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by Eric Christopher
William
James once said: "The unconscious is the greatest discovery of the 20th
century." Now it's the 21st century, and we are just beginning to tap
into the potential of the human mind to create, transform and heal.
We're also using this vast resource to gain a much broader conception
of ourselves, both individually and as a human race. Past-life
regression can provide one method to more clearly understand ourselves
by discovering the circumstances of some of our other lives. Very
often, these lives tend to run an all-too-familiar story.
"We
remember past lives in order to forget them," says Roger Woolger,
Jungian psychologist and past-life therapist. He suggests that our past
lives are not in the deep crevices of our minds, but rather, are just
below the surface. In fact, most of us are simply repeating mental and
emotional dramas that have roots in former lives, replaying thought and
behavior patterns in the form of anger, jealousies, various fears, ego
issues, etc., until we resolve them and move ahead to other lessons.
These repeating patterns can be thought of as karma or unfinished
business of the soul. A related theory suggests that we have several
different layers of energy bodies surrounding us; a physical,
emotional, mental and spiritual energy body. Heavy, dense thought form
energy from past lives can remain stuck in any or all of these energy
bodies, and hence we may experience a repeating mental, emotional or
physical program in our present life. Past-life therapy is one way to
release and heal this unwanted energy. Consequently, energy shifts
occur and present-life problems or issues can vanish. This is a brief
synopsis of past life therapy.
After
a past-life session, a common question arises: "What exactly are these
images that come to mind during a past-life regression?" Whether one
interprets them as symbolic creations of the subconscious, or as real
past live images, positive therapeutic results occur either way. There
are dozens of instances, however, in which researchers have verified
trivial personal information such as nicknames and addresses obtained
during a past-life regression. One convincing case involves Robert
Snow, a police detective for 36 years for the Indianapolis Police
Department. Following a dare from a friend, he did a past-life
regression and experienced images of himself as an undistinguished
18th-century artist. However, as an extreme skeptic, he believed in
neither past lives nor accurate hypnotic recall. Determined to prove
that the details he obtained in the regression were simply products of
his own imagination, he began an investigation and described the
outcome in his book, Looking for Carroll Beckwith. Following the
regression, he listed 28 pieces of information that he obtained in his
past-life image regarding the life of the unknown artist, including his
name of Carroll Beckwith. He recorded such details as various locations
of residence, his wife's hobbies, death circumstances of himself and
his mother, and also motivation and details about specific paintings.
After considerable research, Snow was surprised to learn that an artist
named Carroll Beckwith had indeed lived in the 18th-century, and had
happened to keep a lifelong diary which was stored in the basement
archives of the National Academy of Design in New York City. While
reading the diary, Snow astounded himself by verifying 27 of the 28
items of data obtained in the regression. This case is one of a
multitude which offer strong evidence in support of reincarnation.
Through
past-life regression and therapy, we not only gain a wider grasp of
ourselves as beings of consciousness and energy that can never be
extinguished, we also attain a larger understanding of what we're doing
here as individuals and as a human race. Many see us as living our
lives, learning lessons, while slowly working towards a stronger
connection with our own Source from which we all came and will once
again reunite; trying to merge closer with this Source of pure love and
bliss within ourselves while continuing to struggle here in this earth
realm of relativity.
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