Table of Contents
Our Relationship to the
Universe
Getting in Touch With Our
Spiritual Side
Meditation – Self
Hypnosis – Trance – A Rose Is A Rose
Technology Assists –
Binaural Beats
Optimist – Pessimist –
Realist
Terminology is Half the
Battle
NOTE: This was created with MS Word 2007 and saved as an html file. I'm not real happy with the resulting format but it will do for the draft versions ... and this is very much a draft version.
Experiencing past lives is a ancient concept. I believe the earliest documentation is from India in about the second century BCE. It was probably derived from the concept of Karma, and was more related to the Karma baggage from past lives causing the misfortunes in your current life.
Past Life Regression
My first Past Life Regression was several years ago, before I really began
my journey. It was done in a group setting as a brief introduction without any
indepth experience and little in the way of guidance. There was certainly the
distinct perception of moving to an earlier time. Interesting at best.
The second regression was again done
in a ‘group introduction’ type setting, without an expectation of a serious
results, but with better guidance (see techniques,exlpained later). It was a
richer experience where I found myself
as a boy about 14 in the early 1900s. I was ‘Tom’, and was somewhere in South
Eastern Ohio. I was in my favorite place
out in the woods, in a small clearing beside the stream, a hundred yards or so
down the hill off the winding country dirt road. My existence there was somehow related to my
grandfather but it wasn’t clear. My lasting perception is that perhaps I was one
of his brothers. The short session ended without going further, but it but it
was fun and interesting.
In September 2009 one of Nancy
Bradley’s classes was ‘Past Life Regression’. I wrote the following as an
email, as soon as I got home to document it for myself. It’s slightly edited
from the original to make more sense to those who weren’t there. I call this one…
As I write this, I’m not sure who I’m
sending it to, but just need to document tonight’s past life regression experience
before I going any further.
I have had 2 previous, but relatively uneventful
past life regression sessions. But they were light-weight introductions.
Memorable, but real information, no interaction.
Tonight’s session was set up to focus
on a particular personal issue. Starting with a list of general
fill-in-the-blank type questions and our answers, we each narrowed down the
topics to the one specific issue in our current life. The goal was to try to visit an experience is
a past life helped understand the cause of our current ‘problem’.
The simple task of putting a name to
my own issue was, in itself, enlightening. I tried to phrase the issue in multiple
ways, perhaps trying to make it sound better, I finally stated my issue as
basically, do I have a fear of success.
The guided session started in ball
room and shortly was led to the grand staircase. As I ascended the stairs and
paused on step 10 and looked back, there were couples in their best ball attire
dancing. More specifically waltzing. But there was no music, and as I watched,
the dancers appeard to be spirits, partially transparent, more floating
slightly off the floor than dancing on it. I realized it was just to let me
know if was a place of fantastic gala affairs.
It’s important to note that although I
was ‘guided’ into the events, the guidance consisted of directing me to
specific keys and questions to help understand where, who, when, why of the
situation. And it’s most interesting that, in almost every step, key or
question, the or answer was there
instantly and crystal clear. For example when guided to ask what your name is
or the year or your age, the answer was there as soon as the question was
started.
When I reached the top of the stairs I
was presented with 3 doors. A golden door, silver door and wooden door. Almost
before the doors were named and with no meaning applied to any of them, I knew
mine was the wooden door, with no interest at all in the gold or silver doors.
Through the door, I entered a fairly
dark room with extremely high ceilings maybe 40 or 50 feet. The ceiling was higher
than it was wide. The walls were covered everywhere, floor to ceiling
with heavy rich luxurious deep dark red drapes and even the ceiling was draped
with swags of the rich velvety fabric. There was no furniture. It was more of a
passage opening up to access 3 other doors but those had no significance.
When guided to find the ‘shiny object’
it was there instantly. Before Nancy could finish saying ‘look at your
reflection’, I was looking at the reflection of a young man. Likewise for
asking my name, asking when it was, and my age, the answers came before the
question was finished.
My name is Jonathan. I’m
23 years old. I’m in England. It’s 1649.
My
reflection shows a handsome young guy dressed in the finest clothing of the era
including the puffy shoulders of the jacket in fabric no too unlike the
richness of the fabric of the drapes. I liked the hat decorated with the
eagle feather but must say I was a little disappointed with my skinny legs in
those white tights.
I hear
something from Nancy about what else is there as a clue to our selected issue
and then it’s all here in an epiphany, an instantaneous complete ‘knowing’ and
complete understanding.
It isn’t a
passage, I’m ‘backstage’ of Throne Room. I belong here, I’m the
Prince.
A breeze
flutters one of the drapery panels and I catch a glimpse of my father, the
King. Twenty steps up even higher, sitting on the Throne. From my view
from the rear, slightly to the left he’s wearing his crown and favorite robe
and conducting routine daily business with subjects and elders in front of him
in what I know to be the huge open meeting hall. I’m always proudly
in awe of my father when he’s tending to business and on the throne.
But … Oh my
god! Someday I have to be King! How can that be!? How can I
do that!? How can I be King!? I can’t do that! I’m not like
my father! I don’t know how to do that!!!!! What am I going to do?!! The
thought was terrifying! ……………………………. The answer was clear!
As we left the room and descended the
staircase a final key was a person waiting at the bottom of the stairs. They
were there to help. This person was
significant in our life and the interaction was important. This person, for me, was my ex-fiancé, who,
although I’ve long since eliminated any possibility of or interest in a
relationship, has somehow been gnawing at my soul for 5 years.
I took her by the hand and told her to
leave my life forever. Although without speaking, she agreed! Nothing more nor
less. No questions or discussion. Just agreement. I dropped her hand and she
began moving, slowly further and further away.
As she moved back she slowly faded from white, to pale, to dull, to grey,
to a mist, to nothing. And she’s gone. And now I feel she really is gone,
meaning no longer has a negative impact on me.
And back to me, and back to now … and
the answer seems pretty obvious huh!? The feeling was nothing short
of terrifying! A fear of success ( or succession, in this case ) that
started 540 years ago!! And as an interesting side note, I’ve never
wanted to visit England … maybe better put: I’ve wanted to never visit England.
Maybe now I know why.
Initially, I questioned the ending,
that this person was ‘there to help’ since it didn’t relate to my stated
issue. But the help was for something
major I hadn’t brought up and the interaction most certainly was helpful.
I really wish I could have told my
story at the meeting but this had a major emotional impact and I didn’t feel I
was ready to discuss the experience.
But I think my new morning mantra
needs to be something like “I CAN be King! And a damn good one, at that!!
“ ;))
So far, this was my most interesting
and significant. I look forward to more.
During an intense meditation I opened myself to a possible past life experience, but left it with no specific goal, no issue to target, nothing specific to seek. To my surprise it turned into a Future Life Progression. I believe it was about 2 years from now, and seeing myself with my next significant-other, at our new house in the country. An extremely happy experience of simply being together and enjoying looking around at our trees, our land and house.
I think because I was surprised to be there, in the future, with someone I don’t now know, I didn’t have the presence of mind to ask the questions of who, when, where.
I hope to revisit that experience and be prepared with the right questions.
A long time ago I added a corollary to the trite ‘Some see the glass ..’ .
“Some see the glass as half empty.
Some see the glass as half full.
I see you’ve got the wrong glass!”
Initially, this was just a funny wise-ass remark, but I’ve always remembered it.
But now, some 30 years later, the saying has developed a real meaning.
Some people go through their life bemoaning what that have lost, wishing for the ‘good old days’ and knowing the best is behind them.
Some people go through their life angry about what they haven’t achieved and received, envious of anyone who has a life they always wanted and usually expect they will never ‘make it’.
I’ve come to the point that I actually like my ‘glass’. It’s not overflowing, but I’m not thirsty either. I know I’ll spill some along the way, and I can use a smaller glass. I know the universe will provide more than it can hold and I can use a bigger glass.
My satisfaction with my life isn’t determined by what I used to have, what I want to have or by what I have today. I’ve had setbacks and downsized my lifestyle. I’ve had good fortunes and lived better. I don’t envy those who have more nor pity those who have less. That doesn’t at all mean that I don’t have compassion for those in need. I do, and I give to the extent I can. Nor does it mean I lack goals to make improvements in my life and others.
It does mean that I can allow myself to be happy regardless of my lot in life. It means I cherish memories of the past and learn from them. It means I eagerly look forward to new achievements and work toward those goals.
Life is Good!
There’s an old adage, at least in the technology industries, that terminology is half the battle. It’s especially true when changing to a job in a different core industry. Most confusion and misunderstanding isn’t due to a lack of understanding. It stems from different people using different keywords in different ways. The problem is so widely recognized that many companies have created an internal Dictionary to assist newcomers with terminology translation in order to understand reports, memos and manuals.
The same problem exists in the areas of personal growth studies, whether is spiritual growth, meditation, religion, hypnosis, self-hypnosis, and now there are tremendous advances in science that touches on aspects of all of those.
This section is an attempt to explain some of the common terminology used in the various fields and where they agree and conflict. But mostly it is to explain what I mean when I say them. For the most part I’ll break it down into my definition, the common usage, and when possible, the general origin.
1. Karma
a. Me: Karma is a general term explaining that the things you think, do, say and experience now, has a impact on your future and the future of others around you.
b. Common: The common understand is summarized with ‘What goes around, comes around’ or ‘You reap what you sow’.
c. Origin: As I understand it, Eastern religions’ concept of Karma was that essentially someone in god’s court kept meticulous track of and scored everything good and bad you ever did. In the end, your scorecard determined your ultimate reward or punishment. An extension of that was that if your scorecard ended up in the red, the balance sheet was carried over into your next incarnation and you had to make up for them in the next round, whether by your own deeds or by bad things happening to you so you have the opportunity respond in a good way and make up the difference.
d. Instant Karma: Stealing a purse and running around the corner only to have a pit bull bite off you kneecap.
2. Meditation
a. Me: Meditation is the time I spend consciously focusing on creating the strongest connection I can, to the universe/collective conscious/god/spirit world (whatever you want to call it) and specifically opening my mind and maintaining the strongest possible energy transfer. This shares my energy with the universe and strengthens my connection with the god force.
b. Common: According to the meditation ‘masters’, the ultimate goal is to achieve and completely blank state of mind. And during the time you’re completely blank god will sneak in while you’re not watching and do his thing.
c. Why I disagree: I think it’s much more effective to take an active part in the process by intentionally and consciously focusing on the connection and actively allowing the god force in. Doing it all passively in the blank mind state can work but participation in the process yields stronger results. I’m not at all disparaging people with advanced meditation skills. Many have achieved great things and great spiritual advances. I’m just saying, that for me, I’d rather be an active participant. If I needed to experience a long period of “blankness”, I’d prefer a bottle of Jack Daniels with a slow morphine drip.
d. Comparing with prayer: Prayer and meditation, whether my definition or the masters, is essentially the same but there are some major differences. The primary issue in my opinion is that too many religions say that goal is to pass all the stuff off to god and let him take care of it for you … regardless whether it’s solving your specific problems or asking for health/peace/love for your family and friends. I’ve never been able to reconcile the ‘turn it over to god’ and the ‘god helps those who help themselves’ concepts.
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