Past Lives: The Basics (and, Regression do's and don'ts)

[Bill Ryan]

Hi, Folks: :waving:

The light-hearted title of the thread was inspired by DNA's interesting recent observation here:




You do not need to know where you have been. You do not need to know any of your past lives in order to attempt to focus on and have the best life you are presently living.

Past life information is positively not essential, and furthermore those who focus too much on it can find it detrimental.



This is NOT a comment on that particular discussion, but extracting that segment ^^ out of context, there's quite a lot of truth in that. And I do have a great deal of experience, both as someone who's extensively explored my own past lives (and undergone many hundreds of hours of fascinating regression), but also as a regression practitioner myself. I do know quite a lot about this stuff.

DNA is right: it's living in the present (and the future!) that counts.

But the simplistic analogy of waking up right now, today, with amnesia, may be quite a good one.

If that happened to us, we could manage to get through the rest of the day — and the next few weeks, months and years. We'd somehow make it all work. We'd recognize other people without knowing the details of how we knew them... and many places, activities and also maybe a sense of purpose and mission would also feel strongly familiar.

But not knowing exactly how we got here, or what happened yesterday or in the previous weeks, months and years, might well be a handicap.

For instance, we might recognize someone, feel we know them, and instinctively trust them. But — maybe we recognize them because they're an old adversary or enemy.

We might enter into a close personal relationship, or an important business relationship, because of that 'attraction' and familiarity. But we might be quite blind to the serious problems that rolled out last time we were together.

As time went on, we might have flashbacks. We might become intrigued and even haunted by them. They might take up a lot of our attention.

The first three Jason Bourne movies are excellent, entertaining, dramatic examples that really show this point.

"WHO WAS I?" Wrote Jason Bourne, to himself, in his journal.

http://projectavalon.net/Who_Was_I.jpg

Bourne is obsessed with his unknown past... but with good reason. In the second movie (The Bourne Supremacy), he tries to live a new life with his partner Maria, in Goa, on the Indian coast, leaving everything behind that tortured him so much and which he still didn't understand. But even so, he couldn't let go.

And then his past — which in another part of the world was also still incomplete — came to find him. His beloved Maria, the only 'good thing' in his life, was assassinated.

At that point, reeling from the shock, Bourne redoubled his determination to get to the bottom of it all — understanding that for him it would simply never end until he uncovered his true past.

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That's all an excellent allegory. And this is why it can be important and valuable for anyone to explore and discover their past lives: NOT out of idle curiosity, but when there's strong attention there that keeps on pulling us back. When that's the case, it means that there's something there which is AFFECTING the present in some way.

Like the feedback mechanism of a pain in our body that requires us to pay attention to it and attend to it and heal the problem if necessary, past life 'pain' (or that niggling ache, or a sense that something's not right) can help us to HEAL the problem — that then in turn enables us to live healthily and fully in the present.

The goals of past life processing are:


To discharge the emotional charge that is a residual, accumulated effect from past traumas, failures, disappointments, impacts, or losses.
To enable us to learn from our errors, or bad choices we made.
To enable us to LET GO of all that and live effectively in the present, and in the future.

And I should also add:


As with any counseling or therapy, the goal of the regression therapist should be to make themselves redundant. If someone's becoming more and more dependent on regression sessions, then it's all going 180º in the wrong direction. :)



And no regression therapist should ever ever ever TELL their client what happened, whether they are correct or not (And sometimes, be warned, they may not be.) The committed journey of discovery is one that the seeker must undertake on their own — of course, with expert and experienced support. This could not be more important.



That's because when you truly remember, you KNOW. If you're just told something, it's then always just another belief... and you never actually 'know' at all.

[Ron Mauer Sr]

Past life readings have been fun for me. Always entertaining and sometimes maybe useful.
I've not been regressed. I've only been given information by psychics.
It is not possible for me to verify any information from psychics.
But readings are still fun.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

If only modern Psychiatry would recognise and embrace past life regression, and all the therapy and insight it could yield... I believe the world would then be a quite different place.

[Baby Steps]

Who am I?

This has to be an important question, worthy of exploration.

We as humans all wrestle with dis functionalities, we work on them, heal , improve etc. If we have lead past lives, looking into that may be a healing experience, that improves our lives here and now.

If one explores past lives, it is likely that some other aspect of ourselves, guides, higher self etc, may present information or experience/memories because they are relevant to our current lives or missions.

It might become sterile, if it becomes a dusty archeological exercise, but on the whole I trust that being drawn to explore is no error, and what we discover is of value

[Flash]

Your last paragraph, in my views, is very important. I would add: and when you KNOW, something changes inside you. Observing events without this deep knowledge feeling coupled with inner change may only be events that you see pertaining to other people, like a remote viewer would see.

I have had sessions of rebirth where I would see what seemed to be past lives with violent deaths. A few of those. I was wondering why the main theme of those lives was violent deaths. Then i realised that reliving it and understanding allowed me to forgive schizophrenics who killed in delirium, bunch of brutes killing a slave forgiven for their spiritual retardation, a javelot in my back in a war where truly nobody is at falt on a personal basiss, just a group karma. And everytime emotional release plus resolution of the questions i had while dying: why? And hatred gone. So yes, past lives acknowledgement may be helpful.

[Hervé]

If only modern Psychiatry would recognise and embrace past life regression...
[...]
What a beautiful world this will be... I agree.

The trouble is that psychiatric "schools"/factories are funded by Fatpharma to produce pill pushers for profit... and, so any successful therapies is considered enemy camp to be eradicated via ridicule and railroaded as fringe and tin foil hat pipe dreams.

[happyuk]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."

Sri Yukteswar

[Ron Mauer Sr]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."

Sri Yukteswar

Yogananda's guru if memory is working.

[Hervé]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. ...
[...]
If one "forgets" the past, one is bound to repeat its mistakes... so, why not learn something from that past?

Of course, in order to learn from that past, one has to know what that past is, right?

[Tangri]

DNA is right , saying "You do not need to know where you have been. You do not need to know any of your past lives "

My only objection is the underlined part of the statement below.

DNA observation; "You do not need to know any of your past lives in order to attempt to focus on and have the best life you are presently living.

If we can answer the below pictures's presentation of The Best life you are presently living for those people, I would go with that hypothesis.

If we relatively have a better life than other people, it doesn't mean that we are awarded from our past life's suffering/experiences or others suffering now because of the their past life's punishment.

If we insist to focus on ourselves to judge existence of life we wouldn't go anywhere.

[DeDukshyn]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. ...
[...]
If one "forgets" the past, one is bound to repeat its mistakes... so, why not learn something from that past?

Of course, in order to learn from that past, one has to know what that past is, right?

That's a common, yet two sided consideration. There is also the concept that improving something over a failure quite often uses a single failure point as a basis to forming the improvement which may have critical ties or dependencies to other areas that are not "improved upon" - always based on the past, around a specific failure. There's another concept that says greater improvements can be made be clearing out the thing that failed completely and starting over from scratch in concept. This doesn't mean you ignore the failure, but it does mean you don't build solutions around it - you keep it at an arms length for loose reference only.

I'm not denying your post, but rather just adding to it. :)

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Sometimes it's useful, even important, to look behind you now and again.
In seeing the paths you once have walked, is to learn how you reached where you stand today.

[DeDukshyn]

Sometimes it's useful, even important, to look behind you now and again.
In seeing the paths you once have walked, is to learn how you reached where you stand today.

Often we only recognize how far we have to go, and not how far we have actually come. I agree a look back every once in a while is a good thing, as long as you can faithfully recognize what you see.

[Tangri]

Sometimes it's useful, even important, to look behind you now and again.
In seeing the paths you once have walked, is to learn how you reached where you stand today.

Often we only recognize how far we have to go, and not how far we have actually come. I agree a look back every once in a while is a good thing, as long as you can faithfully recognize what you see.

:happythumbsup: Even Recent life's past is hard to remember for most of us, isn't it , too much forcing to look further back?

[Wind]

The whole point of reincarnation is the expansion and evolution of consciousness. Remembering past memories is not a necessity... Even though it might be very interesting. Perhaps one day full remembering will be possible again, if it will be deemed truly necessary. However sometimes remembering and clearing some things can be helpful as humans we tend to have unsolved issues with traumas and karmic ties. It helped me to understand some things about my past lives too, but the process of becoming a fully self-realized human being is a long and often a cumbersome process. Then again, it is what it is.

If humans collectively learn from their mistakes and start to get rid of their violent and greedy ways then suffering will not be as necessary for growth as it is now. Interestingly the game of life seems to have been made harder here on Earth as we have the "good guys" incarnating with the "bad guys". Bad guys would be the psychopaths rising to power almost everywhere. Some choose to serve only themselves and some choose to serve others... Polarization of the soul.

[DNA]

I personally think time has a lot to do with understanding reality.
I do not think time is the constant for a soul's understanding of the living reality.
Think about string theory for a moment.
If every choice you have made has in fact had all of it's possibilities parlayed into actions then each and every incarnation is a series of potentials that have been played out, and the "you" that you think you are is quite different to a soul who is aware of all the potentials you are.
So given that we would be hard pressed to understand all of the potentials of the present incarnation we are currently active in, how are we going to try and understand our past lives and all of their potentials?
The answer here is that we can not.
In a soul's perspective the history we know and think we understand is but a cell in a living body of billions in so far as any one incarnation goes.
Now compound that by however many incarnations you have had.
In my opinion we lack the mental capability to come even close to understanding our various past lives.
Further more those past lives mean next to nothing without proper context.


Now enter the very real possibility that there is no past and there is no future, that in a soul's point of view all of these incarnations are happening simultaneously, and like a extremely long equation, our present incarnation is affecting our other incarnations through the effects, actions and understandings we either choose or do not choose to undertake.


My point isn't that we should attempt to understand all of this, but rather understand that we really can't understand all of this.

[TomKat]

The whole point of reincarnation is the expansion and evolution of consciousness.

I doubt reincarnation has much to do with evolution -- we forget more than we learn.
I suspect the purpose of reincarnation for an individual is relief from the boredom of limitlessness.
On a species basis, it's probably more about conquest of lower dimensions (and the entities that would stop us).

[Justplain]

I havent remembered any past lives, but have been told of a couple. I would like to learn more as well as remember what has happened between lives, out of curiousity and for helping me deal with any 'historical' past life issues in this current life.

So, is there a way/method, that a normal person can use to remember past lives without paying for a regressionist? I would really like to remember to 'know' what's going on.

[Billy]

I have my own little saying I use to help keep me on track.

Keep one eye on the past, one eye on the future and your heart and mind in the present moment. :star:

[Ewan]

My take on it is that it is not about forgetting the past but 'letting go' of the past. You still have your experiences, those that have shaped you into what you are today, you don't need to constantly relive those experiences in your mind - that's what prevents you living now.

Clearly I'm talking about this current life, so rather off-topic really. Sorry.

I have mixed feelings about doing past life regressions, I've never done any but do have a curiosity. I believe they could be either/both helpful and/or detrimental, depending on what might be revealed and how you could process that information in the here and now.

[norman]

I do think the risk of becoming a cargo cult goes way over into the red part of the dial if we push too hard into the unkown with a driving conviction we are on 'the right track'.

Think why those remote islanders created religious icons of US airoplanes and freight pallets. They put far too much cerebral conviction into what they observed.

[Foxie Loxie]

It sounds like we're all at different levels in this discussion! :Angel: I know nothing!! It has been interesting to read the responses & learn! As I look back over my life I have come to the conclusion that I was SUPPOSED to be naive & gullible all my life & that has been accomplishing some purposes I know nothing of. :der: I can say that because as I look back, there have been various "supernatural" happenings which, at the time, I was unaware of my contribution to the situation but could see it "after the fact"!

I feel as though I have been "guided", but not knowing who was doing the guiding! Still don't! :angel: I AM so thankful for having been guided to Avalon...that's for sure!! Thanks, Bill! :bearhug: I like the way Wade Frasier puts it: "Love is the answer & always has been. Love is the energy of Creation. We are here to develop our sentience & integrity."

[Omi]

Bill, thank you so much for this thread and your OP.

Lately I've been thinking a bit more about this as I've recently received a reading from Carol Clarke.
Among many things included some information on past lives.
(She'd also mentioned something about you too, Bill.)


I try not to ponder upon the past, nor focus so much on the present, nor think so far into the future. Everything co-exists together in one space, and has an impact on our lives in one way or another. Having good balance helps to live life more smoothly through its course. Moreover, one can possibly forget or rather let go of all past/ present/ future when the true meaning of unconditional love is understood, through experiences of human relationships and/or achieving individual spiritual knowledge, and by surrendering to the natural flow of the universal energy.

Apparently I'm one of the souls that have once reached higher consciousness aka enlightenment in one of my past lives, which was as a yogi in India. And it really feels to be this way, my current life remembers so well on all physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels, how to practice and teach yoga.

It seems there are few others here on PA and around the world who have also once reached higher consciousness, and have decided to come back at this time of earth's evolution, to carry out their missions in helping humanity.

My soul could have chosen to not come back to earth anymore, but has decided to return so to learn and experience the unconditional love through having particular human relationships, and to send out this message to humanity. It may take 2 or 3 more incarnations until my soul can achieve higher consciousness together with another soul, or it might be that it would miraculously happen in this life time, this I couldn't say. It depends on how our souls evolve, and we cannot force anything to go faster or slower. What I know at this moment is that sooner or later this will happen, and just knowing and accepting this itself brings me great joy and strength in living my current life.


I agree with Bill's OP - when there's something that's affecting the present life to the point where it's becoming a hindrance that's holding back from living life to its higher potential, attention needs to be brought to investigate what has happened in the past, to heal the pains and resolve the problems. Sometimes it could be a lot of work, which takes a good amount of time and effort. From my own experience it's been so worth it and rewarding of a much better, healthier life.

If past life regression is not necessary and someone feels they're not ready to know their past lives, then it's okay. No one is forcing anyone to take in information that they do not need or want at the moment. Everyone has their own pace in acquiring knowledge, for a good reason.


Edgar Cayce had thought of reincarnation as a continuation from the past life into the present. It makes no difference whether a memory is from this current life or a past life, it's all part of the whole experience that the soul has undergone within its continuity of life.


"Reincarnation is the belief that each of us goes through a series of lifetimes for the purpose of spiritual growth and soul development. The past merely provided a framework of potentials and probabilities, and an individual’s choices, actions, and free will in the present determines the actual experience lived this time around. Rather than being a fatalistic approach to life, it is much more one of nearly limitless opportunities. Within this framework of lessons that need to be learned as the soul strives to meet itself is the central idea that the soul is constantly experiencing the consequences of its previous choices. This concept is expressed in Biblical terminology as, “What you sow, you must reap” and is generally labeled “like attracts like” by students of reincarnation."

From Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. "The Reading's Approach to Philosophy and Reincarnation"
https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/philosophy-reincarnation

[Bill Ryan]

So, is there a way/method, that a normal person can use to remember past lives without paying for a regressionist? I would really like to remember to 'know' what's going on.

The short answer is no, I'm afraid.... one really does need another person there (either in person, or on a phone or Skype), who has some experience and understands the necessary protocols.

They need to guide the process. It's almost impossible to do on one's own.

[Catsquotl]

Well I have had quite a bit of luck in discerning particulars of "past life" experiencing using pendulums and visualizations.
It does take a few days or even weeks to bring up the right questions to verify, but once you've muscle-tested, penduloomed a few it does become more intuitive to know where to look and what to ask..

With Love

[wnlight]

When I delve into the central question of this thread “Is it useful to study one’s past lives?” I get complex answers. For myself, there seems to be no reason to continue this study. Yet past life memory could be very important to others. It does seem to me that as people vary, so does the usefulness of this kind of knoledge. This might be the reason for so many different responses in this thread. So, perhaps the first question an individual should ask when commencing this study is “Is leaning my past lives a useful activity for me?”

I must confess that awareness of my most recent life has been important to me. Also it has been comfortable to know than some of my blood family and also my wife have been close to me in previous lives. So I WAS shocked to learn that there is no point in my continuing this quest.

[Bill Ryan]

Well I have had quite a bit of luck in discerning particulars of "past life" experiencing using pendulums and visualizations.
It does take a few days or even weeks to bring up the right questions to verify, but once you've muscle-tested, penduloomed a few it does become more intuitive to know where to look and what to ask..


Yes, I can see how that might work, as regards uncovering some basic information — like where one was, the roles one might have played, who one knew then that one might also know now, what may have happened, and so on.

But, you see, that's just information. (Important note! :flower: When I say 'just', I'm not belittling or devaluing anything at all. Really not. Please read on. :) )

The key part of this is that even if the info was correct, that's unlikely to accomplish any discharging of the very hard knots of emotion that can be connected with significant events. Those need specific processes to dissolve and heal them.

That's one of the issues with 'readings'. The three issues there are:


They may or may not be correct.
One doesn't 'own' the information oneself. It's merely what one's been told by another fallible human, even with the best of intentions, and then one chooses to believe it — or not. But one has no sovereign knowledge of one's own.
Even if the information is accurate, there's rarely anything that's constructively healing about it. It may satisfy one's curiosity, or even be profoundly interesting... but healing is something really rather different.

A couple of weeks ago, I did a few Skype sessions (three, in fact, though one of those was unnecessary) with an Avalon member to look more deeply at a significant past-life event which they already knew about. They already had much of the information. But there was a great deal of charge and attention locked up in that, which could not be released when introspecting. They definitely felt the emotion, but it was all kind of 'stuck'.

The analogy is very similar to when one might look back on an unhappy event in one's own current lifetime, which one remembers perfectly clearly. But, each time one looks back on it, it still hurts. Something else is needed here.

In the session I mentioned above, I was able to assist with a particular process, and all the emotion was discharged. It's early days yet, sort of (all remedial sessions like that need to be 'road-tested' for a while!), but the effect seems to have been life-changing. (And sometimes, it truly can be.)

[Noelle]

I havent remembered any past lives, but have been told of a couple. I would like to learn more as well as remember what has happened between lives, out of curiousity and for helping me deal with any 'historical' past life issues in this current life.

So, is there a way/method, that a normal person can use to remember past lives without paying for a regressionist? I would really like to remember to 'know' what's going on.

I think it's possible. One way, and it has worked for me, is by focusing your intent on it and then inducing an OBE to specifically experience a past life. I relived (probably not the best word) two lifetimes during one OBE. Meditation, with the same focused intent, probably would also work. I'm fairly certain too that we experience fragments of other lifetimes in dreams.

[Catsquotl]

The key part of this is that even if the info was correct, that's unlikely to accomplish any discharging of the very hard knots of emotion that can be connected with significant events. Those need specific processes to dissolve and heal them.


I'd say the one does not exclude the other. :)

I think the need for healing or dissolving issues whether from "past life" experiences or this lives experiences need the same amount of work.
Usually what triggers a need for "past life" exploration or regression is a need to understand the particulars of a current issue that rears it's head. either for a first time or a recurring demon.

The need for a regression "therapist" is the same as for any therapist. Someone to help you navigate from here to where you want to go.
As such sometimes just being aware of what happened is enough. Another time more is needed.

Now I personally don't believe in past lives. I feel that what we call past lives are past experiences that we picked up along the way, They weren't our experiences, but we have agreed to help clear the accumulated karma if you will. Like I said sometimes it is enough to get the story straight. There pendulooming would be enough.
As for the visualizations. Well one can go as deep or as shallow into the experience like that as is needed.

My visualizations have sometimes been like remembering the scenes of a film. Sometimes a full on multidimensional experience that went deeper than mere information gathering.
Here I tend to agree with DNA such deeper explorations may bring up residual stuff that hadn't needed to surface again, and is a distraction from living here and now.

With Love

[pueblo]

So, is there a way/method, that a normal person can use to remember past lives without paying for a regressionist? I would really like to remember to 'know' what's going on.

The short answer is no, I'm afraid.... one really does need another person there (either in person, or on a phone or Skype), who has some experience and understands the necessary protocols.

They need to guide the process. It's almost impossible to do on one's own.

How does one go about selecting a reliable and trusted guide, if that's the right word? I presume, as in all walks, there are unscrupulous practitioners out there too.... Can someone describe the process of past life regression and what a session 'looks like'?

[Michelle Marie]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."

Sri Yukteswar

With the primary focus being in the present with creative brilliance towards the future, sometimes the past is revealed in the present as it is relevant.

It seems what Sri Yukestwar is saying, is to not focus on or dwell in the past.

Many healings have taken place through past life regressions or readings. This seems appropriate and beneficial. I have received readings at times in my life when past lives were brought forth. They helped me to gain insights that helped my present awareness and to overcome challenges at the time.

The primary direction of my attention is inward, onward, and upward!

Peace,
Michelle Marie

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So, is there a way/method, that a normal person can use to remember past lives without paying for a regressionist? I would really like to remember to 'know' what's going on.

The short answer is no, I'm afraid.... one really does need another person there (either in person, or on a phone or Skype), who has some experience and understands the necessary protocols.

They need to guide the process. It's almost impossible to do on one's own.

How does one go about selecting a reliable and trusted guide, if that's the right word? I presume, as in all walks, there are unscrupulous practitioners out there too.... Can someone describe the process of past life regression and what a session 'looks like'?

Just set an intention and let them come to you.

"When the student is ready, the teacher appears."

Pardon me. I was answering a different question due to my own misunderstanding. I thought you were seeking a master or teacher, not a regressionist. This still may apply somewhat, though. You can intend for the right regressionist its for you to come into your life.

BTW...Michael Newman's books Journey of Souks and Destiny of Souls, as well as Life Between Life by Joel Whitten and Joe Fisher are excellent books for understanding soul evolution and choices.


Blessings,
MM

[we-R-one]

How does one go about selecting a reliable and trusted guide, if that's the right word? I presume, as in all walks, there are unscrupulous practitioners out there too.... Can someone describe the process of past life regression and what a session 'looks like'?

I highly recommend Robert Schwartz for past life regression sessions. He's not cheap, however he's well established and offers solid guidance...Even better, you can get a taste for his skill set by reading his books, an inexpensive investment and/or pulling up youtube videos of his interviews to see if he fits your needs.

http://yoursoulsplan.com/

http://yoursoulsplan.com/images/robert-schwartz-300.jpg


"About Rob

For a very long time, and well before I wrote Your Soul's Plan, I had been searching, fruitlessly, for the deeper meaning of my life.
A Personal Turning Point

In 2003, my search took a new and surprising turn when I decided to consult with a medium. Although I had a strong belief in God, I had never (as far as I knew) directly experienced the metaphysical. I researched mediums and selected someone with whom I felt comfortable.

My session with the medium took place on May 7, 2003. I remember the exact date because on that day my life changed. I told the medium very little about myself, describing my circumstances only in the most general terms. She explained that each of us has spirit guides, nonphysical beings with whom we plan our lives prior to incarnation. Through her I was able to speak with mine. They knew everything about me—not only what I had done but also what I had thought and felt. For example, they referred to a specific prayer I had said to God some five years earlier. At a particularly difficult time I had prayed, “God, I can’t do this alone. Please send help.” My guides told me that additional nonphysical assistance had been provided. “Your prayer was answered,” they said. I was astounded.

Eager to understand the suffering I had experienced, I asked my guides about the major challenges I had faced. They explained that I had planned these challenges before birth—not for the purpose of suffering, but for the growth that would result. I was shaken by this information. My conscious mind knew nothing of pre-birth planning, yet intuitively I sensed truth in their words.

Although I did not realize it at the time, my session with the medium triggered a profound spiritual awakening for me. I would later understand that this awakening was really a remembering—a remembering of who I am as an eternal soul and, more specifically, what I had planned to do on Earth.
Traveling a New Road

I became obsessed with reading about spirituality and metaphysics. As I read I thought often about pre-birth planning. All my life I had viewed my challenges as nothing more than meaningless suffering. Had I known that I’d planned my challenges, I would have seen them rich with purpose. That knowledge alone would have greatly eased my suffering. Had I also known why I’d planned them, I could have consciously learned the lessons they offered.

During this period of intense study and inner exploration, I met a woman who is able to channel her soul and who agreed to let me speak with her soul about pre-birth planning. I had no knowledge of channeling and was taken aback when she went into a trance and another consciousness, one clearly distinct from hers, began to speak through her. I spoke with her soul for fifteen hours over the course of five meetings.

These conversations were thrilling. They verified and complemented my reading and study. Her soul told me in detail about her own pre-birth planning: the various challenges that had been discussed and the reasons some were selected. Here I had direct, specific confirmation of a phenomenon of which very few people were aware. Because the pain in my life had made me extremely sensitive to—and intensely motivated to relieve—the suffering of others, I was excited by the potential healing an awareness of pre-birth planning could bring to people. I knew that the information I had discovered could lighten their suffering and imbue their challenges with new meaning and purpose. As a result I decided to devote my life to writing and speaking about the subject of life plans.
Writing the Books

Working closely with several mediums and channels, I have now explored the pre-birth plans of many, many people. I have learned that the events in their lives are neither random nor arbitrary, but rather part of a wisely conceived and intricate plan—a plan they themselves bravely designed. I have learned, too, that souls often select very different challenges for similar reasons. You may therefore hear the motivations of your soul in the story of someone whose life is, at least on the surface, very different from your own. In Your Soul's Plan and Your Soul’s Gift I offer to you the life stories and pre-birth plans of twenty-two courageous souls.

These stories speak, I believe, to our heartfelt, universal yearning to know . . . why?"

https://www.banyen.com/sites/default/files/u46/Your_Souls_Plan_Gift.jpg

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I wonder ... if we had clear memory of some past lives and the soul's plan for this lifetime, would we consciously avoid some experience wanted by the soul?

If feeling good is our current goal, perhaps "in the now" feelings outweigh the grander goals of the soul?

[Catsquotl]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."

Sri Yukteswar

With the primary focus being in the present with creative brilliance towards the future, sometimes the past is revealed in the present as it is relevant.

It seems what Sri Yukestwar is saying, is to not focus on or dwell in the past.

Many healings have taken place through past life regressions or readings. This seems appropriate and beneficial.

I hope that was what he was saying. I fear though that he meant the down side of bringing up stuff from the past.
If one can release the old stuff that's great, healing and beneficial and stuff.

But what of the unknown or allready worked through stuff that comes up and opens a pandora's box of shame, guilt and downright evil as part of ones ancestry.
Some real damage can be done by bringing those experiences to the fore..

But what do I know.

With Love

[Ernie Nemeth]

Those that do not know their past are doomed to repeat it...

Going by that quote I would say it is important to understand one's past. My problem is how can I be responsible for another life when I barely understand this one? It certainly doesn't seem fair. How many levels of confusion must we wade through?

I have absolutely no past life recall. No incidents or fantasies even. I have seen the 'true' world. And I have seen the future. But the past seems closed to me. It may just be an intellectual bias, since logic is linear, with clear cause and effect relationships. Past lives throws a wrench in that.

My best friend always wished he lived in the wild west, and he thought he might have in another life. I always said I don't want to live in the past and I certainly don't want to live in this crappy society. I always wished I lived in some far-off future, where righteousness and honor rule.

I wonder, do my opinions protect me from past life bleed-through?

[Michelle Marie]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."

Sri Yukteswar

With the primary focus being in the present with creative brilliance towards the future, sometimes the past is revealed in the present as it is relevant.

It seems what Sri Yukestwar is saying, is to not focus on or dwell in the past.

Many healings have taken place through past life regressions or readings. This seems appropriate and beneficial.

I hope that was what he was saying. I fear though that he meant the down side of bringing up stuff from the past.
If one can release the old stuff that's great, healing and beneficial and stuff.

But what of the unknown or allready worked through stuff that comes up and opens a pandora's box of shame, guilt and downright evil as part of ones ancestry.
Some real damage can be done by bringing those experiences to the fore..

But what do I know.

With Love

Interesting you said "bringing stuff up from the past" as opposed to allowing it to surface. We bring along fears and tendencies along our journey of evolution. It seems one intuitively knows whether to delve into it or not. If a soul goal is to overcome a fear or tendency, it may choose this form of healing.

I like (and already use) your term of soul goals, Ron Mauer, Sr! Good question. It probably depends on which aspect of self or Self you have controlling your consciousness and attention.

In appreciation,
MM

[Cardillac]

I just believe that any psychic/clairvoyant/past life regressor who charges a set fee (money) is (as one says in German) "to be enjoyed with caution"-

the venerable psychic Edgard Cayce never charged a cent; he welcomed donations, but never demanded them-

I had a past life/lives regression/viewing (I was not hypnotized) by an Irish psychic here in Germany in the early 80's; it was extremely beneficial in helping me to understand my present life's situation but she demanded no money from me/no set fee- I did give her a small donation and she was very humbly appreciative-

beware of psychics who charge a set fee- being opened to spirituality should not require money-

be well all-

Larry

[Catsquotl]

Interesting you said "bringing stuff up from the past" as opposed to allowing it to surface.


That was on purpose..:p

Sometimes digging in the past stirs up **** that didn't need surfacing.
But then again everything serves a purpose and all is as it should be...
Or is it...

[WhiteLove]

That's because when you truly remember, you KNOW. If you're just told something, it's then always just another belief... and you never actually 'know' at all.


Very interesting observations Bill.

On a side note. My perspective is that there are connections between the future and the past where somehow future choices you made impacts the now. Absolute love has no limitations, it does what it needs to do and can use intelligence about the future and apply it on the now.

[Ewan]

............ that's unlikely to accomplish any discharging of the very hard knots of emotion that can be connected with significant events. ........


Oh boy did that trigger a memory. In Chiangmai, Thailand, around 2002 I rang a lady that had placed an advert offering to reveal your life's purpose. (Trying to stick to a short story and get to the point here).

I went to meet her with considerable scepticism which was only heightened when I saw the grand property she lived on. (Turned out that had all been bought with her 'farang' husband's money - never leap to conclusions Ewan).

Her process was, to this day, beyond my ability to understand. I believed I was incapable of being hypnotised but the events that unfolded found me in full conciousness yet unable to move - even if I had so desired, (Good God, I've just burst out in tears even at the memory of it), I was sort of slumped in the chair, aware of her moving around me making hand gestures in the air. I even remember thinking "This is a load of bo****ks!* and at the same time realising I couldn't get any of my muscles to work. She wasn't even talking, just hand gestures (some looked similar to cutting with scissors) that left me slumped and unable to participate physically, but I was in super-observational mode mentally as a result. That's what it was like for the next half hour or more, I was merely a disconnected witness. She sat opposite me, never asked me a single question, there could be no placing of directed answers or thoughts. She proceeded to read me like a book by going through my chakra points one by one, she hit so many nails on the head it was uncanny but there was no emotion, I just observed with near perfect clarity.

When she brought me back out of it, again with just a few hand/arm motions in the air, a great flood of emotion escaped me, (and the tears are full-on in my eyes again as I type), and I was literally wracked by sobbing. I can't even say it was particularly cathartic because I was so bewildered by what had just happened.

Finally I get to the point, (thank your lords I'm not verbose, eh?), she sat me through what was basically a debriefing on what had just occurred and she had me mentally picture going inside my body and 'seeing' the knots of emotion that were trapped within from both this life and previous life experiences. She wanted me to take hold of them and pull them out, throw them away. I went along with it, but the sceptic was back also. I couldn't see these knots she was talking about so I just had to invent them visually in my imagination and go along with her. I have no idea to this day if it had any effect.

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Perhaps this is what I find strangest about my current state of awakening, sometimes I think my eyes are barely flickering open, other times I look at the 'sheep' and wonder how thay coud be so asleep. I was only 17 or so when I was attracted to books on meditation and other esoteric subjects. I remeber lying flat on my back and willing my arms to rise in the air with no conscious muscular action and they did! My arms floated upwards. Then at one point I found myself outside my body looking back at myself and I was so alarmed I snapped back in and to this day, sadly, I've never been able to get back out without external assistance.

I don't know if that event sent me back to sleep for a while, a long while, my next 'awakening, came in my 40's. (Brought about through the book some on here are highly wary of, The Course in Miracles). It seemed fear was keeping me locked in a prison, of my own making. When my kidneys went into failure I turned to an acupuncturist for assistance with fluid retention, (which was a remarkable experience in itself due to the success and one which the kidney Dr. visibly tried to ignore and dismiss), he (the acupuncturist) mentioned that the kidneys were connected with fear; too much of it, unresolved, place a great burden on the kidneys. Klaxxon's of recognition went off at this point, my life had been filled with fear from an early age. As a kid, a teen and even a young adult I attracted bully's like moths to a flame. I even remarked once to a close friend that it was as though I had an invisible sign above me saying 'Victim here'.

To this day I talk the talk, spiritually, but unfortunately I don't walk the walk. Despite the fact I now consider myself brave in physical terms, I would stand up to certain death if it was the right thing to do*, I'm still scared to ever approach that feeling I had when I was free from my body. I fear the unknown and yet that is such a stupid thing to be afraid of, logically, rationally even, it makes no sense.

*My reading from Carol Clarke suggested I had lost a previous life through standing up for the truth, so that kind of 'bravery' is not the problem here. I wish I knew what was.

[jms2112]

This is an interesting topic to me as I have just read (another) of Dolores Cannon's book: Between Death and Life and I find these books and the information deeply interesting. How she is able to communicate with the person's guide/oversoul/past life - (whatever you want to call it) is fascinating. I have often thought about going to a regression (therapist) just out of curiosity. It would be interesting to find out what experiences I had in previous lives and how that might affect me now. But I'm too cheap to do it - wait maybe that's a leftover from a past life! :bigsmile:

[Foxie Loxie]

Thanks for sharing, Ewan. You were blessed to have been able to be outside your body; I think most of us do not get to experience that. I'm still in the Learning Stage here on Avalon! :idea:

[pueblo]

To this day I talk the talk, spiritually, but unfortunately I don't walk the walk. Despite the fact I now consider myself brave in physical terms, I would stand up to certain death if it was the right thing to do*, I'm still scared to ever approach that feeling I had when I was free from my body. I fear the unknown and yet that is such a stupid thing to be afraid of, logically, rationally even, it makes no sense.



I enjoyed your post thanks. Maybe an avenue to explore is faith and fear as polar opposites?

[Matthew]

"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. ...
[...]
If one "forgets" the past, one is bound to repeat its mistakes... so, why not learn something from that past?

Of course, in order to learn from that past, one has to know what that past is, right?

Unless it's too traumatic till smaller lessons are learnt perhaps. But not sure if I'm answering your rhetorical? question or just thinking out loud

Now I've read the rest of the thread I think Catsquotl put it better in this post (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100417-Past-Lives-101--&p=1188659#post1188659). But I'll chime in anyway :Angel:

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

I wonder ... if we had clear memory of some past lives and the soul's plan for this lifetime, would we consciously avoid some experience wanted by the soul?

Exactly Ron! It's why we have amnesia.



But what of the unknown or allready worked through stuff that comes up and opens a pandora's box of shame, guilt and downright evil as part of ones ancestry.
Some real damage can be done by bringing those experiences to the fore..


With the correct practitioner, someone who knows exactly what they are doing, there will be safeguards in place during the procedure. This is also ensured by the constant presence and oversight of your Guides. They are the gatekeepers of your soul - they always know what is beneficial to you and what is not. Nothing more than you can handle is allowed to come through.


I always said I don't want to live in the past and I certainly don't want to live in this crappy society. I always wished I lived in some far-off future, where righteousness and honor rule.


I am so with you on that Ernie. Growing up watching Dr. Who as a kid made me want, above all other things in life, a time machine. Still want one more than anything! It's funny how we stupid humans are more enticed by visions of the past, or daydreams of the future, than the present day in which we live! Why? Possibly because, in some equation, there is no past and there is no future. Everything is just a perpetual "now".

I still can't help it though. As Elvis Costello once sang, "And I would rather be anywhere else but here tooo-day..." For me it still applies and always will. Just can't help it.

[Catsquotl]

But what of the unknown or allready worked through stuff that comes up and opens a pandora's box of shame, guilt and downright evil as part of ones ancestry.
Some real damage can be done by bringing those experiences to the fore..


With the correct practitioner, someone who knows exactly what they are doing, there will be safeguards in place during the procedure. This is also ensured by the constant presence and oversight of your Guides. They are the gatekeepers of your soul - they always know what is beneficial to you and what is not. Nothing more than you can handle is allowed to come through.



I think the amount of trust you put in your guides here is staggering.
A treaty on what I believe the soul (or guides) is. May be beyond the topic here.

Psychiatric wards are full of people where their guides have misjudged the resourcefulness and fail-saves of those individuals..I once believed that those experiences served some soul purpose.
Let's just say I've grown beyond that notion..

With Love

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

But what of the unknown or allready worked through stuff that comes up and opens a pandora's box of shame, guilt and downright evil as part of ones ancestry.
Some real damage can be done by bringing those experiences to the fore..


With the correct practitioner, someone who knows exactly what they are doing, there will be safeguards in place during the procedure. This is also ensured by the constant presence and oversight of your Guides. They are the gatekeepers of your soul - they always know what is beneficial to you and what is not. Nothing more than you can handle is allowed to come through.



I think the amount of trust you put in your guides here is staggering.
A treaty on what I believe the soul (or guides) is. May be beyond the topic here.

Psychiatric wards are full of people where their guides have misjudged the resourcefulness and fail-saves of those individuals..I once believed that those experiences served some soul purpose.
Let's just say I've grown beyond that notion..

With Love

For psychiatric illness I wouldn't care to comment. Each case is different, and there can be so many variables. But I believe all experiences serve some sort of purpose. Perhaps we have different ideas of what 'guides' are. It is a complex matter, and I agree this thread is not the place for that particular topic.

[Wind]

I found out that the case with me was that I was quite hard to hypnotize, I never could really get into deep trance states. Nevertheless, I did try past life regression a few times for free I might add and I must admit that the experiences were interesting if nothing else. Did they prove anything to me? I can't say that they did. I just have my inner knowingness. It was also interesting to get my reading from Carol Clarke where she told and confirmed some things, even painful things about my past lives which have a lot to do with fear and traumas. It seems that certain issues tend to rebound until they are fully resolved and released. That is the thing with karma... For example hatred and vengeance could go on for generations, but only forgiveness can break down the wheel of karma.

The other thing came to my mind about past lives is ego... How it is us and how so much it isn't us. What is identity anyways? The accumulation of experiences and our status as a personality, we tend to think that we are those things. Or if we lack status, reverence and wealth, we might see ourselves as lesser human beings because our culture seems to be only focusing all those external material and superficial things.

To know that we have been some "important" beings or have been with some important people in the past should be irrelevant, but it feels good to the ego to hear such things. Or to know that one is highly advanced soul who has come here to help others on their journey, but there may lie some traps too. I'm referring here to the "spiritual ego" which some people might develop, perhaps some wish to call it the false guru syndrome.

No one is better than anyone else, no one is worse than anyone else. There are only different levels of awareness and consciousness. Every soul is own their own evolutionary level and physical human age has nothing to do with it. Words and especially actions always reveal the true character of men.

[Mike]

Carol Clarke told me in my reading that I was from the Persius star system. She said in all her time doing readings she'd never encountered anyone from that area. A few days after I posted that here I got a private message from a member: "Hi Mike, Carol told me I was from Persius too......."

I had to laugh! I actually allowed myself to feel special there for a moment!:)

That short anecdote sums it up for me.

Of course I believe in reincarnation. Or something to that effect. What I mean is, if the past, present and future are all happening now, maybe what we're tapping into is our "future lives".

But if your interest is egotistic and you won't quit till some psychic tells you you were Alexander The Great, you're likely in it for the wrong reasons. If you're deathly afraid of water, for example, for no good reason at all, perhaps regression therapy merits attention and will be useful.

In other words, if you're interested in your past in order to improve your present, good. If you're interested in your past in order to escape your present, not good.

My understanding is that most of us have lived thousands of past lives. If that's the case, we've all likely played all the roles there are to play - hero, coward, king, pauper, prince, princess so forth. Viewed this way, i guess we cant be too surprised when someone claims to have been some historical figure of note. Chances are we've all been some historical figure of note, to varying degrees. But we've all likely been servants and slaves and bums as well. The trick is to not let the ego get too involved in this

[gini]

Once,a decade ago or so,i went to a satsang with an advaita(non-duality) teacher/facilitator and asked him if i understood the teaching correct,that when i would (just) focus on self inquiry and would ultimately understand/realize my true nature-as opposed to a separated, personalized identity- ,my traumas ,phobias,fears and all the sh** i wanna get rid off wouldn't be relevant anymore?...He chuckled and said;Exactly!In the moment one drops the false ego and its identifications, all its problems & issues don't need attention/healing anymore since the root cause is based on the wrong assumption that one is a separated being ,responsible (guilty)for its 'wrongdoings' and victim of other 'wrongdoers' where in reality there is no do-er.

[Bill Ryan]

I found out that the case with me was that I was quite hard to hypnotize, I never could really get into deep trance states.

An important note in the margin here: :)

Hypnotism of any kind is absolutely not necessary.

[Bill Ryan]

How does one go about selecting a reliable and trusted guide, if that's the right word? I presume, as in all walks, there are unscrupulous practitioners out there too.... Can someone describe the process of past life regression and what a session 'looks like'?

I highly recommend Robert Schwartz for past life regression sessions. He's not cheap, however he's well established and offers solid guidance...Even better, you can get a taste for his skill set by reading his books, an inexpensive investment and/or pulling up youtube videos of his interviews to see if he fits your needs.

http://yoursoulsplan.com/

http://yoursoulsplan.com/images/robert-schwartz-300.jpg



It's a little hard to tell from the text here (snipped from the quote: please see the original post (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?p=1188655#post1188655)) whether Rob does genuine regressions — a genuine regression is where the client is guided to do all their own sovereign, uninfluenced remembering — or whether he just tells people material that's somehow channeled or 'received' by him.

If the former, that's great. If the latter, I would strongly counsel against it.

[Hervé]

Regarding hypnosis, hypnotists and hypnotherapists:


Jack True was one of the most innovative hypnotherapists of our time.

Largely unknown in academic circles, uninterested in publishing his work, Jack focused on his patients.

We met in 1987. We became friends and colleagues.

Over the course of several years, I interviewed him many times.

Jack eventually gave up on straight hypnosis-and-suggestion as a way to do therapy.

He said,

"I’m finding that people who come to my office are already in a hypnotic state, so my job is to wake them up."

Jon Rappoport
From: The Interviews with Jack True (http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_consciousuniverse280.htm)

[Catsquotl]

Since this is past lives 101.. I wonder what your past lives were. Mostly I hear the grander lives climbing mountains, kings, queens etc.
My first reading ever revealed 2 lives one as someone living in the woods somewhere around year 0.
As it happens I took care of orphaned and abandoned children. (I work with mentally chalanged people these days and have fostered 2 kids apart from my own brady bunch.
The other was a bored life as some aristocrat.

But then when I started doing my own research.
I found i had killed someone dear to me in this life by accident running an oxcart over said person.
In another I was a perverted canibal praying on kids...

Let's say I stopped actively searching for past life memories and experiences after that one.
4 entirely different lives having little to do with who I am now.

I don't know if any of you have seen cloud atlas.
Even though there was a liniarity in events unfolding the lives themselves portrait by the same actors resembling some sort of continuity of soul led very different lives without direct connections to the present in character. although events affected them in next lives. Not as personality traits, but in more material ways..

Now I'd like to say that it will somehow make sense to my soul, and i need the experiences to grow and such, but I believe soul to be nothing more than an bigger version of imaginary construct than my ego is. So no. That's not it..

Thoughts?

WIth Love
Eelco

[Bill Ryan]

Since this is past lives 101.. I wonder what your past lives were. Mostly I hear the grander lives climbing mountains, kings, queens etc.


Here's a close analogy. Think back on your own life — this one.

What do you recall or retain clearly? Which days, which events?

It's almost always those which contain moments of excitement, recognition, achievement, success — or trauma, loss, failure or regret.

Not those many, many, MANY boring days when nothing much happened, and you just went to work and then came home again.

:)

[Flash]

I had other expériences with past lifes, prior to the rebirth stuff I did (which is lately).

When I was younger (late 30's) I was trying to get pregnant and it would not work. I met someone who told me "go to these 2 acupuncturist women, they make women get pregnant", which I did.

So I am there, on the table, filled with needles and one of them asked me one questions, the content I do not remember, and all of a sudden I see myself as a skinny quite hugly French men, in the Northern part of France, poor, with a bunch of children in front of me and a crying wife. I am suprised because this wife was a pain in the ass all our life together and always said she hated me. So how come she is now crying for her loss? Because I am hung to a pole, and I can see on my left the rope around my neck and the big knot, and I am dead.
My regret at that moment was that I was leaving this big bunch of children without a father to take care of them. They will probably starve I am thinking.

I asked a clairvoyant friend later on if it was suicide in that life that got me, he told me no, i was hung for something someone else did, not me. The acupuncturists said nothing, only took what I had seen.

Later on, with them again, I saw myself, a poor Young woman living in a earth hut, being thrown out by my husband - he says the child is not his, while i know it is his child - pregnant and having nowhere to go. I know at that point that I will starve to death.

About 10 months later, in this actual life, I was pregnant and finally had my child, and believe me, it is quite a miraculous pregnancy if I were to tell you all the happenings surrounding her creation and birth (Mini Flash was created).

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I think we carry the energetic and emotional happenings from one life to the next, which brings in similar events (or contrary events) so that the pain or the questions/misunderstanding we were left with are solved.
In almost each life i saw, i can name who was there at the time and are the one involved in this present lifetime. The husband who threw me out of the hut was my first long time boyfriend or someone with the same energy field, the woman when i was hung was my actual sister now, and she was also in Italy with me when we were shot, and yes, although she loves me, it is still a hate love Relationship. Etc etc.

And yes, everything is at once from the universal point of view, the thread from and betwen lifes is at once. The challenge: can we resolve it (from a higher self point of view)?

[Foxie Loxie]

"We are all at different levels of awareness & consciousness"....Loved that statement, Wind; that is SO true! This discussion reminds me of George Kavasillas' descriptions of the lives he had lived through; as if we have to live through every sort of "being" so that we experience it ALL in our growth as a soul.

I suppose that is why we each are at a different level. I am so thankful for the "mature" ones here on Avalon that have helped me along in my own growth these past two years! :highfive: I'm certainly not the same person I was when I signed on!! Thanks everyone! :flower:

[we-R-one]

How does one go about selecting a reliable and trusted guide, if that's the right word? I presume, as in all walks, there are unscrupulous practitioners out there too.... Can someone describe the process of past life regression and what a session 'looks like'?

I highly recommend Robert Schwartz for past life regression sessions. He's not cheap, however he's well established and offers solid guidance...Even better, you can get a taste for his skill set by reading his books, an inexpensive investment and/or pulling up youtube videos of his interviews to see if he fits your needs.

http://yoursoulsplan.com/

http://yoursoulsplan.com/images/robert-schwartz-300.jpg



It's a little hard to tell from the text here (snipped from the quote: please see the original post (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?p=1188655#post1188655)) whether Rob does genuine regressions — a genuine regression is where the client is guided to do all their own sovereign, uninfluenced remembering — or whether he just tells people material that's somehow channeled or 'received' by him.

If the former, that's great. If the latter, I would strongly counsel against it.

Robert Schwartz is certified as both a Past Life Soul Regression Therapist (PLSR) and a Between Lives Soul Regression Therapist (BLSR) by the International Between Lives Regression Network. If you click on the link I provided in my original post he lists his credentials.



You can also download a PDF where he offers a method to access your PreBirth plan via meditation for free. In the PDF he states:
“To the best of my knowledge, there are three ways in which you can determine what you planned before your were born. 1) through working with mediums and channels 2) through hypnotic regression to the ‘life-between-life state or 3) through meditation.”

Immediately afterwards, he offers those who have other means of accessing pre-birth planning to contact him and share your methods.

I think it’s significant to recognize there are different methods to obtaining information about your past lives and/or soul plans, so researching each individual is important to make sure their skill set fits your needs. What I like about Robert's work is he’s taken the time to document through his writings/books, and he does interviews and youtube videos so you have an opportunity to research what he’s all about free of charge. Since we don’t live in a world where everything is free, charging for these kinds of services is appropriate and I don’t agree with the argument that these individuals should provide their expertise and services for free. Running a business costs money. Researching and documenting takes a lot of time, as does acquiring the skill set. The type of world we live in now,... if you offer a service, you get paid for offering said service. Also if someone is credentialed, they had to pay to obtain those credentials. Credentials suggest a person is trained in a specific area of expertise, so if one is uncertain about someone’s skill set, they can at least research the individual to see where and if proper training was obtained. It's up to the individual to research before proceeding forward.

Do take advantage of reading his books and watching the videos as it provides an inexpensive means to see if his work will satisfy your needs.

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I find it interesting that stories of my past lives by psychics rarely tell the same story.
Only one lifetime story is consistent, that of a Viking, but with different details.
A viking raider. Captured my 2nd wife in this lifetime (now ex).
A viking explorer. Made it to North America. I was the one in charge.
Carol Clarke told me Ron was not my real name and suggested I get it myself.
Going into meditation, I asked "What is my name?"
Immediately and clearly I received "Ragnar".
Carol congratulated me on getting it correctly.
I asked a different psychic to confirm.
She said the Ragnar of movie and TV fame was my uncle and I was much nicer than he was.
Maybe I was named after him.

[we-R-one]

I find it interesting that stories of my past lives by psychics rarely tell the same story.
Only one lifetime story is consistent, that of a Viking, but with different details.
A viking raider. Captured my 2nd wife in this lifetime (now ex).
A viking explorer. Made it to North America. I was the one in charge.
Carol Clarke told me Ron was not my real name and suggested I get it myself.
Going into meditation, I asked "What is my name?"
Immediately and clearly I received "Ragnar".
Carol congratulated me on getting it correctly.
I asked a different psychic to confirm.
She said the Ragnar of movie and TV fame was my uncle and I was much nicer than he was.
Maybe I was named after him.

A good Akashic Record reader is going to give you more detailed information. Do try Kevin Ryerson, I've been to him 3 times, he's excellent and worth every penny, $275.00 for 90min. Let me find an old post I wrote as to what to ask and why that may help you...cause I don't feel like rewriting...and I'll repost here.

What I like about going to an Akashic Record reader is you get very detailed information. If you focus on your core identities, where you've been a famous/documented person this gives you the opportunity to have something to research which allows you to find 'objectives'. Even better, if you're lucky an old portrait or photograph to compare facial features is beneficial as you have an energy signature and your facial bone structure will be the same from one incarnation to the next. What makes a case seem more compelling to the individual researching, is when you have an accumulation of 'objectives' and similar facial features to who you once were...that's when it becomes more convincing that you've made a proper identification. You will not be able to 'prove' every identity and of course the further you go back the harder it will become for obvious reasons...less documentation/portraits, however, you know yourself best and there may be things about that person that are reflected in your behaviors of today signifying you've made a correct match.

[we-R-one]

Can I offer a suggestion? The title of this thread is confusing….Past Lives 101….that’s pretty general for a topic of many arenas. The conversation is then opened up by talking about Past Life Regression Therapy, I think?? Then when you read subsequent posts, they’re all over the board which is understandable because like I just said, it’s a topic of many arenas. But to someone who truly wants to learn how to do it, it’s beyond confusing and they have to weed through a ton of posts.

If there seems to be enough interest, why not create a Past Life forum and then break it down from there….So you have a sub form that discusses Past Life Soul Regression(PLSR), Between Life Soul Regression(BLSR), Akashic Record Readings, Psychic and Mediums, Case Studies – this is where public cases can be shared, Forum Members Case Studies, Methods of Identifying Past Lives Through Researching Objectives(I can help with that one), Suggestions of Professionals Who Can Help-in this thread, members could recommend individuals and why they’re suggesting them. Also state whether you’ve obtained services.

When I was working with researcher Paul Von Ward one of my suggestions was to include a glossary of terms in the back of our upcoming book. My idea was to contact several researchers in the field for input on pertinent words used in their writings, so the reader could refer to the glossary if they weren’t sure or couldn’t remember the meanings behind the acronyms. It was also a way to show unification in the field, something I’m not really seeing….Anyways, if the idea of doing subforums on this topic comes to fruition, it’s important we use the correct terms and acronyms in order to not cause confusion.

I do think there are people who want to explore in more depth and truly there aren’t too many places one can go for help in navigating the different angles. I know of one past life forum which I won’t name, and found how some people were treated, disappointing. In fact I was shocked at the lack of knowledge of their moderation team. As I watched more closely it became apparent that one of the goals behind this forum was to skim for children’s cases and forget the rest. God forbid if you had a famous past life as that seemed completely unacceptable. There are millions of famous/documented people out there, so to discard what people were sharing or to try and talk them out of it was ludicrous, especially coming from a past life forum! Additionally, you want famous past lives because they’re ten times easier to research….cause they’re documented, duh..... There are methodologies that can be used to help aid in making proper identifications, something that forum staff seemed to be completely unaware of. My point being, there is a niche that’s not being filled and surely Avalon has several members who could help in this arena. Likely it’s why many don’t understand the importance of the topic as there’s no solid means of education provided for individuals to see/experience the value, unless they take the initiative themselves to see it through.

[petra]

Now enter the very real possibility that there is no past and there is no future, that in a soul's point of view all of these incarnations are happening simultaneously, and like a extremely long equation, our present incarnation is affecting our other incarnations through the effects, actions and understandings we either choose or do not choose to undertake.


This is how I feel too. When the future being able to affect the past started to actually make sense to me, I laughed.

Everyone else though, don't forget to consider "fake memories". Think about what it's like in your dreams, you don't usually know you're dreaming until you wake up.

I recall a little of what seems like a past life, or maybe a future life - but I'm hesitant to believe it's MY life. I wasn't even on earth... It really just feels like someone else's memories.

Bill said "When you truly remember, you know" and that's what I'd like. Some truth, and knowing :)

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

I think a section just for this topic is a good idea! We already do have 'Past Lives we Remember', but really it's only pertinent to those who remember. A discussion area might be useful.

Perhaps a sub-forum under 'Spirituality' and covering everything, called Past Lives/Reincarnation/Karma.. or something like that ??

[Bill Ryan]

Thanks to all for your posts! I make the following comments for informational purposes only. :flower:

I'm not wanting to provoke any conflict or disagreement here. The entire subject can be very emotionally charged sometimes — for reasons that may be obvious.

I'm also absolutely NOT making or implying any judgement about any personal information that someone posting here has taken the risk and generosity to share. That would in itself be a violation of a protocol... which is never to judge anyone else's presentation of past life details. These things are way too delicate and vulnerable (and important!) to permit that.

My only interest is in explaining, as best I can, how problems can occur sometimes, and presenting (from quite a lot of experience) some of the basic precepts that enable sessions to work well.


You can also download a PDF where he [Robert Schwartz] offers a method to access your PreBirth plan via meditation for free. In the PDF he states:
“To the best of my knowledge, there are three ways in which you can determine what you planned before your were born. 1) through working with mediums and channels 2) through hypnotic regression to the ‘life-between-life state or 3) through meditation.”



4) Two weeks ago I did a major between-lives regression with an Avalon member, over Skype, where no hypnotism was involved at all. It was a carefully guided, fully-aware conversation. This can really work.


I find it interesting that stories of my past lives by psychics rarely tell the same story.


Many thanks, and this is my exact point. Readings from others, no matter how honest and well-intentioned, are not [at all!] guaranteed to be accurate. It's not your own memory. It's just what someone's wanting to tell you.

They then move on to their next client — while you're left thinking about it for years to come, and quite possibly taking it on board as a belief. Telling people stuff is a HUGE responsibility. What you reported is a good statement of the problems, and the risks.

And there are risks. To profoundly believe something quite incorrect about yourself is disempowering and can even be harmful.

It's all very nice being told you were a Priestess or a Pharaoh. But what if you're told the problems in your marriage are because one of you murdered the other one last lifetime?

I know cases where a so-called 'therapist' has done that. And suppose that was quite incorrect? Now start to imagine how that helps everything. Believing that, when it was totally untrue, could actually fully destroy the relationship and prevent any recovery at all.


A good Akashic Record reader is going to give you more detailed information.

I'm quite sure they will. But how can one know how accurate it is? The answer is that one can't.

[we-R-one]

A good Akashic Record reader is going to give you more detailed information.

I'm quite sure they will. But how can one know how accurate it is? The answer is that one can't.

It's exactly why I suggest you focus on your core identities which are your famous and well documented incarnations. It's not about being famous, it's so you have something to research! You can't research an unnamed person now can you? Then you can see if what they're telling you is accurate as you look for 'objectives'. This is my area of expertise and I can explain in more detail, however I rather this topic be more organized as the information on this thread will get buried and lost. There is a methodology that some researchers use.

I don't use Kevin(Akashic Reader)Ryerson to ask how the world was created or things that take a scientific expertise to understand, however you can if you want....my focus has been on documented past lives because they can be researched. This builds confidence and credibility that who you're working with knows what they're doing because they're giving you information on the fly which you can record and refer to later. The person getting the reading needs to take the time to research the information given, to look for affirmations rather than just 'believe' what they're being told. And don't just look at yourself and that identity, look at the people around you, because if they're matching in the same way you are to people of the same time period of your identity, it makes your case more compelling which makes it more believable that you've been given a proper identity. If possible get your face measured, Biometrics can prove you have a proper identity.

When several things begin to match you have to ask yourself....what are the statistical odds that all these things would be matching if I wasn't this person. Common 'objectives' one can look for are names matching, dates matching, similar experiences, are some of your close family and friends matching to the people who were with you during those times, do you have similar health issues to that person, do you have a birth mark in the same location of an injury you had in that life time? You're also looking for patterns and characteristic traits just to name a few areas one can look for when exploring their identities.

[Catsquotl]

I'd be interested in discussing maybe not so much the particulars of past lives, But the various processes of remembering them.
From that maybe what those memories actually mean. I have a working theory about what makes us remember a past life, what it's significance is for our lives now.

Like Petra above I'm hesitant to call those memories mine.
The risks Bill talks about are there even from memory. The one where I ran over someone with an ox-cart. Who is near to me in this life for instance was a self found memory. No-one who suggested it.
And it screwed me over for a while.

As it is a subject I have been interested in for years. I'd like to dive deeper into it. and maybe fine tune some theories or falsify them if we can.

With Love

[we-R-one]

I find it interesting that stories of my past lives by psychics rarely tell the same story.


This is for Ron Mauer Sr. in reference to my comments a few posts back #60. I pulled this post I wrote from a different past life thread, but it should give you some ideas for those wanting to pursue an Akashic Reader.

Exploring past lives is one of the most amazing experiences you can do for your spiritual growth. But don’t just stop at one, keep going! I can only imagine the undiscovered stories that have yet to be shared. Watch for patterns as these can be clues. I highly recommend seeking the assistance of Kevin Ryerson who will read your Akashic Records. He’s excellent and very accurate. Don’t just ‘believe’ what he tells you, research it! At first the skeptic in me didn’t necessarily believe any of the identities he gave me until I researched further. And even though I fully trust him now as I’ve been 3 times, I will still research what I’m told when it’s possible. Researching the identities is how you find parallels and lessons to be learned compared to who you were and who you are today. Kevin will give you exact names and dates so there’s no ‘guessing’. www.kevinryerson.com

Kevin is well known for his work with American Actress Shirley MacLaine.
https://www.edgarcayce.org/about-us/reflections/guests/kevin-ryerson

Here’s what I suggest you ask:
1. Do I have any famous or documented past lives?
I came across this info by shear luck because the memories I had been having were tied to a famous past life. Now I see the value and it’s why I recommend this being the first question you ask. Why? It’s not about being famous…it’s because famous people are well documented! It is here where you have something to work with in order to find links between who you are today and other past lives. I found that names and numbers were following me tied to who I had been. When you obtain knowledge about more than one identity and you are a well documented person, it allows you to see parallels between the lives! And it further confirms these are proper identifications of yourself.

2. What soul group are you from?
You may be surprised where this clue matches with your identity of today. I can tell you the meaning of my surname is ‘Devotee of St. Michael’, which is tied to the soul group whence I came Archangel Michael and Raphael. There is no other surname that I could find with the same meaning, When Kevin did my reading and gave me my soul group name he did not know my surname! Interesting enough I was born in The City of Angels.

3. Ask or confirm a few identities of those within your soul group that are close to you today.
As you are trying to figure yourself out, part of the process is identifying others close to you. Because what you ask yourself is….If I’m not this person I’m being told I am….how is it that the people around me are matching to identities of people that were with me in this past life? It’s not a coincidence!

In all cases you are looking for what’s called ‘objectives’. Objectives can be names matching, dates matching, being put into similar situations, characteristic traits matching, your tastes in jewelry, clothes and decor can be a reflection of what you remember. Places you work today matching to names of long ago can be considered an objective. Some even have past life dreams that can later be found in documentation. You may have a scar where you were injured in a previous life time. I was even given a similar gift in this lifetime that a person gave me in a past life which cued me into her past life identity.

You asked about death and I do have one memory about my death while on Mars if you can believe that…at least that is where I believe it took place based on the specifics of what I remember which came in a reoccurring dream when I was a child which was quite scary and couldn't be placed on planet Earth. My twin soul seems to remember his death in several of his past lives. As we were comparing our stories we started to notice we were having similar deaths from one life to the next. Both of us died together in the fiery ashes of Pompeii, 79 A.D. Both of us had our heads cut off with 3 strokes of an ax by Elizabeth I as 2nd Earl of Essex and Mary Queen of Scots….. and in our most recent past life both of us experienced a car accident in the month of December and then died from our injuries a few weeks later. We are both holding our breaths in this lifetime and have instructed our spouses to document everything…date and time of death, type of death, location etc., To be given to the other for documentation. Intuitively I have a feeling it will be me first…and we even joked that it’s possible we might die together. If you look at our astrological charts they are almost identical in the fact that the planets and signs are the same. We have wondered if our growth rate is the same and/or tied to our origination on this planet as twins in which you would have known us a Artemis and Apollo.

The best way you can teach yourself what to look for is by studying other cases. The more ‘objectives’ you can find the more compelling the case you have. It’s not a contest, it’s for your growth and benefit and seriously it can be quite fun, interesting and amusing all at once. Because of who I was I’ve been able to clear up some muddy things history can’t seem to clarify. What I’m saying is….depending on who you’ve been, you can see what descriptions in history are more likely accurate based on who you are today and what you’re doing in comparison. And because I know my soul group and several of my identities I was able to discover things I have yet to find in any ancient texts. I can tell you the Essenes that walked with Jesus weren’t just the messengers of the Archangels, they were the Archangels. I can also tell you many of the Greek gods were also the disciples and followers of Jesus…..and I can tell you they are also known as the E.T. race The Elohim, known to be one of the 'guardians' of this planet as found in ancient texts. And this is what I discovered by pursuing my own reincarnation cases. No stone un-turned! No fear! 'Know Thyself' is key to the truth many of you seek.

Truly embrace all your identities and do not be embarrassed by what you may discover and be open to what others reveal. For some this is most difficult to do and there’s a lot of fear for opening up about one’s identities for fear of being ridiculed or accused of self promotion. Never make fun of someone's past life, I don't care if they were Hitler! We're all playing roles, that's what reincarnation tells you. Those of us who’ve spent the time exploring understand the benefits so you are not alone in your quest thought it may feel like it as few dare to explore the unknown. You are not here on Earth to be perfect, you are here to learn and grow. You are here to master the art of imperfection. Love yourself no matter what you discover as there is no judgment…we are all playing roles of the light and the dark. When you truly understand reincarnation it brings peace as no matter how dark the role is that someone plays, it is not necessarily who they are, or who their higher self may be. Reincarnation suggests that life on planet Earth isn’t what’s real, but merely an illusion for souls to master the game of the light and the dark, known as the Polarity Integration Game.


P.S. Plus the experience is one helluva history lesson

[Flash]

I'd be interested in discussing maybe not so much the particulars of past lives, But the various processes of remembering them.
From that maybe what those memories actually mean. I have a working theory about what makes us remember a past life, what it's significance is for our lives now.

Like Petra above I'm hesitant to call those memories mine.
The risks Bill talks about are there even from memory. The one where I ran over someone with an ox-cart. Who is near to me in this life for instance was a self found memory. No-one who suggested it.
And it screwed me over for a while.

As it is a subject I have been interested in for years. I'd like to dive deeper into it. and maybe fine tune some theories or falsify them if we can.

With Love

You are right. I saw/heard a few things that definitely were not pasr lifes but most would have defined it as past life. They were observation of something that happened most probably in those places but unrelated to my soul thread. Some kind of time remote viewing

The difference being that when it is related to my evolution thread, there is always a change in my life, quite direct change, either in my thinking or my physical life.

[Catsquotl]

I agree. so what is it we are observing and why do we feel it as a full immersive experience and still feel hesitant to call it a previous life?
I got the idea when reading one of robert monroe's books where he explained a R.O.T.E.
R.O.T.E.
A term created by Robert Monroe that means "Thought Balls". R.O.T.E. stands for Related Organized Thought Energy which is transferred from one soul to another.

From popular new agey science thoughts are often explained as free floating self contained objects. We just tune into them.
I think that if we intent to do or accomplish something hard enough that intention carries with it the particulars of the intender's life.

Now if for whatever reason the intended intention does not find fulfillment/completion. Maybe it exists after the intender dies. leaving a thought-ball/rote/intention floating around.
If we pick up that intention and at some level agree to help it find completion or deconstruction we can tap into the particulars of the intender. As it is stored as a full life account of the intender we can immerse ourselves in a full fledged re-experience of parts of the intenders life, almost as if we were walking in the intenders mind.

That would explain a lot me thinks

With Love

[Ron Mauer Sr]

For me, the primary value for exploring past lives is to gather information that may be useful in this one.
A secondary value is to understand how the pieces of this puzzle fit together.
The third and least important value is pure entertainment.
Discovery of being famous in a past life has no value at all.

Multidimensional selves are a similar and related topic. I've asked to see them as I fell asleep. I was shown a friendly reptilian.

[we-R-one]

A good Akashic Record reader is going to give you more detailed information.

I'm quite sure they will. But how can one know how accurate it is? The answer is that one can't.

It's exactly why I suggest you focus on your core identities which are your famous and well documented incarnations. It's not about being famous, it's so you have something to research! You can't research an unnamed person now can you? Then you can see if what they're telling you is accurate as you look for 'objectives'. This is my area of expertise and I can explain in more detail, however I rather this topic be more organized as the information on this thread will get buried and lost. There is a methodology that some researchers use.

I don't use Kevin(Akashic Reader)Ryerson to ask how the world was created or things that take a scientific expertise to understand, however you can if you want....my focus has been on documented past lives because they can be researched. This builds confidence and credibility that who you're working with knows what they're doing because they're giving you information on the fly which you can record and refer to later. The person getting the reading needs to take the time to research the information given, to look for affirmations rather than just 'believe' what they're being told. And don't just look at yourself and that identity, look at the people around you, because if they're matching in the same way you are to people of the same time period of your identity, it makes your case more compelling which makes it more believable that you've been given a proper identity. If possible get your face measured, Biometrics can prove you have a proper identity.

When several things begin to match you have to ask yourself....what are the statistical odds that all these things would be matching if I wasn't this person. Common 'objectives' one can look for are names matching, dates matching, similar experiences, are some of your close family and friends matching to the people who were with you during those times, do you have similar health issues to that person, do you have a birth mark in the same location of an injury you had in that life time? You're also looking for patterns and characteristic traits just to name a few areas one can look for when exploring their identities.

Adding a bit more to enhance my answer above:
I'm gonna go out on a limb here with my next remark which is based on studying my cases and that of my Twin Soul's in great depth.....If I had to guess, I would say the life that has the most 'objectives' matching might be the life you're paralleling the most and maybe the life you have the most past life memories surfacing. And that could be why 'objectives' were really easy for us to find in comparison to these lives.

Meaning, I had no problem finding name matches, date matches and other pertinent 'objectives' to my life as Mary Queen of Scots and some of those around me. Even the 'virtue' I was subjected to in this lifetime is mirroring that lifetime. In the role as Mary Stuart I was 'abandoned' by many, people. I was also forced to 'abandon' my son and abdicate the throne to him. In this lifetime I am married to my son, the reincarnation King James VI(Akashic confirmed), and we were put into a position where the same virtue of 'abandonment' would be experienced if I hadn't made the correct 'choice'. So it's all about 'choice' just like the movie The Matrix tells you. Knowing who I had been and being a documented person, helped assist in recognizing this parallel.

My Twin Soul on the other hand, remembers his most current past life as General George S. Patton Jr.(Akashic confirmed), and out of all his cases has the most documented 'objectives' for this lifetime compared to his other identities. In this lifetime he is learning the virtue of humility. If you go back and research Patton, you will read about the 'slapping' incident. His lesson in humility in this lifetime, stems from the 'slapping incident', which you can read about here:

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2016/09/09/smack-down-how-the-patton-slapping-incident-nearly-cost-america-one-of-its-greatest-generals/

"It was Aug. 3 and Patton’s Seventh Army, fresh from its victory at Palermo,...."-
Notice the 3 and 7? This is what I mean when I say both he and I have 3's and 7's following us from one incarnation to the next. I'm wondering if those particular numbers are clues to signifying the 'virtue' he would have to deal with in another life time...purely speculating on that one though and would need to see more patterns from other cases to feel I'm truly 'on to something'.

The parallels I'm suggesting seems more likely and might be a question to ask someone such as Dr. Semkiw who has observed many patterns over the years in his case studies. Another reason I say this, is because when you read cases, the whole reason you're reading about the case in the first place is because the person involved has the most information about the identity which is why they're sharing it in the first place.

I learned about 'objectives' and what to look for when working on cases through Semkiw's work and if you go to his website you'll see many cases on there where you can find such 'objectieves' if you're looking for ideas.

http://www.iisis.net/index.php?page=reincarnation-evidence-past-lives-life-research-home&hl=




Discovery of being famous in a past life has no value at all.

You may want to rethink that.....it will if that's the life time you're paralleling and where the lesson to be learned is coming from.

[East Sun]

If we were not created to be manipulated so easily we would have evolved at a greater rate
and still we are held back by the manipulators.

This can be clearly seen in our bowing and scraping in regard to 'so called' royalty.

Check out David Icke's observations.

[we-R-one]

If we were not created to be manipulated so easily we would have evolved at a greater rate
and still we are held back by the manipulators.

This can be clearly seen in our bowing and scraping in regard to 'so called' royalty.

Check out David Icke's observations.

You're greatest lessons can be taught by manipulators. Please read my own experience here:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?52810-The-Solution-Is-In-Full-Swing-Are-You-On-Board&p=594595&viewfull=1#post594595

My adopted father, discussed in the story is the reincarnation of John Knox(Akashic confirmed), nemesis to Mary Queen of Scots. Dealing with him in both lifetimes was horrible, however, he taught me the greatest lesson I could have possibly learned and that is the lesson of love, compassion and forgiveness. I'm forever grateful. Clearly because I researched my past life and astrological chart I now know it was all by design and I am no victim.

I will ask this question over and over again. How can you be a victim of anything if reincarnation suggests this reality isn't what's real? Combined research of past life regression cases, NDE's and past life research strongly suggest planet Earth is a school for souls to learn and grow.

It's time to stop playing the blame game, learn your lessons and move on.

[ThePythonicCow]

There is a line between responding to the content of a post, and rather harshly critiquing the poster.

I deleted the two posts containining these quoted snippets:

I think there is a line between ...

Your post offers ...

[Catsquotl]

So learning some soul lessons through myriads of life seems to be one of the prevelant explanations to why such a thing as reincarnation exists correct?
Now it does make me wonder as for who is teaching us these lessons. Why do we go to school at all.
What does our soul (if it exists as something more real than our ego's) expect to gain by such a school?
What do we aspire to learn?

Why do we trust our so-called guides. Where do they fit into the picture..

You see when I read and listen to the so-called enlightened ones. They seem hell bent on the notion that NOW is where it's at.
In my mind they try to circumvent the whole linear from here to there thread through lives claiming we allready are what we aspire to be.(no lessons needed, just realization)
Enlightened ones come from manny background and all have or use explanations from some accapted philosophy to use as a base on which they expand.
Probably because das ding an sich cannot be named. so metaphores are used.

The living here and now where everything is. Seems to contradict a little with lifes lessons that need to be learned or experienced first.

With Love

[Sunny-side-up]

I haven't followed this post but have a possable related question (not sure if already mentioned).

I remember reading/watching something about memories of Mars that come from regressions.
It was said that there is a certain regression that most humans show as being in a distant Mars war life, is this a real phenomenon ?

[Joe from the Carolinas]

This might sound strange, I’ve always thought that interests and hobbies that develop spontaneously in childhood are reflective of past existences.

[Hervé]

This might sound strange, I’ve always thought that interests and hobbies that develop spontaneously in childhood are reflective of past existences.
... as well as phobic aversions to some activities... like with the "Thought and the Electronic people" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?81805-The-Blog-of-The-Ruiner-Inside-the-Illuminati-Mind&p=992030&viewfull=1#post992030) :)

PS: Then, of course there is this oddity of where do all these Sci-Fi writers get all their ideas when these said Sci-Fi writers have the highest rate of hits on their predictions...

[chris_walker]

I was wondering if this is the right place to post this. I think it could be.

If reality is some kind of a virtual reality and this is the idea I'm leaning on with my present level of understanding, then did we really have past lives? Shouldn't they be part of the illusion? So that begets the next question, did the history we study actually happen or was that an illusion? Did Jesus Christ, Caesar, Alexander, William the Conqueror, Queen Victoria et al actually exist or is history just part of the illusion, just an implanted memory or set of memories?

Also, if past lives aren't part of the illusion, is it possible that what we consider to be past lives are actually us accessing the Akashic Records?

[Hervé]

Akashic Records? Now... that's an interesting terminology, isn't it?

Because, if these thingies are RECORDS, what was recorded?

What recorded them?

Can an "imaginative visualization" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89230-When-Vested-Interests-Take-Education-over...&p=1187945&viewfull=1#post1187945) become part of the "records"?

If it's some kind of energy field that's being imprinted with data... then, said data can be "Photo-shopped," right?

Which leads me to considering that said "Akashic Records" are no more than the content of some recycling bins... for indefinite re-use or... NOT :)

[Jayke]

Now... that's an interesting terminology, isn't it?

Because, if these thingies are RECORDS, what was recorded?

What recorded them?

Can an "imaginative visualization" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89230-When-Vested-Interests-Take-Education-over...&p=1187945&viewfull=1#post1187945) become part of the "records"?

If it's some kind of energy field that's being imprinted with data... then, said data can be "Photo-shopped," right?

Which leads me to considering that said "Akashic Records" are no more than the content of some recycling bins... for indefinite re-use or... NOT :)

The Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used an interesting metaphor for reincarnation, they described souls as bees that shuttle from earth to the souls home in the stars and back again. They come to earth to incarnate and collect nectar (gnosis) and when we die our soul carries that nectar back to the hive (the star from which it came).

In this sense then the stuff that gets imprinted into the Akashic record imo would not so much be the specific content of each lifetime, but more just the salient points, the events that led to the creation of gnosis within the psyche. The specifics get sent to the recycling bin and the gnosis gets pride of place under its own symbol (visual image) on the desktop.

Could the hive mind be hacked and filled with symbols unnatural to that particular soul groups disposition? Certainly makes for some interesting speculation.

[Flash]

The way I perceive it is that life and lives are a soul sandbox to study creation in the third heavy ever slow dimension. As souls, we have eternity to learn, correct mistakes and pursue our adventures. And.. eternity is all at once, strange paradox! The way I saw it was as if all lives were slots of programs and memories created as understanding came along. As a friend told me once, it is all an experience, nothing more, nothing less. Experimenting life.

We are quite gullible when here, in this ego driven dream. This life of mine is actually an extremely contrived exercice that does not even lapse a time of an eye blink into eternity context.


I was wondering if this is the right place to post this. I think it could be.

If reality is some kind of a virtual reality and this is the idea I'm leaning on with my present level of understanding, then did we really have past lives? Shouldn't they be part of the illusion? So that begets the next question, did the history we study actually happen or was that an illusion? Did Jesus Christ, Caesar, Alexander, William the Conqueror, Queen Victoria et al actually exist or is history just part of the illusion, just an implanted memory or set of memories?

Also, if past lives aren't part of the illusion, is it possible that what we consider to be past lives are actually us accessing the Akashic Records?

[Adaline]

Fascinating subject. But why are Past Life Readings so expensive. And there is the question of "channelings" - how to determine genuine channelings from mind control manipulation.

I had a chance once to get a past life reading by an astrologer that I did some graphics/web work for. She moved to Nantucket, and I don't have the transportation resources to take her up on her offer of a Past Life reading in payment for the work I had done for her, and I think that was my last chance to get one. I have been interested in the subject for a few decades now but the cost is prohibitive, and who is legit?

Still, the subject is truly fascinating. I always wanted to know Why? I grew up with an abusive mother and went on to make some disastrous choices in my own life. It took me losing every-(just things) twice over, and many decades to come to know myself well enough to break the cycle of abuse, even within my own mind. I refused to bear children, knew this at 15, because I felt I would not be able to overcome that upbringing and would never put another soul through that. A Gemini with Cancer Moon opposing Saturn at a degree of expiation in the 3rd house, (29') conjunct Jupiter, there are clues in my chart but felt that a past life regression or reading would help me to more clearly understand why I had to go through so much hell, uh, I mean learn so much. In most ways life gets much better with age.

I have had a few intuitions about it. There is an Apache warrior that resonates with me, but I don't think I could possibly have been such an important man (Cochise). I am a very humble person and lead a pretty blessed, simple life. Also, 25 years ago I became step-mom to two kids whose own mother had abandoned them at 4 and 6 years old. The kids were beside themselves and acted out horribly. I kept getting the feeling during meditation that I had in a past life committed suicide, abandoning my own two children and that was why I was living through that, unconditionally helping and caring for them, trying to love them, and them throwing it back at me and blowing everything up. One other incarnation I believe I had was as a singer in ancient Egypt, singing for the ruling class. I am not a singer but I write poetry, inspired by music. This woman is documented in history, and her name was Nany, very close to my name, and at 72 she died and her soul went under judgement to see if she deserved peace or what.

[Bill Ryan]

Fascinating subject. But why are Past Life Readings so expensive. And there is the question of "channelings" - how to determine genuine channelings from mind control manipulation.



Hi there, Adaline, and a very warm welcome to the forum. :waving:

1) Please do take a few minutes to read my previous posts on this thread. My strong advice would be not to even think of investing in a past life reading when you can opt for a past life regression.

There's all the difference in the world. Truly. That was one of the reasons I started this thread, because there can sometimes be quite a lot of misunderstanding and/or confusion about the whole field.

And certainly, don't opt for a channeling. You'd have NO certainty who or what is telling you stuff — or why. :)

2) To answer the 'expensive' question with a question: How should an experienced, part life regression therapist earn their living and pay their bills? I do this myself, and no way could I do more than a couple of in-depth regressions in a day. And absolutely NO way could I keep that up every day for a week.

It'd become a production line, and a great deal of quality might be lost, including the possibility of errors — all at the expense of clients. One really has to be totally fresh and focused. (Note: I do know some folk who work much more intensively, with tremendous success. But those are rare and remarkable people, with a huge amount of experience.)

Carol Clarke (see this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32136-Carol-Clarke-the-most-consistently-accurate-psychic-I-have-come-across)), who gives personal readings — but not necessarily at all about past lives, unless that's requested of her — charges (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32136-Carol-Clarke-the-most-consistently-accurate-psychic-I-have-come-across&p=1145945&viewfull=1#post1145945) £90/$118 for a 50 minute reading, or £65/$85 for a 30 minute reading. She's hardly a wealthy woman (far from it!), and puts a LOT of work into what she does. She can't do this on a production line, either, and she can easily become drained and exhausted if she takes on too much.

On that approximate scale, a good regression therapist might charge something like $150/hour on a pro rata basis. I'd say that's pretty fair. But I do know some people who charge double that, and others who charge half. (I've never charged anything myself thus far, as I've only ever worked with personal friends, at the same time building my experience base. But in the last few weeks I've started to consider offering my services 'professionally', as it were.)

You see, the real question might be: what is this worth? I'd suggest that in some cases, it can be life-transforming, and therefore priceless. One might spend literally one's whole life guessing about something, or trying to figure out why a certain phenomenon is happening repeatedly.

And one would never discharge the core of the issues looking through this present lifetime. Sometimes, that can all be addressed and resolved in just a few sessions — working with the right person.

:flower:

[DNA]

Akashic Records? Now... that's an interesting terminology, isn't it?

Because, if these thingies are RECORDS, what was recorded?

What recorded them?

Can an "imaginative visualization" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89230-When-Vested-Interests-Take-Education-over...&p=1187945&viewfull=1#post1187945) become part of the "records"?

If it's some kind of energy field that's being imprinted with data... then, said data can be "Photo-shopped," right?

Which leads me to considering that said "Akashic Records" are no more than the content of some recycling bins... for indefinite re-use or... NOT :)


In my opinion the Akashic records shouldn't be a common vernacular or terminology people throw around with the idea that it lends some kind of credence to their point of view.
In all honesty starting off a statement by implying they are verified by the Akashic records is kind of like Joseph Smith saying he has these Golden Plates that can only be read by those who have magic glasses.


So, my most humble and gracious of bows goes out to Herve, who is stating this and much more eloquently than I ever could.
Herve, you are a insatiable destroyer of paradigms and the paralysis so often associated.
I would like to let you know, that through all of our studies and posts, you have always been in the fore front of understanding truth, and I would like to acknowledge that and give a deep bow to you in your work and endeavors, which I know from a personal stand point require constant personal paradigm paralysis smashing, and being as I rarely see folks better at this than myself, I would like to acknowledge that you are a true master in terms of how this art is applied.
Thank you. :)

[gnostic9]

Fascinating subject. But why are Past Life Readings so expensive. And there is the question of "channelings" - how to determine genuine channelings from mind control manipulation.



Hi there, Adaline, and a very warm welcome to the forum. :waving:

1) Please do take a few minutes to read my previous posts on this thread. My strong advice would be not to even think of investing in a past life reading when you can opt for a past life regression.

There's all the difference in the world. Truly. That was one of the reasons I started this thread, because there can sometimes be quite a lot of misunderstanding and/or confusion about the whole field.

And certainly, don't opt for a channeling. You'd have NO certainty who or what is telling you stuff — or why. :)

2) To answer the 'expensive' question with a question: How should an experienced, part life regression therapist earn their living and pay their bills? I do this myself, and no way could I do more than a couple of in-depth regressions in a day. And absolutely NO way could I keep that up every day for a week.

It'd become a production line, and a great deal of quality might be lost, including the possibility of errors — all at the expense of clients. One really has to be totally fresh and focused. (Note: I do know some folk who work much more intensively, with tremendous success. But those are rare and remarkable people, with a huge amount of experience.)

Carol Clarke (see this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32136-Carol-Clarke-the-most-consistently-accurate-psychic-I-have-come-across)), who gives personal readings — but not necessarily at all about past lives, unless that's requested of her — charges (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32136-Carol-Clarke-the-most-consistently-accurate-psychic-I-have-come-across&p=1145945&viewfull=1#post1145945) £90/$118 for a 50 minute reading, or £65/$85 for a 30 minute reading. She's hardly a wealthy woman (far from it!), and puts a LOT of work into what she does. She can't do this on a production line, either, and she can easily become drained and exhausted if she takes on too much.

On that approximate scale, a good regression therapist might charge something like $150/hour on a pro rata basis. I'd say that's pretty fair. But I do know some people who charge double that, and others who charge half. (I've never charged anything myself thus far, as I've only ever worked with personal friends, at the same time building my experience base. But in the last few weeks I've started to consider offering my services 'professionally', as it were.)

You see, the real question might be: what is this worth? I'd suggest that in some cases, it can be life-transforming, and therefore priceless. One might spend literally one's whole life guessing about something, or trying to figure out why a certain phenomenon is happening repeatedly.

And one would never discharge the core of the issues looking through this present lifetime. Sometimes, that can all be addressed and resolved in just a few sessions — working with the right person.

:flower:

Hi Bill. I feel i have been blocked/subdued all my life. I was with a regression therapist about 2 years ago, i was told that i may have an entity attachment. I had a reading from Carol Clarke in july 2017. She mentioned a past life which i have no way of tracing, and that i am a plaeidian, which has been suggested by 2 other psychics. If you have the time, would it be ok to send you the audio reading, and the information that i sent to Carol before the reading. Maybe you could help, or suggest a way forward.

Thank you for all that you do.

francis

Love peace and joy to all!

[Callista]

Yesterday I had a private chat with Bill regarding the question of reputable regressionists, and the fact that many on Avalon seemed to be searching for answers. Here is part of his reply:

It's a frequently posted question — and an understandable one! — who one might contact for regressions that aren't 'let-me-tell-you' readings, and don't involve hypnosis. So I think it might be really helpful to some if you told people that Will was very experienced here.


If you are looking for a good regressionist, please consider Will Berlinghof.

He can take you through whatever you need to do, and he enables you to have the tools to do your own work, so you are not reliant on anyone else. In other words, he is a mentor.

He has had over 40 years experience in this field and knows what he is doing. He does all his work over Skype or telephone and the sessions are usually 2 hours duration. He does not ask for any information from the client beforehand, as all the information comes from the client at the time.

Here are testimonials from his website https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/testimonials/.

Will is blind and I do all his bookings for him, so if you are interested in making an appointment please email me: callista@rainbowphoenix.com.au

[Bill Ryan]

Maybe you could help, or suggest a way forward.

Thank you for all that you do.

Yes, I could certainly help, and was just thinking about that — but then Callista just posted immediately above.

I know her husband Will, and you can absolutely trust him. He has a huge amount of experience, and he also understands all the correct protocols.

:thumbsup:

[Shadowself]

Good morning!

I could not resist sharing my past life regression. I can't remember the exact year but it was around 2005 give or take a year.

Now I don't know about all the protocols spoken of here but the person giving me my regression was pretty good in my estimation. I have a recording of it somewhere but have a real hard time listening to it as it makes me emotional. You see what I remembered when I finally got to the point of actually visualizing and remembering was the day of my death. I was also quite conscious and aware...not under hypnosis.

What I found extremely interesting was where I was. The impression I got from the surrounding area and a strong sense was Scotland. Now afterward I found this quite odd because as far as I knew nobody in my heritage was from Scotland and I never usually gave that area a second thought. But Scotland it was. What I remembered from that day was being accosted by some men who I perceived to be some kind of soldiers who eventually threw me off a cliff into the shore of an ocean to my death. That's the nicer version and I won't go into details...but I still remember those details. I also found this quite interesting as in my early twenty's I started to develop a huge fear of heights and especially bridges over water. I literally will start shaking with fear on a bridge or near a cliff. It's quite debilitating too.

So just to close here...I recently did a DNA test for a different reason and quite to my surprise....I'm 50% Scottish! I had no idea. As I said I never gave Scotland a second thought until that regression.

I've always held the belief that our memory is contained in our DNA...I think I'm living proof of that. At the very least I've proven it to myself.

[Foxie Loxie]

Thanks for sharing, Shadowself....your account is most interesting! :highfive:

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I am looking forward to a reading with Will in two days. I am not sure of the format yet, reading, regression or both but I am sure it will be interesting. My current plan is to post the audio on my website (http://ronmauer.net/) and provide a link to it here on the forum.

Bill, thanks for your endorsement of Will. That means a lot.

[Hervé]

[...]
Herve, you are a insatiable destroyer of paradigms and the paralysis so often associated.
[...]
Thank you for the acknowledgement, DNA :)

Like many, along with Jon Rappoport, who are from the "old" school of the scientific method... which first checks for the validity of the "premises" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89230-When-Vested-Interests-Take-Education-over...&p=1186597&viewfull=1#post1186597) since, when the "premises" are flawed, what can one expect to build upon said premises but flawed investigations and out-to-lunch conclusions.

When one realizes it's already a very difficult task when starting from common, obvious physical evidence... any need to mention subjective "evidence"?

... yet, "There is something to it!" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?92980-Past-Lives-Accounts&p=1094525&viewfull=1#post1094525)

[TrumanCash]

Akashic Records? Now... that's an interesting terminology, isn't it?

Because, if these thingies are RECORDS, what was recorded?

What recorded them?

Can an "imaginative visualization" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?89230-When-Vested-Interests-Take-Education-over...&p=1187945&viewfull=1#post1187945) become part of the "records"?

If it's some kind of energy field that's being imprinted with data... then, said data can be "Photo-shopped," right?

Which leads me to considering that said "Akashic Records" are no more than the content of some recycling bins... for indefinite re-use or... NOT :)

Yes, I've also wondered where this term came from and what does it mean exactly. I can understand it if it is a general indication of the existence of past lives, memories, etc, that can be recovered. However, in common usage by numerous people it appears to have the meaning of some kind of library that exists that records everything, everywhere and everywhen that anyone can tap into. I've never run across any evidence that such a thing exists except as individual memories.

What I have seen in my own research is that if one conducts extensive past life regression research/healing that involves many people a bigger picture does become evident. (Bearing in mind that common sense protocols are used and avoiding possible unverifiable data contamination or outright hijacking via "psychics", "channelers", "hypnotism", "readers", etc.)

Futhermore, I found that if one uses non-hypnotic common sense protocols with abductees one can especially piece together the actual local history of this planet within the past fifteen thousand plus years. This is simply because the controlling ETs operating the artificial reincarnation system follow abductees from lifetime to lifetime and often place them in high-level positions in secret societies, religions, government, etc.

And if one conducts extensive past life regressions/healing involving many people a much bigger picture is discernable. Generally speaking, this can only be accomplished with many sessions and that generally requires a long time frame. So one or two regressions may be interesting and helpful, but it barely scratches the surface, IMO.

Question: Does anyone on this thread know when the term "akashic records" came into usage and by whom?

[we-R-one]

The Akashic Records have been around for a long time. Even History Channel’s Ancient Aliens did a whole program on the entire topic. Edgar Cayce is well known for reading the Akashic Records with high accuracy. From an article written by Kevin Todeschi C.E.O. of A.R.E.:
“Most often, when giving a reading which discussed a person's soul history and his or her individual sojourn through space and time, Cayce would begin with a statement such as, "Yes, we have before us the records of the entity now known or called _________."- Edgar Cayce

Reference to the Akashic Records have also been found in ancient documents.

“Biblical References: Book of Life
Information about these Akashic Records – this Book of Life – can be found in folklore, in myth, and throughout the Old and New Testaments. It is traceable at least as far back as the Semitic peoples and includes the Arabs, the Assyrians, the Phoenicians, the Babylonians, and the Hebrews. Among each of these peoples was the belief that there was in existence some kind of celestial tablets which contained the history of humankind as well as all manner of spiritual information.
The first reference in Scripture to some unearthly volume is found in Exodus 32:32. After the Israelites had committed a most grievous sin by worshiping the golden calf, it was Moses who pleaded on their behalf, even offering to take full responsibility and have his own name stricken "out of thy book which thou hast written" in recompense for their deed. Later, in the Old Testament, we learn that there is nothing about an individual that is not known in this same book. In Psalm 139, David makes reference to the fact God has written down everything about him and all the details of his life – even that which is imperfect and those deeds which have yet to be performed.

Please contact Kevin Todeshci for further information if you need more details.
Source: https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/akashic-records/

If you’ve never experienced a well trained Akashic Reader how can you discount it? If you’re trying to get to the truth of the matter you look at all research not just your own, that’s just common sense. That would be like me saying Past Life Regression doesn’t work, which I will never say because I do believe if you get someone good it will merit results. I’ve never done it before, but just because I haven’t tried it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work, again you have to consider the research work of others and to not do so would make me question whether the person ignoring other researcher's work has a complete grasp on said topic.

Scientifically, the existence of the Akashic Records is very plausible. Everything around you is energy, everything vibrates at a frequency. We know from Dr. Bruce Lipton’s work that words vibrate at a frequency and lie in ‘the field’. What’s ‘the field’? Thanks to the work of Virgo Consortium (see here: http://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/virgo/millennium/index.shtml) we know the Aether Field is scientifically proven as it’s been photographed….see picture on the right:

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/neuron-galaxy.jpg

Notice the similarities in photos? Think Holographic Universe…Anyways, it’s not hard to connect the dots to understand how words can be read from the Aether Field and if one can tune into the correct frequency, just like a radio station, they can then read words within ‘the field’, which is exactly what Kevin Ryerson does as did Edgar Cayce. There’s even a Complete Idiot’s guide to the Akashic Record:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Akashic-Lifestyle-Paperback/dp/1592579965

Do research the topic of Akashic Records, as many others have and have shared their work online.

My knowledge about it came from first hand experience which is why I speak so confidently about the findings. My first Akashic reading with Kevin, I was a complete skeptic about the process. I didn’t have a problem with the concept of past lives, but I was skeptical on how anyone could obtain information from something known as The Akashic Records….I wanted to know what past life identity memory I was remembering and after doing some researching and vetting I contacted Kevin Ryerson for assistance. Sometime in the fall of 2005 I had visited The Newport Mansions in Rhode Island. These are amazing vacation homes of the wealthy dating back to the late 1800’s. As I was walking through one of them I suddenly began to have past life memories as these homes were a trigger because they were similar to what I was raised in as a young child in the past life I was remembering. One word came to the forefront of my mind, ‘Renaissance’……I knew I had something to do with the Renaissance in the mid 1500’s. Fast forward to my first reading in 2011, 6 years later, and what does Kevin say right out of the gate, ‘you were a person of ‘Renaissance’ and typically you reincarnate during Renaissance periods.’ He then gave my identity as Marie R. Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots. R stands for Regent and that is how she signed her name Marie R., which is why he was giving me the identity in this manner as he was reading the Akashic. Well I never told Kevin the story I just shared with you…..You have to think about the statistical odds of him getting the same word I did…How many words are there in the English language? And out of all those words he picked the same I did, which said not only was he reading my record, but likely I was reading ‘the field’ myself.

This is what I mean when I say you have to ‘experience’ it to understand it as it’s difficult to articulate in words why one can be so sure their personal record is being read. This guy kicks out information rather quickly which is impossible if he weren’t reading from something. So when you’re exploring historical figures, in different time periods, the person doing the reading would have to have a huge knowledge base about history to respond as quickly as he does, which he doesn't as he’s reading the Akashic. Also, using my case as an example, you ask yourself, how could he know my identity if he has no information about me other than my current name, birth date and place of birth? So when I went to research the identity, using Dr. Semkiw's methodology, I began to find all kinds of matches called ‘objectives.’ My wedding day was her birthday, my birthday coincided with the day of my coronation to the throne of France, my birth name was the same as hers. And guess what, he didn’t have my birth name, he only had my adopted name because I never told him I was adopted. Even better, my facial measurements were taken by a professional in the reincarnation field(Biometrics) and we found exact matches to her death mask. In Biometrics you don’t get an exact match unless you are that person which is why the FBI relies on Biometrics to identify people. Then you start to take a closer look at the people around you and they begin to match in the same manner…Again, what are the statistical odds of finding so many matches? In reincarnation they say you have an energy signature which is why your facial bone structure will be the same from one incarnation to the next, which is why it can be measured. You may not look exactly the same, but your bone structure will. So when you get this many matches, this is when you know it’s real as the statistics tell you, the likelihood it’s all a coincidence is far from the truth. The more you can find, the more the compelling case. You really can’t ignore the evidence and it’s why many seek Kevin’s assistance and respect both his work and that of Semkiw’s.

Remember Avalon member Christian? His friend Michael Jaco went to Kevin Ryerson and was quite pleased with the experience. You can read about his book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Warrior-Past-Lives-Remembered/dp/1497521262
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NVhXLmArL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Dr. Walter Semikiw has been working with Kevin Ryerson for many years on cases using the methodology of ‘objectives’ combined with Kevin’s ability to read the Akashic Records. You can see his case studies in his books and on his website. Lois Wetzel has also documented cases, her book is called Akashic Records Case Studies of Past Lives.

There’s plenty of information to be found on the topic, but don’t just read about it, go experience it for yourself!

[we-R-one]

CASE STUDY

Biometric Proof Sherrie Lea Laird Marilyn Monroe Reincarnation


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8SMamaMvCs

Sherrie Lea Laird was Akashic Confirmed by Kevin Ryerston- Ahtun-Re

http://www.pastlives.com/MM-Sherrie-SmileSM.jpg

https://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_sarahg/2007_08_04SherrieLea.jpg




PS Paul Von Ward is who did the Biometric measurements on my face and that of my research partner.

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/Idahophotos/DEATH%20MASK%20COMPARISON_1.jpg (http://s489.photobucket.com/user/Idahophotos/media/DEATH%20MASK%20COMPARISON_1.jpg.html)

[Bill Ryan]

Question: Does anyone on this thread know when the term "akashic records" came into usage and by whom?

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records:

The Sanskrit term akasha was introduced to the language of theosophy through H. P. Blavatsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Blavatsky) (1831–1891), who characterized it as a sort of life force; she also referred to "indestructible tablets of the astral light" recording both the past and future of human thought and action, but she did not use the term "akashic".[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4) The notion of an akashic record is attributed to Alfred Percy Sinnett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Percy_Sinnett), who, in his book Esoteric Buddhism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Buddhism_%28book%29) (1883), wrote of a Buddhist belief in "a permanency of records in the Akasa" and "the potential capacity of man to read the same."[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-esoteric.buddhism-5) By C. W. Leadbeater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._Leadbeater)'s Clairvoyance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance_%28book%29) (1899) the association of the term with the idea was complete, and he identified the akashic records by name as something a clairvoyant could read.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4) In his 1913 Man: How, Whence, and Whither? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man:_whence,_how_and_whither,_a_record_of_clairvoyant_investigation), Leadbeater claims to record the history of Atlantis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis) and other civilizations as well as the future society of Earth in the 28th century.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-6)

Alice A. Bailey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_A._Bailey) wrote in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Book 3 – Union achieved and its Results (1927):
The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.

~~~

(Bill's comments)

The notion was later popularized by Rudolph Steiner. What we see from this is that it's not an ancient concept, but a modern one.

Of some interest (and irony! :) ) is that the person who was Helena Blavatsky — one of the most experienced and able past-life therapists on the planet, who I've known as a close friend for 29 years — has shared with me personally that she is profoundly regretful that she (as Blavatsky) made so many errors and spread them so widely.

[Bill Ryan]

Now I don't know about all the protocols spoken of here...

The most important are:


NEVER judge, or overlay the client's own subjective reality with your own ideas.
NEVER correct the client, or tell them you think they're wrong or mistaken, even by implication or subtle suggestion.
ALWAYS acknowledge everything the client shares.
ALWAYS follow, and enter the process through, the client's interest and attention. (Not your own!) That indicates the presence of emotional charge in the client, which in turn indicates the presence of 'unfinished business'.
When a process is started, ALWAYS finish it — or if a long and complex session has to be incomplete because of real-world time-constraints, resume the session as soon as possible (ideally the same day, or within a couple of days at most) in order not to leave things 'open' and possibly painful and real-time triggering.

[we-R-one]

(Bill's comments)

The notion was later popularized by Rudolph Steiner. What we see from this is that it's not an ancient concept, but a modern one.

Of some interest (and irony! :) ) is that the person who was Helena Blavatsky — one of the most experienced and able past-life therapists on the planet, who I've known as a close friend for 29 years — has shared with me personally that she is profoundly regretful that she (as Blavatsky) made so many errors and spread them so widely.

Sure there can be errors in misinterpretations, however you can get proper identities by searching for 'objectives' and using Biometrics when possible. The combination of all like Paul Von Ward talks about in the video above is what makes for a compelling case. I wouldn't discount the evidence, there's just too much of it if you know where to look. Regression sessions aren't the only means and since the title of this thread is Past Lives 101, surely you have to consider other evidence. I just feel this needs to be said, because too many on here are glossing over research I'm providing because they're not familiar with it and just because one isn't familiar with it, doesn't mean there's no merit to it.

[Hervé]

[...]
Of some interest (and irony! :) ) is that the person who was Helena Blavatsky — one of the most experienced and able past-life therapists on the planet, who I've known as a close friend for 29 years — has shared with me personally that she is profoundly regretful that she (as Blavatsky) made so many errors and spread them so widely.
Darn! That sucks... I still feel like dodging under a table or join the monsters under my bed when recalling some mistakes I made this life...

May the collective divine consciousness bless your friend's cotton socks :)

[Flash]

Question: Does anyone on this thread know when the term "akashic records" came into usage and by whom?

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records:

The Sanskrit term akasha was introduced to the language of theosophy through H. P. Blavatsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Blavatsky) (1831–1891), who characterized it as a sort of life force; she also referred to "indestructible tablets of the astral light" recording both the past and future of human thought and action, but she did not use the term "akashic".[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4) The notion of an akashic record is attributed to Alfred Percy Sinnett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Percy_Sinnett), who, in his book Esoteric Buddhism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Buddhism_%28book%29) (1883), wrote of a Buddhist belief in "a permanency of records in the Akasa" and "the potential capacity of man to read the same."[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-esoteric.buddhism-5) By C. W. Leadbeater (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._Leadbeater)'s Clairvoyance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance_%28book%29) (1899) the association of the term with the idea was complete, and he identified the akashic records by name as something a clairvoyant could read.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4) In his 1913 Man: How, Whence, and Whither? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man:_whence,_how_and_whither,_a_record_of_clairvoyant_investigation), Leadbeater claims to record the history of Atlantis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis) and other civilizations as well as the future society of Earth in the 28th century.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-brandt_hammer-4)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records#cite_note-6)

Alice A. Bailey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_A._Bailey) wrote in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Book 3 – Union achieved and its Results (1927):
The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.

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(Bill's comments)

The notion was later popularized by Rudolph Steiner. What we see from this is that it's not an ancient concept, but a modern one.

Of some interest (and irony! :) ) is that the person who was Helena Blavatsky — one of the most experienced and able past-life therapists on the planet, who I've known as a close friend for 29 years — has shared with me personally that she is profoundly regretful that she (as Blavatsky) made so many errors and spread them so widely.

Hi Bill, interesting because I heard the exact same thing about Blavatsky from some of her brothers in arms (spiritual colleagues) and that she regretted it and had to pay for mistakes in a karmic way.

Bill, where was that person who is Blavatsky reincarnation born? (cross checking information here)

I have also been told that akashic records contain exactly what Alice A. Bailey said and that one has to be very careful when reading them, to differentiate between truth and lived expériences versus desires and dreams of humans. I have been told also the same for past life readings/seeing - to be careful because sometimes one either sees some historical events not related to any of one's lives, or some desires of what should have happened at a given time.

I was asked a little while ago if I know how to differentiate between true pas life and something in the astral or akashic records that aren't mine, and I answered pretty much the same thing you described in a previous post: one KNOWS, and something changes in one's life or perception then on, after seeing the previous life. If nothing changes and it seems like an observation, it may be unrelated to any of one's previous life. (taking into account that everything and everyone is in fact related, we are all the same oversoul).

I had both, expériences related to past lives, and observations unrelated to my lives (remote viewing in time and space), with and without hypnosis for past lives, and through rebirth or simply going into a place i have never been and souvenirs came back (ex: the building where Napoleon and his generals were working to plan the war and conquest - and the écurie (horse barn) nearby which are still used by the French army nowadays - they did not allow me to visit, but I knew in which stall my horse was. Much came back to me, and gosh, I will never obey Napoleon again! I am just finisthing in this actual lifetime getting rid of the guilt and sadness generated in that lifetime.

In Istanbul, I heard the clamour of pain and suffering, thousands of voices, at one of the corner of the old city, not knowing what was happening to me. When i told this to a Turk I could talk to without being deemed crazy, he was surprised and told me that in those 4 corners were towers and dunjons. In the precise corner I experienced the voices, Sultans and Byzantines and Constatinople governers and Kings had been, for thousands of years, torturing people. This was an observation, not a previous life of mine. And it changed nothing in me except for knowing I can observe such énergies, such imprints.

No need for anyone to read the past lives or anyone else, we can all do it ourselves.

[Bill Ryan]

Hi Bill, interesting because I heard the exact same thing about Blavatsky from some of her brothers in arms (spiritual colleagues) and that she regretted it and had to pay for mistakes in a karmic way.

Bill, where was that person who is Blavatsky reincarnation born? (cross checking information here)

She was born in Austria.

[Catsquotl]

Alice A. Bailey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_A._Bailey) wrote in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Book 3 – Union achieved and its Results (1927):
The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.


Now that is interesting.
So a trained occultist can see the difference, However, what's the purpose of keeping a record of a strong imagined desire?
If and I say if because my trust in karma is a little skewed, these record exists to ensure a karmic balance. could not a desire strong enough merit a karmic counteract?

If so my idea that past life's are merely strong desires that need some sort of resolution becomes even more plausible..
hmm

[petra]

I've tried to do it myself and the results were all awful. I don't think I could trust anyone to do hypnotic regression on me either, I just think if I did that I'd never be able to forgive myself. Maybe some memories are better not remembered is the way I try to look at it.

I won't go into detail but in one dream I was a child (a little alien I guess) and I was being trained how to "capture spirits". Another one was more like memory, it happened while I was awake. I remembered being blind and living in a world where all the women are blind too. It just seems like some kind of insane, so insane and scary I think it could be manufactured.

The closest I came to remembering a past life was when I was NOT trying... and it only seemed like that in hind sight. Also not a very nice life.... but I remember being happy. Thinking about it now is making me want to cry too. Not wanting to remember is kind of frustrating, part of me feels entitled to know, and the other one feels like it is trying to protect me from it.

The phrase "You'll only understand when God lets you understand" is comforting in one way, and frustrating in another way. It repeats itself in my head from time to time. Even if it's not God, but something else in charge of my "understanding", I don't have any control over it whatsoever.

[amor]

Exactly. The possibility exists that we are merely being cycled through pre-existing memories of the Akashic Record; instead of reading history, we are living it. How do you add this view of life to the information that the US Military abducts children to feed the underground reptilians with the understanding that if they do that the reptilian will not come up to eat us? I think we should invite them up and pepper them with the Hollow Point Bullets they made for just such an event. Off topic? Everything belongs in this topic. We are testing reality here.

[Bill Ryan]

the US Military abducts children to feed the underground reptilians with the understanding that if they do that the reptilian will not come up to eat us?

Off topic?

Absolutely! Please. :flower:


Everything belongs in this topic. We are testing reality here.

No, we're not. We're trying to have an informative, practical discussion about past life retrieval and recall. That's why we have different sections, different subforums, and different threads.

:focus:

[Bill Ryan]

I've tried to do it myself and the results were all awful. I don't think I could trust anyone to do hypnotic regression on me either

Yes... it's barely possible (I'd say really almost impossible) to do self-regression. Please do read my previous posts.

One needs another person, with experience, to hold space and guide the processes. Though I do understand that some may report success with various meditation techniques.

And, please note! :flower: Hypnosis is not required. Ever. :)

[Callista]

The problem with self-regression is that you haven't got anyone else verifying the info you are getting, so doubt is a factor. Will's method of regression requires that the client be fully conscious throughout the session. That way, you can bring forth your memories into your present consciousness and examine them. Will has the ability to 'travel' with the client and 'see' what the client is seeing. He never corrects or leads the client, but confirms what they are seeing. The session is audio recorded in real time and the client can then go over the material at their leisure. Will DOES NOT require your birth date etc or any other information about you. He does not access any other information from astrological websites etc., YOU have all the information inside of you and this is what he works with.

I didn't trust anyone to regress me until five years' ago when I met Will. There are many good regressors out there, but also many who try and steer the process. Regression is a very useful tool for discovering the thought-forms and energies that are influencing one's present focus personality lifetime. It is recommended for those who wish to break out of restricting programs.

I asked Will to contribute to this thread and here is what he has to say:

Regression can open doors into corridors of memory that co-exist within the framework of real-time experiencing of life. The problem is, that often these corridors are hidden and even suppressed so that their influence is not even recognized. The irony here is that often those suppressed hidden memories are having an unconscious effect on an individual. It is the role of the good regression therapist to guide the client into the remembrance of these co-existing corridors of memory, so that they might be dis-entangled from the experiences of one’s present focus personality.

Make no mistake about it, this is a delicate procedure and it could even be said that harm may occur when certain memories are revealed from other lifetimes that are difficult to accept in the context of one’s present life. That is why, when one is trying to do it on their own, or when one sees a therapist without proper skills or sensitivity, that difficulties may arise in a person’s life. The important thing to remember is that these co-existent corridors are having an effect, hidden as it may be, that need to be revealed so that healing can take place for an individual in real time.

Hypnotherapy DOES NOT need to be employed, for one has the capacity, through the use of one’s imagination, to access those forgotten or repressed memories. Furthermore, by releasing those hidden energies, one is freed to proceed in one’s life, free of the undue influences that have been unconsciously influencing the individual.

Regression therapy is a process that can allow an individual to work with repressed memories, both from the current lifetime and ‘past’ lifetimes. The regression therapist has the responsibility of ensuring that the client does not become unduly immersed in the energies of the regression experience. Therefore, the regressionist needs to be not only the facilitator of the experience, but also the guardian and protector of the individual on the journey to retrieve hidden memories and energies.

All in all, regression therapy can be a most powerful tool in making sense of one’s life.

Will is open to answering relevant questions on this thread in regards to regression therapy.

[Iloveyou]

Bringing back past life memories can be a game, a distraction, evasion [a risk?] or it can be life-changing, even crucial for survival, in my experience that is totally up to the individual [lifeplan]. There is no common answer.

I'd love to take the chance to put together some memories and share what it meant for me [as an example for many possible approaches]

- Memories emerged 'out of nowhere' (acted out in real life)

As a young woman I hitch-hiked to Paris and through France several times. It was not planned, not even a spontaneous over-night decision. I just did it and simultaneously watched myself perplexed and wondering. I wasn't a tourist nor a young backpacker, I rushed through the country trying to hide and find shelter, in constant fear of being caught. I had images of searchlights, dogs, wire fences and holes in the ground.

The following years, during the first day on a new job I often had the strong feeling of danger, of 'I must get out of here' - and left the building (through a rear exit or a cellar window) without telling anyone.

For years I was obsessed with literature about political terror, resistance and emigration in the Third Reich. I even joined a political party whose members back then (the common people) were well known for fighting the Nazis.

My general feeling was being chased and forced to hide, and I never stayed in one place for a long time. When I unexpectedly came across old pictures from Paris (from the 30s), I automatically held my breath in a state of alertness and vigilance, trying to listen intently, followed by a sense of melancholy, sadness and resignation. I even married a man with a similar obsession.

These memories had surfaced from my subconscious just so far that I could perceive and feel it, but not far enough to do any harm, I could always handle it. There was no violent break-through. The emerging images were very clear, but somehow softened. Many years later I realized that it was all over, gone, healed, redeemed – and I had not noticed when that had happened.

All this could have been a past life bleeding through or as well a case of entity attachment. The idea that I had just picked up someone else's experiences or tapped into some kind of accumulated collective 'karma' is new to me, but intriguing. Could be quite possible.

- Memories emerged unexpectedly during therapy sessions, energetic body work, birth release (accompagnied by heavy emotions and physical sensations)


I was caught in a small, stonewalled room with barred windows just beneath the ceiling. I had been raised by a kind of wild dogs or wolves and never had any contact to humans - maybe I have seen them from a distance. A man visited me regularly, tried to communicate with me and did the most amazing, beautiful things to me. I was a natural and wild being. Cautious, but curious, not traumatized, ready to trust someone who knew how to approach me.

There were crowds of people outside the windows, shouting and jolting the bars.The man took me by the hand and we stood at the foot of a stairway with a well dressed couple looking at us from the top. Nothing was spoken, but I sensed a huge NO and condemnation and knew that this was my death sentence. (That's the only case where I know who that person is in my current life)

- I found myself walled in a tower, standing on the wet, moldy ground with no space to move. Could hardly breathe and felt that the walls approached me, pressed against me, until everything went black.

- Memories emerged in regression sessions, no hypnosis (observed like on a screen)

I found myself in jail again. I've been caught after they had chased me for years. I was a beautiful, seductive but aggressive woman, full of hatred and feelings of revenge. I had murdered a number of men across the country by cutting their throat. Didn't remember the reason why or if there had even been one, I just followed my hatred blindly, I was not aware of anything else in my life. People hated and chased me, tried to lynch me when I was caught. There was one old woman who had been on my side, who had understood and helped me to hide. But now she couldn't do anything else for me.
Going back in time to childhood (in the lifetime described above), I was lying in a smoky hut, in a hammock by the fireplace, a tiny child. The anger and urge for revenge was overwhelming. Not sure if that was the beginning of that lifetime or the beginning of the next one when I had returned.

I feel this pattern has been repeated over many incarnations.

- A past life the regressionist told me about (on one occasion)

She led me to my recent time in the womb and to the moment when my mother had conceived me. Then she stopped and didn't want to go further. She said she has guided many women through similar experiences and now it's too much for her, she cannot do that anymore. But she would tell me what she has seen. As soon as she started to talk I knew exactly what it was about and took over.

She saw me as a young girl at the initiation with a cult. The girl admired and adored the masters. They promised her she will be like them, sie followed trustful and naive, blinded by their beauty and glory. The thing ended in rape and torture and having the heart cut out. She saw me again as an adult participating in sadistic rituals where everything has gotten out of control. Again, this kind of experience spanned many lifetimes.

-Aspects of the above past life experience emerged again during a session with plant medicine (San Pedro)

- Past life information that emerged during a training for 'mediumistic healing'

I was in a group where we learned to communicate with disposessed entities via a medium. The trainer was a very experienced, old woman who has studied Kardecism in Brasil.

When it was my turn, an aged woman tried to make herself heard. She was suffocating, pressed into an iron torture instrument, 2500 BC in Abyssinia, East Africa. A vast stone building on a high plain. The women had worshipped the Goddess. Hordes had attacked the place and murdered everyone. When she died, she attached herself to the next person available (me). When the medium was asked, if she knew me, she said: that's my sister in faith. She was cooperative and grateful for being released (other than some other beings we met).

- Past lives two psychics told me about

One told me about three past lives in more detail which I found interesting but did not feel any resonance. The other one told me about an off-world incident which I do not reject, but can only accept so far. Seems I have still to work through some 'incarnation-issues' first.

All this sounds like a rather wild mix. Finally the various threads merged into one continuous life-storyline that coincides perfectly with my current existence, with great accuracy. I have been working through those issues for several thousand years, it is the purpose of this lifetime to finally complete that circle and let go of the last entanglements. Feel very old, very tired and not done yet. Though I usually prefer to act out only my nescient, innocent, childlike personality part.

Certainly we are on stage performing our role in the play which includes births, deaths, journeys and sojourns in astral realms, reincarnation [voluntarily or not], rememberance and amnesia, deception, soul traps and brutal force - while our true existence as a self-aware soul that contains all potentials and possibilities lies beyond that. Maybe the stage is bigger and more extended than we thought. But we're just playing our part as best we can, don't we?

[petra]

I've tried to do it myself and the results were all awful. I don't think I could trust anyone to do hypnotic regression on me either

Yes... it's barely possible (I'd say really almost impossible) to do self-regression. Please do read my previous posts.

One needs another person, with experience, to hold space and guide the processes. Though I do understand that some may report success with various meditation techniques.

And, please note! :flower: Hypnosis is not required. Ever. :)

Hi Bill, that's the part I get upset at - the idea of "requirements". It just doesn't seem fair. I have some kind of conditioning that causes me to not want to screw with things I do not understand. The argument is, how are we ever going to understand anything, if we don't "mess around" with it... pardon my ignorance.

Trying to read about it just makes me more suspicious, I'm trying though. To me, past lives could just as easily be "future lives" or "alternate realities"

[petra]

I didn't trust anyone to regress me until five years' ago when I met Will.

His method sounds encouraging, I think that seems much more safe. You need to eliminate the doubt.

[petra]

Everything belongs in this topic. We are testing reality here.

No, we're not. We're trying to have an informative, practical discussion about past life retrieval and recall. That's why we have different sections, different subforums, and different threads.

:focus:

I think it might be the "101" that's doing it :)

[Adaline]

Bringing back past life memories can be a game, a distraction, evasion [a risk?] or it can be life-changing, even crucial for survival, in my experience that is totally up to the individual [lifeplan]. There is no common answer.

I'd love to take the chance to put together some memories and share what it meant for me [as an example for many possible approaches]

Thank you for sharing this!!!

[Bill Ryan]

Everything belongs in this topic. We are testing reality here.
No, we're not. We're trying to have an informative, practical discussion about past life retrieval and recall. That's why we have different sections, different subforums, and different threads.

:focus:

I think it might be the "101" that's doing it :)

You might well be right! I'm going to rethink the title today. :bigsmile:

The thread was intended to be about the basics of regression:


The basic protocols
The pitfalls
The frequent misunderstandings
And the key aspect to all this — that the information is not important, but the influencing residual charge is.
What that means is that the principal, practical goal of regression is NOT NOT NOT to find out the past life info (fascinating thought it might sometimes be!). The goal is to unlink from the unknown influences on the present — enabling us to be here now with more sovereignty, more ability to make good choices, more understanding of our life's mission, and with undesired repeating patterns (which many call 'karma', which is also greatly misunderstood) now better understood and reduced.
One reason why it can be helpful to know our past is to let go of it.
'Letting go' doesn't mean forgetting. It means not having stuck attention on it that takes us out of the here and now.

But since then, the thread's kind of gone all over the map. :) It kind of feels that may be BECAUSE of some of the misunderstandings.

Aside, and maybe of mild interest to some: Will Berlinghof (Callista's husband: see her posts #87 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100417-Past-Lives-101--&p=1189219&viewfull=1#post1189219) and #107 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100417-Past-Lives-101--&p=1189383&viewfull=1#post1189383)) and I are going to trade regression sessions with one another. That might be fun, and we each might learn some aspects to technique from one another.

:flower:

[Ron Mauer Sr]

Does a regression session typically include opportunity for the client to ask questions?

I assume the client should be very quiet, possible meditating, eyes closed during a regression session. Are my assumptions valid?

[Bill Ryan]

Does a regression session typically include opportunity for the client to ask questions?

I assume the client should be very quiet, possible meditating, eyes closed during a regression session. Are my assumptions valid?

A good regression session is a guided, structured 1:1 conversation, with the client fully awake and aware. It's totally simple in its setup.

So yes, questions are always fine. Eyes don't need to be closed at all, but some find that helpful. What IS important is for there to be no distractions or interruptions, internal or external.

An internal distraction might be being hot, cold, hungry, thirsty or tired, needing a bathroom break, maybe even anticipating a phone call, or wondering if a family member was going to return home or come in the room.

And something the client wants to say or ask, but feels they can't, and has attention on, would ALSO be an internal distraction. That could easily interfere with the process, as their attention wouldn't wholly be on the session any longer.

[Catsquotl]

I wonder if anyone would like to experiment with finding past life information and healing first, before doing a regression session.
I'd like to see if it's possible like I believe, but saving to pay for a session will take be the better part of next year.

With Love
Eelco

[petra]

It makes sense to me that past lives could be closely linked to family too.

I had a pretty big "A-HA moment" after I decided to ask my mom about it. I don't know why I never thought to ask her before.

Me: Hey Mom, have you ever given any thought to past lives?

Her: We're not supposed to remember our past lives.

OK - no help there, but glad I asked!

Me: Hey Mom, did Dad remember any past lives?

Her: No.

OK - no help there either.... sure wish my Dad was still alive though so I could ask him.

It took a little while, but then I thought of my little brother. A-HA!!!

That's one of the biggest things the voices in his head torment him about - who he was in the past. They tell him he's lots of awful people, I think I'm better off not naming any names though.

It gets to the point he feels like he's doomed because of his past lives, and that scares me because to me, he's my sweet little brother. I haven't asked him if he remembers any past lives yet but I think I will eventually.

Being doomed because of past lives seems pretty silly to me, especially not having remembered any. Just seems totally unfair to me.

The idea of past lives seem kind of unfair in general. I feel like, if there's past lives - that's a problem that needs to be fixed. We shouldn't need to have past lives I guess is what I am saying. It just seems inefficient. Maybe I just suck at teaching but if I was a teacher I really don't think I'd be making my students forget what I have taught them.

[Bill Ryan]

The idea of past lives seems kind of unfair in general.

You mean, humans' amnesia about past lives. :)

Yes, I'm sure it was never meant to be like this — naturally. I don't know for sure why the amnesia is there, but my best guesses are either


This is deliberate, malevolent interference, maybe because of something happening to us, or to many of us, between lives (a rather unpalatable thought) — or
It's got something to do with a kind of 'incompatibility' between body/brain memory (which is dominant) and spiritual memory (which is totally real, but much more subtle).

The GOOD news is that the spiritual (non-body) memory is always there, and is always recoverable. It just needs a little experience, time and care to do that.

[Bill Ryan]

I think it might be the "101" that's doing it :)

You might well be right! I'm going to rethink the title today. :bigsmile:



Okay, changed. It's a good idea!

The old title was Past Lives 101 :), but I've now amended it to the rather more sober Past Lives: The Basics (and, Regression do's and don'ts).

[Noelle]

What about tools like Binaural Beats, such as the track below? I tried it several months ago, but there were too many distractions around me. I saved it for another day. I just don't know about the history of these sound technologies and whether they are safe or not.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6yYYFSKh1k

[Ron Mauer Sr]

Will Berlinghof (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) did a session with me today, a reading with Cosmic Awareness. The reading is available on my website (http://ronmauer.net/). Some past life information was given that I thought were just dreams. The session was fun and informative.

Tomorrow we will do a Trinary Regression Therapy (TRT) session. I plan to post a recording of the TRT session on my website (http://ronmauer.net/) soon after we are done.

Our Skype conversation went very well. Will is very easy, very comfortable to talk with and did a great job answering my questions.

I am looking forward to tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my first ever regression reading. It should be fun.

[Callista]

What about tools like Binaural Beats, such as the track below? I tried it several months ago, but there were too many distractions around me. I saved it for another day. I just don't know about the history of these sound technologies and whether they are safe or not.

I use the solfeggio frequency tracks to relax and go into a healing state - I like them better than the Binaural Beats. You can find lots of the solfeggio tracks on youtube.

[Sunny-side-up]

I had an experience in the Dorchester museum once, made me very faint and had to leave.

As soon as I entered the building (hadn't been before) I was drawn across and upstairs to a small exhibit of a 'Forge'
A collection of early Blacksmiths tools: Furnace, anvil hammers etc.

As soon as I approached I was physically pulled and before I gained of control of myself I was almost over the barrier.
It was like I was going through a portal, shifting back in-time?

how would things pan out if someone could somehow prove that items where actually theirs from another life/time and they wanted/needed them back Hmm?

[gord]

I'd love to do one of these regressions, but I would never do it by phone or over the net.

[petra]

The idea of past lives seems kind of unfair in general.

You mean, humans' amnesia about past lives. :)

Yes, I'm sure it was never meant to be like this — naturally. I don't know for sure why the amnesia is there, but my best guesses are either


This is deliberate, malevolent interference, maybe because of something happening to us, or to many of us, between lives (a rather unpalatable thought) — or
It's got something to do with a kind of 'incompatibility' between body/brain memory (which is dominant) and spiritual memory (which is totally real, but much more subtle).

The GOOD news is that the spiritual (non-body) memory is always there, and is always recoverable. It just needs a little experience, time and care to do that.

Yes! The amnesia is what seems not natural.... thanks for translating :)

I sure would like to get to the bottom of it. This forum is definitely helping. I clicked Thanks, but it doesn't seem like enough so Thanks again!

[Bill Ryan]

Hi, Folks:

I did a regression with Ron Mauer (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?2049-Ron-Mauer-Sr) yesterday, all recorded and summarized here with his permission. I edited it down a tiny bit, and here it is in two parts.

The first part is an explanation of the protocols — which might be interesting for people to listen to. That's only needed once, for each new client. That's 17 mins.

The second part is the session itself: 47 mins. That was easy and detailed, recalling a Native American lifetime in the late 14th century on the same sizeable, rural Virginia property which Ron owns now. It featured a small ceremony, a tough winter, a fun incident when his friends took his boots as a joke, and when he killed a bear with a bow and arrow... an incident which, interestingly, replayed itself this lifetime in 1967.

The session didn't encounter any trauma or unpleasant 'charged' experiences, so we didn't do any work to discharge residual emotion (there was none) — as one would in a situation where there seemed to be a past life incident, experience or decision which was adversely influencing the present. But the audio may serve as a nice example of what a session looks and feels like, and the kind of guided conversation that's involved.


:star:


http://projectavalon.net/Ron_Mauer_Skype_regression_session_10_Nov_2017_INTRO_AND_PROTOCOLS.mp3 (12 Mb, 17 mins)
http://projectavalon.net/Ron_Mauer_Skype_session_10_Nov_2017_SESSION.mp3 (31 Mb, 47 mins)

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I enjoyed both regressions, my 2nd in two days. First with Will (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) and the second with Bill. Both were interesting experiences for me.

When I answered questions during the sessions, I wondered if the answers I provided were being influenced by past life readings I've been told about.

It is also important to know that I've never been told of past lives as a Native American yet both regressions included Native American lifetimes.

Both regressions and Will's reading with Cosmic Awareness are available on my website (http://ronmauer.net/).

[Joe from the Carolinas]

I enjoyed both regressions, my 2nd in two days. First with Will (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) and the second with Bill. Both were interesting experiences for me.

When I answered questions during the sessions, I wondered if the answers I provided were being influenced by past life readings I've been told about.

It is also important to know that I've never been told of past lives as a Native American yet both regressions included Native American lifetimes.

Both regressions and Will's reading with Cosmic Awareness are available on my website (http://ronmauer.net/).

Hi Ron, thanks to you & Bill for offering up these examples for total newbies like myself that have no prior exposure. Unfortunately your web address is returning a "Server Not Found" error. Is there another route to download these recordings with Will?

EDIT: Thanks Bill! :clapping:





Mod note from Bill: Ron's links do work...:


http://ronmauer.net/2017_11_08%20Will%20Beringhof%20.mp3
http://ronmauer.net/2017_11_09%20Will%20regression%20(Will).mp3

[Ron Mauer Sr]

Will (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) did a reading with Cosmic Awareness then a regression the day after.
Without the ability to evaluate accuracy of predictions, my two favorite readers (psychic readers) are Will (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) and Carol Clarke.

Regression is new to me and I wonder about the accuracy of spontaneous answers given by the client (in this case me).

Readings take a little of the responsibility for accuracy away from me.

But I always question the answers:

Readings:
Who is providing the information?
What is their motivation?
Are there any filters/beliefs/agendas that may distort information as it flows to or is understood by the client?

Regressions:
Are spontaneous answers from the client influenced by irrelevant memories?

In my experience, with a few exceptions, readings and regressions are fun and may be useful. I have had many readings.

Readings and regressions can be very helpful as we each put our unique view of the reality puzzle together and wonder about our role in this multi-dimensional chess game for consciousness.

[Praxis]

I apologize if this is a super neophyte question as I have ZERO interaction with this subject personally.

How does one determine whether the past lives they encounter are actually theirs and not the person just dipping into the cosmic consciousness(akashic record if you choose) that we are all(IMHO) connected to?

Does that make sense. So like we are all connected through consciousness. Can your past lives bleed into my awareness in some way or another? How does one distinguish between my own personal and the groups?


Again sorry if that question is utter garbage.


Also, thanks to Bill and Ron for posting the session. Super helpful for people who are new to this

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I apologize if this is a super neophyte question as I have ZERO interaction with this subject personally.

How does one determine whether the past lives they encounter are actually theirs and not the person just dipping into the cosmic consciousness(akashic record if you choose) that we are all(IMHO) connected to?

Does that make sense. So like we are all connected through consciousness. Can your past lives bleed into my awareness in some way or another? How does one distinguish between my own personal and the groups?


Again sorry if that question is utter garbage.


Also, thanks to Bill and Ron for posting the session. Super helpful for people who are new to this

Sometimes one needs to go with intuition. I suspect that development of one's intuition will help keep us out of trouble.

[Bill Ryan]

I apologize if this is a super neophyte question as I have ZERO interaction with this subject personally.

How does one determine whether the past lives they encounter are actually theirs and not the person just dipping into the cosmic consciousness(akashic record if you choose) that we are all(IMHO) connected to?

Does that make sense. So like we are all connected through consciousness. Can your past lives bleed into my awareness in some way or another? How does one distinguish between my own personal and the groups?

Again sorry if that question is utter garbage.

Also, thanks to Bill and Ron for posting the session. Super helpful for people who are new to this

I'm personally convinced these retrieved memories are our own.

But pragmatically, look at it this way. :)

Suppose you were afraid of water, and you did a regression to find a drowning incident.

Remember: the prime purpose of the regression is NOT to get the information, but to release the emotional charge that may be influencing the present.

If that works — and now you're able to go swimming at last with your children — does it really, really matter? Something in the present is now healed.

[Violet]

There are places in the world that I intuitively never want to go to without being able to explain why. When I visualise these places I see darkness.

Also recurrent patterns in social interactions make me think. Like speaking as opposed to writing. I get things across in written text, but when I speak, something external will always interfere with my message. This pattern repeats with little exception.

[we-R-one]

Regression is new to me and I wonder about the accuracy of spontaneous answers given by the client (in this case me).

Readings take a little of the responsibility for accuracy away from me.

But I always question the answers:

Readings:
Who is providing the information?
What is their motivation?
Are there any filters/beliefs/agendas that may distort information as it flows to or is understood by the client?

You won’t have to worry about the above questions if you follow my suggestions. You’re ‘doubting’ because you have no way to verify the findings to your satisfaction. It’s why I recommend doing an Akashic Reading first over Past Life Regression so you have a solid grasp on who you’ve been. Once you’ve researched your documented lives and feel confident in the identities, do a PLR session to see how or if the documented findings coincide. Maybe look at it this way, an Akashic Reader will give you the details and confirmation the skeptic side of you might need, and a Past Life Regression session will help with the healing aspect. However I will say, because I did a lot of research on my own I was able to figure out quite a bit without the help of a Past Life Regressionist so it just depends on the participants skill set and what their needs are and what one wants from the experience. Bottom line, it's work and you will not do it overnight, you have to invest some time and patience.

When one does an Akashic reading, the first question you should ask is, “Was I ever a documented or famous person?” Again, it’s not about being famous, but it allows you to have a subject to research. It eliminates a lot of doubt as now you can validate the identity through proper investigating including measuring your face (Biometrics) when possible, compared to who you were. In doing so, you build confidence within about the process and the Akashic reader.

In the research you are looking for what’s called ‘objectives’. This is where you may find names matching, dates matching, experiencing similar events to what you experienced in this past life, similar characteristic traits, similar facial features, similar genotype and personality traits, similar interpersonal styles and creative interests just to name a few.

To understand what these are (objectives) and what to look for, you have to study other cases where these patterns are documented. Dr. Walter Semkiw’s website is a great start and hey, it’s free! Then you will understand how to research yourself more thoroughly. If you have core(documented) past lives and millions of people do, this will allow you the opportunity to feel confident you are being given proper identifications by the reader as you can research what you’ve been told. Discovering your documented lives is like ‘the gift that keeps on giving’. Why?..... Because there’s good chances you’ll notice that some of the people around you today, look like some of the people that were with you in the documented life you were given, so you can then research their identities and find similar ‘objectives’ matching to them as well. Think ‘law of probability’…..what are the odds, that not only are you matching to the identity you’ve been given, but the people around you are matching as well. This is when you know you’ve been given proper identifications and you will begin to build trust in the Akashic reader and his/her abilities. You will no longer feel like you have to doubt their intentions or motivations as you will notice the same kind of patterns in your cases compared to the cases of others you've already researched.

I will only recommend Kevin Ryerson for Akashic Readings as I’ve been to him 3 times and feel extremely confident in his abilities. What I learned was sheer ‘dumb luck’ as the life time I was remembering was a well documented person and the lifetime was paralleling this one, so it taught me a lot about the process of discovering past lives in which I pass on to the viewer in hopes of making their journeys easier and more fulfilling.

This type of research is for someone who is willing to take the time on their own to investigate, rather than having someone ‘tell’ them. You’ll notice in case studies, how involved in the process some of these people who’ve discovered their identities become, …and they have to, as they hold the key to the answers they seek and it’s not something someone can do for you, it’s up to you to make the discoveries as you know yourself best(know thyself). If you cannot trust your own researching skills than likely you are not ready for the process. If you are ready, you won’t be disappointed and you will find the experience to be rewarding. You cannot operate in fear and doubt, go with confidence, be open minded and embrace who you’ve been, learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others. Love yourself for who you’ve been, the good, bad and the ugly and never be embarrassed by your identities. In the same token, use the same mindset for others as like you, they are playing roles in order to learn and grow. It’s a very healing process.

You will only get satisfactory results if you go to a reputable and experienced Akashic Reader which is why I refer Kevin Ryerson, as do others who’ve utilized his services. I am in no way affiliated with him nor do I receive any benefits for referring him. If one is serious about studying past lives I think using both an experienced Akashic Reader and PLRt (Past Life Regression Therapy) specialist for assistance is beneficial. An Akashic Reader will likely give you more details to satisfy your doubts if you use the method I shared above. I think being aware and studying all forms of research on the topic is a must if you want a well rounded perspective and understanding.

There is much more going on here than what you’ve been led to believe, but that kind of information will only be discovered by those who invest the time to dig deeper rather than skimming the surface and accepting preconceived notions of regurgitated information that aren't always accurate.

[Ron Mauer Sr]

I enjoyed both regressions, my 2nd in two days. First with Will (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/) and the second with Bill. Both were interesting experiences for me.

When I answered questions during the sessions, I wondered if the answers I provided were being influenced by past life readings I've been told about.

It is also important to know that I've never been told of past lives as a Native American yet both regressions included Native American lifetimes.

Both regressions and Will's reading with Cosmic Awareness are available on my website (http://ronmauer.net/).

Carol Clark verified some of the information discovered during the regressions with Bill Ryan (Bill@ProjectAvalon.net) and Will Berlinghof (https://rainbowphoenix.com.au/).

Questions for Carol:

Have I visited the property where I now live in previous lifetimes?

If yes, what was the time period?

What race was I?

Carol's answer:

"Hi Ron,

Sorry about the delay in answering. Yes, you have visited the land where your property is situated in past lives, once as a Mattaponi Indian in 1605 you were there until 1608 and many times as a star traveler since 1200, you came through the portals on the land. You explored much of the Carolina's as well as Virginia. There is an artifact buried deep within the earth on this land. It keeps the current stargates open.

Hope this helps and that you enjoyed your regression sessions.

Big hugs

Carol"

[Chanie]

I’ve visited Mary Rodwell’s home in Queensland, Australia. She does regressions by Skype, but I felt that I wanted to meet with her in person.

During that session, I told Mary that I had a female Light Being around me. She asked me if I knew her name. I hesitated for a moment and then, stammered, “Wee-a.” I thought that was an odd name and couldn’t fathom where it came from.

Two months later, I was reading Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Steven and Evan Strong. In the Endnotes, I read that a Wee-un is an Original (Aboriginal) female, who like the male Clever-fella, is advanced in spiritual matters and supernatural power. I thought that was interesting.

Mary Rodwell’s Website: https://www.maryrodwell.com.au

Steven Strong’s Website: http://forgottenorigin.com

[kfm27917]

There are no friends or enemies.
Just teachers.