
According to Buddhist goddess of compassion, Kuan Yin speaking in The Living Word of Kuan Yin, “falling into” ones earthly existence can be compared to “falling into a well”. Each new incarnation allows one to hone coping abilities such as creativity, ingenuity and compassion so to finally be free of one’s self-created "deeply-ingrained karmic loops". As the "Authentic Self" or soul retains memories of everything, skills and/or detrimental habits attained during this and/or other lifetimes are not forgotten. Possessing their own durability they are available for one to address at any point during one’s present (or parallel) lifetimes. Because beliefs and tendencies are carried from one lifetime to the next, Kuan Yin maintains the essentiality of assessing whether ones belief repertoire is helpful or hindering. Such a process becomes even more compelling when understanding we all have, according to Kuan Yin, been magnetized to our present "collective agreement" involving the "not enough", "better than" and "survival of the fittest" beliefs.