we were discussing this at my sword group, but all traits attributed to past life experiences, could they just be ancestoral memories from our predecesors passed down through genes. This has been proven through studies of simplier animals(fish, rats, etc) but being the large brained mammals we are...where does esoterical end and psychological begin?

Would it mean that we do know all the answers, we just don't realize it yet?

i'm tempted to go with the past life memory...it's more exciting to think that i was at one point a keltic warrior rather than some twenty times great grandfather/mother and those insticts for survival and glory were passed down to me, but it does give a whole new concept to "thanking the ancestors"