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In association with Edinburgh Hypnotherapy
The four great
questions that have occupied human thought from time immemorial are:
Who are we?
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where are we going?
or to
personalise them
Who am I?
Where did I come from?
Why am I here?
Where am I going?
These
questions are behind many of the reasons as to why clients come for a past
life regression two of the commonest being, "Who am I? - I don't know who I am
any more...", and, "Am I fulfilling my life's purpose?" Although on one
occasion I did have a young man who asked me if I could take him through
the moment of death in a past life so that he could experience that and
see what life is like on the 'other side' as he put it. "Why?" was my
naturally following question. "Because I just found out I've got HIV and I
want to commit suicide as there is no point in living but I am too scared
to until I know what I am going to." Needless to say from that point the
session took on a completely different direction and my years of
experience as a counsellor and therapist took over resulting in a positive
outcome for him.
Dr Micheal
Newton , for over 30 years in clinical research and practice, is one of the
earliest and few scientists using a scientific approach to discover and
explain soul experiences. He has written a number of books on the subject
including
Journey of Souls
(1994),
Destiny of Souls
(2000) and
Life Between Lives
(2004).
Listen
to his
Interview on
Beyond the Light: Part 1 (O.C.I. 101.6FM Marbella,
Spain) 
There are many possible
explanations as to what past life experiences may be and you are free to
choose whichever sits comfortably with you. Spirituality, unlike religion,
has no rules, laws or ethic and it is a very individual experience. Some
of these experiences may fall into some sort of category which you may
find helpful given the human need to classify things:
Relationships
Have you ever met someone for the first time, yet feel you have known them
all your life? Groups of interacting souls sometimes reincarnate together
and take on different roles with each other than previously, the roles of
relations, friends or even rivals. Many believe this happens to balance
the laws of karma - the harmony or disharmony caused by peoples behaviour
towards each other.
Therapy
Our individual characters today are mostly a result of our experiences in
this lifetime but sometimes we have unacceptable elements or conditions
which seem unexplainable. It may be that detrimental past life events have
been carried over into this life and through the use of past life
regression therapy it is possible to resolve them. THERAPY - Our character
today represents a culmination of all the experiences we have had over
numerous lifetimes. These past life events affect many aspects of our
behaviour, and in some cases, past deeply emotional traumas can cause
psychological problems which can not be cured with ordinary psychotherapy.
Past life therapy can release these repressed thoughts and bring about a
beneficial change.
Understanding
Exploring your past lives offers a whole new dimension to the
understanding of your own personality and character. You may discover why
you are drawn to certain places or have a particular interest in
something.
Curiosity
People enjoy tracing their past lives purely from the point of curiosity.
Some past life experiences produce great detail, producing names, dates
and places. These details can be researched and hopefully authenticated, and often
results in a profound change in an individual’s attitude to life knowing
that physical death is not the end.
Karma
Karma is said to be the law of cause and effect. It is not a punishment for
wrong-doing but rather opportunities for learning and advancement. Karma
is primarily about learning and not 'action and reaction' as commonly
perceived but 'right action'. In this way the effect of karma in determining the nature of
one's present situation in life can be better understood and so provide
possibilities for improvement.
Reincarnation
The belief that we return to this world
many times in order to experience and evolve.
We
have repeated opportunities to attain spiritual perfection - but this is a
huge subject and open to much debate.
Fantasy
Are we just making it all up? I do
get asked this occasionally. There are many cases that can be documented
through historical research, which can prove the accuracy of the
information, far beyond the chances of random imagination.
Genetic Memory
A theory suggesting that our memories are passed on from one generation to
another through the cell structure or DNA. This can't explain why many
people regress back to different cultural backgrounds.
Soul Memory
The idea that
people can access the memory of another soul, through the ‘Akashic’
records - the spiritual record of everything that has ever happened. This
can be quite acceptable to some, but it doesn’t account for the continuity
of character traits which seem to pass from on life to another.
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