A centipede living perfectly well and was going for a morning walk, when a little rabbit asked him, Uncle, I have a question: How do you manage your hundred legs: which one should come first, which second, which third...etc. How do you manage one hundred legs together.
He said, I have never thought about that. I am not a philosophical type. But I will try and find out. He tried and fell immediately over his legs. He was very angry with the rabbit. & said, "Keep your philosophy to yourself. Never ask any centipede... Everything is being managed on its own. You are a dangerous fellow...!"
If you know your three or four past lives, you will be in the same state as centipede. You will not be able to move, because these same people were related to you in your past lives in different relationships. Somebody was your child, now he is your father; somebody was your mother, now she is somebody else's wife... you cannot go to her. Perhaps the neighbour's wife was your wife. Your mind will be so bombarded. That's why nature absolutely closes the doors, completely seals them g about where you are coming from.
God wants you to remain always in present, so that you can appreciate the benefits you have received and are receiving; and also can improve yourself. Do never think of past. Let past bury its past. Remain always in consciousness, as the moment you become sub-conscious, your past memories will reappear.
All that you perceive, understand, know is contained in your mind. From all your five senses you go on collecting knowledge. Birth and death have no influence on the no-mind. It simply floats away above birth and death. I would like to call this witnessing the Buddha – being in Consciousness.