Past life regression
April 2006
Fact, Fiction or imagination?
People from all works of life undergo past life
regression therapy. The reasons are as diverse as the clients, although
curiosity is by far the biggest reason, closely followed by wanting to
understand fear, guilt or phobia or wanting to harness past life abilities
to use in this life time.
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Have you ever met a person for the first time but feel you
know so much about them?
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Have you ever taken an instant like or dislike to a person
without knowing a reason why?
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Have you visited a place for the first time and know you v
been there before?
There are several schools of thought as to what we are
experiencing. Some of these include
Reincarnation in its simplest form is a belief in past
and future lives. It s not a huge leap of the imagination, that these
thoughts and feelings are shadowy memories of a past life. Part of
reincarnation is learning from mistakes and strengths and moving on to a
higher plain of existence. If you don’t know about them, how can you learn?
Children often have memories of past lives and are very
willing talk about them. Only as children get older parents tend to find it
a little difficult to deal with, so they then persuade their children that’s
its imaginary friends, lying or at best being silly. These memories are then
forced to recede into the background. I think children should be encouraged
to talk about whatever they want to. One person’s imagination may be
another’s reality. These experiences have consistently uncovered facts that
children of such a young age would not have been able to pick up from the
media, books or interaction with others.
A thought amongst scientists is that past life
regression doesn’t exist, although, they are aware that some kind of memory
is emerging. One belief is that its buried subconscious memory from this
life. Memories that would possibly cause the conscious mind fear, pain or
trauma. So the subconscious re wraps these memories to make them more
acceptable to the conscious mind. This disassociates the person from the
fear, pain or trauma and allows them to work through it, almost like it’s
happening to someone else.
Another psychological theory is centred on cell memory.
After all we carry genes and traits from our ancestors in every part of our
being. It could be quite possible that we inherit part of their memory.
Babies are born with many reflexes and instincts. Sucking instinct and
grasping reflexes. No one teaches them. These instincts are there for
survival. So it could be that these memories are there in our subconscious
for the same reason, survival.
The last theory, I can think of was developed by a
psychotherapist called Carl Jung. Put simply he believed in a collective
consciousness that we can dip in and out of at will. A bit like the
universal energy that Reiki practitioners channel. Because it is collective
many people could have the same memories. This would, I suppose, explain why
there are so many Marilyn Munroe’s, Cleopatra s or Elvis s. As yet I v
never had the good fortune to regress someone famous but you never know.
This subject is as vast as it is interesting. I hope
this has given you a little information and lots of ideas. If you have any
further theories on the subject send them in to the magazine because I for
one would be interested to hear them. If there are further questions on this
subject please give me a ring and I ll do my best to answer them. If I don’t
have the answer, I ll find someone who does.
Finally, past life regression is a very powerful
therapy. It can and does throw up all kinds of problems if it’s not done
properly. Only use a qualified hypnotherapist.
