. . . sinking deeper and deeper . . . down into that in-between place . . . that place of letting go . . . no longer awake . . . yet not asleep . . . a peaceful place . . . pause for several minutes.
Bring to mind your safe place . . . that special space you created just for yourself where you are totally safe and protected . . . When you bring it to mind, you find yourself instantly there . . . Look around and identify a comfortable spot to sit down . . . then sit down and enjoy this place for a moment.
Now it is time to meet your Higher Self . . . that part of you that has always been aware of its connection to the Divine . . . Just by your asking, your Higher Self will make its presence known, although it is always with you, looking out for your highest benefit . . . Ask your Higher Self to join you now in your safe place . . . You may see it in a human-body form or as a being of light . . . or you may have a sense that it is there with you . . . You may even identify its presence by a special scent . . . Even if you do not have a direct experience of your Higher Self, it does not matter . . . Because you have requested it, it is actively there to assist you as you explore your past-lives as a catalyst for positive change in your current life . . . Acknowledge its presence . . . If it has appeared in human form, invite it to sit down next to you . . . However it has chosen to make itself known to you, take a few minutes to experience your Higher Self fully.
When you are ready to continue, set your intention to visit and re-experience, in some way, one of your past-lives in which you had a very happy and fulfilling life . . . one in which you lived your soul’s purpose and reached your full potential for that life . . . Then ask your Higher Self to guide you back in time . . . In response, your Higher Self touches you on your third eye in the middle of your forehead just above the eyebrows . . . Instantaneously you and your Higher Self are standing on a path leading underneath a beautiful archway of trees . . . This is the path that leads back in time . . . The trees are surrounded by colorful flowers, plants, and bushes so that it almost looks like you have stepped into a botanical garden . . . Open all your senses to this beauty around you . . . As you prepare to start walking down the path, once again bring to mind your intention to re-experience a happy past-life in which you felt loved and that brought you great joy . . .
Now, with your Higher Self by your side, take the first step on the path of remembrance . . . As you walk, begin counting backwards from 100, either out loud or silently to yourself . . . placing one foot in front of another . . . Each step taking you further and further back in time . . . Walking further and further back with each number . . . Feeling more relaxed, more peaceful as you continue to walk this path . . . having a sense of anticipation as you come closer and closer to that time . . . Continue to walk down the path until you see or experience an opening of some kind in front of you . . . Discontinue counting and walk with your Higher Self through the opening into another place and time . . .
When you have walked through the opening, orient and ground yourself . . . First, notice where you are in relation to your body . . . Are you looking out of your eyes or are you looking at yourself from outside? . . . Are you above, behind, or to the side of your body? . . . If you are not completely in your body, direct your consciousness there, and look out of your eyes . . . Feel your feet . . . Send a grounding cord from your root chakra at the base of your spine down to the center of Mother Earth and connect there . . .
Once you are in your body and grounded . . . become aware of what you are wearing, how old you are, what your sex is, and anything else about yourself that is important . . . Then take time to look at your surroundings . . . Enlist all your senses so that you might fully experience this life . . . Notice whether you are inside or out . . . Are you alone with your Higher Self or are there other people there with you? . . . What is this place like? . . . What time of year? . . . Are there buildings, and if so, what are they like? Set out with your Higher Self and explore . . . Perhaps you even hear someone call your name.
When you are ready, ask your Higher Self to take you to the most significant event for you in this life, whether it be further back or forward time . . . to re-experience the event and people that will allow you to recapture the sense of joy, happiness, and fulfillment you felt then . . . You will be able to bring that good feeling back with you to this current life . . . Take it all in with each of your senses . . . Feel, hear, smell, touch, and even taste this life in which you found great joy and satisfaction . . . Take in every aspect that will benefit you in your current life . . . Spend as much time here as you desire . . . Feel it deep within your heart . . . Ask to experience all the important events and people of that life that was so fulfilling . . . and when you are ready, place your hand on your heart to retain this feeling, and prepare to return . . .
With your Higher Self by your side, you easily find the opening in time . . . and walk back through it . . . back through the archway of trees . . . and back into your safe place . . . If you choose, take a moment here to dialogue with your Higher Self about the experience . . . Thank it for its help, and say goodbye for now . . . knowing that you are able to contact and communicate with your Higher Self whenever you desire by setting your intention and asking for that to happen . . .
Slowly count from 1 to 5 as you breathe deeply and exhale . . . feeling your energies aligned and balanced . . . happy and at peace . . . remembering everything you experienced . . . being able to recall that happy past-life any time you wish just by closing your eyes for a moment and putting your hand on your heart . . . When you reach the number 5, slowly open your eyes and smile.
About the Regression Stories
The individual stories reported in the various chapters are descriptions of actual regressions. They are being offered for your benefit by my clients, A.R.E. members, members of the A.R.E. Search for God Study Group to which I belong, friends, family, and volunteers. Some of these people I have known for some time, personally and professionally, while others I met for the first time at their session. I was even fortunate enough to regress several members of the same family, and that gave a unique perspective to their issues. Through their generosity all of these people allowed me to share their experiences in this book. For most of them, their actual first name has been used with their permission, but for some I have used an alias.
I think that you will find great benefit in reading not only the details of their former lives, but how what happened so long ago and under very different circumstances affected them in their current lives. Many are down-to-earth stories of the difficulties that are often faced in our physical existence. Others have expansive themes which will lift your spirits. Regardless of the nature of the regressions, the results of their past-life explorations and healing work were sometimes profound while others were more subtle. Merely knowing the circumstances of a prior life is often sufficient to effect change, as in Dean’s case. Other times more work is needed or the person is not ready and must progress more slowly. Regression work provides an amazing opportunity for self-growth, and I invite you to come along on the journey.
1P.M.H. Atwater, We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death (Virginia Beach, VA: A.R.E. Press, 2004), 42.
2Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009) 12.
Chapter 2
The Body Remembers
