![]() Instead, past life regression therapists do a disservice to their clients by creating or reinforcing the belief that these stories are actual memories of past lives. PLRT might have been acceptable if the “memories” were understood to be stories, just like the ones that people tell when given the Thematic Apperception Test – these stories are not true, but they reveal a lot about the person’s fears, hopes, disappointments, and dreams. (Hypnosis, of course, increases “suggestibility” – the tendency to be affected by another person’s suggestions, making the client open to the imbibing and reflecting the therapist’s beliefs.) The therapist communicates their belief, and unwittingly encourages the patient to think of fantastic stories about their past. These so called “memories” are merely creations of the mind. Slowly, the patient “remembers” a past life, perhaps he was a King, or a prisoner, or an animal. Under a hypnotic trance, the therapist guides the patient back to their “past”. In this shared environment, therapist and client both begin to create a story. So, in the creation of the delusion of past life regression, the therapist and client are mutually complicit. Or else they are going through stress currently, and feel like victims of their circumstances. Many people who go to PLR “therapists” often have had a significant loss and are unable to reconcile to their loss. Even if they proclaim that they are actually skeptics. Fortunately for the therapist, the client or patient usually wants to believe in the method. The therapist not only believes in PLR, but he also needs a client who shares this belief. (By the way, a warning: Never trust a therapist who only swears by one method.) The therapist has the belief that these memories can be evoked. You have a therapist who fervently, often fanatically, believes in the method. ![]() (Yes, this includes Dr Weiss’s books.)Ĭonsider a typical past life regression session: ![]() In past life regression however, these memories are created – they are not memories but exercises in pure fantasy. Sure, everyone’s read those compelling stories, where people remembered events that turned out to be uncannily consistent with past events, events that apparently the person could not possibly have known in this lifetime: For example, a 4 year old girl in rural India spontaneously starts speaking in Latin – this is the sort of story that is compelling enough to make one ponder the possibility of reincarnation and memories of past lives.īut these anecdotes of memories from a past life, have one thing in common – the memories seem to be spontaneous. What possible proof can there be for the premise that the patients’ memories are true? I personally believe in reincarnation: it seems to make sense to me – but I know that that is all it is, a belief, and not a fact – there is, of course, a difference.Īssumption b) is really when reality start going down the rabbit hole. The person practicing this “method”, makes 2 presumptions:ī) That memories of past lives can be evoked under a hypnotic tranceĪssumption a) is a matter of faith. After all, “past life regression therapy” is a treatment based on a delusion. Q: What is your opinion on past life regression therapy?Ī: Indulge in it, if you must. ![]()
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