links to authors of Past Life Research

Brian Weiss
Caroline Myss
Michael Newton
Past Life Regression

I was born into a family with very conservative Southern Baptist values. Church of Christ values. As such, I have to say that I was very slow to believe in the concept of past lives and reincarnation. Embarrassingly slow. I was raised very traditionally and it wasn’t until college that I was exposed to different cultural, religious and spiritual ideas. And as a result it took me an even longer time to understand the value of truly knowing your past life regression material. But now that I get it, I am fully on board. The more I explore past life knowledge, in my own life and in the lives of my clients, I truly believe that past life regression therapy is one of the most profound and effective healing modalities available. I recommend everyone experience and experiment with it.

When I say that, most people ask me the same question, “Oh, how many sessions should I do?” The answer to that is, “As many as you need.” For me, it isn’t about a set number of sessions. Everyone processes differently, and some souls are much older than others. Some souls are much clearer than others. In my opinion, it is really about being able to say that you know and understand the all reasons why you have reincarnated the way you have this time, the reasons why each of your most important family members (and ex-family members) and friends are in your life, and what the most important thing for you to do with each of these individual souls is. So the answer to that question is “as many sessions as you need to understand.”

I think everyone should try to do a couple of regressions per year, just to stay current with your own material and with the people and events in your life. If it is a big year, fraught with change (births, deaths, marriages, divorces, career changes, etc.,), then you should probably do a few more than that, again, until you feel you have a handle on the karmic lessons of your specific circumstances. This is especially true in times of emotional depression, of great conflict with another person or persons, or after you have suffered a great disappointment or loss.

I find that frequently the amount of emotional disruption you experience in response to a person or event is often directly proportional to the amount of karmic baggage you have around the topic or the souls involved. It is even bigger if you have a lot of baggage around both. One of the greatest gifts you can receive from past life regression therapy is the freedom from confusion, indecisiveness and guilt around your handling of certain people and situations.

But probably the single most important information past life regression therapy can provide people is why they are here at all. I think it is very important for people to remember and understand exactly what their intentions were when they decided to reincarnate. That information should inform and influence virtually all of your choices and decisions. The more I explore this aspect of past life material with clients, the more I find a correlation between certain astrological markers in the natal chart and specific past life experiences.

For example, medieval astrologers considered a Grand Square (or Grand Cross, or Cosmic Cross) an indicator of stagnation or of someone who had more than their fair share of challenges in life, thus impeding their ability to move forward. But I have found in regressing people with a Grand Square that 100% of them indicated that this was the last time they were reincarnating. That completely reframes their experiences. If a soul was here for the last time, it would imply that much of their life’s energy would be spent in activities of completion, which can generally be more complex than starting things. If you need help understanding or reframing something you are experiencing, perhaps a past life regression is just what is needed. If you are interested or need more information, please email me via the contacts page.
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