A billion and a half Hindus and Buddhists and a quarter of all Americans (more than a fifth of the world's population) believe in reincarnation - that after you die your soul is born again right here on earth until after an unspecified number of past lives you achieve Enlightenment and become absorbed into the universe to live in pure Consciousness.

As the formidable Sunday New York Times, (August 29, 2010), reported in a feature story, hypnotherapists using relatively simple hypnotic inductions can guide clients to re-play a past life. By re-experiencing these connections to the past it was possible to discover the source of emotional problems still present, offering clients new, healing perspectives on how to live in the Now.

From a therapeutic standpoint, I believe that whether or not the 'memories' that came to the surface were "real" or merely metaphors to help us understand the source of our discomfort, I cannot definitively say. But what I can report on, are the cathartic and healing effects of the process itself.

Have you ever noticed the same patterns recurring in your life?

Could these continuing occurrences be unlearned lessons from the past? Perhaps the details are different... the people, the places, the events... yet you get the feeling of "deja vu all over again." If you have ever wondered about the source of these deja vu feelings give me a call and we can schedule a session to explore the past together. It's an intriguing process.

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