You were. Now, you’re probably saying, “How do I know that?” Right? I get it. What helps in understanding past lives is the idea that linear time doesn’t fundamentally exist.

All of your incarnations exist in the now, and each decision affects all incarnations simultaneously. You are influenced by all other incarnations in this moment.

To even conceptually think about your question evidences creative efforts on the part of your inner personality to manifest that reality if it isn’t already. Your thoughts are the bleed-through effects of a simultaneous action being explored by the outpouring of consciousness.