Ainslie MacLeod is a truly inspiring and awakened personality. He’s an internationally-acclaimed past-life psychic, spiritual teacher, and the award-winning author of “The Old Soul's Guidebook.” He specializes in exploring past lives to reveal your life’s purpose, and as you’ll hear in this episode, his ability to read and understand someone is uncanny. Ainslie first discovered his gift when he ran into his dead uncle at a bookstore, and from there he learned to hone his ability to communicate with spirit guides and use their teachings to help and enlighten others. It’s a pretty wild story, but what’s even more wild is that this isn’t just some inherent gift that only a few special have — anyone can develop these spiritual abilities with enough time. Ainslie teaches us all about spirit guides, including the fact that all spirit guides were once human, how spirit guides evolved from other life forms, and how you can know whether a spirit guide is benevolent or a misguided, lost soul with bad intentions. He also does an impromptu reading on me to determine my soul type, and he read me like a book. Get ready to dive into the deep end of the spiritual pool.   07:33 —How Ainslie discovered his gift People are born with gifts, they just have to learn to use them Seeing his dead uncle The long road to developing his talent Anyone can do it if they put in the time The view from the other side Spirit guides speak in metaphors so that we can understand them Realizations that transcend rationality Anything becomes easier when you’ve done it for years   21:45 — Spirit guides and the cycle of reincarnation All spirit guides have passed through human lives The spirit world is endlessly compassionate The purpose of life is to take us to the place of understanding love How our behavior affects our reincarnation   30:23 — Explaining the intrinsic bond of soul families Coming into the world with a soul family Becoming an Old Soul Sharing your experiences with your soul family Leaving your life at specific points   40:21 — When the soul enters a child’s body Souls being determined years before birth The moment a soul enters the body How children reference their past lives The personality of a leader’s soul entering a baby’s body The things kids say that hint at their past lives We come into this world with a chosen personality Enter the world with past-life amnesia to protect us from trauma   50:28 — Accessing your past lives through psychedelics There are many valid ways to open up to the other side Considering what we are hoping to get from it We are not meant to be isolated Connecting to something ancient opens up everything   57:41 — Luke’s past lives Here to teach Deeply sensitive personality Leadership qualities Learned resilience from past lives Feeling like an outsider Not being told what to do Fear of entrapment   01:13:20 — The vulnerability of opening your chakra Fear of the perceived loss of freedom Discovering freedom of soul How difficult relationships seal up our chakra Noticing the patterns in our relationships   01:19:25 — The ten levels of a souls’ experience A way of defining the elements of a souls’ lifetime Living multiple lifetimes at each of the ten levels Different focuses at different levels Older souls have a greater altruism Old souls joining young families Up to old souls to help one another   01:31:47 — How race relates to past lives How consciousness can be seen as a sign of privilege We all have a role in creating a fair and equal world Being spiritual is not enough on its own if you aren’t helping people How young souls focus on superficial differences The growth of a soul requires experiencing different cultures Separating the past life from the present Being ashamed of your race Using self-love and empowerment to affect change   01:51:34 — Being held back before reaching the cosmic plane Karma wants to balance your past lives Karma is not about punishment There is always growth from every life