ACCESSING YOUR INTUITION
Excavating Hidden Jewels With Past Life Regression
BY JOANNE SELINSKE
Perhaps you have heard someone mention Past Life Regression, seen a movie depicting a session, or consulted a psychic who had a psychic reading which referenced one of your past lives. Like many other therapeutic techniques, there are many misconceptions about what Past Life Regression is and is not. So let’s start with a shared understanding. Past Life Regression is a type of transpersonal hypnotherapy that enables recovery of memories from a past life. These sessions are a gateway to understanding what lessons, balancing or healing a soul has embedded to progress on in their current life. People schedule sessions for a variety of reasons. Curiosity moti- vates some, but most are interested in furthering understanding. 0DQ\VFKHGXOHDIWHUH[KDXVWLQJDOORWKHUDYHQXHVWRH[SODLQSDWWHUQV of thinking, feeling and behavior. A typical session begins with a relaxation exercise before hypnotic trance is induced. The objective is to direct the attention of the person EHLQJ K\SQRWL]HG EH\RQG HYHU\GD\ DZDUHQHVV DQG LQWR WKHLU HWHUQDO memory bank. Once in trance, the hypnotherapist begins to question the person, gathering background details about themselves and their circumstances. A common misconception is the idea that many people recall lives as famous people. Interestingly, in the hundreds of regressions I have facilitated, only two people mentioned someone well-known. In both FDVHVWKHKLVWRULFDO¿JXUHVZHUHLQIDPRXVDQGERWKFOLHQWVUHMHFWHG the possible association. The overwhelming majority of people reexpe- rience lives as common folk, living ordinary lives in circumstances that are often not ideal. This is not surprising, given that over the millennia there have been comparatively fewer kings, queens, famous scientists or military leaders. I could go on with the list, but you get the idea.
ĨƌĞĞƉŝŬ͘ ĐŽŵͬ ĂƵƚŚŽƌͬ ƉƌŽƐƚŽŽůĞŚ 0DQ\DUHIDVFLQDWHGWROHDUQZKRWKH\ZHUHZKHUHDQGZKHQWKH\ lived, and the contours of those everyday lives. People recall dramatic events that were traumatic and remain unhealed. Others evoke im- portant lessons unlearned. Still others revisit situations and circum- stances that created imbalance. Said simply, people reexperience what ZDVOHIWXQ¿QLVKHGLQDSULRUOLIHDQGZKDWFDOOVRXWIRUFRPSOHWLRQDQG resolution. The therapeutic value of the session is found in the jewels excavated from it – the beliefs formed or reinforced, the associated emotions, and the coping behaviors those two elicited in the past life. These are the clues for the pattern that is likely impacting the current life. Hidden Jewels Unearthed: Three Case Studies The power of Past Life Regression to help us heal, learn and balance is well documented. The following examples are illustrative and may give you some idea as to how past life themes are showing up in your FXUUHQWOLIH0LQGIXORIFRQ¿GHQWLDOLW\WKHQDPHVDQGLGHQWLI\LQJGH - Thirty-year-old Jonathan works in the chemical industry, voicing a love and interest in cutting edge science. He scheduled a session with hopes of understanding his reluctance to voice his opinion in personal and professional matters. Although he doesn’t believe this tendency D̆ HFWVKLVIULHQGVKLSVLQDQ\PDMRUZD\KHNQRZVLWLVLPSDFWLQJKLV career and is worried over time it will become a problem in his mar- ULDJH'HVSLWHKDYLQJDZLIHIULHQGVDQGDFDUHHU-RQDWKDQQRWHGKH ¿QGVLWFXULRXVKHSUHIHUVWRVSHQGPRVWRIKLVWLPHDORQH Once in trance, Jonathan found himself nearing the end of what he GHVFULEHGDVDORQJEXWXQIXO¿OOHGOLIH$OWKRXJKKHOLYHGDPLGVWSHR - SOHKHUHSHDWHGVHYHUDOWLPHVWKDWKHDOZD\VIHOWDORQH,QDQH̆ RUWWR uncover the origin of the feelings, I instructed him to move back in time to explore their beginnings. He next recalled a life in medieval times. Few details about this life were gathered other than the dramat- LFUHDOL]DWLRQWKDWKHZDVNLOOHGIRUVSHDNLQJRXW Seeking understanding, Jonathan jumped to another life. A drama unfolded as a result of his outspoken views about what he believed was the church’s mistreatment and censorship of scientists. His once prominent family had disowned him because of the shame and em- EDUUDVVPHQWWKDWKLVDFWLRQVEURXJKW)RUVLPLODUUHDVRQVKLV¿DQFp broke their engagement. His trust was shattered. After what he de- VFULEHGDVDOLIHGHYRLGRIORYHFRQQHFWLRQRUIXO¿OOPHQWKHGLHGDORQH concluding it was not safe to voice his opinion. Jonathan’s regression is an example of someone who revisits more than one life during a single session. When this occurs, the person’s focus is on a theme that repeats in the multiple lives they drop into. The multiple lives visited may not be sequential, but together end up WDLOVLQWKHIROORZLQJDUH¿FWLWLRXV CASE ONE: Recurring Themes
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