Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.……
Johanna Crowell
Dr. Brian Weiss suggested that we sing about reincarnation as children with this song about reality and consciousness. According to his research, one in four American adults believe in reincarnation. His retreat this summer at Omega in Rhinebeck, New York, focused on the experience of past-life regression. Have you ever had the feeling that you have already witnessed or experienced something that is happening? You are not alone.
Dr. Weiss, a Yale and Columbia-trained physician/psychiatrist conducting hypnotherapy sessions, discovered that one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. Through this experience and his ingenuity, the patient was healed, and Dr. Weiss embarked on a career path of past-life regression therapy, giving thousands of people hope and relief from complicated grief and the inherent fear of death.
“We existed before birth, and we will exist after death, because our real nature is the soul, not the body. The soul’s energy is love. We incarnate to learn that only love is real, and that everything else is an illusion. My beautiful patients have repeatedly taught me this.”
“We have all lost loved ones in past lives. We have grieved deeply. So it is fascinating to find people, decades and centuries later, alive and healthy in new bodies, beginning to share their lives and love once again. This is how life works, this is how relationships are ever renewed. Love is eternal.”
Weiss is 79 years, a New York Times best-selling author,and a seasoned psychiatrist who was the head of psychiatry at Mount Sinia Medical Center in Miami, Florida. He has written nine books and has regressed more than 4,000 people, helping them release traumas, ailments, and phobias. Through past life regression therapy, people report that they gain a profound awareness of their true nature beyond this lifetime and body. People describe that they can realign with their soul’s purpose with these new/old insights.
Dr. Weiss held a three-day retreat and a five-day training this summer. He isn’t sure if this will be his last time holding his seminars, as he stated that he is feeling his age, but he loves the work. He expressed that he is torn about continuing to hold conferences, so these two are the only ones that he is holding this year.
The three-day conference was attended by 500 people from 24 countries and 35 of the United States. There was a mix of therapists, mediums, psychics, and laypeople. Weiss is a witty presenter with a wonderful sense of humor and an intellect expressed gently and with great care. He shared that he uses humor throughout the weekend to alleviate the stress associated with the depth of emotional release and spiritual insight that many attendees experience.
Dr. Weiss has conducted extensive research into past lives and reincarnation. He shared a story about a man who experienced a past life where he had been selfish and cruel. After dying, he felt himself fall into hellfire and brimstone. He then witnessed Jesus Christ coming to him in his dark place, and Jesus said to the man, “No, my son, there is only love.” After he spoke those words, his personal hell disappeared and he was met by unconditional love and light. Weiss described instances like this, leading him to write his book Only Love is Real. He shared several inspirational and miraculous stories over the weekend.
Weiss held three group regressions through progressive relaxation, and nearly 80% of the audience admitted to traveling into past lives and learning unique insights. The group practiced psychometry. With this practice, group members paired up with people they didn’t know and held onto a piece of jewelry or another belonging. After a brief meditation, they were directed to share what came to them about the article they were holding. During the sharing session, people talked about impressions they had gained about the people they had just met. The accuracy of the insights amazed many people in the crowd.
The weekend was amazing, and I had many take-aways. For the skeptic, I just recommend opening your mind to the experience. – JC
Through Time Into Healing by Brian L. Weiss, M.D.:
When you feel better as a result of a past life recall experience–whether a physical symptom has been alleviated, an emotional issue soothed, or you simply feel more confident and peaceful about your life and its direction, you don’t need to question the logical validity of the experience. You know it has empowered you to improve the quality of your life in a very tangible way…It is exhilarating when you realize how much greater you are than your current, confined ego or personality. The real you, the immortal you, is the you that is present from body to body, from life to life. How exciting it is to meet yourself!
