Astral Regression ? 
    Beyond Life Regression 
          By Dr. Patricia Artes

Although most of the world has accepted reincarnation as a philosophical basis of reality, it is only in the last thirty years that a growing number of Americans understand and accept the concept of having lived before. Movies, articles and books as well as television programs are featuring more and more story lines having to do with this subject matter. Baby Boomers are starting to face their own mortality, and are reaching out for answers. We are a group of highly educated and enlightened individuals seeking more than our parents and forefathers did before us.

Now, take a long deep breath as you think about what it would be like to experience a scene from another lifetime. What could be more exciting than knowing about and visiting a past life? How exhilarating and fascinating to not only view one of your past lives, but to actually feel the emotions of the ‘YOU’ at another place and time. A consciousness that is ‘YOU’ in another body and in other circumstances facilitating a journey proving that death is not the end, but rather a transition of the soul!

Other than curiosity, accessing and experiencing a past life can have therapeutic benefits. Past Life Therapy helps clients to deal with and enjoy the life that they have today by resolving and healing the circumstances, injuries or inequities that might have originated in another level of existence and another time. An unresolved pain, for instance, that has no medical congruity could possibly be a residual problem from a past existence. Regressing to that life and treating or healing the problem can create a resolution of the situation in this life. This allows not only an alleviation of the pain, but also a better understanding of the relevance of our existence. Another example might be of a middle-aged woman fighting desperately to get her weight and blood sugar under control. During a regression, the woman finds herself in a life where she is very beautiful. Despite her efforts to be taken seriously in her field of learning, she is ridiculed based on the fact that she is such a beauty. Feeling that her beauty was detrimental to her mental growth, the woman chose to have a full figure in this lifetime. Therapy during regression allowed the client to lower her defenses and unblock the shield of fat that made her seem more serious and that complicated her health.

THE BARDO ? 
A NEW FRONTIER OF DISCOVERY AND UNDERSTANDING

During the facilitation of countless past life regressions, I have been privy to a new frontier of existence known as the Bardo. This is not a past life experience but rather a time BETWEEN lives. Being carried to this unparalleled plane of existence opens a new dimension of understanding and enlightenment. This is the realm of understanding the “all’ of the universe. The process of getting there is called Astral Regression. It is a journey of the Soul to its origin rather than a journey into another life.

The Bardo is a level of existence where we reside when not on the Earth and not in reflection. This is a place where we are at home and where the grand orchestration of our next life takes place. Just imagine the magnitude of such an under taking! The coordination of every event and every life-changing situation has to be carefully mapped out and synchronized so the Dharma (the role you have chosen to play) can be fine-tuned and ready to live out the Karma of that existence.

How significant do you think your Visa balance is going to be once you have experienced the Bardo? How important is getting that new car that you want so badly going to be once you have experienced the Bardo? After having experienced this state of consciousness, an ability to view life from the perspective of the “much bigger picture” is inevitable. Once the perspective is changed, a feeling of freedom and ultimate acceptance of present circumstances takes over like a cleansing wave of newfound understanding. Personal development is facilitated in a way that can only be described as miraculous!

With this renaissance of viewing life from the great picture, perspective changes can facilitate life changes. Once we realize that the turmoil and changing circumstances of our lives are necessary for our Soul development, we can take the negative emotion out of whatever situation is causing us stress, tension or unhappiness. What was previously viewed as a catastrophe can now be viewed as a necessary life lesson. An epiphany of realization emerges when we find that the circumstances of life are not what are important. It is, rather, our reaction to those circumstances that becomes the measure of our lives. As our awareness increases, we evolve from the stagnation of our previous automatic reactions to the disappointments and challenges of life. We come to embrace change and controversy because we are viewing our lives with new eyes, bringing the gift of the awareness that were it not for these challenges and disappointments, growth and evolution of the Soul could not take place.