Our meeting on March 1, 2010, included a lively discussion on the topic of Past Lives. I believe the consensus was that, indeed, there seems to be meaning in exploring the possibility; but there was less agreement as to whether they are real or simply metaphor.
We opened the discussion with some examples. Rosemary offered a story of a police officer who set out to disprove the possibility of past lives and reincarnation. He did a regression with a hypnotherapist and during the session got in touch with a life as a painter. He applied police detective skills to investigate and disprove his own experience! What he found provided substantiation rather than disproof that this past life was real! You can view this story at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB_j-chZvR0
There are many examples to be found; as with most subjects a Google search tends to turn up fascinating (true or otherwise) results and stories. Google “past lives” and see where it leads you!
Several members of our group reported on their experiences, including others’ stories from Past Life Regression Healing sessions. The key point discussed from these examples, stories and experiences is the healing that can result from exploring our past lives. And, if the healing is the ultimate result from the exploration then does it really matter if the story is a myth? What we may recall, whether it is from a true past life or from tapping into the collective unconsciousness, can shine light on the present. And if that light helps to clarify an issue, a health problem, a psychological block, then the question implied by our discussion title is irrelevant.
There are many ways to explore past lives. Often they reveal themselves spontaneously through encounters, events, visits to new places. And there are more proactive ways to discover them through hypnosis sessions, regression analysis and even through self-exploration through story telling or writing: make up a story about a past life and see where it takes you. Someone suggested taking multiple photographs, e.g. in a photo-booth; make faces, strike funny poses and see who might show up! Play a game of “past lives” with friends; the story you tell may have some basis in a “real” past life. Use past-life story telling to solve problems; if you write your story with your non-dominant hand you may be surprised what your right brain allows to come through!
Whether myth, metaphor or meaningful, if nothing else, past life exploration can be fun!
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