The Beauty Denominator

Our past experiences have its effects in our current state of mind, behavior, motives, desires and preferences. These past experiences are usually the unresolved issues or conflicts, repressed memories, fears, phobias or traumas. We try to deny and reject the idea of having these memories, fears or problems. However, they will eventually find their way up to the surface or in the consciousness of the person. They manifest in a person’s dreams, habits, recurring thoughts or even slips of the tongue. Past Life Regression is designed to combat the effects of unrepressed thoughts.

These undesirable past experiences usually cloud up a person’s mind and make him/her fixated in a certain stage of mind. They can not move on. They become dysfunctional. Professional help can be sought to combat these repressed thoughts. Psychologists and psychotherapists specialize in dealing with problems like this. They have techniques to diagnose the problem and eventually identify solutions for these problems.

One such solution is called the Past Life Regression, which involves the technique called hypnosis where the patient is guided by the therapist through out the process of visualizing some images or scenes that are designed to make him/her visit the past.

Generally, doing past life regression may sometimes involve two dangers. However, being informed and prepared of these dangers can definitely go a long way in controlling the damages.

1. Physiological Reactions: The mind does not only house a person’s memories and thoughts. It also triggers several physiological reactions. Remembering a painful memory or a traumatic experience may make the person nervous, hysterical or anxious. It can cause palpitations, increase in blood pressure, hyperventilation or even heart attack. Before going through past life regression, it is extremely important to know the health condition of the patients including his/her medical history. It is also a must to prepare first aid or pre-cautionary medicines just in case the situation becomes worse.

2. Psychological Disturbance: Going through the process of past life regression does not and will never guarantee absolute solutions to problems. The patient’s readiness to accept and face his/her fears, painful memories and traumas will definitely play a huge part in the success of the process. However, no matter how ready the patient is at the onset of the process, one will never know what will happen as the process progresses. Going through these painful memories may make the patient undergo psychological disturbances such as low self esteem, losing one’s morale or even making the fears and issues worse.

These are just general dangers that may happen. The possibilities may vary depending on the current state of mind, behavior and general well-being of the patient. Furthermore, the level of resiliency of the patient will also influence the outcome of the past life regression procedure and the dangerous effects that it could bring.

Revisiting your past life or experiences can prove to be tricky, difficult and even dangerous. On the other hand, it can also be proven to be rewarding. However, depending on the complexity of the problem, it may be best to consult a mind specialist before attempting to perform a past life regression procedure. Being prepared for the possible effects is an essential step in doing the process. After all, the objective of the procedure is to diagnose and identify solutions to the patient’s problems and not worsening it or add more problems to it.

The idea of immortality has always been very controversial, an idea which is easily traced back to its Indian origins, particularly in Hinduism. According to reincarnation, the soul moves from one body to another upon death and the cycle continues as the soul decides to be born repeatedly out of desire. The technique to revisit these past lives is through what is called the past life regression (PLR) and is achieved through hypnosis.

A Brief History

There are very limited accounts on PLR in history. The more substantial writing is that of Patanjali, a Hindu scholar, who said that the soul is always burdened by its karma and thus introduced prati-prasav or reverse birthing. This is a technique where the subject revisits memories to address present issues. Prati-prasav is currently being practiced in yoga.

PLR was revived through the efforts of Madame Blavatsky. She is the co-founder of the Theosophical Society and her studies have re-introduced the concept in the west. The practice was further developed in the 1950’s when credible medical practitioners began their advocacy on PLR as an instrument to improve mental health. In 1967, Dr. Denys Kelsey was the first to use regression as a type of therapy.

The Practice of Past Life Regression

Studies made on religions believing in reincarnation did not take into account nor accept the idea of repressed memories. The practice of PLR is usually done to simply experience this spiritually and therefore, be able to venture into the unknown. To draw information on the subject’s past life, practitioners would use hypnosis and ask their subjects a series of questions.

With the use of bridging, the unearthed memories are brought to consciousness. This is very important for both the doctor and patient as unresolved issues in past lives are believed to be significant in healing the present issues of the patient. However, they are not always easily dealt with as in most cases; the memories are of a negative nature.

Past Life Regression on Television

Oprah featured Past Life Regression last May 2008, with the help of Dr. Oz and Dr. Brian Weiss, who have been studying Past Life Regression for many years. Their subject named Jodie, sought the help of Dr. Weiss to find out why she has such a compulsive fear of dolls.

Fear Of Dolls

Then it was described how Jodie got to see her dead grandfather shortly after entering the state of hypnosis and minutes later, she began describing what she thought of as a car accident she got involved in, then she began to cry. Apparently, she had died unexpectedly in her past life, leaving her children to grow up without her and this resulted in her fear of dolls which is a metaphor for her inability to care for her children.

Healing Through Past Life Regression

Months later, Jodie saw Oprah featuring the Osmond family where Marie Osmond handed her an Oprah-doll. She reiterates that had it not been for Past Life Regression, she would have immediately turned off the TV because of her fear of dolls. But what’s good to know is that after the session, it seemed that she was already able to deal with looking at one.

There are many practitioners of PLR in the United States and more studies are being conducted as of this writing. Accounts of reincarnation and repressed memory studies are present in the history of man, and his natural curiosity would only encourage him to know more about past life regression. Many movie stars like Shirley MacLaine have also delved into this realm and I do believe she wrote a book about her experiences

Many people journey towards spiritual enlightenment through meditation, yoga and other traditions and rituals. Most of the people I know do some form of yoga or some type of meditation to connect with their soul or inner being and most people perceive that spiritual awakening is associated with religious persona’s such as saints, yogis, and lamas. However there are some who experience spiritual awakening on their death-bed.

I have never had a near death experience, but I’ve read and heard about many that have and the transformations after these NDE’s have always brought about miraculous changes in those individuals. Dr. P.M.H. Atwater who has written many books and researched this phenomenon talks about many of her findings and below are some the psychological effects which can also be referred to as enlightenment or spiritual awakening:

• Communication- NDE survivors display the use of new language or new vocabularies which are totally different from what they were used to speaking before.

• Timelessness – survivors begin to follow the “flow” and tend to ignore schedules and time frames. They would shift their focus and give more importance to the present.

• Unconditional love- NDE survivors turn themselves into fully loving and generous people who would wander and express themselves to each person they see.

• The soul- survivors would show more interest in reincarnation and would later on accept this concept regardless of their previous belief. Since they have experienced the soul or the spirit separating from the body, they understand that the body is nothing but a coffer for the soul.

• Psychic – some survivors would wake up or return to the world of the living with heightened senses or extrasensory perception.

I have always sought to be spiritually enlightened and remove the veil that blocks me, but so far it really hasn’t happened, but I try to keep a balance between the body and soul by feeling my surroundings, being able to express my self, eating a balanced diet and regularly exercising, not being afraid to ask for help, never giving up, spending time with family and friends, and always trying to remember that I have a purpose and I’m the one that creates the meaning of my life.

Spiritual awakening is not tied down to a religion as some people might think. People read the word spiritual and they immediately conclude that this is something for the religious or for the highly spiritual people. The spirituality of the self through spiritual awakening refers not to the religion of a person but to the consciousness or awareness of being, the realization that one exists.

Various religious beliefs do have their own versions of spiritual awakening. Most are rooted on their own sets of religious doctrines and principles. Some have come to a spiritual enlightenment through meditations and self actualization. To them spiritual awakening is the removal of whatever layers or walls we have that cover or hide our true selves. It is having the experience of peace, the calmness, the fulfillment, and completeness. One person has so eloquently put it as waking up through a big bump to head. That of course is a too simplistic way to describe the experience.

Spiritual awakening is not the end of the end. It is in fact can be seen as just a stepping stone where you can provide change to other people and the environment you live in. In some religions, spiritual awakening is the pre-requisite to spiritual healing. If spiritual awakening is the finding of your true self, the spiritual healing part is the part where you collect all the positive physical, emotional and spiritual elements and use them to live a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life.

Its important that this person pass to other people these positive energies to promote spiritual healing to all. There are religions that would suggest or even require people to accompany spiritual healing with prayers and going to their church. They insist that prayers will provide or reinforce the guidelines they need to reach, repeat and maintain spiritual awakening.

For Christians, spiritual awakening is also attained upon realization that they are sinners and begin to repent. They have this enlightenment that God is the only true path and going back to him and being faithful to the doctrines of the Church is the way to spiritual healing. This is, of course, only one religion interpreting the essence of spiritual awakening. One cannot say that their interpretation is wrong for the experience is really a subjective one based precisely on interpretations of what should and should not be.

Now those who are far less attuned to religious influences believe that spiritual awakening can be achieved through meditations. Through proper meditation, inner peace and serenity are attained. Healing can be achieved as well. But meditation is only a step towards spiritual awakening. One has to go deeper into the process to achieve the true enlightenment as some people would rather believe.

Meditation can come in different forms and techniques. There’s the mantra meditation where you need to repeat a certain sound which appeals to your mind before you reach that meditative state. There’s the trataka meditation technique where instead of sound, one has to focus his attention or mind on a particular object. This technique has been used in the past by a number of religions. Chakra meditation on the one hand is more of energy based mediation where the goal is to open the chakra points in the body to achieve a higher level of awakening of the consciousness.

Religion and spiritual awakening are connected but depending on the religion as well as the approach and techniques, the interpretation of spiritual awakening varies. But one thing is certain, achieving spiritual wakening results to having a positive outlook in life making living in this world happier and more content.

Conscious creation is the act of making conscious effort to create the life you want. It does go deeper than just changing your life, however. Conscious creation actually refers to the very act of creating your own reality.

One of the tenets of conscious creation is that we each have a separate reality that other people cannot know or really understand. And that each of us has the ability to create that reality into anything we want it to be.

Every day when we get out of bed, we set into motion the creation of a certain reality, good or bad. And through conscious, also sometimes called deliberate, creation, we can shift that reality in either a better or worse direction.

At the root of this belief system is the idea of channeling. This can be interpreted two ways. Some use it to mean channeling your own deep-seated ideas and desires, while others see it as channeling other spirits or entities that have some sort of knowledge to impart. Many use it to mean both types of channeling.

Also at the heart of this conscious way of living is the belief that we all create our own reality, even though we don’t realize it. So that when something bad happens to you, it was actually your choice to have that thing happen.

If you are born into poverty for instance, many hardcore believers in conscious creation will tell you that you made those choices, even before you were physically born onto the earth, to experience poverty.

If you suffer serious illness, believers will tell you that you have brought that into your life through choice, whether you know it or not. But that by gaining control of your reality, you can change things and bring what you want into your life, whether it’s health, prosperity or overall happiness.

Through the act of deliberate creation, you start each day with a goal. Rather than the goals you might wake up to now like getting the kids to school on time or completing a project at work, you look at the bigger picture. Those will still be part of your goals of course, your daily life must continue. But you will choose different goals that will help define your reality.

The first step in creating your own reality is through your beliefs. Let’s say that right now you believe that most people are selfish and only out to get what they can for themselves without regards to other people. Your belief is creating that reality in your life, so most people in your life will be just this way.

If you shift your belief to one that says that most people are good at heart and want to do the right thing, most people in your life will fit that description. If you believe that you will never get out of debt, you probably never will. But if you wake up each day using conscious creation to believe you will get out of debt, you can make it happen.

A positive attitude will accomplish many things as we now see with the new President Elect. Yes I can and so can you, we can accomplish anything we set our mind and heart on. Positive thinking can change you and the energy you send out into the universe as witnessed the other night there are no more barriers, the wall has been torn down, there are no more oppressors and no one can use that as an excuse any longer in this country at least.

I try to start the day by counting my blessings and everything I’m grateful for and compared to so many around the world I have much even if it’s very little compared to others around me. I have a warm bed to sleep in and a loving partner to share it with. I have a roof over my head and it’s paid for so we don’t have to worry about it being taken away. I was given the opportunity to stay at home while my partner still has a good job to support us.

I have plenty of food to eat, perhaps too much at times. I am able to make a few dollars online for incidentals, I have clothes on my back and shoes for my feet, I have my computer and dsl, but none of those things compare to the love and happiness I have known through having my son and grandchild and loving my partner and his family and my pets. I try not to sit around and complain because that only brings other people down and it’s negative energy.

Life has many good things to offer even when something bad happens to us and I always try to see that glass as half full instead of half empty even though at times during my life it’s been very difficult, if you can keep a positive attitude you will eventually find yourself in a better place and position. Fear is very often the culprit and we are often our own worst enemy. Fear surrounds our comfort zone and when we use negative self talk it helps keep us there.

I was afraid to go back to school when I was 45 and could have very easily talked myself out of it, but I decided yes I can and indeed I did. I did not let fear keep me from doing something I had always wanted to do, I used positive thinking and pushed that fence of fear around my comfort zone down and accomplished my dream and as anyone can see from Obama he has done the same thing and accomplished his dream and it didn’t happen from having a negative attitude.

When I first saw my Grandchild I didn’t know exactly what I felt because it was so totally new to me. I didn’t even want to touch him, but eventually I did. I can’t say that all that love welled up within me because it didn’t. I’m not sure how I felt.

I knew that my Son was dying and I was so afraid of latching on to this child that is a part of me, but looks nothing like my Son or myself. How do people deal with a dying child? I know that I am trying and I have given my Son into God’s hands, but it’s very difficult to let go.

I did feel Love as a Grandparent, but I’m not sure exactly what kind it was because I was afraid of letting my feelings go because if my Son dies then maybe I wont see him again and it scares me. I know that’s wrong, but I can’t help it.