From: waddell@firnvx.firn.edu
Subject: Re: Past Life regression
Organization: Florida State University
Date: 21 Nov 92 13:14:58 EST

I am not interested in proving reincarnation, karma or past life regression.
This is just brief (I hope) telling of my experiences with past life 
regressions.

In the fall of 1978 a group of us were gathering once or twice a month to
explore and develop various psychic abilities.  One Saturday we tried past
life regression.  The lady whose house we met at lead two people through
past life regressions.  The first was someone who was visiting a friend
here in Tallahassee and I had never met him before.  In his regression he
expirienced his former life as a Roman soldier.  He was really into the
sensual experiences of that life.  He felt the bite of the cold wind as
they marched over a mountain pass, the sounds of battle and the gusto of
the feast celebrating their victory.  The second person who was regressed
I'll call J.  He had been an African in that past life.  J. did not
experience the events to the same extent of the first person.  He hunted
lions and when it came time for him to die, he went to this lightening-
stuck tree that had some magic or god-spirit associated with it and waited
for the lion to come for him.  He knew the lesson he had learned in that
life-time, patience.  "It takes patience to hunt the lion, it takes 
patience to wait for the lion to come for me."

Now the interesting thing about this is that when J. and his girlfriend had
come to our house for dinner previously, when he first came in the house and
sat down on the sofa he started sneezing and coughing.  He asked if we had 
a cat because he was extremely allergic to them.  We had to put our cat out
whenever he came over.

After J.'s regression I was asked if I wanted to be regressed.  Although 
M. (the lady whose house it was) did not hypnotize the person ( each used
their own technique to get into a light meditative state) she did lead
the person by using questions and suggestions.  I did not feel comfortable
submitting myself to her guidence, so my husband and I lead each other
in past life regressions a few days later using the same techniques as
discribed in "Explore Your Past Lives" by Bryan Jameison.  

My past life regression was not an intense sensual expreience but a more
subtle viewing of scenes, sometimes a thought would come with no scene
associated with it and sometimes an experiencing of emotions with the
scene or thought.  At points throughout the session I felt that my husband
was not asking the right questions so I asked myself questions and went in
a more fruitful direction.  I think a person could use the techniques and
"go solo" but I would recommend a partener who you are communicating your
experiences to so they can help quide you out if you become distressed or
you stay in the session too long (your body becomes chilled and what seems
like a short time while you are experiencing it takes hours).  

Most of the scenes did not trigger an association from this life but one in
particular did.  While we were launching an out-rigger through the pounding
surf I rememered a short sequence I had recently seen on TV in this life-time.
I think my subconscious was using scenes from that past life, direct thoughts,
and scenes from this life to convey information to my conciuosness.  It used
whatever was most accessable to me to get the message across.

When you first enter the past life, looking down at your feet will usually
"ground" you in that life-time so you can get clearer perceptions.  When
my husband did this he became upset at the implications of who he was then
and decided to abort the session because he was not ready to handle it yet.
If you are ready to handle the material it will be close to the surface and
easily accessable.  If it does not come easily do not force it.  I have
known people who have experienced excerpts from past lifes through dreams,
meditations and everyday activities.  Each time it was usefull to their
current life.

My past-life regression helped me work on a theme that had beem reoccurring
in this life and the timing was right for the begining of the resolution.
I have not felt the need to have another past-life session.  This once
proved to me the validity of the past-life regression but also my other
subtle inner experiences.  In the future I feel that if I need something
from a past life to help with a current issue it will probably come more
spontaneously.

I'll close now since I have rambled more than usual and more than I intended.

Have fun!

   =-Kathy->                                      waddell@firnvx.firn.edu

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