| Belief in reincarnation has existed throughout history. It | | | | the past. To have a valuable past life experience, you |
| is a standard aspect of all forms of metaphysics and | | | | need to experience it! Merely knowing of a particular |
| is found in virtually all religious systems. It is a part of | | | | past life is of NO real value except to satisfy a |
| the Kabalah, the mystical side of Judaism, and it was | | | | curiosity. |
| also a belief of early Christianity. The majority of | | | | There are some people, who claim to 'go' into a trance' |
| religious people in the world today believe in | | | | and then tell people about their past lives. "You were |
| reincarnation, albeit only 45% believe one can | | | | this person and you did that," they say. Whether or not |
| experience a past life. | | | | they are correct in their assessment of your past life is |
| If we accept the idea of reincarnation, it follows that | | | | not important. Your failure to experience the past life, |
| there would be some method to illuminate the | | | | on the other hand, is important. Avoid people who tell |
| darkness of the death-rebirth period and learn about | | | | you about your past lives; go to those who will help |
| our past lives. Many techniques have been developed | | | | you experience them yourself. If nothing else, the |
| to do just that. One famous occultist called | | | | cathartic release you may get from experiencing a |
| remembering past lives "developing your magical | | | | past life may free something, which has been hindering |
| memory." Today, the various systems of recall are | | | | you and holding you back from health, success, and |
| known as past life regression. | | | | creativity. |
| But why investigate this at all? Other than being an | | | | Another form of psychic fraud comes from |
| interesting curiosity, what good can you get from | | | | self-delusion. Most people believe their lives are not as |
| learning about your past lives? | | | | exciting as those of movie stars, politicians or |
| First, we must accept the possibility that our | | | | professional athletes. So some people fantasize an |
| remembrance of past lives may not be related to any | | | | exciting and romantic past life. Merely because |
| real past lives. The experiences people have may be | | | | someone believes themselves to have been famous |
| the result of a message that the unconscious wants | | | | in a past life does not make it so. Furthermore, the |
| to send to the conscious. For some reason the | | | | famous occultist Dion Fortune adds that a famous |
| conscious refuses to listen to the inner mind, so when | | | | past life does not so much add glory to this life as it |
| the inner mind has an opportunity it sends a symbolic | | | | does make one wonder what happened in between |
| message in the form of a past life impression. Unless a | | | | to bring you to this lower state! |
| past life experience is sheer fantasy, it is probably | | | | This is a new life! You need to learn from the past, not |
| caused by either a message from the unconscious or | | | | live in it. The only importance in whether you were |
| from a real past life. There are simple and easy | | | | Cleopatra or a maid is what you can learn from that |
| checks and balances a professional uses to determine | | | | past experience and put the knowledge into use in the |
| if the 'memory' is that of a Past Life or the | | | | present. Use of the experience means--letting go of |
| unconscious mind giving a symbolic message so that | | | | hurts, beliefs, fears expanding on skills and talents, or |
| the person will pay attention to the meaning. | | | | drawing on the empowerment you had in that life, but |
| In either case--whether the past life is real or not, | | | | fail to use in this life. |
| certainly the experience of past lives is real and | | | | Past-life regression has become increasingly |
| happens all the time. We need to ask ourselves, "What | | | | recognized by professionals and the public as an |
| can I learn from a past life experience and how can I | | | | effective and important modality of treatment. While |
| apply it to my life today?" The mere knowledge of a | | | | exploring your past lives; you will retrieve and release |
| past life is nothing more than a curiosity unless you get | | | | memories from childhood and prior lives in order to |
| something out of it and put it to use. It is believed by | | | | build healthy relationships, enhance creativity, and find |
| occultists that the reason for reincarnation is to learn | | | | greater satisfaction in life. |
| lessons about life and consciousness, and to allow our | | | | The following Common issues readily resolved by Past |
| consciousness to evolve beyond the need for | | | | Life Regression.o Depressiono Fears and phobiaso |
| incarnation. | | | | Anxiety/Panic attackso Childhood trauma and abuseo |
| If you believe in reincarnation, you need to spend some | | | | Chronic paino Physical illnesso Issues of unworthiness, |
| time investigating your past lives in order to discover | | | | guilt and shameo Insecurity and poor self imageo |
| what mistakes you have made in the past so that you | | | | Obsessive thoughtso Blocked feelingso Eating |
| don't have to relearn those lessons in this life or in a | | | | disorderso Insomniao Alcoholism and other addictionso |
| future one. If you don't believe in reincarnation, the idea | | | | Fear of intimacyo Debilitating anger and griefo Fertility |
| that the subconscious needs to send a message to | | | | and pregnancy |
| the conscious is a striking thought, you need to pay | | | | Some people are reluctant to experience a past life |
| attention and allow yourself to discover what the | | | | due to an apprehension of being in a hypnotic state |
| message is and act on the message. | | | | during the regression. There are no dangers to |
| In either case, there are two important ideas you need | | | | hypnosis or regression. Hypnosis is a natural state of |
| to understand about past life regression: | | | | the mind that is between the aware state and sleep. |
| 1. A belief in reincarnation is not necessary to make | | | | Hypnosis allows you to access your subconscious |
| past life regressions valuable, and the value of | | | | mind, which makes up 90% of your brain that stores all |
| remembering a past life comes only when the | | | | your memories since the beginning of the soul's |
| knowledge gained is put to use in your present life. | | | | existence. Since regression and hypnosis is part of |
| 2. By its very nature, a past life experience is a very | | | | your natural state of mind, it is completely safe. There |
| personal thing. The important knowledge that is | | | | have been no cases of anyone being unable to return |
| obtainable from such an experience may be | | | | to their natural state of mind. |
| something you see, experience, or feel as you "relive" | | | | |