Whether you believe in life after death or past life regression (PLR), you can’t help but wonder about those two things.
But, before we can even look at the question of life after death (which is far too heavy a topic for just one blog post), let’s look at PLR.
Firstly, does PLR even work? What really needs to be addressed is are these experiences real and do they actually help the patients they come from?
Proof has shown time and time again that fabricated memories are indistinguishable even to the most trained psychologist and that those with strong imaginations and who are susceptible under hypnosis are more likely to evoke any experience a hypnotist or psychologist may prompt.
So what’s really going on here? The debate is as heated as it is fascinating. Check out this article below from GoodLifeZen.com that debates the efficacy of PLR and brings up the idea of the makyo.
After you read this article, I want your honest opinions on PLR. What do you know about it and have you experienced it before? Or maybe you know someone who has. Just drop a comment below 
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Past Life Regression: Evidence of Life after Death?
From GoodLifeZen.com
Dr. Michael Newton was a traditional psychotherapist opposed to past life regression work when a client spontaneously entered what seemed like a past life regression.
.The man had complained about a persistent pain in his side that doctors couldn’t diagnose or treat. In the regression, the man found himself in the battle of Somme of World War I on the British side. He was dying of a bajonet wound. Newton, a keen scholar of martial history immediately asked him to look at the division patch on his arm. The client could describe it correctly. That was the clincher for Newton. But was it proof a past life?
I’m in two minds about past life regression because on one hand I have reservations about the validity of so-called past life experiences. On the other hand, I’m happen to be one of the people who may have had a past life experience. (I’ll tell you about it further down).
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Past life regression
.This is a form of therapy where people allegedly access previous lives in the course of hypnosis. It’s a controversial form of treatment and there are two main questions one could ask. One is: are these really previous lives? The other: is this therapeutic intervention useful?
Are past life regression memories real?
They certainly feel real to the person experiencing them and seem convincing to therapists who evoke them. Whilst I have some reservations about the validity of this therapy, it’s fair to say that there are respected psychotherapists and psychiatrists amongst the PLR (Past Life Regression) therapists, as well as people whos qualifications are more doubtful.
One of the leading developers of PLR therapy was Brian L. Weiss, M.D., the Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. The well-known psychotherapist Dr. Michael Newton explains why he became a PLR therapist in this video.
I’m not sure whether past life regression is a useful tool for well-being and mental health. I would hate to see people whose psyche is already fragile burdened with more life-times of trauma. To heal the wounds of this life seems to be more than enough for many people.
Prof. Ian Stevenson’s work, whom I introduced in my article on reincarnation, is often quoted by therapists as supporting evidence for the validity of Past Life Regression. Actually, he was dead set against it. In an article he voiced strong concerns:
“The subconscious parts of the mind are released from ordinary inhibitions and they may then present in dramatic form a new “personality.” If the subject has been instructed by the hypnotist–explicitly or implicitly–to “go back to another place and time” or given some similar guidance, the new “personality” may appear to be one of another period of history. Such evoked “previous personalities” may be extremely plausible both to the person having the experience and to other persons watching him or her…
In my experience, nearly all so-called previous personalities evoked through hypnotism are entirely imaginary and a result of the patient’s eagerness to obey the hypnotist’s suggestion. It is no secret that we are all highly suggestible under hypnosis. This kind of investigation can actually be dangerous. Some people have been terribly frightened by their supposed memories, and in other cases the previous personality evoked has refused to go away for a long time.”
From his response I can’t help thinking that he would have been delighted with a current book title, ‘The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Past Life Regression’!
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Michael Newton’s books
Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Souls-Studies-Between-Lives/dp/1567184855
and
Destiny of Souls: New Case Studies of Life Between Lives
http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Souls-Studies-Between-Lives/dp/1567184995/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2
are interesting and great books in my opinion. They may seem like “new age” books, but they are intelligent books where Michael Newton tells about experiences his clients have had during hypnosis, during his 30–40 years career as hypnotist. Many people, regardless of their religion or nonbelief in spiritual things, age, nationality or so on have reported similiar kind of things of life between lives during hypnosis.
Here is a kind of life after death you can be sure of…
http://www.whatwasdone.com/Age.php?&Age=-1
a visit to india as a younger man, I’d happened upon a village in the northwest around Jammu. I saw a building, the path toward it and the ancient woman servant..all of which I remembered!!
apparently the old lady recognized me as well!
we spoke briefly before she shooed me off cause “they will kill you again”.
the people travelling with me were dumbfounded
I have been regressed three times and I cannot say that it is the absolute truth, but each regression has had special meaning to me. One memory in particular was a life I had spent in Ireland and, without any logical reason, I always had a special feeling for that country. I was born in Italy in 1934 when the world was extremely big, we lived in tribal communities and very few peoople travelled at that time. Well, when at the age of twelve I entered High School we had two languages italian and latin, and a choice of a foreign language either french or english. My family wanted me to choose french but I inststed that english was what I wanted and desire to learn. It came very easy to me just as though I had spoken english forever while many children founded it extremely difficult.
Maybe that was a coincidence but to me it makes much sense
and I can honestly say that english has been my main language in this lifetime and love it. Strange? Maybe so, but I still believe that I had lived in Ireland once before.
Frankly I have always believed that we have some kind of connection with the past. Perhaps it is difficult to describe or define or substantiate this belief. There are things that cannot be best described but they can be felt or perceived or imagined when one goes into the depth of the mind . It is all a question of travelling into a trance or drifting along the imaginary trip into one’s unfathomable mind
One needs to enquire ‚ask ourselves who we are , why we are here. Why some are born maim or lame, why some are born with a silver spoon in the mouth while others have to strive , beg, borrow, suffer inthe heat of drought afflicted areas or in zones where there are only sufferings.
I sincerely believe that it is all a fruit of our Karma, in other words we reap what we sow.Past life can be a reason!!!
well,well well!!i dont know how to explain this plr issue as it is one hell of a mammoth subject!!!but i can tell u very honestly that situations in life time and again gives u strong feelings that its likely to be true!!!How then can u explain strong goodwill or illwill shown towards u from certain strangers!!!contemplate my words and bye for now!!!
best regards
steven henry chong
I don’t believe in life after death. I do, however, believe in life after life. There is no death as such, just a shift from the physical to the nonphysical. I’ve read all of Dr. Brian L. Weiss’s books and they are really convincing, especially since he was so skeptical about it initially. I also have a book in Kabbala, written by the Holy ARI many centuries ago. So, there’s not debate about it.
I’m a Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist with over 16 years of experience as both a therapist & a past life regressionist. I agree with the article in the sense that many regressions are at least partially the result of confabulation (hidden memories) and not a past life experience at all.
However, there are also a number of cases that seem to be more than that. If the client was merely trying to please the therapist, I don’t believe they would pay money just to do that.
Also, most, if not all regression experiences are of fairly mundane, everyday lives of ‘ordinary’ people. Contrary to belief, clients do not believe they were the Queen of Sheba or a King, just a normal person with an interesting story to tell.
As for the article’s comments on people having negative experiences that last for a long time, this is purely due to poorly qualified or unqualified therapists and/or possible hysteric or pre-psychotic tendencies in the client. In either case, the above types or person are generally unsuitable for a regression experience and an experienced therapist would know this and would not proceed.
Any experienced therapist is very capable of distancing the client from the emotional or upsetting aspects of a regression whilst still allowing the client observe and more importantly, learn from the experience whilst feeling safe and relaxed.
Most experiences are very vivid. The memory can and does last for years with the average client, but not negatively if done correctly. Good regressions, performed by an ethical & qualified therapist, can become very treasured experiences.
If you are seeking a regression, please make sure the regressionist is well qualified, insured and will not lead you in any way, who will just bring you to an experience unique to you and take good care of you before, during and after the session.
i had a past life expenvice iscared me to deatha nd still cant understand how it happen/ still in my mind, not good for me
The subconscious is the reflection of the conscience, the mirror image lets say„ the subconscious cannot be with out the conscience, as with the mind and brain, thought needs mind, its a given all has to be of some sort of past, or we would not be today.
I’ve had a PLR about 2 years ago. It was the most amazing experience in my live. It took my therapist about 4 months to get me there, because I obviously wasn’t ready to face what was expecting me. But once I did get there, a lot of facets of my life became clear, as if I finally got the different pieces of the puzzle together; today I know exactly who I was in my previous live and why I came back chosing the parents I did. I have no doubt whatsoever about the reality of my memories. For one reason because the energies that came along during the regression were so incredibely intense and also because I realised that a lot of images that came up, were images that had come up once in awhile during my entire life and all of a sudden they finally made sense. I always believed that reincarnation and life after life was possible and maybe probable, but after my personal PLR I haven’t got the slightest doubt anymore!
I have a friend who I go to school with who, upon 6th grade graduation received the most intelligent of all the “silly awards” that were given out to sixth and seventh graders. She loves wolves, hisses like a cat at twilight posters or anything else that pisses her off, and is always making culture references which unfortunately, are lost to me. Her award was “Most Likely To Be Reincarnated as a Wolf”, while I ended up with “The Green Onion Award”. I am going to get her a copy of The Sight for a Christ-mas present.