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Circling Around in Time
March 5, 2023
“Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion."
Kahlil Gibran
- We’ve recently had several wild-and-gorgeous, early-spring days in Cincinnati, Ohio, for which I am grateful. This past week, however, I have been musing around on Facebook too. Social media is not something on which I like to spend a lot of time, but mindless scrolling can become a backdrop for contemplation, and when the soul needs to reflect, it will find a way.
- One thing I truly enjoy about Facebook is perusing my “memories” – you know, old posts from the current date a year or more ago. It is fascinating to be reminded of past events and thoughts that at the time seemed important, clever, silly, or even mundane enough for me to share. And there are so many gems….
- Memories are curious things: surprisingly inaccurate, and with little rhyme or reason behind the ones we choose to keep. For example, in my experience of sharing childhood memories with family members, the dissimilarities of details recalled has often left me wondering whether we were, in fact, present at the same event!
- It turns out that there are many contributing factors to these kinds of discrepancies in memory: environmental (light and noise); physiological (sleep and nutrition); cognitive (focus, mood, motivation, and conditioning); memory biases (expectations and beliefs); and simple memory errors (details of time and place).
“You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.” ~ Heraclitus
Moment by moment the world changes, my awareness changes, I change, and again the world changes. A repeating pattern – circular, spiraling. What insights will come today? What thoughts will greet me in the next moment, and how will I respond? With hope, I know. And with wisdom, I hope.
Lifetime by lifetime the patterns continue also – a larger spiral of events, insights, and actions circling around. Themes repeated, lessons learned, insights applied. We grow and expand through it all.
Many years ago, when I first explored reincarnation and past life regression therapy, I worried that I might recall events or lifetimes that would conflict with my recollections of other lifetimes – thereby calling into question their potential validity. Thank goodness my teachers suggested a different approach: one based on the premise that the Higher Soul, once ignited, begins to influence the subconscious with ideas and experiences that will aid in its healing and growth....
Lifetime by lifetime the patterns continue also – a larger spiral of events, insights, and actions circling around. Themes repeated, lessons learned, insights applied. We grow and expand through it all.
Many years ago, when I first explored reincarnation and past life regression therapy, I worried that I might recall events or lifetimes that would conflict with my recollections of other lifetimes – thereby calling into question their potential validity. Thank goodness my teachers suggested a different approach: one based on the premise that the Higher Soul, once ignited, begins to influence the subconscious with ideas and experiences that will aid in its healing and growth....
A different approach
My personal explorations in past life regression confirmed an inherent wisdom in this more spiritual approach. In fact, my experiences were sufficient grounds to change my mind about those worrisome preconceptions and assumptions that turned out to be neither true nor useful.
You see, when someone is freed from a debilitating fear or is motivated to pursue a lifelong dream, they care little whether the catalyst for healing or growth was a medical intervention, scientific discovery, alternative therapy, or simply a story that changed their way of thinking – they just want to live their newly inspired and empowered lives.
You see, when someone is freed from a debilitating fear or is motivated to pursue a lifelong dream, they care little whether the catalyst for healing or growth was a medical intervention, scientific discovery, alternative therapy, or simply a story that changed their way of thinking – they just want to live their newly inspired and empowered lives.
Newly inspired and empowered
In my current professional practice, I occasionally facilitate past life regression therapy sessions for clients. Before beginning I suggest that, during the regression they suspend their disbelief as they would while watching a movie or having a dream, and “play along” with the scenarios presented.
There is plenty of time afterwards for interpretation and analysis. And towards this end, my focus is on how a particular dynamic may be relevant to their current lives, what their higher selves might want them to consider or reconsider based on the information presented, and how they might respond: “How might my Higher Soul want me to heal and grow from this experience?”
There is plenty of time afterwards for interpretation and analysis. And towards this end, my focus is on how a particular dynamic may be relevant to their current lives, what their higher selves might want them to consider or reconsider based on the information presented, and how they might respond: “How might my Higher Soul want me to heal and grow from this experience?”
Past Life Empowerment
If your intuition is nudging you to pursue this subject further, you might want to join me for an afternoon of Past Life Exploration on Sunday, March 19. In an experiential and interactive workshop, you’ll learn about the clues in your daily life that may point to past-life events, you’ll experience a group regression to explore one or more past lives, and most importantly, you’ll learn ways to integrate, heal, and empower yourself with information from your past so that you can begin living a more fulfilling life now.
Other highlightsh from our spring Calendar
In our signature series of workshops, Spirit Speaks, you'll discover the joys of meeting and working with Spirit as you explore your own natural intuitive, psychic, and mediumistic abilities.
In Soulful Self-Care for Sensitives & Empaths, you'll learn how energy is exchanged in everyday encounters, and leave with tools and techniques to fill your cup, stop the leaks, prevent spills, and keep yourself "shiny and bright" inside and out.
As always, we hope you'll find among our offerings something you feel was created just for you.