subject: Here's What You Get Out Of Remembering Past Lives [print this page] The main benefit of remembering past lives is that it allows you to dig into your feelings which have long been buried. You can allow these feelings to finally rise to the surface and be released forever.
You might just be curious about a past life. Most people think they were an Egyptian princess or famous warrior. It is much more likely though, that you were an average person leading a typical life. You were probably a teacher, nurse, farmer or shopkeeper. Beyond simple curiosity, it doesn't really matter who you were in a past life. What matters is that you have the ability to get to the source of your fear or problems that bother you today.
In one example, Chris had a fear of water. Thinking back to his childhood, there didn't seem to be any reason for this fear. He had never had any accidents involving water that would have created this fear and it seemed to be groundless. Yet, living in an area with lots of canals, waterways and an ocean nearby, he constantly worried about drowning.
He was able to discover the root of the problem while he was practicing self hypnosis. He discovered that he had been forcibly baptized under the threat of death during the Spanish Inquisition. If he had refused, it would have lead to a violent and early demise. As a result, he associated the fear that came from the baptism with water and carried that fear around with him the rest of that life and beyond and into this one.
Now that he recognized where the fear came from, he could release it. He simply let it go. It is restorative to be able to experience the forceful feelings when your fear took root, release the emotions, and carry the lesson with you through life.
Releasing inexplicable fears and phobias is one value of remembering past lives. These fears are caused by all kinds of pain and suffering in a past life from such things as death by fire or drowning. Or it may include incidents involving natural disasters, knives, animals or insects. If you can't find the source in your current life, chances are you'll find it springs from a past life.
Remembering past lives takes some practice. You may not get the results you want the first time around especially if you have not practiced any type of self hypnosis before. As with anything else persistence pays off. You'll get better each time you practice and will likely get quicker results.
