I wrestled with this concept for quite a while myself as I was progressing through my awakening. Because once I realised that we are immortal souls who live lifetime after lifetime, it raised questions.
Such as what is this really about? Is it punishment? A chance to learn? A chance to grow? A chance to teach others? A prison we are supposed to escape? A cruel joke?
But later it also made me ask ....if our essential essence is not truly male or female, child or adult.....
Then what are we really? What is our true form?
This is really heavy stuff, and totally does my head in sometimes, but here is my answer to what you're asking....
We are essentially balls of energy in a really high dimension (I'm gonna say 8th or higher, but I really don't know). And our consciousness is projecting down into 4th (or maybe 5th) dimension to control a physical body in 3rd dimension. On top of all this, somewhere between 8th and 4th dimensions our energy splits into 2 opposite polarities, which means that each and every one of us has an alternate being down here at the same time, but in a completely different body. Most people believe this in one way or another, and usually refer the alternate as their soul mate.
You might not choose to accept the above...but here are some interesting things I noticed about life which have to be explained by whatever theory you choose to accept.
- Whenever I am in close physical proximity to my alternate (I met mine, see
here), I can feel a physical sensation in the pit of my stomache. I get the sensation regardless of knowing she is there or or not, and the feeling is stronger the closer she is. Eg if in the same building I can feel it lightly, if in the same room it's a very strong sensation.
This tells me that our true essence is actually here and present in these lower dimensions along with our body, Eg we are NOT remotely controlling our body from another location.
-As people start to become spiritually aware and experience growth, they report noticing patterns all around, in repeating numbers, syncronicities, serendipity etc.
I suspect it is because as our consciousness rises, the faux randomness of the surrounding 3D world starts to disappear. Quantum physicists are well aware of this phenomena, but they would say something like "if physical reality is viewed by consciousness, the wave function of matter breaks down".
Enough said.