Do you have an inexplicable fear of heights or insects or something you can’t quite understand? Are you prone to bounce from job to job or relationship to relationship, enduring similar cycles of disappointment and frustration? Even though you realize what needs to be done to improve your life, do you find it difficult to escape old habits that discourage you? Some may seek counseling to better comprehend their behavior, to varying degrees of success. However, one might wish to consider the possibility that problems occurring in life now could be residual of events that happened in past lives.
Reincarnation – What is it?
Simply put, reincarnation is the belief that the soul residing in one’s body lives throughout time in different incarnations, or people. A higher part of the being – the spirit/soul – survives physical death to reside in another dimension (often called the afterlife or other side) before returning to Earth in a new form. Different religious beliefs, including the Buddhist and Hindi faiths, acknowledge the concept of reincarnation under different tenets, and while Western thought is divided – some fundamentalist Christian believers dismiss reincarnation, while more liberal spiritualists may embrace the concept – references to past lives have appeared in our culture. Films such as What Dreams May Come and Dead Again rely on reincarnation as plot devices.
Understanding Past Lives to Help the Present
If you are of an open mind and wish to explore the possibility of past lives, psychic counselors are available to assist people through hypnosis or other procedures. Past life regression as therapy is used often to pinpoint a reason behind destructive behaviors – it is theorized that actions and decisions made in a previous life could have impact on the next. As the soul travels through incarnations, it may have difficulty breaking patterns necessary for growth. Somebody living today with a deathly fear of heights, for example, may be revealed to have died or endured injury from a fall in a previous life. Consequently, a vigorous anti-smoker today may have lived in a time previously where he or she smoked heavily and paid the consequences. The memory of that life could have carried over into the present, hence the adverse reaction.
One thing to note about past life regression therapy is that it might not be for everybody. Carefully consider all possibilities and caveats before seeking the assistance of a psychic counselor. For many professionals, hypnosis is not considered a parlor trick for entertainment, and if you are interested in regression it is helpful to approach the therapy with an open mind.