Hi everybody! I have been studying past lives and reincarnation for some time. Today I am reading a book titled "Destiny of Souls" by Michael Newton, PhD. Dr. Newton holds a doctorate in counseling and is a state certified master hypnotherapist. I wanted to share with you an interesting transcript I read today and get your thoughts on it.
This is in no way intended to cause offense to anyone's personal belief's but rather is something I wanted to share for an exchange of views...Please...no arguing. I deliberately did not post this in the debate section because I do not want people to be hurt or offended by each other. Thank You.
When I type "Dr N" that will denote Dr. Newton. When I type "S" that is the subject or patient. This is a transcript of a patient's experience following a death of a former life.
Dr. N: You say that although things are not too clear, you are floating in a bright light and someone is coming toward you?
S: Yes, I am kind of disoriented. I haven't gotten used to things around here yet.
Dr. N: That's fine, just take your time and let the figure float toward you as you float toward it.
S: (long pause, and then a loud horrified exclamation) OH, GOD. NO!
Dr. N: (startled by this outcry) What's going on?
S: (subject's body begins to shake uncontrollably) OH...OH...LORD ALMIGHTY! IT'S THE DEVIL. I KNEW IT! I'VE GONE TO HELL!
Dr. N: (grasping subject by the shoulders) Now, take a deep breath and try to relax as we go through this together. (then, softly) You are not in hell...
S:(cuts in with a shrill tone of voice) OH, YEAH - THEN WHY DO I SEE THE DEVIL RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME?
Dr. N: (my subjects face is now covered in sweat and I use a tissue to wipe some of it away while continuing to reassure) Try to calm yourself, there is some misinterpretation here and we will find it soon.
S: (paying no attention to me, the subject now begins to moan while rocking back and forth) )h000...it's over for me...I'm in hell...
Dr. N: (I break in now more forcefully) Tell me exactly you see.
S: (whispering at first and then loudly) A..being...demonic...reddish-green face...horns...wild-eyed...fangs...the facial skin is like charred wood...O SWEET JESUS, WHY ME OF ALL PEOPLE, WHO SPOKE SO MUCH IN YOUR NAME?
Dr. N: What else do you see?
S: (with loathing) WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SEE? CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M IN FRONT OF THE DEVIL!
Dr. N: (quickly) I meant the rest of the body. Look below the head and tell me what you see.
S:(with a violent) Nothing...just a wispy ghostlike body.
Dr. N: Stay with me. Doesn't this seem unusual to you - that the devil would appear with no body? Move forward in time rapidly now and tell me what this figure does.
S: (my subject's body jerks up violently and then with a great sigh of relief he sags back into the chair) Oh...that ba****d...I might have known...it's SCANLON. He is taking his mask off and smiling wickedly at me...
Dr. N: (now I can relax) Who is Scanlon?
S: My guide. This is his crude idea of a joke.
Dr. N: What does Scanlon really look like now?
S: Tall, aquiline features, gray hair, full of mischief-making, as usual. I should have known. He caught me unawares this time.
Dr. N: Does Scanlon make a habit of this sort of thing? Why frighten you just as you were coming into the spirit world a little disoriented?
S: (defensively) Listen, he is a great teacher. That's his way. He has got our whole group using masks but he knows I don't like them much.
Dr. N: Tell me why Scanlon used a devil mask to scare you right after this life? Talk to him now.
S: (after a period of silence) I had it coming. Oh, I know it! I spent a lifetime preaching about the devil, scaring good people telling them they were going to hell if they didn't pay attention to me. Scanlon gave me a dose of my own medicine.
Dr. N: And how do you feel now about his methods?
S: (chagrined) He made his point.
Dr. N: I want to ask you a blunt question. Did you really believe what you told your parishioners about seeing demonic forces everywhere, or were you motivated by something else?
S: (intensely) No, no. I believed what I was saying about evil being everywhere in every person. I was not a hypocrite.
Dr. N: Are you sure it wasn't false piety? You did not pretend to feel and be what you were not?
S: No! I believed it. My undoing was my method of preaching and the love of the power over others that this ability gave me. Yes, I admit failing. I made life miserable for some of my flock not seeing the essential goodness in people. I was always suspicious because of my obsession with evil and this corrupted me.
Dr. N: Do you feel part of what you became was the result of the body you chose in this life?
S: (in a flat voice) Yes, I lacked restraint. I chose a body with a feisty mind and allowed myself to be swept away. I was too confrontational as a preacher.
Dr. N: And do you know why your soul mind chose to enter into partnership in the body of a preacher who constantly intimidated people?
S: I let it happen because it felt good to be in control. I was afraid of not being taken seriously enough.
Dr. N: You were worried about the loss of control?
S: (long pause) Yes, that I would be inadequate.
Dr. N: By his use of a devil mask, do you think Scanlon demeans what you stood for in the church?
S: No, that's my teacher's way. I chose the body of a minister and he helped me with all this. I took a wrong turn, it was not the wrong path. My faith was not a bad thing but I became misguided and I misguided others. Scanlon wants me to see what it feels like to scare people rather than reason with them. He wanted me to feel the same fear I gave to others.
I found this transcript to most interesting in an unconditional non-judgmental type of way. It teaches me that we all have our beliefs and that sometimes we do go off the deep end but the real problem is that we need to follow our heart and not use fear to control or demean each other.
So... What are your opinions on this. Please don't think you have to believe this in anyway. You can use it as fiction all the same. I just post this as a thought provoking topic. (Remember please....not finger pointing or arguing.) -Lady Nyx You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click hereScroll all the way down to read replies.Show all stories by Author: 23610 ( Click here )
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