Healing Past Life
Dreams
The first past life memory I had came in a dream or you
could call it a nightmare. I was trapped in a barn fire. I remember seeing
beams falling down on me, and flaming hay streaming down from the loft. The
next moment I knew myself as a blackened and charred body. I was screaming out
in my mind, I’m still in here, I’m still alive.
I was saved from this shocking dream by a friend pounding on
my door. I was a graduate student and my friend wanted to go partying—of course
I went. To this day I can see the image of the burning barn and charred corpse.
It is strange to contemplate but I was put in a state of shock by a past life
memory.
Each of us should learn to use our dreams and past life
memories for healing (emotional and physical) and for growth (mental, emotional
and spiritual). It is possible to work with past life memories on your own—but
it is a challenge. Currently, I am studying advanced training as a past life
regression therapist. To be free of unconscious memories is liberating.
My mentor, Dr. Morris Netherton, teaches past life therapy
is effective for healing present life issues. Past life therapy is very
effective for certain cases of anxiety, obsessive/compulsive behavior,
post-traumatic stress, fears, phobias, and health issues such as asthma and
chronic pain. Netherton tells us past life is anything that is not this very
moment. Any time you are unconscious, or fear that you are dying you become
vulnerable to negative emotional programming.
The relationship between the physical brain frequency and
the function of mind and emotion is central to understanding why past life
therapy is so effective. Past life therapy occurs in the Alpha and Theta
frequency range. The therapist’s function is as a facilitator as the client
consciously tells his remembered story. The point is to be aware and heal
the emotional programming of the story.
Charles Skillas (PhD, DD, BCH) tells us understanding brain
wave activity (EEG) enhances our understanding of hypnosis and meditation.
- The
Beta Range frequency, 14-28 cps, describes conscious functions like
problem solving, worry, fear and processing visual information.
- The
Alpha range, 7- 14 cps, correlates to prayer, reverie, relaxation,
meditation and light hypnosis.
- The
Theta frequencies, 4-7 cps, identify with visual reverie, deep hypnosis,
anesthesia and perceptual changes.
- Delta
frequencies, .5 to 4 cps, are associated with deep sleep and [danger]
awareness (ex. alarm clock awakening, sounds outside the window.)
EEG studies demonstrate Alpha and Theta waves as the most
powerful, with higher peaks of voltage and longer duration. Dr. Skillas
speculates that the information that is being impressed on brain cells in a
stronger, more effective manner during Alpha and Theta states. If this is true,
it may explain the powerful changes that may be effective under deep hypnosis
in a brief time, say Skillas.
Lisa Miller, AUG. 27, 2010, in an online article for the New
York Times, tells us according to data by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public
Life, a quarter of Americans believe in reincarnation. Women are more likely to
believe than men. There are nearly a billion Hindus and a half-billion
Buddhists who have for thousands of years believed in reincarnation. (Not to
mention the ancient Greeks, certain Jews and some ancient Christians) They have
a cyclical view--you are born, you live, you die, and because nobody is perfect
your soul is born again — not in another location or sphere, not metaphorical
but right here on earth.
Brian L. Weiss M.D. is Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at
the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami started his career as a traditional
psychotherapist. He has become a foremost expert in the use of regression
therapy for healing, mind, body and spirit. According to his website, Dr. Weiss
was “astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling
past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and
anxiety attacks.
Dr. Weiss tells us:
- Not
all problems have their source in the past.
- Often
dreams contain fragments of past life memories.
- Frequently
the material elicited through past life regressions contains metaphors and
symbols and can trigger dream experiences.
- Using
free association or the active imagination helps free the mind from any
negative connotations.
- One
can replace the word reincarnation with the word imagine and the process
still works.
- It is
not always necessary to see a therapist in order to discover one’s past
lives
- Meditation
on your own can open the unconscious mind
- Or
using audiotapes or CDs can help you to have your own experiences.
There are people who feel victimized by their dreams and
nightmares. The true purpose of our dreams is for healing, learning, and
enlightenment (through a process of true acceptance and an action of
forgiveness). Each of us should be
a master of our dreams and past life memories for healing (emotional and
physical) and for growth (mental, emotional and spiritual).
How do you know you are working with a past life dream? The
dream will feel historical and if you look for skin color, historical modes of
dress (look at your feet), transportation, tools, etc.—you will see them.
Sometimes a specific name or date sticks in your memory as you awake. Most
important—there will be an intense inner knowing. A past life dream is only one
type of dream.
Types of Dreams:
1. Psychological Healing
2. Belief Dreams
3. Problem-Solving Dreams
4. Physiological Dreams
5. Dreams of Daily Life
6. Compensatory Dreams
7. Recurring Dreams
8. Lucid Dreams
10. Nightmares
If you are drawn to work with the past life it will reveal
to you: 1.Your coping skills, hidden strengths and skills; 2. The root of
maladaptive behaviors (alcoholism, eating disorders, feelings of financial
insecurity); 3. The roots emotional issues (anxiety, depression, post traumatic
stress); 4. The programming that leads to poor relationships at home and work.
Over time I have developed techniques for healing past life
dreams. There are many books that give insights and techniques. For some people
and dreams it is enough to recognize the dream as part of yourself to accept
and not judge (forgive). There is no one special strategy. You could try this
method:
- Write
the dream down---write the dream in first person—“I am___, I did____”
- Tell
yourself this is who I was in the past—I am not that person today, I do
not have to be that person today
- If you
saw something ugly and feel emotionally shocked pray for strength to help
you heal---put the dream away until you are ready to work with it.
- Go
into a meditative state visualize strongly and re-experience the past life
- One of
the most important things to do is heal your death---do not take negative
thoughts into the next life. For example, say to yourself “I leave behind fear of drowning—I
take perfect beauty, health and self-respect into my next life.”
A horrible past life is not a justification for current bad
behavior—it is an opportunity for healing. Typically we do not dream of joyful,
enlightened lives because those lives do not need healing. If you dream of a
past life that is joyful and enlightened, it is a reminder to live those gifts
in the here and now.
