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HYPNOTHERAPYPAST LIFE REGRESSION
IntroductionAs counselors, coaches, body workers, healers, and therapists, we are constantly seeking new or
alternative ways to assist our clients in their journey toward healing and self-discovery. Myriad tools and
techniques are available, and new ones regularly emerge. Although the concept of reincarnation and the exploration of past lives have persisted throughout history, the use of past life regression as a therapy
and personal growth tool has gained significant popularity since the latter part of the twentieth century.
Once a mysterious subject rarely accessible to the public, past life regression appears with ever-
increasing frequency in movies, on talk shows, in magazines and books, and, quite notably, in the therapy
office. The techniques of past life regression can effectively support any complementary health practice, as well as provide your client with valuable insights for self-awareness and healing.
Great thinkers throughout history and across the world have used different methods to arrive at one goal—harmony between individual experience and universal truth. Human beings flourish when they
attain alignment between their being and reality. Spiritual growth is not attained by following a static set
of rules. It is an individualized, dynamic, ever unfolding creation. Like a garden, it requires nurturing and hard work, but its rewards are great—serenity, physical health, self-confidence, self-knowledge and
personal growth.
This course will present time-honored techniques, philosophy, and quantum reality concepts—along with
my own insights and methods—in a system for increasing conscious access to previous lifetimes and the
time between lives, as well as developing a stronger philosophy for yourself and your clients.
The material contained here will give you all the necessary skills and techniques to conduct safe and
successful past life regressions. Whether you are learning these skills for the first time, or adding to what you already know of the subject, I trust that this material will be a valuable resource for you.
Past life regression is a topic close to my heart. For this reason I have given the subject years of study,
research, and personal exploration. I have always felt that each of us has lived before. I knew it as a child; I assumed it as an adult. There was never a doubt in my mind.
When I began to experience my own past life regressions, I was excited to finally have personal knowledge of this dimension of life.
These experiences continually lead me to a greater understanding of myself—my character strengths and
weaknesses, my patterns of behavior, my purpose, and, more importantly, where I am going from here. Opening the portal to my past lives inspired me to remain steadfast on my spiritual journey of self-
discovery, healing, and greater wholeness.
With this course, I have endeavored to pass along the knowledge and skills I have acquired over the
years, so that the results of this work can be attained by many more people than I can personally reach.
By experiencing and facilitating past life regressions, I have witnessed fascinating memories and marvelous results—and you can, too!
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How To Use This CourseThis course has been designed as a combination of at-home study and classroom practice. The best way
to use this course is to read through the materials provided in advance of the designated days of
practice. Study the materials until you have gained a reasonable familiarity with the concepts and techniques. If possible, find friends or family members with whom you can practice the techniques. Some
students find it best to study one technique at a time, practicing it to proficiency before adding the next technique to their skill set.
There will be suggested assignments and journal projects. These are tailored to provide a basis for skill
development and integration of the intellectual material. By contemplating and writing about the experiences, concepts and perspectives, you will develop a deeper understanding of them, allowing you
to identify aspects of your client’s philosophy that may be creating problems for them and have ready access to the skills that can assist them in achieving their wellness goals.
Have fun with the assignments! It is your opportunity for growth and expanded awareness as well.
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C H A P T E R O N E
Accessing the Subconscious Mind
Hypnosis is one of the most efficient and effective techniques for accessing the subconscious mind and
for facilitating deep and sustainable change in an individual.
In actuality, we are all in trance most of our lives. From a certain perspective, it is hypnosis that allows us to come out of the trance of the everyday world, to align more closely with reality, or at least achieve an
expanded perspective of ourselves and the world around us.
When we do things from habit, or because they are traditional or cultural, we are in trance. When we
respond, even subconsciously, to the urging of an advertisement, we are in trance. Our self-assessment,
or self-esteem, is considered to be a group of trance states that collectively reflect to us our self-worth and manifest as our personality.
On another end of the spectrum, shamans throughout history and in many indigenous cultures, use trance to create greater spiritual connections and affect healing changes.
The trance state is typically an enjoyable experience. As humans, we seek these altered, transpersonal
states. Often these states are accessed in potentially unhealthy ways, such as through drugs, alcohol, or other self-destructive manners. These pathways tend to lead more toward masking issues rather than
shedding light on them. In its highest use, trance can facilitate health, wellness, connection, alignment with reality, and manifestation of goals.
Throughout this course we will be learning and practicing a number of techniques designed to allow us
to create awareness, healing and growth for ourselves and others, as well as higher connections to spiritual realms.
While we do not diagnose, analyze or prescribe, unless we are licensed to do so, as hypnotherapists we provide a platform for our clients to explore, discover, shift, and grow in healthier ways.
In this course, you will learn a number of techniques designed to give you the opportunity to provide
solid support while your client explores deeper realms of their subconscious mind, communicates with spiritual guides, retrieves lost or hidden parts of their soul, and deals with negative spiritual influences.
A S S I G N M E N T
Read Chapters 1-3 in Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
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C H A P T E R T W O
Session Basics
Although this is a course designed to address the more spiritual aspects of the human life path, it is still a
good idea to maintain a professional approach. I have found in my own practice that this opens the
opportunity of spiritual awareness and development to people who would otherwise not be comfortable visiting shamans or psychics for instance. Also, during a more traditional or clinical hypnotherapy session,
the need may arise to include these spiritual techniques. With this education, you will be prepared to offer your clients this unique and valuable experience.
When you meet with a client there are a few points of protocol that you will want to follow as a
guideline to maintain a professional approach.
Begin by having your client complete an Intake and Disclosure Form. If you are a registered
hypnotherapist or licensed mental health practitioner, these forms will be required.
On the Intake Form you will request their basic information, along with offering a list of optional topics
that can be addressed in a session with you. These may include weight loss, stress, smoking, pain,
relationship issues, anger, and so forth. Be sure to list those topics that are the focus of your practice, giving your client ideas about objectives that they were unaware were open to them. In addition, you may
offer the transpersonal techniques that you are learning in this course.
Keep in mind, your client may come in for a “normal” issue such as weight loss or relationship troubles,
and discover that the issue will be served by including past life or spiritual exploration.
The Disclosure Form is a requirement in many States. This document informs your client of your background and education, your specialties, your policies, and a statement outlining the confidentiality
policy required by law. In the State of Washington this must be signed by both the client and the hypnotherapist, and be maintained in the client file.
Also, in the State of Washington, all clients must receive, on their first visit, a document created by the
Department of Health outlining their client rights. This document is obtained through the Department of Health and can be copied as is. This is not the same as the Code of Ethics.
Samples of required documents are included in your materials.
I prefer to email all the forms to my clients when they set up their appointment, along with a map and
directions to my office. This strategy gives the client time to complete the forms without taking up
valuable session time, and gives them the opportunity to contemplate their objectives and options for the session.
When they arrive for their session, you can look over the forms and have a short conversation with them. Some clients want to talk for a while, either because they want to have someone just listen to
them or they are accustomed to talk therapy. I inform the client that I only need the basics, and that the
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majority of the details will come out as they are needed during the session. I want to be respectful of
their time, and make sure we are using it to the best advantage.
This short conversation is also an opportunity to build rapport and trust with your client. You want them to become used to the environment and to you. In your discussion, you could include a short
explanation of what to expect during the session so their mind is more at ease. Alternatively, a document explaining what to expect could be sent with the intake forms to be read in advance.
While looking over the Intake Form and their list of objectives, you may ask about their overall goal for
working together, and then ask them to state their goals for this particular session. That way you will have an idea of the bigger picture, where the sessions are heading in general, along with what they would
consider satisfying for their initial step in that direction.
If the client has several different items of concern, ask them to put them in order of importance. While
we know most issues are related, or at least affect each other, knowing the order of importance will give
the hypnotherapist a place to start.
Once you are both satisfied with this conversation, you can ask them to get comfortable, turn on the
music, and begin your induction.
A S S I G N M E N T
Read Chapters 4-9 in Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
E X E R C I S E
Create your own Intake and Disclosure Forms.
You will be given a copy of the Business Building Handbook the first day of class. Read the Code of Ethics, Scope of Practice, and GAF Scale documents. You are not expected to know this all by heart.
Please become familiar with the basic concepts and guidelines.
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C H A P T E R T H R E E
Preparing for the ExperienceThere are innumerable ways to induce trance. You will find several scripts in the text, Hypnotherapy: A
Client-Centered Approach, and you can also access many more through a wide range of resources. I am including visualizations that I feel are well-suited to transpersonal discovery techniques and, over time,
you will learn to freely create your own as well.
As you begin the session, make sure that your client is comfortable, the phones are turned off, and your
energy is focused and positive. I recommend you have a glass of water and tissues nearby for your client,
and you have gentle, flowing music in the background. You may also want to offer an eye mask and blanket for added comfort.
S A F E S P A C E Creating a Safe Space
It is advisable to start most sessions with a visit to the client’s favorite safe space. This allows the client
to connect with their imagination, and creates added comfort and relaxation as the session begins. They
can create their safe space silently; however, I find it useful to have them share a description of their space aloud. In this way, the images can be incorporated in a later visualization, the session can close with
a return to the safe space before emerging, or you can gently guide the client back to the safe space if there is an abreaction to a traumatic memory during the session.
While some hypnotherapists create the imagery for the safe space, I find it most elegant to allow them
to create their own.
The Safe Space can precede or follow an induction and deepening, or it can serve as the induction itself.
When working with a client for the first time, it will be advisable to spend ample time on the induction and deepening techniques. Once you have worked together a few times, you will have a sense of how
easily they will go into trance.
Additional information about creating a Safe Space, and a script to guide you, can be found on page 84 of your Hypnotherapy text.
E M P O W E R M E N T S Y M B O L Discovering and anchoring an empowerment symbol during the safe space visualization can be very useful. Learn about this technique on page 202 of your Hypnotherapy text.
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I N D U C T I O N S Embedded Spaces
This is a technique I developed more recently that creates three levels of depth, and allows you to move
up and down the trance levels. You will have them create a Safe Space, then a deeper Sacred Healing Area, and then a more expansive Universal Space. The client can choose where they want to work.
For first time experiencers, it can be beneficial to have the client move to the Space Space, then to the Sacred Healing Space, and back to the Safe Space. Then guide them to the Sacred Healing Space once
again, and on to the Universal Space. Guide them back up to the Sacred Healing Space, and further to the
Safe Space, then to the Sacred Healing Space again. At this point, you can ask them where they would prefer to be while experiencing their past life memories.
This induction serves at least two purposes. First it takes them to several levels of trance state to experience the differences, and to demonstrate to them their ability to move between these levels. This
technique is also a Deepening, and allows you to guide them to different states of trance during the
session if they need to shift the level where they are working.
You may also use the Progressive Relaxation induction also found in your text.
Role Model Induction
Using the Role Model technique at the beginning of the session can help your client imagine an
alternative self who is already highly connected to their subconscious memories and easily capable of
achieving a past life regression. Once in the “new self”, they have the confidence to move through the regression with less resistance.
D E E P E N I N G T E C H N I Q U E S If you are using Progressive Relaxation as your induction, you can deepen the state of trance further by continuing with Ball of Light.This technique deepens the relaxation, and is particularly useful with
transpersonal discovery since it draws their energy and attention up to their Third Eye.
Ball of Light
Details are found on Page 113 of your text.
A S S I G N M E N T
Read Chapters 11-15 and 34 in the text Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
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C H A P T E R F O U R
Emerging from HypnosisBefore taking a client into hypnosis, you will surely want to know how to bring them back to normal
awareness again as you complete the session. We call this emerging from trance or emerging from hypnosis.
A typical session would follow the natural course of:
• Intake conversation
• Induction
• Safe Space
• Deepening
• Techniques of past life and/or between life regression
• Any appropriate healing techniques
• Emerging from hypnosis
• Closing conversation, including scheduling your client’s next appointment
The ways to bring a client out of trance are only limited by your imagination. It can be as simple as
stating, “As I count to three you will return to normal, everyday awareness.” Or, it can be complex and include useful suggestions in support of the work that you have done.
It is advisable to have a standard emerging monologue memorized which you can easily move to when it
is time to close the session. From that standard approach, you can freely improvise with suggestions and language that personalize the words to the individual and their situation.
You will find detailed information on emerging from trance in your assignment below.
A S S I G N M E N T
• Read Chapter 16 in the text Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
E X E R C I S E
If you are new to hypnotherapy, with a partner, practice the techniques you have learned so far. Try these
combinations:
• Progressive Relaxation, Ball of Light, Safe Space, Emerging
• Embedded Spaces, Emerging
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C H A P T E R F O U R
Foundational Concepts for Past Life RegressionPast life regression is the deliberate use of a variety of methods to retrieve memories of experiences
that occurred in other lifetimes. While re-experiencing past life events often brings about healing and
change, the goal of looking beyond the veil of separation into the memories of the subconscious mind is to gather knowledge, wisdom and understanding of the deeper aspects of personality and character. The
larger objective is the pursuit of completion and wholeness.
P H I L O S O P H Y A N D S E N S E O F L I F E The human perspective is derived from two sources—thoughts and emotions. In healthy combination,
these represent the most powerful tools humans have for navigating through life. It is common, however,
to find distortion in our thinking and inaccurate interpretation of our emotions.
These quandaries provide an endless source of issues that bring clients into the therapy process.
Philosophy
Clarity in thinking is dependent on a clear and rational philosophy. Philosophy is the science that studies
the fundamental aspects of the nature of existence. The task of philosophy is to provide humans with a
comprehensive view of life. This view serves as a base, a frame of reference, for all our actions, mental or physical, psychological or existential.
Our philosophy tells us the nature of the universe with which we are to deal (metaphysics); the means by which we are to deal with it, i.e., the means of acquiring knowledge (epistemology). It provides the
standards by which we are to choose our goals and values, concerning our own life and character
(ethics); about how to interact with society (politics); and the means of artistically portraying and conveying this impression of reality (aesthetics).
Having a philosophy does not mean that it is a good, or self-sustaining philosophy. Everyone has one, including the criminals on death row. When the philosophy is not aligned with reality, and is counter-
productive to the person’s consciousness and existence, a correction is imperative—and the sooner the
better.
The role of chance, accident, or tradition is inversely proportionate to an individual’s, or a society’s,
philosophy. The urge to cling to chance and tradition become stronger as philosophy collapses. Chance represents the attitude of letting the universe (or any other force) deliver or decide, or resting assured
that someone else will take care of things. Tradition encompasses the idea that the status quo is the safer
bet, including the rules and regulations of religion, cultural customs, and family habits that are maintained without question or understanding.
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Sense of Life
An individual’s sense of life is an emotionally-centered perspective of the world based on experiences
that, in some world views, span eternity into the past and future. A person’s sense of life is the sum total of the impressions of all their experiences.
Because experiences from other lifetimes and early childhood go straight into the subconscious mind without intellectual filtering, they are harnessed only by the rational mind’s attempts at seeing a different
perspective due to a maturing philosophy.
Sense of life is what makes one person think that the world is a safe and wonderful place to live, while another person thinks it is a dangerous and evil place. A sense of life can always use correction. This is
the basis of the majority of presenting issues in the counseling session. The philosophical component, which is frequently overlooked, is what makes the techniques of past life regression so unique and
powerful.
There are two aspects of a human’s existence that belong particularly to the expression of one’s sense of life: love and art. Love is the emotional response to the values a person has, and art is the expression of
one’s views in physical form.
Humans are born ‘tabula rasa’—meaning with a clean slate. It is rare for an infant to remember much of
previous lifetimes or the decisions that went into choosing a particular incarnation.
However, what is brought in to a given lifetime is a person’s true character—that which is real from previous experience—plus their sense of life—their emotional perspectives carried over from the past.
The alignment of our philosophy with our sense of life is a worthy goal to achieve. Only in that way will our emotions truly and purely reflect our value system. What we desire will unfailingly support our
reason, purpose, and self-esteem. How we react to situations will fully match the reality of the event.
C O N C E P T S T O C O N T E M P L A T E Existence and Consciousness
Both are required for the human experience. Consciousness is required for us to be aware of and
experience Existence. Existence is required for Consciousness to have something of which to be aware.
For humans, consciousness is volitional. We have to choose to think. We are fully capable of choosing to
be irrational, self-destructive, and oriented toward disintegration of our awareness. I think it is fair to say
that humans engage in such choices on a regular basis, again providing the need for corrective therapy.
Perceptual vs. Conceptual Consciousness
All living creatures have perceptual consciousness. This describes the ability to perceive the objects in the environment. Only humans go to the higher level of conceptual consciousness. This characteristic allows
humans to grasp abstractions such as freedom, independence, love, and so forth.
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An animal can perceive and respond to two cats. It understands cats, but has no ability to understand
‘two’ as a concept.
These are important distinctions when confronted with the concept of whether animals can reincarnate as humans, and whether humans will regress to animal lifetimes.
T I M E A N D S P A C E The following is a demonstration of several concepts to be considered. Please keep in mind that when there is a diagram to explain these concepts, it is by nature limiting and only intended to be a loose
representation to aid the imagination. Remember that the map is not the same as the journey. So, too,
these diagrams are not the same as reality.
Also keep in mind that our understanding of the universe is ever-evolving. The way that we understand
these concepts may change over time.
One Life
Life is like a book. One epic story, divided into chapters or episodes. From the human perspective, the
divisions are called lifetimes, and are defined by the moments when we cross the threshold from being present in, and aware of, the spiritual realm (the astral), to being present in, and aware of, the physical
realm (a body), and then back again into the spiritual realm.
This diagram illustrates the concept of one existence. The crooked line indicates travel between the
physical and the spiritual realms. This oscillates between what we call “being alive” and “being dead”.
The length of time we spend either in the astral or in the physical can vary. The length of time that a spirit remains in the astral before returning to a physical body is not prescribed or predetermined, nor is
the number of years a body remains alive in the physical defined. People die at any age.
From the perspective of the astral, when a person is born into the physical, they “die” to the astral. Their
conscious awareness is separated from the astral and those who reside there. They are missed there, just
as our deceased loved ones are missed here.
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Astral
Physical
All time is now
Although we do not see time spatially, time is a dimension that we experience on the earth plane.
Chronological time allows for the flow of events to be experienced one after another, in an apparently logical order. For instance, an apple is picked before it is eaten.
The flow of time provides us with concepts such as before, after, now, when, tardy, patience, rush, and waiting.
Time allows us to measure speed and distance. Time also gives us sanity, because we do not perceive all
things happening simultaneously. Chronological time is highly beneficial.
However, time is not experienced the same everywhere. Other planes of existence experience time in a
much different fashion. For instance on the astral plane, where we go between lives, it is possible to move around in time, into the future and into the past, and back again. Time can be warped, as well. Due to this,
it is possible to spend several years in the astral studying with your spirit guides, all in the course of one
night’s sleep.
The phrase, ‘All time is now’, indicates that all events, in all lifetimes, are happening simultaneously. All
moments are in a state of stasis, waiting for our conscious attention. Where we focus our spirit, is where we are. Perhaps better said: The When in which we focus our attention is the When in which we are!
We are each presently focused in this aspect of our soul. We observe each moment, in an apparently
chronological order, according to our plane of existence.
Point of focus
With all time occurring simultaneously, a conscious being is required to have a primary focus. Without this focus, we would be in all moments of our infinite experience simultaneously. Although all of those
moments co-exist in the present, the ability to focus on one moment at a time provides continuity,
adventure, learning, curiosity, discovery, opportunity for choice, and, ultimately, sanity.
Each part of our soul that is experiencing a lifetime is termed an “aspect”. All aspects of a soul exist
simultaneously, while a “focus” is the part of the consciousness that pays attention to a particular lifetime. We are each consciously aware of this present lifetime, so our focus is with this aspect.
The point of focus is the only place where healing and change can be initiated. It is in this moment…
now…that changes can occur.
The Flow of Time
Imagine if every moment of the entire history of your soul were captured on film. As we know, film consists of a length of contiguous freeze frame shots. All are in existence simultaneously, yet when we
see a movie, we observe the frames one after the other, in a predetermined order, at a speed so rapid
that we do not notice each frame individually. It simply flows.
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Within this paradigm, all lifetimes, including all possibilities and probabilities, are available in the present.
Each frame has infinite auxiliary films that fan off from it in every dimension, providing infinite choice
within the realm of its possibilities.
Changing our past and future
When we make bold changes in our character or choices, the energetic shift radiates out from our being in waves, as rings in a still pool when a pebble breaks the surface. These radiant waves of change affect all
other aspects of our soul to the degree that it touches them. Stronger experiences render greater shifts.
In this way, we can affect our aspects that lie in our chronological future and past.
Yes, this implies that, indeed, we can change our past, as well as our future.
Observe the grid above, which indicates a person moving through time and space. All frames in a vertical
strip indicate the path of the focus. The past is below and the future is above. The strips to the right and left are parallel aspects within the possibility range, with the nearest ones to the present aspect
representing the person’s probability field.
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If this person does nothing radically different in the future, they will meet with the experiences that lay
along the path directly above it. If they choose to make a moderate change, they may move somewhat to
the right or left. Should they choose to make a bold change in their character, they may experience a radical jump in aspect that significantly alters the outcome of their future. This aspect change further
realigns the experiences of their past. This may be significant enough to alter their field of probability, eliminating certain repercussions and expanding other opportunities.
Possibility vs. Probability
As you look at a circle, it may appear to be finite. It is limited by the perimeter that describes it. However, according to the laws of geometry there are an infinite number of points that can be placed
within it. In this regard, a circle is actually infinite.
Similarly, within a soul’s existence, it has infinite possibilities for experiences and lifetimes. Yet, while being
infinite, a particular soul cannot be everyone. It simply has infinite possibilities of its own expression.
Within this infinity of possibilities lies a smaller infinity of probabilities. These experiences and lifetimes have a high probability of consciously being observed. Based on choices and action, the circle of
probabilities may shift. When choices are made to commit violent crimes, a soul’s circle of probability shifts to include increasingly more negative, dangerous, painful, and deadly experiences. As that soul runs
toward destruction, their probabilities shift to reflect that direction.
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When a person chooses to live by a healthy life-enhancing moral code, their probabilities of experience
will shift toward positive opportunity, health, kindness, gratitude, and acceptance. As this pathway
perpetuates, the infinity of probabilities reflects that choice accordingly.
Our conscious and subconscious expression of our spiritual focus, which includes our character,
personality, emotions, intentions, and actions, is that which controls the movement of the circle of probabilities within the field of possibilities.
This may be one explanation of the creation and resolution of karma.
The Evolving Consciousness
An evolving consciousness moves “upward” along the metaphorical spiral, relocating in a circle of
possibility that includes all aspects that are at that higher level. Thus, we leave outdated possibilities and move to a pool of more desired aspects to experience. Similarly, when a soul spirals downward, all
aspects reflect that level as well. This is a graphic description of the concept of creating or releasing
karma.
Notice how we can move along the “spiral of conscious evolution” in the diagram that follows.
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E X E R C I S E
Contemplate and write about the following:
• Who do you know now who may have been in another one of your lifetimes? Based on what
clues?
• What characteristics do you recognize in yourself that may be derived from past life experiences,
i.e., physical traits, behaviors, perspectives, talents, or skills. Based on what clues?
• What current events, conditions, and so forth are you experiencing that you suspect could have
roots in a past life? For instance, an illness, unexplained pain, phobia, or a sudden change in
interests. What evidence supports your thoughts on this?
• What aspects of your philosophy do you recognize as coming from tradition, culture, or your
family of origin? Which have merits and which need to be updated?
• How would you describe your personal sense of life?
• What is your personal dominant sensing modality? Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic?
• What filters do you recognize having that may alter how you perceive reality, or your own past lives? (Phobias, fears, prejudices, addictions, obsessions, etc.)
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C H A P T E R F I V E
The Past Life SessionPast life recall may be achieved in several ways. Some people are able to revive memories of other
lifetimes spontaneously, by watching a movie, reading a book, viewing a painting, visiting a location, or
having a dream. Some are able to regress themselves during meditation or while writing in a journal. The trained regression therapist will also have a number of methods for facilitating past life regression for
clients.
There are times when a client enters a past life spontaneously during a hypnosis session. If her belief
system does not include the concept of reincarnation, she may interpret her visions as a metaphor or
simply a figment of her fertile imagination. Either interpretation can be useful. A fundamental purpose in discovering past lives is to determine how the information gleaned can improve the client’s wellbeing
during the course of the present life.
A metaphor derived from the experience can give the person ample useful information. The lessons that
are presented in the metaphor can be applied to the present life, providing valuable wisdom for the
client.
T E C H N I Q U E S F O R P A S T L I F E R E G R E S S I O N While there are many ways to uncover past life memories, formal hypnosis will prove to be one of the
most reliable. Having a qualified hypnotherapist as a guide, the client will enter a medium-to-deep trance and explore memories in a safe, supportive environment.
If difficult memories or patterns of dysfunctional behavior come to the surface while discovering past life
information, it is optimal if you, as facilitator, are equipped with techniques to rapidly resolve and heal them.
A S S I G N M E N T
Please read Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners, Chapters 1-5.
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C H A P T E R S I X
Other Considerations
A B R E A C T I O N An abreaction is a release of any emotion, due to recollection of a memory, the telling of a story, or
other mental activity, such as the use of imagination, creating a metaphor, etc. Although it may take many
forms, such as screaming or laughing, most typically it is expressed by tears, crying, or sobbing.
While an abreaction does not occur in all sessions, the well-prepared hypnotherapist or regressionist will
be able to gently and seamlessly respond to the client’s emotional experience.
These emotional responses indicate that the hypnotherapist is reaching an area or subject that needs
attention and is sensitive. While some people claim they never cry, others will tear up at the sight of a
cute baby. Generally, there is no need for worry. It is possible these emotions have been locked away for a long time. And if left unexpressed, may eventually lead to imbalance, illness, or dysfunction. The release
is typically a positive release.
If the tears rolling down the client’s cheeks are not bothering the client, then do nothing. However, if the
client is struggling to wipe their eyes and nose, and their make-up is streaming down their face, gently tell
them you are handing them a tissue, and then place it where it will touch the client’s hand so they can take hold of it.
One way to ease the resolution is to point out to the client that there is tissue available next to their chair at the onset of the session. Then, if it is needed, they will know right where to reach, even with
their eyes closed.
Should a client articulate embarrassment about the tears, try to relax them by saying, in a gentle way, that abreactions indicate a breakthrough on the path to healing. In this way, they are encouraged to feel
positively about their tears, as though they have achieved a milestone in their progress—as they have!
Abreaction Protocol
In a few rare cases, a client may begin to sob uncontrollably. While a minute or so of this may be a
healthy release, if it continues, you may want to administer the following procedure:
Ask the client whether you have permission to touch their forehead. Wait for their approval.
Request that they become fully engaged with the emotion on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. When they are feeling their pain, anger, outrage, guilt, sadness, on all levels, ask them to
rate the intensity on a scale from one to ten, with ten being the most intense.
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Then, gently apply your fingers to the “corners” of their forehead. The corners are the areas where the
front of the forehead curves to form the top and sides. While holding your hands in this position, gently
stretch the skin outward and hold. Do not rub, move your hands, stroke, or make any such movement. Just hold your hands still, pulling slightly on the surface.
This is a natural place where people touch themselves when they receive shocking news. Their hands immediately go up to their foreheads when they are deeply upset. Continue holding this position for
your client until the emotions subside. You may notice them relaxing and letting out a deep sigh. They
may say to you that they are having difficulty focusing on the problem anymore.
Ask them to again rate the intensity of the emotion. Expect the reduction in intensity to be significant,
dropping from an original designation of eight to ten, down to between one and three. Ask whether that is a comfortable level for them. If it is not, continue with the procedure until it reaches the desired level.
Upon the completion of this exercise, chat with the client about a non-related topic. Engage in a social
conversation. This is called “breaking state”. It takes their mind off that immediate subject. Then, come back to the issue at hand, and ask them how they are feeling about it. This is called an environment check.
We are determining the level of impact this issue still has for the client. They should respond that it is still at the lower level reached during the protocol.
It is interesting to note that in most cases, the response to the same subject never again reaches the
same emotional peak.
Naturally it is worth mentioning that you do not want to apply this technique to the emotional peak of a
very positive event. Use only when the goal is to reduce the intensity of a negative emotional response.
We will practice this technique in the classroom.
Association and Dissociation
Associated and dissociated are terms that refer to the point of reference or perspective held by the client. When a client is associated, they are viewing the content of their session in the first person, as
though they are moving through the scene. When the client is dissociated, they are viewing the experiences from a distance, as though they are an observer.
A client may naturally find themselves in one perspective or the other, or it may be helpful to assist the
client in obtaining a different point of view.
Clients may experience a past life from the perspective of being inside the body of the person they were
in a previous lifetime (associated), or they may view the regression as though they are watching a film or remembering a dream (dissociated). It is not terribly important which perspective they choose.
Experiencing the past life regression from the associated perspective is most common, and the client is
more connected to the memories, responses, emotions, and physical sensations elicited by those memories. Staying in the dissociated perspective during the regression, however, may be a way to gain a
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safe distance from the unpleasant emotions or events that a client is apprehensive about remembering
from a first-person perspective.
It is possible that a client experienced a trauma during the past life that caused him to dissociate at the time, and so now he remembers it from a dissociated (out-of-body) perspective. When a client remains
dissociated throughout a session, I usually ask him, out of curiosity, whether he also experiences his present life in this manner. An affirmative response may indicate the need for further hypnotherapy work
to resolve this tendancy.
Guiding the client into the associated state is usually accomplished by asking the client to step into their body in the scene, so that their legs are in that body’s legs, their arms are in those arms, and they are
looking out through those eyes from the perspective of that body.
This technique is usually enough to get a person to identify with a body that they have had in another
lifetime, allowing them to view the life in the first person perspective.
To facilitate a dissociated state, it is often sufficient to simply ask them to pretend they are watching the event unfold from a distance, or from the corner of the room, etc., as though they were an observer.
Allowing the client to view the events of the past through the dissociated perspective helps them to revisit painful experiences that they may otherwise not be able to withstand.
One of my clients was curious about her past lives and wanted to experience one of them. At the time
she had no further agenda except to discover who she might have been in another lifetime. In the opening scene, she described a peaceful setting with grass, trees, and a pond of water behind her.
She continued, “In front of me is an older woman in a wheelchair. She is in her 80s or 90s. She is wearing black. She is being pushed by another female wearing burgundy-colored clothing. They are quiet. It has a
proper feeling. The older woman wears glasses, and something with lace around her face. She is sweet,
yet tired.”
When asked what her relationship was to these women, my client responded that the older woman was
her grandmother and that she herself was the other female, a little girl of seven years, pushing the wheelchair. She had begun the session by describing the scene from a peripheral (dissociated) viewpoint.
I asked her to associate with the body by saying, “Allow yourself to step into the body of the little girl so
that you feel her body and are looking out of her eyes. What do you notice next?” From then on she remained associated with the body, experiencing the emotions, actions, and events from the perspective
of the seven-year-old.
It is not necessary that the client is associated during the regression, and you may use your discretion in
each case. In most cases it is best, perhaps, to attempt to associate the client, but to not push the
process if there are reasons why they resist doing so.
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Traumatic Experiences
Along with this technique you may want to use another method for dissociation or desensitization,
which you can read about next.
A S S I G N M E N T
Please read Chapters 30-31 in Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
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C H A P T E R T H I R T E E N
Therapeutic WorkInherent in a successful past life regression practice is the ability to provide effective healing techniques
that facilitate wholeness, wellness, and growth for the client. For complete explanations of these
techniques, along with case studies demonstrating them, please refer to Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach, as well as Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners.
If you plan to seriously pursue past life regression as a profession, you will be well-served to become a certified hypnotherapist, if you haven’t already. I invite you to consider the professional hypnotherapy
program offered through Bastyr University and Bellevue College. The techniques and tools you will learn
in either full training will be of tremendous value to your practice as well as for your past life clients.
H E A L I N G W I T H I N T H E P A S T L I F E S E S S I O N
Various Inductions and Deepening
There is an advantage to having a variety of methods available for inducing trance and deepening the trance state. You are encouraged to practice the ones provided in the book and in this course, and to
also experiment with your own unique methods.
Understanding Motivations–Getting to the Roots
Two of the most applicable techniques you can use will be Secondary Gain and Parts Therapy. They may
be used to reduce any resistance that your client may experience as you move into a past life session and as therapy techniques within the session for understanding deeper underlying cause or motivation of
nearly any malady or dysfunction.
Subconscious to Conscious
Reverse Metaphor will be a handy technique for you to use when your client can’t seem to experience a
past life. By asking the client to simply make up a story following the language and protocol of Reverse Metaphor, and not be concerned with visiting a past life, they will typically relax into a story that shortly
reveals itself to be a memory of a previous lifetime.
This technique provides easy access to subconscious messages, desires, intuition, fore-knowledge, memories, and more. With this technique the client can also become their own psychic, revealing what
lies ahead on their path.
Relationships and Self-Counsel
Chair Therapy will be useful when you want to resolve an issue with a person in a past life, including
themselves. It is frequently helpful for your client to have a conversation with the person who they were in a past life in order to share wisdom, gain knowledge, and even guide each other towards better
choices.
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Anchoring the Positive
We have already seen how we can use the Empowerment Symbol at the beginning of the session while
visualizing the safe space. This same empowerment symbol may be incorporated later in the session if the client wants to share the symbol with their past life counterpart.
A new Empowerment Symbol can be created during the past life regression when it is appropriate to instill or augment a sense of courage or confidence in your client or when you want to anchor a past life
resource that will be useful in this life.
Used at the beginning of a past life session, the Role Model technique may provide your client with the confidence that they are capable of experiencing a past life. When the past life experience has provided
an opportunity to learn a new way of being in the world, the Role Model can be used at the end of the session to anchor them in that new perspective.
A S S I G N M E N T
Please read Chapters 19, 21, 22, 27, and 36 in your text Hypnotherapy: A Client-Centered Approach.
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C H A P T E R F O U R T E E N
Advanced Work in Past Life TherapyProviding past life regression for your clients can be a fascinating and fulfilling career path. As you venture
deeper into this work, you will surely come across more advanced goals that your clients will want to
achieve.
This may open the way to exploring experiences between lives, working with clients who have
incarnated into dysfunctional families, and who want to more fully understand the basis of their decisions when they chose this particular life.
A S S I G N M E N T
Please read Chapters 6, 7, 8 in Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners
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C H A P T E R N I N E
PurposeTo assist a person in the exploration of their purpose, a proven strategy is to guide them to two or
three past lives, asking the subconscious mind to direct them to lives that demonstrate their fulfillment
of their purpose. Each lifetime could provide various aspects of that purpose and other information that will deepen their understanding of it.
After reviewing two to three lifetimes, guide the client through the death process, allowing them to experience the time between lives.
Having gained information about that experience, ask them to move forward in time and space to just
before this lifetime. You want them to remember the experiences they had when they were choosing to come into this present life.
A sample script for this might be:
Go ahead and move through the death now. That’s right, lifting up off that physical body. Just
releasing and letting go. As you release from that body, what do you notice about that experience?
Take a few moments to explore that period between lives. What else do you notice? (You can take any amount of time to continue this exploration, looking back on the previous life, gathering
wisdom, and so forth before moving on.)
Now, imagine moving ahead in time until just before coming into this present body. You are
preparing to come into this incarnation, making decisions. And what do you remember about that
time?
Do you notice any other consciousnesses there with you? Any spirits or guides?
Do you have any assistance in making these choices?
What do you know, if anything, about your future parents?
What do you know about this family?
What factors are you contemplating as you make the choice to come here?
What was your state of mind when you were making these choices?
What was your emotional state?
What did you know about your purpose for choosing this life?
What was it that you wanted to be able to accomplish?
Continue on with this line of questioning until you are satisfied that they have gained the information that is available or that they seek.
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C H A P T E R T E N
Path
G E T T I N G O N T H E P R O P E R P A T H Your path is a result of the nature of your intention. It determines whether (or not) you reach your goal,
how you get there, your speed, and the experiences you have along the way.
Each person determines their purpose and path, and each person is ultimately responsible for achieving them. The knowledge of your purpose and path is not outside of you—it is inherent in you.
In a similar fashion, the oak tree is inherent in an acorn.
Everyone has a primary purpose of supporting and developing their own consciousness and existence.
Each individual has a particular combination of talent, energy, capacity that will determine their soul
purpose. We each also have shorter term purposes such as providing leadership, playing a role in an event or movement, and so forth.
How can we measure what is purposeful? It has to have meaning to the individual.
How do we know whether it has meaning?
That meaning is based upon that individual’s values.
Until we know our values, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to know our purpose or our path. Until we know our purpose, there is no way to know what path to take. Purpose describes the goal we wish to
achieve–based on our personal value system.
A S S I G N M E N T
Contemplate and write about the following:
While events and circumstances may alter your path, you can still make choices that keep you oriented
toward your same consciously chosen, value-based goal. Let’s see what you already know or sense about your purpose.
• What would be your purpose if you were on a desert island all alone?
• What would be your purpose if you were dead and had no body?
• What would be your purpose if you were very old and confined to bed or a wheelchair?
• What would be your purpose if you were young and quadriplegic?
Your answer concerning your soul purpose should be the same for each of these questions.
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C H A P T E R E L E V E N
Your Personal Value SystemIn order to live, a person must act. In order to act, one must make choices. In making choices, one must
define a code of values. Defining a code of values depends on one knowing who and where he or she is.
There is no escape from the need for a philosophy. In fact, everyone has one. The choice is whether the philosophy is shaped by a conscious and reasoning mind, or by chance, emotion, whim, or avoidance of
thought.
Your philosophy is your fundamental building block for your reality. It will determine how you will
choose your actions, your goals, and your relationships–everything in your life.
Values are that which you love, cherish, or wish to gain or keep in your life. A properly, rationally designated value system is vital in creating a life that is successful in all areas. By thoughtfully creating this
system, and understanding the hierarchy of the positions, you will know better how to behave, respond to others, make choices, determine your purpose and your goals, and so forth.
Your values are personal and unique to you. Only you can make this list. It is likely that no one else on
the planet will have one that is identical to yours.
To create your value system:
• Make a list of all the important people in your life. Put them in order of importance with the most important on the top.
• Make a list of all the important things and concepts in your life. Put them in order of importance
with the most important on the top.
• Make a list of all the important activities in your life. Put them in order of importance with the
most important on the top.
• Collate them into one main list, with no two items sharing a level on the hierarchy.
Your values list represents your ideal, but your daily life will reveal the true values that you are holding. Strive for the ideal, and realize that you may need help with whatever it is that is pulling you to be and do
less than that.
To strengthen your ability to achieve and preserve your Values, it is helpful to study and begin to exercise
your personal virtues. Virtues are the actions that you will need to take in order to obtain and keep that
which you value.
Your value list will become the foundation of your decisions, choices, behaviors, the way you spend your
day, and so much more. Take time to review your list and make any changes.
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E X E R C I S E
Track the time you spend on any given activity during the day.
Make notes on how you treat the people you have named on your list.
Notice where there are discrepancies between your ideals and your actual behaviors and choices. For instance, if you claim that your family is most important to you, but you choose to work all the time,
spend free time with your pals from work, and are irritable with your family members, there is a discrepancy. Likewise if you say health is important but don’t do what is necessary to maintain it.
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C H A P T E R T W E L V E
Virtues
T H E R O L E O F T H E S E V E N V I R T U E S Virtues are the actions by which one gains and keeps their values. They also represent the surest path to
increased intuition. When we lack virtue and live contrary to our personal values, we weaken our ability
to interact properly in reality, and close down our intuitive senses. Instead of clarity, it is imperative that we hide from truth, realizations, recognition of truth and facts, emotions, and aspects of reality. It is
impossible to open to truth and hide from it at the same time.
So our next step is to study and understand the Virtues. While we can get a sense of them by reading
this excerpt, it could take a lifetime or more to fully incorporate them into one’s character.
In many sources that list virtues, many of those named are actually states of being or sensory responses that are felt when experiencing our values. Those concepts and feelings would include freedom, beauty,
compassion, or loyalty. Such concepts are more appropriately included in your personal values.
The best set of virtues I have found are listed by 20th century philosopher and author, Ayn Rand. While
her disconnect with spirituality and other “unseen” phenomenon leaves a gap in her orientation to the
fullness of reality, in my opinion, her distillation of grounded, physical world philosophy is quite solid. These and other related materials are comprehensively presented in the Ayn Rand Lexicon. I have
reproduced the Virtues in a modified and abbreviated form here for you.
T H E S E V E N V I R T U E S Rationality
Recognizing your mind and thought processes as your greatest tool for discovering and interfacing with
reality and truth.
Rationality requires you hold your mind and your clearest thought processes as the most valuable tool
for recognizing truth and reality. It is the recognition that reality is what it is, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is clear thinking. Rationality is
the conscious effort to seek out reality, and requires the flexibility to change your mind and embrace
new information when incorrect ideas, concepts, thoughts, perceptions, and perspectives are discovered. Reason must be the guide of our actions and values, without compromise to the irrational.
Honesty
Holding your thoughts, words, and actions in alignment with truth and reality, and not compromising
them to the delusions of others.
Honesty is the act of conveying truth and aligning words and actions with reality. It holds truth and reality higher than the act of deluding the perceptions and opinions of others. You cannot fake reality.
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When a person compromises honesty, the power is shifted to those who have been fooled. It becomes
necessary to continue to warp the “victim’s” perception of reality to prevent their discovery of the truth.
Independence
Thinking for yourself, and maintaining the value of your perceptions of reality.
Independence requires that you think for yourself; that you do not turn over the process of discovering and interfacing with reality to anyone else. That you must make assessments of reality and maintain
authority of your own thought processes and consciousness.
Integrity
Aligning your thoughts, words, and actions with your rationally chosen values.
Integrity requires the alignment between an individual’s values and the way they do everything in their life. It is the effort to remain internally and externally congruent - without breach between mind and
body, thought and action, life and convictions. It requires courage to be true to existence and confidence
to be true to one’s own consciousness.
Justice
Giving value for value in all areas of your life.
Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the
character of nature, that you must use discernment with all things in life, conscientiously and with
respect for truth. Justice requires identification and evaluation, along with an appropriate response that demonstrates value for value. If you pay the same for a heap of rust as you would for a brand new item
or give the same applause for a poor performance as for one that was outstanding, you have eliminated any value in your exchange.
Productiveness
Living deliberately and with purpose; creatively shaping your life, and moving it towards your highest goals.
Productiveness is the mindful and creative activity that allows a person to move toward and attain their goals. It is the purposeful use of a person’s mind. It is not enough to punch the time clock and move
through the day by rote, as any automaton could do. It requires ambition, assertiveness, and goals,
regardless of the scale or magnitude.
Pride
Holding yourself as your highest value, and gaining the self-esteem and self-worth that you have earned through the pursuit and achievement of your values.
Pride is the act of valuing yourself. It is the recognition that you are your own highest value. Your self-
esteem and self-worth have to be earned. They are not a gift. Pride is based on your character, actions,
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desires, and emotions, which all reflect your values and how you have taken action to support and
maintain them.
If a person were to choose to do nothing more than to practice the seven virtues until they were manifested perfectly within their character, that, in itself, would be a worthy purpose for a lifetime.
E X E R C I S E
Examine the material on the seven virtues. On a scale of one to ten, how strong would you rate your personal expression of each of the virtues?
• Rationality
• Honesty
• Independence
• Integrity
• Justice
• Productiveness
• Pride
Do you see how making even the smallest correction to any one of these may change the course of your
life path?
All of these virtues will be subject to the weakest link. Even if you feel you score rather high on certain
Virtues, the lowest score will bring all of them down.
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C H A P T E R T H I R T E E N
Life DirectionsMany of us were raised with the image of a supreme being who looks down from above and keeps a
scorecard for each soul with every good and bad deed performed. With billions of people in the world,
that would be a formidable job. Add to that all the beings that could exist on any plane at any time.
No evidence exists that there is one being who has been assigned that job. What is apparent, though, is
that individuals keep a very accurate record of their own activities in their superconscious minds. The tally is the sum total of the positive and negative thoughts, actions, and states of mind. The conditions of
our lives, at any given moment, reflect the resultant balance.
Each soul gets exactly what it deserves, delivered by its own superconscious quest to further its own existence. Justice may appear as heaven, creating bounty for proper choices. Alternatively, Justice may feel
like hell, delivering ever-greater challenges until that soul learns to make life-enhancing choices. The soul will choose survival over temporal comforts and pleasure. Heaven and hell are environments created,
here on earth as well as in the hereafter, through the choices that we make.
Each of us is already successful. The conditions of our lives show, at any given moment, the sum total of all the choices we have ever made. In other words, our choices have led us to this present state. The
account is always in balance. If the conditions of life are not working out for a person, the most important question to ask is, “What must I do to achieve a different result?”
There is no reason to blame anyone or anything else, to become a victim of fate. Taking responsibility for
your own life, and taking proper action, is the quickest way to obtain your goals, and to experience heaven on earth and beyond.
F O U R D I R E C T I O N S Throughout existence, a soul has the option of following one of four directions. A soul follows an overall direction, while specific actions or philosophies also have directional orientation.
Moving toward death
These choices involve harmful, self-sabotaging intentions and behaviors. They may include drug and alcohol use, violence, and criminal activity.
Moving away from death
These choices are based on fear and the avoidance of disaster and punishment. These may include giving
in to personal and political pressure, and making choices based on the lesser of two evils. This direction
includes victims and those who spend their time reacting to the circumstances that come their way.
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Moving away from life
Included in this category are the avoidance of lessons and experiences, sabotaging the fulfillment of goals
and purpose, as well as deprivation, denial and suicide. It also involves giving control of your decisions and thoughts over to another person, and any form of escapism.
Moving toward life
In this group, we find the proper pursuit of happiness. The soul on this path engages in purposeful
activities that contribute to their growth and promote the survival of their consciousness and existence.
They face their lessons directly and are happy to learn from them. They consider their choices and opt for those that support their life. There is creativity and self-determination in this direction.
Self-Correcting
Rather than turning over the responsibility of keeping score for your soul, it is wise to take on that
responsibility for yourself. The more clearly one sees themselves, their actions, and their impact on the
world, the more they move toward enlightenment and expanded consciousness.
E X E R C I S E
Contemplate and write about the following:
• Take five attitudes or activities that you typically engage in and determine whether they would fall into the category of:
• Moving Toward Death
• Moving Away from Death
• Moving Away from Life
• Moving Toward Life.
• What have you learned about yourself from this exercise?
Can you see how putting everything in one’s life on the course of Moving Toward Life could alter their
life path and make the world a better place to live?
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C H A P T E R F O U R T E E N
Integrating the ExperiencesThe experiences gained from past life and between life exploration can be eye-opening and life-changing.
Clients may walk away from the session with a new perspective of themselves and of the world.
It is valuable for them to find ways to integrate these experiences into their lives in a way that is useful. You can assist them in this by giving them assignments they can do to support and continue their journey
on their on into the future.
The Value System exercise is a valuable tool for your client. They can work on it at home, and then bring
it to subsequent appointments to serve as a basis of a dialogue with you. Perhaps they have struggled
with the placement of certain people or activities on the list, or have been surprised by what has been revealed by honestly looking at their true values.
Other homework suggestions include journaling, meditation, and creative visualization.
A S S I G N M E N T
Read Chapter 9 in Past Life Regression: A Guide for Practitioners.
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Closing Words
You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it?
~ Richard Bach, Author, One
This message is for all of us. Although you are guiding others in their experiences of past life regression, incorporating this knowledge and practicing these skills will prove important to your own process of
self-discovery.
Contemplate what your subconscious mind will reveal to you in lives to come, when you regress to this present lifetime. Will your memories be exciting? Will they be depressing or confusing? Will you be
proud of your adventures or be filled with remorse or regret?
Remember that your subconscious mind is gathering information continuously throughout the day and
night. Every thought, every feeling, and every activity is finding a way into your energy field and
consciousness. What are you doing to ensure that your memories are going to be worthwhile?
What are you doing to add depth, growth, expansion, balance, and love of self and life to your soul’s
experience
Are you, in fact, paying attention to your life? Do you live in the present moment, or is your mind always
wandering into the past or the future? How will you remember this lifetime if you have not spent time
focusing on it?
Your soul’s quest for self-discovery and enlightenment is the driving force underlying your behaviors,
actions, reactions, emotions, and pursuits. It may be the most delightful and fascinating journey in which you will ever participate. This quest may even be a deep motivation for your choice in pursuing a career
as a past life regression specialist.
Be the hero of your own saga. Meet the challenge. Participate fully in the depths and heights of this physical experience to bring home your own brass ring, your personal holy grail: knowledge of your true
self. In doing so, you will become an even more effective guide for the journey of those who come
seeking answers through past life regression.
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