Peg are you kind of saying, lets say I was in charge of burning witches in a previous lifetime, I might come back as a nurse in a burn unit.
Or I once was a peasant whose job it was to force feed geese to make them fat for that disgusting goose pate they use to eat, I might come back as a vegetarian.
Or maybe I was a black slave owner who would not allow my slaves to sing and play their instruments so now I have come back as a banjo player.

Is that kind of what you mean?

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