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Posted on Oct 19, 2009 8:53 PM
Have you had psychotherapy sessions in which you dig out one after another of your traumas from childhood? And all the reasoning seemed right -- “Oh, this past trauma is causing me to act this way now!” However, for some reason, your life remained pretty much the same. Why? Is it possible that something deeper than childhood traumas are affecting you? If so, can we find them and heal them?
Also, have you wondered why siblings of the same parents who were brought up in pretty much the same way grow up to have very different views of life and indeed lead very different lives? If the conditions in this present childhood were about the same, is it possible the reason is in their past lives?
History of Past Life Regression Therapy
It’s been more than twenty years since Dr. Brian Weiss published “Many Lives, Many Masters,” bringing the idea of past life regression therapy to the general public. Past lives and reincarnation is no dream. Your essence, your soul, goes through many lives, of different genders, ethnic groups, and social settings. Your soul life didn’t happen when you were born this time around -- it started eons of years ago.
In this article, I’d like to introduce you to two effective ways to explore your past lives and heal the traumas from past lives. I’ve had firsthand experiences in both modalities. (Well, let me put a disclaimer here. I also practice one of the modalities. But I will be as fair as I can possibly think of.) One is the hypnotherapy (the same approach described in “Many Lives, Many Masters”) and another is Akashic Record Reading.
Past life regression hypnotherapy is a form of psychotherapy and therefore performed my medical professionals. You either visit their office, or some hypnotherapists also give phone sessions. The therapist will guide you go back in time, first to your childhood, and then to the past life that holds the cause of the problem at hand. You will recall the traumatic experiences quite vividly. Then the therapist will assure you that this traumatic experience is already a history, and you don’t have to suffer from it any longer.
Akashic Records
Akashic Record Reading, on the other hand, is done by someone who can read the Akashic Records. Akashic Records are the energetic records of all the things that have ever happened in the universe and all the things that can happen going forward.
The word “Akasha” is a Sanskrit word that means “ether” or “space”. Akashic Records are not written on scrolls of paper nor are they on Google. They are recorded energetically -- in the space or ether. This may all sound like a New Age hoax, but science is discovering the existence of such energy field. In “Science and the Akashic Field,” Dr. Ervin Laszlo discusses the Akashic field, or sometimes called zero point field.
For the purpose of soul healing, the Akashic Record reader will retrieve relevant information of that soul in the Akashic Records. The reader may do this while you are talking to them or they may do it ahead of time and share their findings with you. Some readers prefer to do their reading face-to-face and some use identifying information (such as your full name at birth) to access the Akashic Records and therefore can do the reading regardless where you are in the world. Because the Akashic Records are energetic records, space and time doesn’t matter really.
Comparing the two approaches
I think there are pros and cons in each approaches.
What’s wonderful with past life regression therapy is its directness. You get to experience your past life in virtual reality. There is nothing like real recollection of the root cause of the problem.
Unfortunately, the same direct quality of the past life regression therapy can be quite scary for some people. Because you are seeking the root causes of your current problems, the experiences you recall in past life regression therapy is likely to be very traumatic. Murder, persecution, painful disease, war, sudden natural disaster. . . betrayal of a loved one, loss of a loved one . . . long unrewarding life of poverty and loneliness. . . These things may come to you as your experience.
Another challenge with past life regression therapy is the potential time involvement. It’s rare that you get right to the root cause in one or two sessions. Like other forms of psychotherapy, it’s a long process that requires your commitment.
With Akashic Record Reading, the experience is indirect. The Akashic Record reader explains what happened in your past life and how it is affecting you to this day. As you listen to the explanation, you probably relate to the story -- it sounds strangely familiar. But still, it’s not a direct experience like in past life regression therapy, so the impact is pretty low.
The benefit of Akashic Record Reading is, if the reader is experienced and focused on the healing and empowerment, they can get right to the core of the problem in one reading. It’s quick and easy for you.
I also want to point out another potential issue with Akashic Record Reading. Currently there is no third party recognition system with Akashic Record Reading. So finding a reader who is accurate and professional is critical. Of course, each past life regression therapist varies in their expertise, too, but at least, there is a license system with hypnotherapy.
It's about improving your life NOW
In conclusion, I’d like to emphasize that, whichever approach you may choose, you should look into your past lives with clear objective, such as healing and empowerment, rather than mere curiosity. In other words, the point is for you to live well NOW. It’s not about past lives, it’s about improving your present life. The knowledge of past lives is only a mean to this end.
and thanks for such an interesting and informative article.
