Akashic Record Reading vs Past Life Regression
June 7, 2009 by akemi · 6 Comments
Back in December, I had a chance to have a hypnotherapy for past life regression from a therapist who took workshops with Brian Weiss. As you know, I read people’s Akashic Records that often involves looking into their past lives, so this was quite an experience.
Which is a better way to learn about your past life, past life regression therapy or Akashic Record Reading? I think there are pros and cons to both approaches.
(For those of you who have been reading this blog faithfully — this was before my Ascension soul shift in mid January. So at that time, I had my first soul with past incarnations. 
) (Photo by mattieb)
Difference of your investment
With hypnotherapy, you need to be with the therapist real time, either physically in her office or talking with her over the phone. And one session may or may not get to the core of the issue — in my case, she could regress me only to my childhood, not my past life. She acknowledged this is quite typical, that you’d need several sessions to go back to your past lives. So you will be investing significant amount of your time and money with past life regression therapy.
With my Akashic Record Reading, I don’t need my clients to be with me when I do the actual reading so I do it by myself. I have certain criteria for the first comprehensive profile reading. I check if major energetic issues such as curses, spells, contracts, etheric implants, negative entity involvement, chakra damages, etc. etc. are in the client’s Akashic Records, and when I find any, I go back and see when and how it started. It may or may not stem from past lives. I gather all the relevant information, write the report, and then set up the phone session so that I can explain my findings to my clients. My actual work takes one to several hours, but the phone session is about 40 to 50 minutes. (I don’t charge by the time because I believe the value of the reading is in its accuracy and usefulness.)
Difference of directness of the past life experience
So I myself didn’t get to my past life in this hypnotherapy session, but if I did, the experience would have been very direct, as described in the books by Brian Weiss and Michael Newton. On the other hand, my clients of Akashic Record Reading don’t directly experience their past lives. Some start recalling their past lives using my reading as a cue, but that is not part of my service.
I think this is a significant difference, for better or worse. Let me explain by example. In one of my past life, I was persecuted. It was a time of religious conflicts, and I was demanded to either change my faith or die. I sticked to my belief, which resulted in traumatic death that caused some energetic issues.
I never consciously remembered this past life, but I could observe the effects. For instance, even though I was comfortable in public speaking when the audience was up to about 100 (I used to be a teacher), I got really nervous and almost scared when the crowd was larger. And I really HATED being held down even in horseplay.
In Akashic Record Reading, the past life experience is indirect. You just hear me explain what happened and how it’s affecting you today.
In past life regression therapy, the past life experience is direct. You would recall what happened in a dramatic, immediate way.
I guess there is something about vivid recollection. For one, you would have less doubt. With the indirect experience of Akashic Record Reading, the only way you recognize it as true is your feeling of resonance.
So if you want to hear the roaring scream of the thousands of crowd as you look down at them from the stage, or being tied to the stalk, you’d want hypnotherapy. If you just want the skinny of the critical past life experiences, choose Akashic Record Reading.
Difference in clearing work
Both the past life regression and my Akashic Record Reading aim to clear the energetic issues that affect the clients to this day. (There seem to be Akashic Record reader who only read the Akashic Records and don’t do clearing, so please make sure about this point if you are interested in getting a reading.) The way of clearing, however, is different.
My hypnotherapist explained that her clearing comes from the understanding of the past life. For example, when you understand that your fear of the big crowd is caused by the persecution in past life, you understand that was only in the past. You are living in the now and no one is after you to persecute you. So please feel relieved.
In my Akashic Record Reading, I do specific clearing work. The work depends on the kind of energetic issue, but typically, I get my clients involved by assigning them homework. It’s a simple work, but works very well.
Difference in credibility
Professional hypnotherapists are usually trained in the conventional psychotherapy as well. I understand this provides a sense of assurance to some people. With Akashic Record Reading, you are dealing with a psychic — there is no publicly accredited license.
In both cases, you might want to read the testimonials the practitioner has on their website, or even better, talk with someone who has worked with the practitioner you are considering to work with.
Bonus You Tube video
Here is a boy who just remembers his past life, which was trackable.
Do you have any questions about past life and reincarnation? Please share in the comments!
Review: Journey Of Souls By Michael Newton
January 20, 2009 by akemi · 39 Comments
What happens when we die? Where do our souls go? What do we do before we come back?
Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
Fear of death cripples many people. Understanding that our souls live beyond the physical body’s death can help you overcome this fear and live more fully. So I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is afraid of death or people who may have lost their loved ones recently.
The sou’s life between lives
The book describes the process of in-between life in the spiritual world in the following chapters:
- Death and Departure
- Gateway to the Spirit World
- Homecoming
- Orientation
- Transition
- Placement
- Life Selection
- Choosing a New Body
- Preparation and Embarkation
- Rebirth
(the above numbers don’t relate to the book’s chapter numbers because there are several other chapters that discuss related issues.)
As Akashic Record Reading specialist, I have working knowledge about this process, but it was so interesting to hear the detailed accounts of each process.
The first part of going into the spirit world is often discussed in the near-death or out-of-body experiences as well. As soon as the soul is released from the body, there is no pain nor fear any more. The soul may feel a bit disoriented because of the sudden big change, but very soon it accepts what has happened and actually is delighted to come back to its real home world.
What Michael Newton calls Orientation is more about review of the life that just ended. We review if we have learned the life lessons we ourselves planned to learn in that life. There are special function Spirits who help us do this. My understanding is this is not about judgment – we review our progress against our own plan.
It’s also interesting that souls belong to a small cluster group. The members of this group are tightly knit together and help each other learn – kind of peer support group.
And isn’t it amazing that, although the spirit world is a wonderful place to be, souls eventually decide to take the challenge of incarnation again! This physical world is a beautiful world with all its problems.
Soul’s age and development level
These two critical concepts can be quite confusing so I want to share my understanding. In Journey of Souls, Michael Newton makes references to what I believe to be the accurate account, but sometimes the points are unclear or seemingly inconsistent.
In my practice, I make clear distinction between the soul’s age and its development level. In my definition, the soul’s age is the number of lifetimes the soul has incarnated in the physical body on Earth. Some of my clients are old souls who have incarnated more than a hundred times, and some are relatively new souls who has had only a few lifetimes on Earth.
The soul’s development level is another story. A new soul who has had only a few physical lifetimes may be a very advanced soul while an older soul may be behind in the development level.
The reason is one, souls don’t start at the same development level, and two, souls develop at varying pace.
Just like any school at Earth. Even in kindergarten, each kids start at different level with different personalities and learning styles. Treating them as if they are all at the same level is a fake equalitarian approach.
Large part of the reason why some souls start at higher level of development right from the start is because they are star travelers (sometimes called starseeds). They had lives elsewhere. I only count physical lifetimes on this Earth. (Michael Newton discuss about souls coming from other worlds in the chapter about advanced souls.)
And of course, we develop at different speeds. Otherwise, what is the point of making effort for personal and spiritual growth? If you develop at the same pace with the couch potato who just pass their time watching TV and drinking beer, why would you work on your development and read this blog?
The time between each incarnation can differ greatly, too, among souls, which further complicates the issue of soul “age”. Some souls come back within a few years, some take several hundred years. Sometime, I get clients whose last lifetime was millennium ago — it’s like the soul didn’t intend to incarnate again but changed its mind for some reason. So this is a very old soul in terms of historical time span, but with only a few physical incarnations, and it may be a very advanced soul.
My simple question about the methodology of this book
I just couldn’t help wondering one thing as I read Journey Of Souls. So Michael Newton gathered this amazing information about life between lives by conducting hypnotherapy to many people. He keeps saying like, “My case reports . . .” “Many clients support this view of . . .” Nice and objective approach, I guess.
But. If he is so enthusiastic about uncovering the mystery of in-between life of souls, why doesn’t he go there himself? He can certainly do this by having his trusted assistant therapist work on him. Doesn’t he want to go see it himself? Isn’t that a quick way to clarify some of the challenging questions? Is there a reason he doesn’t want to do this? Or did he do it but doesn’t want to disclose it?
When I read Dr Brian Weiss’ Many Lives, Many Masters, I felt his sincere compassion. This book by Dr Michael Newton felt very different to me.
Do you have questions about life between lives? Please share in the comments.
Review: Many Lives, Many Masters
November 13, 2008 by akemi · 17 Comments
Through a few synchronicities, I found myself picking up a copy of Dr. Brian Weiss’ classic Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives. In fact, mine is a Japanese translation – it is worldwide famous classic.
Scientist meets reincarnation
Dr. Brian Weiss was the head of the psychiatry department at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach when, in 1980, he met a patient who would change his life. He is also the graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School. Because of his background, he was only interested in things that can be proven scientifically. Not the type who would subscribe to New Age stuffs, you know.
He used conventional psychiatric therapy on this patient for 18 months and saw no real progress. Then he tried hypnotherapy.
What happened was something he found hard to accept as a doctor and scientist: His patient started recalling her past lives during the hypnotherapy. She also pointed out critical facts about his personal life that she had no way to know. Further, she channeled messages from the “masters” that she could connect in the time between physical incarnations.
I am emphasizing his educational and professional background because I know so many people are skeptical about New Age stuff like reincarnation, thinking it is not scientific. While it is not scientifically proven yet, it has been observed by many sane and well-educated scientists like Dr. Weiss.
Why the New Age is not a New Age at all
Dr. Weiss also addresses the issues many people with Christian or Jewish faith have about reincarnation. He explains the historical manipulation to the Bible by Roman Emperor Constantine. According to him, there were descriptions in the Bible until then that support the idea of reincarnation.
I’m glad I read this part because I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who told me that, as a Catholic, she was taught not to believe in reincarnation. Just like churches use to teach not to believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution. (What, they still do?) Until then, I thought many people are skeptical about reincarnation because it is not proven in modern science – I didn’t know there was religious restrictions.
The so-called New Age is not new at all. It is millennium old. It just has been covered up by certain authorities for a long time. We are now rediscovering what our wise ancestors knew both in the eastern and western worlds. (Reincarnation is a basic idea in Buddhism.)
Masters, angels, spirit guides
This book is not only great introduction to past life regression therapy and the idea of reincarnation, but also contains fascinating messages from the “Masters”. Some people may call them angels or spirit guides. These are truly wise messages for life.
Guided by these Masters, Dr. Weiss comes to the realization that each soul chooses the birth setting (time, place, the parents) and the life lessons for the upcoming lifetime. When it completes the lessons, it can leave. Souls need to incarnate as physical beings because there are certain lessons that can only be learned as physical beings.
The meaning of life from the soul’s perspective
This is deep. We usually think of life from the live already-born person’s perspective. Few of us stop and think why we came to be born. We are born already, and before we notice, we are caught up with what’s called life. Most of the time, we are buried in the superficial aspects of life – what to wear to work today, what’s for dinner, what to do this weekend, whether we have enough money, etc. etc.
Even when we have enough resources to realize the importance of setting goals and improving our life and ourselves, we think from the same current perspective – for example, I want to grow my business to certain level so that I can enjoy some material wealth, I want to travel more to see the world firsthand, I want to enrich my social life more, I want to eat healthy and stay fit, etc. etc.
But have we thought about the deeper meaning of life from the soul’s perspective? Why did your soul choose to incarnate this time? What lessons did your soul want to learn in this lifetime? Why did you choose your specific birth setting? How did your birth setting help you learn the lessons you intended to learn? How are you progressing in your lessons? What lessons are left to be learned in this lifetime?
The issue of life and death
Dr. Weiss says the biggest fear of humans is the fear of death, and this understanding – that souls incarnate many times – can alleviate this fear. Maybe. To me, however, I’m more afraid of failing to learn the lessons I have placed on myself before birth. Does that mean I have to live on and on or come back to go through the lessons again in my next lifetime? Like a failed student? (No way!)
I’m seriously reviewing my life progress from the soul’s perspective. This book was like a wakeup call for me. It’s not like I’ve been living lazily without goals – I consider myself to be conscious and awake. But still I feel the need to review the goals themselves from the soul’s perspective.
