How exploring past lives changed my life
Four years ago was a turning point in my life. Everything seemed to progressively stop around me, but deep inside, everything was boiling. For the first time in fifteen years, I stopped running this endless race that was my life. I had free time, was determined to take care of myself and I was terrified. I had no idea why I was here and what I was going to do the rest of my life. My first priority was to quiet down these crazy fireworks taking place in my mind. Meditation was the only idea that came to me and it was just perfect. Instantly, I got reconnected to my physical sensations, to the « here and now », to my inner GPS system. It quickly enabled me to access my own resources to start this new journey, the quest of my soul. In parallel, new people came into my life and opened my mind to new possibilities. A friend, in particular, explained to me the idea of exploring past lives to get more perspective on my story. I never really thought about it. The idea that death is not an end in itself but a transition for our soul to another dimension made sense to me, for two reasons: First, I was raised as a Catholic and it’s part of our beliefs. Second, I always felt very connected, in a way I cannot explain, to dear ones who passed away. But what happened before? Apart from thinking of my family lineage, I had no idea. It didn’t take long before I got answers and everything fell into place. Thank you World Wide Web.
Opening the door to past lives
One night, on YouTube, I start watching a video called “Past-Life Regression Session” from Dr. Brian Weiss, an American psychiatrist who dedicated more than 30 years of his life to studying how past-lives regressions can help us heal and progress. In 30 minutes, I respond easily to the hypnosis induction and go back to another time, another place, another body, another life. Everything is different but everything is also very familiar. Within a few minutes, I literally download information and insights about a different part of my soul. I just open myself to a whole universe available within me. It is now clear to me that our soul is going through a long journey, life after life, that each incarnation has a purpose and that we are not alone. In my own words, at that moment, I just experience the proof of God’s existence. After the session, I have a huge emotional release and cry for half an hour, and to be honest, I cry every day for about a month… Of course, I have even more questions, like, a lot of questions.
In the following month, I read six of Dr. Brian Weiss books. Some of them are worldwide bestsellers. I was just discovering the topic but did you know there are tons of literature about past lives? How on Earth had I never hear about it before? I also replayed the video six or seven times. But the experiences were less and less interesting. What’s the point in getting back to a past memory if you don’t know what to do with it? I needed some help. I wanted to explore these experiences to get answers about who I am and what my purpose is.
Of course, I wondered if all of that really happened. How to be sure I really accessed a past life? How can I be sure it’s not just my imagination? Well, going to a past life is like accessing a memory. It’s not about getting an image or a vision and create a world around it, which requires some time and effort, it’s about getting access to the database of a lifetime. When you get back, you remember with all your senses and all your knowledge. For instance, during this brief first experience, about only 5 minutes, I downloaded lots of information. I was a woman, I saw my outfit, my shoes, the bracelets on my wrists, I couldn’t see my hair but I knew the color anyway, I know it was curly and I could feel it all along my back, and it felt strange because I never had long hair like this. I knew my age, that the land I was standing upon belonged to my family, I knew the location, the country, the nearest town, the year: nearly 2000 years ago… At that point, I didn’t even explore any experience during that life but I knew a lot already. The information instantly came back to me. I knew my mother died when I was young, that my sister was sick, that I was worried about her and guilty as well because I was about to get married and that made me happy. Then, when I moved on to significant events, I recognized some people. This sick sister in her bed, simply looking into her eyes, I instantly knew it was one of my actual brothers. There’s no material evidence here. If you’re skeptical, it certainly means you’re perfectly sane. But what I felt in my body, in my heart and the number of details that had a meaning to me made me believe it was truly a past life. My validation came from my emotions, not science. The only way to get a proper opinion is to try the experience.
When exploring past lives becomes a therapy
So, again, a friend gave me a hand. I decided to share my experience with a dear mate thinking she might believe I lost my mind. How surprised I was when she told me that she absolutely believed me and she knew a therapist who was a past-life regression specialist. When things come so easily to you, you’re on the right path, don’t you think? This therapy was a profound transformative experience that led me to change my way of being, my career and my way of life, for the better. The session happens under hypnosis and takes from two to three hours.
So, what’s the benefit of going back to a past life? I will focus on the three main ones:
The first benefit is, I would say, the expansion of spiritual awareness. And what a gift it is. By bringing a higher perspective, it helps us give more meaning to a relationship, a passion, a trauma, a loss. It gives us an idea of the connection we build life after life with our soul community, the opportunities and the challenges we create to progress. When you understand the decisions you make have consequences in your current life but also in the future ones, it’s a good driver to decide who you want to be.
And no, it doesn’t necessarily make religion relevant or irrelevant. To me, it’s an opportunity to open our mind and explore beyond the boundaries settled by our education, our civilization. It’s a chance to acknowledge that we are here to try, experience, evolve until our last breath. And it’s our responsibility to do our best to know who we are, what are our best talents - we all have plenty - and it’s up to us to use them in a meaningful way.
The second benefit is healing your wounds. It’s not the experience that creates a wound, a pain, an illness, a limiting belief or a self-sabotage program, it’s the connected emotion that you can’t release and that remains stuck in your energy field. When you get back to a memory, the therapist is here to help you understand your experience, how you felt and guide you to process the emotion to be dealt with. Do you need to get rid of a toxic relationship? Do you need to heal a physical pain that is connected to a wound that killed you in a past life? Do you need to claim back your self-worth after a life where you were persecuted for using your talents? According to your need, the therapist will use different approaches using psychology and/or energy.
The third benefit is developing your potentials. Exploring a past life is also a chance to discover your soul’s gifts and activate them in the present incarnation. Isn’t it great? You were a spiritual master? Your wisdom will come back to you. You were a healer? Your senses will be fine-tuned and your ability to channel energy will progressively return to you. When going back to a past life, you open the door to the beautiful qualities you developed in that time. Becoming fully conscious that they are a part of you in this incarnation allows them to unfold again, if you want it and work for it.
This post is an overview from my own perspective of how remembering past lives can help us know ourselves better and hold our space in this world. We are so much more than we think.