Thanks for posting this. I am also prone to these bizarre attractions that seem to have their roots outside this current lifetime. They really are "bitches," especially in the way that they keep cycling back. They also seem outside conscious control, which leaves me feeling helpless and depressed about it at times. It's amazing how delusional thoughts can spring up about it, too...for me, it relates to the 12th house in astrology, and there is a certain level of fog that keeps me attracted and thinking there might be a chance that this person is for me (mostly because of the attraction I feel). Odd. Even when all signs point to no...there is still this odd etheric sort of energy that can twist things. I've gotten better at recognizing this "12th house bullshit" and was successful with logically overriding it the most recent time I had one of these attractions. I think I'm at the point now where I can recognize this stuff as soon as it starts. But man...it was a battle. Tiring and annoying, and it went on waaaaay longer than I would have liked. You really have to be strict about it to clear this stuff out!

And the weird thing is...once these attractions are over/complete, I realize that I have no physical attraction to the person whatsoever, and his character and ethics are not attractive to me in the least - in fact, they're repulsive to me. That makes it even odder because it happens with people I would have no real attraction to based on "this life." My feeling about it is that I have developed an ingrained tendency to choose somewhat nefarious characters as mates...people who would drag me down/abuse me...and that these dark attractions needed to be purged.

Anyway, thanks for posting. It's really nice to get both your perspectives on the subject and to see that I'm not the only one this happens to.