Passions have many aspects

QUESTION: Masters, I pursued a career as an actress in my 20’s, but never “made it” as an actress. It has been 25 yrs and I still pine for this career, despite having a new teaching career. I had a past life regression session that revealed a life as a successful actress in the 1930’s who died in a plane crash. Not sure if this is true, but maybe that life somehow seeped through to this life? If not, why would I be
given this passion and then not the means to manifest it?? ~Patty, USA

ANSWER: Several prior lives involved performing or acting. Acting is not connected solely with performing on a stage. There are aspects of acting that allow the actor to reach out, teach, and assist others to find their way in the world. Your new career of teaching is an extension of acting. You stimulate your students to learn and to get excited about the subject matter. Being an actress at heart is the easiest way to accomplish this.

In your daily life you fulfill many roles needed by those with which you come in contact. To the students you are teacher; to your family you are the provider and sometimes disciplinarian; to your friends you are one of them – which could be school chum, exercise pal, or confidant. You find it very easy; as a matter of fact, you are not even conscious of changing roles. You are the star in a lot of people’s lives.

What has brought you the unhappiness in your life is your expectation of the glamor, success, and awards a movie or stage career would have brought you. Your life is much more fulfilling than if you simply appeared on a stage or on screen. You have more time to yourself than the “actress” would.

Truly examine your passion for acting, disregarding the awards and stardom, and see if you can become aware of all the acting you have manifested into your world. You did not want the type of life that you associate with “regular” actresses but rather one where your influence is more far reaching and beneficial to others.