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WHAT IS IT?!
PAST LIVES REGRESSION is defined as a hypnotherapy technique to guide
individuals into a deep state of relaxation, to access memories believed to be
from previous lifetimes. PAST LIVES REGRESSION can be used as an exploration of
past life adventures, which too, can lead to an exploration of past traumas and
experiences that may be causing current-life phobias, behaviors, or
relationship challenges.
Some
key aspects of PAST LIVES REGRESSION are:
METHOD. A trained therapist guides the client onto a relaxed, hypnotic state in
order to explore past experiences.
PURPOSE. Proponents believe that a PAST LIFE REGRESSION helps resolve
current-life problems, such as anxiety, unexplained fears, and physical pain,
by resolving past traumas. Other proponents believe examining past adventures
to be very therapeutic.
PERSPECTIVE. While viewed by some as an actual spiritual recollection of
past lives, some others see it as a metaphor used by the subconscious or
conscious mind for therapeutic healing.
SCIENTIFIC VIEW. Mainstream Science and Psychology tend to view these
memories as personal constructions rather than evidence of reincarnation.
THEMES. Common elements can include meeting people from the current life in a
different context and recognizing recurring life lessons.
It
is important to note that PAST LIVES REGRESSION is considered a form of
alternative therapy and not meant to be a replacement for traditional medical
treatments.
WHY IS IT?!
Though
our earliest human ancestors (hominins) appeared some six to seven
million years ago, we modern humans (Homo sapiens) have been on Earth
for approximately 300,000 years. Considering an average generational span is 25
years, that will give us (300,000 divided by 25) 12,000 generations of
anatomically modern humans, the possibility for each of us to having 12,000
past lives!
FACTOID: We humans are always wondering where we came from, and PAST LIVES
REGRESSION therapy just may provide us some clues! Betwixt and between PHYSICS
and METAPHYSICS, I shall offer some talking points on the
rationale for believing in the theory of PAST LIVES REGRESSION.
PHYSICS:
PHYSICS
is the fundamental science study of matter, energy, and motions.
According
to the PHYSICS, energy never leaves the universe. ENERGY NEVER
DISAPPEARS and ENERGY IS NEVER DESTROYED. Energy only
transforms from one form to another. While energy can leave a localized system
such as the present condition, it remains within the total, closed system of
the universe. This principle that energy can neither be created nor destroyed,
is considered the most important rule in PHYSICS.
Note,
that in the PHYSICS we do not have a soul, and that in death we typically have
two options: to be buried or to be cremated. If we are buried, then our body
decomposes and our energy is absorbed by the flora and fauna surrounding it, in
a sense giving life back to the Earth. If we are cremated, then our energy,
travelling at the speed of light, radiates into space.
Hence
the question: “If energy cannot be destroyed, then where does our personal
energy go when we die?”
RELIGION:
Maybe
the answer lies in RELIGION. Being central to the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism,
and Jainism, is the belief of reincarnation, the non-material essence of a
living being after biological death, beginning a new life in a different
physical body or form, a cycle of rebirth so to speak.
Reincarnation (from Latin) means “entering the flesh again,” insists there
is a rebirth into a new human being or other living body. In Islam, life after
death is the eternal continuation of existence. Buddhism teaches a process of
rebirth where an individual’s consciousness continues in a new form, driven by Karma,
one’s past actions, cravings, and ignorance. Christians, too, believe that
death is not the end of our existence. Christianity centers on the soul of a
person surviving death and existing eternally in Heaven or Hell. (Note that in
the Catholic faith, a third place, Purgatory, serves as a transitional state of
purification for souls enroute to Heaven.)
PSYCHOLOGY:
Maybe
the answer lies in PSYCHOLOGY. Psychologist CARL JUNG’S archetypes are
universal, inborn, and inherited patterns of thought, image, and behavior, all
of which residing in a Collective Unconsciousness. This Collective
Unconsciousness, being distinct from the Individual Unconsciousness, is a
shared pool of memories and patterns passed down to all of us by all of our
ancestors.
POP PSYCHOLOGY:
Or
maybe the answer lies in the literature of the likes of LOBSANG RAMPA and
CARLOS CASTENEDA. LOBSANG RAMPA (purportedly) a Tibetan Monk,
popularized “astral projection,” a conscious learnable experience of
leaving the physical body, in several of his books beginning with THE THIRD EYE
(1956). CARLOS CASTENEDA, a ‘60s American author, developed a cult following,
after he wrote about the intellectual and enlightening altered states of
consciousness through the ingestion of peyote and magic mushrooms in his THE
TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN (1968). It was later revealed that LOBSANG RAMPA was not
a Tibetan Monk, but rather the pen name of Cyril Henry Hoskin, a British
plumber who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. And as for CARLO
CASTANEDA, he managed to maintain his cult following even after his shamanism
proved to be fabricated and his writings for fictional than factual!
METAPHYSICS:
METAPHYSICS
is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality,
existence, and being. METAPHYSICS explores the foundational questions beyond
the physical sciences, by way of covering such topics as existence, space,
time, causation, and underlying structures of the universe.
There
are several and on-going investigations of near-death experiences as reported
by people who have been near death or who have been for a short period
of time, documented as clinically dead. Such NEAR-DEATH STUDIES focus on
phenomena such as out-of-body experiences and astral flights, as mentioned and
expressed (above) in pop-psychology. Whatever and wherever the study, those who
have experienced a near death or a clinical death, believe that DEATH DOES NOT
EXIST. And for those who continue to tell these stories, DEATH DOTH NOT HAPPEN.
Well,
dear readers, there you have it. Not all of it, but a lot of it! And this is
why PAST LIVES REGRESSION THERAPY is so appealing to me. PAST
LIFE REGRESSION needs not to be tied to any religious faith, nor to be prompted
by the ingestion of mind-bending drugs. PAST LIVES REGRESSION needs only and
open mind and the compliance to allow one’s personal imaginings to wander
freely.
To
conclude, I do hope your endless journey of a thousand lives leads you to my PAST
LIVES REGRESSION RETREAT scheduled for AUGUST 28TH & 29TH,
set in the picturesque WAKAMOW VALLEY, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
*SPACES ARE LIMITED TO JUST SIX PARTICIPANTS.
*LODGING FEE (APPROXIMATELY $300.00)
TO BE PAID DIRECTLY TO “LOIS” @
WAKAMOW HEIGHTS (CALL
306-630-5274).
*RETREAT FEE ($200.00)
TO BE PAID DIRECTLY TO ME (NEIL CHILD), VIA E-TRANSFER TO:
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Please call or text me @ (306) 591-7131.
Or email me @ neilchildhypnotherapy@gmail.com
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