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Some years
ago, soon
after
qualifying
as an
Egyptian
energy-healing
therapist, I
was invited
to the home
of Susan, a
homeopathic
vet. In an
effort to
clear some
‘stuck
energy’,
which she
believed was
the spirit
of a
previous
resident, we
placed some
powerful
symbols in
the air and
felt the
energy shift
quite
palpably.
Afterwards,
as I was
giving Susan
a healing,
she suddenly
exclaimed “I
am in a
young Roman
boy in a
field, you
are with me,
we are
picking
herbs for
use with our
clients. It
is a
beautiful
sunny day,
no clouds in
the sky …”
She may have
listed some
herbs, but I
wasn’t
listening to
the detail;
I was
stunned.
Could it be
that Susan
was
experiencing
a
spontaneous
‘Past Life’
memory? I
hadn’t been
told that
this was a
possible
consequence
of a
healing. At
the time, I
actually
felt a bit
panicky,
what if I
couldn’t
cope? What
did she mean
by ‘you are
with me’?
The session
opened a
‘can of
worms’ and I
was going to
have look
into it …
I’d never
really
thought much
about
re-incarnation
at that
time, I
wasn’t a
believer or
disbeliever.
Brought up
in the
Church of
England, but
not a
regular
church goer,
I considered
myself a
Gnostic
- a believer
in the
existence of
a ‘Creator’
(and that
Jesus and
other
‘Prophets’
had most
likely l
lived and
delivered
their
parallel
messages) -
and
sympathetic
to a myriad
of religions
at core
level, but
not a
‘follower’
of any. I
remembered a
couple of
strange
experiences
in my
childhood, a
visit to
Bangkok,
aged 9, with
my sister
then 13,
when we
insisted to
our father
that we had
visited the
Emerald
Buddha
Temple
before and
seemed to
know the
layout with
uncanny
familiarity.
Another
episode when
I was 18, I
was working
part-time in
my father’s
travel
agency and
was offered
an
‘educational’
trip to
Israel. The
trip
involved a
walk along
the The
Via Dolorosa;
the
route
that
Christ
took
carrying the
cross on his
shoulders
before his
crucifixion.
I was
inexplicably
moved to
tears for
the entire
journey.
The
experience
with Susan
led me to
investigate
what proof –
if any –
there was
for
re-incarnation
and more to
the point,
Past Life
recall.
In her book
Yesterday’s
Children,
Jenny
Cockell,
from
Northampton,
was haunted
from early
childhood by
memories of
her ‘past’
life as Mary
Sutton,
living in
rural
Ireland;
even
including
her 1930’s
death
shortly
after giving
birth to her
eighth
child. As a
small child,
she drew
maps/plans
of where
Mary lived
and
following
painstaking
research and
past life
regression,
she was able
to pinpoint
the
village.
After
further
research and
a visit to
Ireland, she
was finally
able to
trace two of
the
‘children’
from her
former life
as Mary.
Although a
practising
Catholic and
therefore
against the
principle of
re-incarnation,
Mary’s
oldest son,
Sonny, felt
a strong
bond and
recognition
immediately
on meeting
her. He
then
verified
that many of
the
‘memories’
Jenny
recounted
involved
details
never
divulged to
anyone and
known only
to him, his
siblings and
his late
mother.
Further
empirical
data is
supplied by
the late Dr
Ian
Stevenson,
an American
scientist
who compiled
an amazing
amount of
circumstantial
evidence for
reincarnation.
He spent
decades
tracking
down over
2,000
children who
demonstrated
memories of
a 'previous
life'.
Situated
mainly in
Lebanon and
rural India,
where
re-incarnation
within one
or two
generations
is accepted
as fact, many
were able to
give precise
details
including
their former
names and
the
circumstances
surrounding
their
deaths.
Often they
can recall
the names of
friends and
family,
several of
whom Dr
Stevenson
traced
through
birth
records.
Many knew
intimate
details
known only
to the
deceased's
family.
Furthermore,
follow-up
studies were
witnessed by
Tom Shroder,
a sceptical
journalist,
who
accompanied
Dr Stevenson
and
subsequently
evaluated
his
research.
Intriguingly,
Dr Stevenson
found that
some of
these
children
displayed
birthmarks
or
deformities
reminisent
of the
injury that
killed them
in their
former life.
The case of
Daniel Jirdi,
in war-torn
Lebanon, is
typical.
From the age
of two,
Daniel
repeatedly
proclaimed
to his
‘birth
parents’
that he was
not their
son and
theirs was
not his
home. He
insisted
that he was
Rashid
Khaddege,
only son of
Muntaha and
Naim, who
died of a
head wound
after being
thrown out
of a car
following a
high-speed
crash. He
recalls
onlookers
rushing over
and saying
‘leave this
one, he’s
dead’.
Daniel would
give his
name as
Rashid at
school, such
that the
school
contacted
his mother
about it,
but she
didn’t tell
them the
full story
until they
called again
to say that
he made a
suggestive
comment to
an
attractive
young
teacher at
school and
pinched her
bottom.
Apparently,
acting much
more mature
than their
physical age
is another
common
feature in
these
cases.
Interestingly,
Daniel was
born with a
lemon-shaped
lump on his
head, which
was
concerning
enough for
the birth
parents to
take him for
a check-up.
It
disappeared
after 3
months.
Daniel has
since met
the Khadegge
family,
convincing
Rashid’s
’mother’ and
‘sisters’
that he is
Rashid
reborn. He
even
remarked
about a
jumper that
Muntaha was
knitting for
him when he
died. She
unpicked it
and knitted
a tiny
jumper for
Daniel!
Daniel has
identified
several
relatives
and friends
of Rashid’s
and given
personal
details
about each
of them. He
has
confronted
his cousin
Ibrahim,
who’s bad
driving
caused the
fatal
crash. Now
adult
himself,
Daniel, who
was born
three years
after Rashid
died, now
has children
of his own,
and together
with his
wife, they
regularly
visit
Rashid’s
former home
seeing them
all as
extended
family.
Rashid’s
mother
proudly
displays
pictures of
Daniel’s
family and
his birth
parents seem
to accept
the
situation,
as
re-incarnation
is part of
their
culture.
Many Past
Life
Regression
Therapists
have
presented
transcripts
from client
sessions,
which
ultimately
lead to new
discoveries;
unknown at
the time the
session was
taped.
Joanna
Prentice has
co-written a
book on the
life of the
Essenes,
derived from
data noted
from clients
undergoing
hypnosis,
who remember
a life
concurrent
with Jesus
Christ. One
of these
recorded
hypnosis
sessions
referred to
a place
within the
ancient
settlement
of Qumran,
which at
that time
had not been
excavated,
but has
since been
discovered.
The book
features
revelations
about Joseph
of Arimathea
(Jesus’s
uncle) being
a metal
merchant,
causing him
to make
regular
visits to
the Cornish
tin mines
with his
nephew in
tow.
Indeed, the
book
suggests
that Jesus’s
heritage may
have
included
some Celtic
ancestry and
that he may
have
undergone
some
training
with
practising
Druids at
that time.
Following my
bizarre and
unexpected
encounter
with Susan’s
‘Past
Life’
recall, I
subsequently
encountered
‘Past Life’
visions with
other
clients -
and
‘remembered’
many
snippets
through
dreams and
experiences
of my own -
relating to
Lemuria,
Atlantis,
Egypt, the
Essenes,
Shamanic
lives of the
Americas
(North and
South),
Templars,
Cathars,
Middle Age
Witches and
more. I was
able to
furnish
details to
some of
these
through
research and
even Crystal
Skull
Readings
with
accomplished
Clairvoyant
Edwin
Courtney. I
discovered
that many of
these lives
were thought
to belong to
people whose
heritage
belonged to
the Order of
Melchisadec
– a known
lineage of
healers
through the
Millennia.
Could it be
that I have
myself
descended
from this
lineage –
that they
form part of
my ancestry
– or might
my soul have
actually
taken these
forms in
previous
incarnations?
Or, maybe my
personal
interest and
training in
the healing
arts enabled
me to
tap-into
this
knowledge
through the
‘Collective
Unconscious’,
an underused
resource
which, I
believe, is
available to
anyone.
It is a
well-documented
Shamanic
belief that
we may carry
in our
cellular
programming
the memory
of physical
afflictions
from one or
more past
lives and
even
emotions,
particularly
connected
with our
thoughts and
beliefs in
the dying
moments of a
previous
incarnation.
I also
discovered
that I had a
penchant for
‘glimpses’
of Past Life
images when
working on
people of
all ages.
Sometimes I
would need
only to hear
their name
- or read an
account of
something
that had
happened to
them – to
get a
snapshot
event coming
in via all
available
senses –
sights,
sounds,
smells,
emotions. I
somehow
‘freeze;
this image
and can
later
re-examine
the initial
sensations
and even
fill in an
extraordinary
amount of
detail,
through
further
consideration
and research
of similar
events.
Surprisingly,
I wasn’t
very
interested
in history
at school
and now
found that I
was
fascinated
with
learning to
furnish
relevant
details to
my
ever-growing
catalogue of
frozen
‘moments in
time’
Frankly it
is exciting,
tantalising,
entertaining.
Of course, I
have
wondered
whether I am
embellishing
this
‘glimpse’
with my own
imagination
and story
writing
ability. It
is as if a
mini-novel
is being
compiled. I
cannot
refute that
this might
be the
case.
However,
what cannot
be denied is
the number
of times I
have
stumbled
across a set
of
circumstances,
which have
an amazing
relevance to
that
person’s
current life
issues. As
if the
‘historical’
setting with
either real
or
fictitious
characters,
is a perfect
metaphor for
their life
today,
explaining
many
personal
life
patterns and
emotional
triggers.
By examining
the
circumstances
in this way,
somehow
remote to
their
current life
situation,
the solution
can often be
found in a
less
traumatic
way.
Naturally I
have been
asked how
this
apparent
‘knowledge’
comes
about. I
believe that
anybody can
do this, but
like
anything
practice
makes
perfect.
To begin, I
offer a
telepathic
contract
between
myself, and
the person
asking for
Past Life
clarification;
let’s call
him John; on
some level,
I am invited
to decode
any messages
hanging in
his auric
field.
I then 'tune
into' the
name and
vibration
of the
person -
connecting
with the
unity
consciousness
aspect of
that person
which is
therefore in
unity with
me. In
effect, I
send a
‘probe’ from
my heart to
his,
accessing
hidden codes
in the
energy
body. It is
like the
story of the
‘message in
a bottle’.
A message is
written,
popped
inside a
bottle and
sent to
sea. Once
discovered,
centuries
later, it is
like a
time-capsule,
detailing
events from
a time long
passed.
I then map
that energy
over my body
and read the
message as
it is
sensed.
Sometimes
these relate
to actual
areas of
pain or
discomfort
in the
physical
body of the
person for
whom I am
tuning in,
at other
times they
are
emotional
(often
relating to
the final
emotions in
that life
which may
have left
an imprint
on this) or
they are
metaphors
...
When a
successful
‘connection’
is made, I
feel
sensations
within my
body, which
act as
clues. I
tune-into
these
sensations
(which may
last seconds
or longer
whilst I
concentrate
on them) and
then my own
‘glimpse’
appears.
Interpretation
would rely
on feedback
from John
himself
(body
language,
responses to
questions)
but in the
case of a
distant
‘reading’,
then it
takes form
by itself.
It could be
a jumble of
senses,
which I will
need to
co-ordinate
into a
sequence of
events until
a scenario
is created.
Sometimes
the clue has
an obvious
linguistic
meaning, for
example I
may see a
man running
across the
top of a
high
building and
flinging
himself
off.
Typically
this person
will have a
personality
trait of not
facing
issues, but
always
running
away. Often
there may
also be a
fear of
heights.
The same
issue on
another
occasion may
involve more
detail, I
may get a
sense that
the ‘runner’
cannot
believe who
is chasing
him to his
death, a
sense of
betrayal is
tangible.
In this
case, there
may be an
issue with
trust in
this
lifetime.
When I am
‘channelling’
this sort of
information
about a
person, I
have no idea
what stream
of
information
is going to
come and no
time to
‘sensor’ it
before
stating some
kind of
interpretation.
It might be
an actual
past life
event or a
metaphor
invented by
my guides (I
predominantly
work with
Angelic
energies and
Egyptian
Deities) to
highlight an
issue, which
needs
addressing
at that
time.
For example,
on tuning
into Amelia,
I felt a
pulling
sensation
under my
arm, as if I
was hanging
from the
edge of a
cliff,
dreading the
fall!
This
represented
feeling
unsupported
and afraid
of the
future and
could be
corrected by
pulling
herself up
or by
letting go
and
surviving
unscathed.
Or did she
have a
preferred
solution of
her own?
“Yes, I’d
like to ‘fly
away’ but
I’m afraid
of birds”.
Uncensored,
I blurted
“Well I know
why that is”
which I
immediately
regretted as
I didn’t
want to
elaborate!
The audience
looked on
expectantly,
I‘d have to
explain …
“Well, I saw
this life
where your
eyes were
pecked out
by birds …
“
‘I know’ she
remarked,
‘I’ve seen
that myself,
I was
telling
Helen about
it this
afternoon
(gesticulating
towards the
audience)
and about my
fear of
heights!’
I was
speechless,
maybe, I had
‘tapped-into’
the earlier
conversation
rather than
an ‘actual
past life’.
She left a
marriage
because her
partner
blocked her
spiritual
progress.
After years
of being
alone, she’d
embarked on
a
relationship
with a man
who seemed
compatible,
but was now
showing an
intolerance
for her
desire to
grow
spiritually.
By imagining
herself
flying away
she could
lose her
fear of
birds and
re-pattern
her cellular
programming,
liberating
her from
repeating
this life
lesson.
I once
looked at
Claudia and
immediately
remarked,
‘you are
like a
headless
chicken,
always
juggling
lots of
activities
with no
direction.’
‘Yes’ she
agreed. I
proceeded to
etherically
(go through
the
imaginary
act) sew her
head back
on, with
invisible
needle and
thread, the
intent being
to ‘trick’
her
sub-conscious
into
accepting
that she
will no
longer need
this life
pattern. It
was very
surreal. A
few weeks
later, I
received a
tongue-in-cheek
but none-the
less
heartfelt
e-mail
stating ‘Since
you stitched
my neck back
on ... ha ha
... it is
uncanny
because I
have felt
more
grounded and
my head
actually
feels it
belongs to
my body
which was an
underlying
issue for
me.’
I recently
tuned into
Maria in
Mexico, via
an email she
had sent
me. The
‘knowing’ I
received
from
de-ciphering
her auric
codes, was
that she had
a connection
with the
barbaric
‘hung, drawn
and
quartering’
process
apparently
unique to
our glorious
isle! I
undertook
some
research on
the grizzly
practice.
Apparently,
victims,
were dragged
behind a
horse, hung
until they
were almost
dead, they
were
publicly
disembowelled,
and finally
split into
four with
each quarter
being
separately
buried.
Although I
felt she had
died via
this
torture, it
could simply
indicate
that she
would have
physical
issues with
her throat
(or
difficulties
expressing
herself),
digestive
complications
(Crohns
Disease,
Coeliac or
more minor
issues such
as ulcers,
acid reflux
etc.) and
feel
generally
fragmented
with at
least four
projects on
the go at
any one
time.
Incredibly,
all this
proved to be
the case, as
well as the
fact that
she had
actually
been
‘dragged’
behind a
horse in
this
lifetime!
This Past
Life glimpse
– whether a
genuine Past
Life or not
– was a
comfort to
her as it
explained a
great deal
and she was
able to
concentrate
on
re-integrating
her soul
fragments.
Another
lady, Wendy,
was ‘seen’
leading a
Macedonian
Army to
victory
during a
healing
session.
Afterwards
she was
’found’ to
have a head
injury from
her helmet,
so we
applied
healing to
the wound.
Subsequently,
her
recurring
headaches
stopped, but
furthermore
she felt
empowered by
our
discovery.
In her own
words “
When in my
mind's eye I
see myself
riding the
horse, going
into the
battle, I
get this
fantastic
brave and
magnificent
feeling of
utter
strength in
my chest. I
have already
recalled few
times and
boy it
works!!! I
would also
like to say
that the
visualisation
I had during
the session
was sooooo
clear; like
taking
pictures
with the
best camera.”
In my own
therapy
sessions,
past life
images have
been coming
up more and
more.
Sometimes I
alone get
the image
and at other
times the
client is
also able to
tune into
it.
Of course
the sceptics
view is how
can so many
people have
been
‘Cleopatra’
and ‘King
Arthur’ and
the like.
This gives
rise to the
understandable
concern that
it is ‘ego’
that drives
people to
discover who
they may
have been in
previous
lives.
With regard
to the
issue, over
whether
hundreds of
souls could
have been
Cleopatra.
My view is
that, if on
one level we
are all one,
then surely
we could all
have been
Cleopatra!
At least we
should all
be able to
access the
aspect of
‘ourselves’
that could
have been
Cleopatra.
Maybe the
process is
easier if we
are
personally
derived from
her soul
group (which
could
comprise the
144 souls,
or some say
144,000
which make
up the I Am
presence of
the
‘monad’).
In other
words, when
working with
a client, a
competent
past life
‘decoder’,
may be able
to access a
key
archetype –
sometimes
represented
by a famous
iconic
personality
– which
somehow
identifies
the key life
lesson for
that client
in that
moment in
time.
However, in
my
experience,
more often
than not,
the
remembered
life is
mundane but
generally
sums up a
current
issue in
that
person’s
life, which
may need to
be resolved.
Pseudonyms
have been
used for
clients
featured in
this
article, an
edited
version of
which first
appeared in
Paradigm
Shift
Magazine
Issue 42.
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