Then why do people remember past lives? Why not remember future lives just as easily?

A darn good question.

As my 'other' incarnations are typically not in the same universe as each other, I can't answer that. I do know that I am equally able access more and less 'advanced' lifeforms that I have incarnated as. 'Advanced' being measured in all ways that I can think of.

The only clue I have is that people typically get into looking at other incarnations of self as a way to explain why their life is as it is. They perceive that stuff from 'before' is influencing their life now. As such they go 'back' to see what it might be.

OK, all you frequent flyers, try going forward next time and report back to us ... see what you are doing now that your future self has to deal with.

You might be able to go back and re-experience a life in the past, but would you realise that was what you were doing? You may be doing that right now and not realise it, until you one day 'wake up' and find yourself back in the future again

Wow, I love this.

I would guess it lies in the theory that the future is not set in stone. So a future life is not fully written and would only be a possibility. Making it harder to see. However, I do believe there are some that have glimpsed future lives.. But, can that really be said one is viewing a future life and not just an alternative life in a parallel universe? However are they glimpsing a future life, or just the future of their current life. Where things are happening based on how they are living in the current moment.

I would say that past lives are easier to access for some, if they are indeed accessing them, because they have already happened. And as such they exist on some level within the consciousness of the individual. Much in the same way that we can access memories of times of the past within our current life.

I think you can if all time is happening at once. it actually makes more sense to me for it to be possible instead of impossible. I mean then there is talk of parallel realities so where does that fit in? I think there are just an infinite number of different dimensions/realities and we can just pick and choose what kind of experiences we want. that's what I think. people say "From my understanding", or "From what I've read". guess what? anyone could write a book and say anything they want in it. doesn't mean it's true. and truthfully no one will really know for sure until they die I suppose. doesn't mean i'm right about what I think either.

Parallel realities are all the same incarnation. Essentially, playing out all the possibilities given the same starting point. Its the same lifetime. A kind of shotgun approach to experience all the angles at the same 'time'.

With parallel realities, we don't get to pick and choose, we make all the choices each leading to a different branch in the parallel reality.

:D "Be careful what you wish for", people sometimes gets it but not quite in a way that they had in mind.

But seriously, I think what makes more sense in reincarnation is simply looking back at your former life
because it would have already happened if the reincarnation you are talking about is set in the past.
And some people who already have the active gift, may also see some of the future and future life through what some of us call as Akashic records.
It's just a matter of finding your Higher Self.

If interested, have a look at the 1-2 paragraph of http://www.earthscape.net/soul_oversoul.htm

Absolutely not! :)

As the Earth plane is purposely operated by a linear time structure, you can't reincarnate into the past. You will be aware of your past lives once in spirit world though.