SOUL CONNECTION - Akbar the Great

In 2025 I attended a women’s soul retreat in southern California. My favorite part is the Past Life Regression session where I get to connect to a previous past life and learn a little more about my spiritual journey. When the session began, the leader Dana Haines gives us a little practice visualizing. She did this for a couple minutes before the deep dive into a past life, but I got a hit right away!

I was a young boy, maybe 4 or 5 years old, I was walking on a dirt and stone street to my home. It was a very small dwelling where multiple generations of the family lived. We gathered on the floor, and each had our own bowl. I observed the food we ate which looked like yellow rice. There were no utensils and we each only had our one bowl to eat from. The grandmother was the one who prepared the food. Many older siblings or perhaps cousins were present. A couple with a small baby kept observing me closely. The woman held the baby while the husband ate. When he was finished, she was able to sit and eat while he held the baby. He looked at me sternly to make sure I behaved. After we ate, another couple with a baby arrived. I sensed it was another son of my grandparents. We ate a special treat which looked like squares of Jello.

We wore simple off-white clothes, more like rags and were barefooted. It was clear this was some place near India, where I was planning to visit later in the year.

When I returned home from the retreat I sat quietly and asked my guides what that vision was about. I was perplexed because I fell asleep and missed the entire session, only seeing the very beginning. (My friends said I was totally knocked out and almost snoring!) 

My guides explained that I would be meeting my family when I went to India. They explained  that when one is near the end of your Earthly life cycles, you get a special treat and are able to visit many of the places where you have reincarnated in the past. How interesting, I thought. Then I asked to see what happened to the little boy in my vision. I could see a grown man from the back wearing a long white robe with gold in it.

So google to the rescue to find there once was a man from India who wore gold on his robe. My source said he was the only one to do so in history. And he was a Mughal Emperor named Akbar the Great! He stood out from other leaders not because he had multiple wives as was common in those days, but because three of his wives were from different religions— Hindu, Muslim, and Christianity.

When I traveled to India that fall I learned more about Akbar and visited the magnificent city he built known as Fatehpur Sikri which served as the capital of the Mughal Empire for about 10 years in the 1500’s. It was eventually abandoned due to lack of water. 

This fascinating set of buildings near Agra is known for its impressive blend of Persian, Hindu, and Islamic architectures. I especially remember that he had different buildings for the three wives of different religions and they each had their own place to worship. He seemed pretty open-minded, especially considering the time in history. 

I remember walking around and looking at everything in awe and I could hear Akbar speaking to me, but it was too much to absorb and no time to write down his words. 

A few days later, I had some free time and asked him to remind me what he had previously told me about loving wives and soulmates. Herewith is that conversation:

Akbar: Oh yes. I married for love—my soulmate, but alas we could have no children. I thought about it and the Great One (Allah?) told me to marry another, so I’d leave my heritage. So I did. About this time I was told of my mission to unite all people through religions, that is showing that all three great religions at that time could co-exist.

The purpose was to teach that we are all the same, we are all connected; and our God’s are really all the same, just known by different names.

But sadly my mission did not stay in the hearts of my people. The message was lost—for centuries. Reason your mission is so important at present. We (you and I ) failed this first time. We must try again!

All humanity must know this message: We are all connected. We are all One. We must learn to not just live together peacefully, but to act in the greater good for all. For when we hurt one another, we are really just hurting ourselves! Our Gods want us to co-create our human existence together as One, realizing we are all cogs in this great thing called life.

As far as my lessons about marriage—Yes, I loved all my wives, some more deeply than others. However, during those times in history it was important to merge dynasties in a cooperative way, so multiple marriages were seen as a way to do so.

I loved all my wives. I took proper care of all my wives and children as a man should do. I have no regrets in that area.

However,  my mission to unite mankind through the three great religions did not “stick” with humanity. Therefore, I returned to finish the job. You are my re-creation and as such, you must finish the mission for us. It’s important for the upliftment of mankind. Keep trying. Your efforts will not be in vain.

Namaste and come again,
The Great Akbar, The King who united three religions via one dynasty