans, but can’t seem to get motivated. 1   2   3   4   5
24. It hurts me that life is not more fair. 1   2   3   4   5
25. I feel motivated to keep learning new things. 1   2   3   4   5
26. In a relationship, I’ll close down emotionally if I feel threatened or insecure. 1   2   3   4   5
27. I’m often reluctant to express my true beliefs. 1   2   3   4   5
28. I’ve been accused of being a control freak.
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29. I hate hospitals/vomiting/sick people/the sight of blood (any one or more).
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30. I like to bring people together. 1   2   3   4   5
31. I feel strongly motivated to help those less fortunate than myself. 1   2   3   4   5
32. I worry something awful might happen to my family members. 1   2   3   4   5
33. I keep waiting for someone or something to change my life.
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34. If someone shows disloyalty to me, I’ll keep him or her at arm’s length. 1   2   3   4   5
35. I am terrified of loud noises and/or aggression. 1   2   3   4   5
36. I can find it hard to understand my partner’s point of view. 1   2   3   4   5
37. I keep my opinions to myself. 1   2   3   4   5
38. I’d rather die than go to prison. 1   2   3   4   5
39. I am totally opposed to war. 1   2   3   4   5
40. I’ve never felt like I truly fit in anywhere. 1   2   3   4   5
41. Racism, sexism, and all kinds of discrimination deeply upset me. 1   2   3   4   5
42. I feel uncertain about the future. 1   2   3   4   5
43. Sometimes I feel like I’m a victim of circumstances. 1   2   3   4   5
44. I loathe injustice of all kinds. 1   2   3   4   5
45. Once I know I’m on the right path, I’m unstoppable. 1   2   3   4   5
46. I can go for long periods of time without the need for intimacy. 1   2   3   4   5
47. I’m terrified that if I put my thoughts down on paper someone might read it. 1   2   3   4   5
48. I want the freedom to be myself. 1   2   3   4   5
49. I hate to be in the public eye. 1   2   3   4   5
50. Sometimes I get deep unexplained feelings of loneliness. 1   2   3   4   5
Scoring:

Past-Life Fear of Authority 
Past-Life Fear of Loss 
Past-Life Fear of Inferiority 
Past-Life Fear of Betrayal 
Past-Life Fear of Failure 
Past-Life Fear of Intimacy 
Past-Life Fear of Self-Expression 
Past-Life Fear of Powerlessness 
Past-Life Fear of Death 
Past-Life Fear of Rejection 




0-5 points:  This particular fear is nothing to worry about. You may have mostly overcome it, or managed to avoid triggering it in this lifetime.
5-10 points:  Your fear is relatively mild, and unlikely to cause you too many problems. Its effects should take little effort to shift.
10-15 points:  This fear is likely to manifest strongly from time to time or affect you in significant ways. It definitely requires some healing.
15-20 points:  Your fear is particularly impactful, and may influence your life in many ways. It will, however, heal if you work on it.

If you are an old soul, you may be carrying around many of the past-life fears. Don’t worry! It’s a sign that you’re strongly connected to your soul and your many previous incarnations. Be assured that all past-life fears can be healed. The first step is the one you’re taking here: to identify the fear itself.
 

Past-Life of Authority

A past-life fear of authority is the result of you having been the victim of the abuse of authority in a previous incarnation. Having been discriminated against, your sense of equality will have been compromised, making it hard to recognize that no one is superior or lesser than you. In this life, you may feel anxiety in the proximity of people in uniforms, or individuals or groups who consider themselves your superiors. Helping those less fortunate than yourself is an ideal way to overcome the fear, and help you identify more strongly with other souls.

When you embody your soul’s core value of equality, you’ll recognize your true worth as a valuable member of the tribe, no better or worse than any other. This awareness will help to break down the Illusion and connect you more strongly than ever to your soul.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Loss

If you have a past-life fear of loss you’ll have an underlying sense that “anything could happen,” and a lack of security about the future. You’ll have a tendency to “travel light,” as the soul-level feeling is “The less I have, the less I have to lose.” The cause of the fear is having lost everything—your family, your partner, or your possessions—in a previous lifetime. Overcoming this fear involves reconnecting with others to learn the importance of participation in life.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Inferiority

A past-life fear of inferiority stems from a lifetime in which you had little or no opportunity to exercise your free will. Perhaps your parents made every major decision for you, or maybe you chose to do what other people wanted, rather than make your own choices. In this life, you’ll run the risk of falling into a state of submission when someone attempts to disempower you. The tendency to see yourself as unable to change your circumstances can be overcome by learning to exercise self-determination.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Betrayal


When someone, or some organization, has betrayed your trust in a previous lifetime, you’ll have a hair trigger when it comes to issues of loyalty. If someone lets you down, you might cut them completely out of your life to avoid having to face the fear again. You’ll have a higher than average awareness of the importance of fairness and, since your soul recognizes that like attracts like, you will be a loyal friend to others.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Failure


A past-life fear of failure means you’ve had several incomplete lifetimes prior to this one. As a result of missing out on experiences, your soul will imbue you with curiosity in an effort to help you make up for lost time. You’ll seek out fact-based knowledge, and see life as an opportunity to keep learning. The fear that you may not achieve your life plan may result in feelings of anxiety (there’s so much to do) or inertia (there’s no point in starting what I may never have the chance to finish.)

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Intimacy


A past-life fear of intimacy stems from lives in which getting close to someone has been associated with pain, grief, or sadness. The death of a beloved spouse in the past creates a reluctance to love so deeply again. You will hold a part of yourself back in close relationships, and react to perceived threats to your emotional safety by putting an invisible wall up between you and the other person. The key to overcoming the fear is to build empathy to increase your ability to connect more deeply.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Self-Expression

A past-life fear of self-expression is the result of suffering persecution or trauma as a result of something you said or wrote, your religious beliefs, or your political opinions in another life.  In this life, you might experience anxiety when you express yourself verbally or in writing. The symptoms include clamming up, blurting or saying something inappropriate, or writer’s block. You may even have physical symptoms like hoarseness or dry-mouth when you voice your thoughts.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Powerlessness

The motto of a person with a past-life fear of powerlessness is “Don’t tell me what to do!” Having had your freedom curtailed in a previous life, you won’t want anyone running your life for you. You’ll recognize that freedom is a right that each of us should have the maximum opportunity to experience. Your previous experiences of incarceration or slavery will make the idea of being imprisoned frightening to you. You may have a need to control other people or your environment.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Death

Phobias are death-related fears from earlier lifetimes. The most common is a phobia of judgment, and is usually marked by a fear of public speaking, being tested, or being forced into the spotlight. Other phobias like sickness create anxiety around hospitals, illness, and blood. Any sudden, dramatic, or frightening death can create a phobia and will, in older souls, result in strong aversion to war and violence.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.

Past-Life Fear of Rejection

When you’ve had a life in which you’ve been excommunicated, shunned, or thrown out of the family or community, you’ll show signs of a past-life fear of rejection. The most common marker is a feeling of not ever belonging to your community. It can be triggered by emotional or physical abandonment, especially from one or both parents or a spouse. The fear can create a sense of detachment, and feelings of loneliness that may hit you without warning. Beneath a fear of rejection lie strong negative emotions such as resentment and bitterness, which is why the cure involves learning the power of forgiveness.

Past-life fears act as blocks to your spiritual progress by keeping you stuck behind the Illusion. You’ll learn how to identify your fears and then how to overcome them to reach a higher level of consciousness. When you’ve worked through all of your past-life fears, you’ll have undergone a process that would take most souls lifetimes to achieve.

You can learn more about how to overcome your past-life fears in Ainslie MacLeod’s book, The Transformation: Healing Your Past Lives to Realize Your Soul's Potential.