[Joseph123]

I have a good friend who is named Taylor. When I first met him, the first twenty or so times that I spoke his name, I actually said the name Alec by mistake. It was as though there were something deep within my psyche that told me that that man was named Alec. I have known one Alec in my life, who looked and was nothing like Taylor. Fast forward several years since I last called him Alec: I recently had a dream that featured Taylor and I referred to him as Alec.

On this topic, my mother has told me that, throughout her life, there is one name that I cannot recall by which people always called her by mistake - (say, Mary.) As in, dozens and dozens of people have accidently called her that name, when they knew fully well at a conscious level that it was not her name.

What I am curious about is the possible past life connotations of these events. What do you think?