Well in my NDE I realized many things one of which is that we are energy beings and in the last 4 yrs my guide has been showning me several of my past lives.
My guide appears to be the man that has been with me thr all of the lives I have remembered except this one. He has expressed in this one he is guiding me as much as is allowed to wake up to my soul and the God consciousness.
I have also run into many others that believe the same thing that remember many or all of their past lives.

It is my best guess that many of us chose to be here, planned it out to some degree.

Fascinating, thank you for sharing. (Note: I read this at 1:11😁)

Read your post at 1:17
I recall how I thought it'd be nice if I didn't have to worry about physical things, but would still wholly exist.
Anyway, years ago I was ready to give up & said 2 prayers
First: Please God, I don't believe in you, but I need help
Then later: Please God, let me fall asleep & never wake
I curled into a fetal position, fell asleep, then I heard It's okay" over & over until I woke & stood up
I saw Jesus seated on a throne
I saw Him with eyes of both my body & my soul
His face was all light,
His arms outstretched toward me
I looked from him to my body, to my soul & saw His healing light encircle - actually, the 3 of us
I was healed & then I thought to ask about dinosaurs

I felt an immediate buzz & was sent away, back to my bed
The next morning I told my husband, "It's okay, I had a dream about Jesus & everything will be ok"
God took mercy on me even though I didn't believe & I've been trying to thank Him ever since