Hi,
If I'm reincarnated, my soul lives in another body. Will I still have my current thoughts, or will my thoughts only be in my body? If my soul eventually enters Elysium, will I still be me? So, will I be aware when "I" am in Elysium?
Thanks for your answers
HAIL SATYA
The way I would put it is that the soul has memory and the body has memory. Technically I would think all of the memory made in the body gets stored somewhere in the soul, but when you are in a physical body it is hard to tap into the souls memory freely. You have to kind of change your vibrational frequency (your soul's consciousness or state) and shift your awareness to allow you to escape the physical, lower vibrational density realm and to tap into higher things. The soul's existence and the physical existence occur simultaneously, but it seems like we get distracted (and forget) and so when we are in a physical body a lot of our energy and focus goes towards that aspect of our existence and we lose awareness of our ethereal presence.
To really connect with your higher, truthful self takes a lot of work. Energy pathways have to be learned, fixed and established to do it reliably. I kind of see the soul (right now at this time in my life) as sort of like a complex electrical circuit, maybe even a CPU would be a good comparison if you are familiar with computers.
I technically want to think that nothing is really permanently forgotten. They call this the Akashic record, but our relationship to it I cannot completely explain for I do not understand it well enough at this time.
Like others said, from what we understand and believe, your soul reincarnates with propensities to do certain things. Energy pathways that were established by experiences, will not be completely forgotten. Some things you will react more strongly to because your soul in a way remembers them. Whether it's people, or subject matters, or geographic locations, or anything else. It's a beautiful thing.
I don't know if your memories from this life stay with you when you depart - I'd say they do for some time at least, you at least get to reflect on them, even if they are fleeting and fading or being taken away somehow. Your soul will know you are in the afterlife though. Just like you have a mind, your soul does too but it's not separate like in a physical body. The soul can sense energy/data and interpret it. It has intelligence.