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Personal Growth: Purpose

Exploring Past Lives: Your Soul's Quest for Consciousness

By Mary Lee LaBay, Ph.D.

Introduction

1. Past Life Regression: The Hero’s Journey

My Journey
What is Past Life Regression?
How Does Reincarnation Work?
         Spirit and Soul
         The Spirit’s One Life
Gifts of the Journey: Benefits of Past Life Regression
Is Reincarnation Real?
         Beyond the Scientific Method
         Making a Decision: Parts Therapy
         Belief
         Suspending Disbelief
         Reincarnation—Yes or No?
         The Enlivening Choice
         Now What?
The Hero’s Journey
How to Use this Book
Case Study: Debby

2. What You Get: The Gifts of Discovering Past Lives

  Richer Relationships
           Mental Match-making
           Putting Information to Work
           Romantic Relationships
           Your Soul Group
  Healing
           Gail’s Neck Pain
           Barbara’s Healing
  Understanding Our Choices
           Genetics and Body Type
           Gender
  Personal Growth
           Carryover Wisdom
  Overcoming Fears, Blocks and Challenges
  The Power to Change
           Seeing Through New Eyes
           Conversations with our Past Life Counterparts
  Accessing to the Subconscious
           The Iceberg
  Knowing Our Spirit Purpose
  Seeing and Embracing our Life Purpose
           Clarifying Core Values
           Appreciation
  Understanding the Big Picture
           Birth and Death
           Expanded Awareness
  Seeing the Divine in All Life
  Case Study: Audrey

3. Life’s True Purpose

Existence and Consciousness
        The Tapestry of Life
Why We Incarnate
        Our Laboratory
Spirit Purpose
Life Purpose
        Doing the Work
        Compatible Life Purposes
Immediate Purpose
Death is Not Required for Advancement
How Long Do We Stay Here—and There?
Do We Have a Last Life? (And Would We Want One?)
        What Incarnation Buys Us
        The “Escape Hatch”
        The Limitations of the Astral
        Extinguishing the Spirit
        To Incarnate or Not To Incarnate?
Case Study: Carolyn

4. How Reincarnation Works: The Nuts and Bolts

The Astral Plane
Life Between Lives
Arriving on the Astral
Just Because You’re Dead, Doesn’t Mean You’re Smart
Possibility and Probability
        Our Infinite Universe
Changing the Future—and the Past
        The Pebble in a Pool
        Changing Tracks
Time and Reincarnation
        All Time is Now
        Point of Focus
        Time and Possibilities
        Old Soul, New Soul
Forgetting and Remembering
        Life’s Distractions
        Societal Norms
        Avoidance
Putting Down the Burden
Reframing
        How It Works
Case Study: Beth

5. Making Good Choices

Our Elegant Internal Teacher
        Karen’s Lesson
        Making Corrections
Our Four Choices
Decision-Making Skills and Strategies
Choosing a Life
        Sensing the Situation
        Choosing Lessons, Not People
Can We Make a Mistake?
        Losing Our Way
        Do People Choose Violent Families?
A Personal Experience: My Father
Lessons Learned
The Three Wise Men
Case Study: Adam

6. Soul Groups

What Are Soul Groups?
In the Beginning…
Spirit Splitting
A Return to Oneness?
Better than Oneness
Incarnating with Soul Groups
        Can You Be Your Own Ancestor?
Recognizing Your Soul Group
Old Soul vs. New Soul
Case Study: Amy

7. Stepping In—and Out

What are Step-Ins?
The Ground Rules: Both Spirits Must Agree
        Why It Happens
        How It Happens
        Stepping In vs. Possession
What Happens to the One Who Leaves?
Why Step Out?
        My Little Friend
Why Step In?
Who Keeps the Personality?
Stepping In is Rare
Case Study: Helen

8. Our Infinite Potential

Where Can We Incarnate?
        Dimensions and Planes
        Developing Our Dimensional Sensuality
Choosing Earth
Choosing Other Places
In What Forms Can We Incarnate?
Can We Incarnate As Animals?
        Totems and Familiars
Planet of the…
Case Study: Carla

PART 2
EXPLORING YOUR PAST LIVES

9. Your Tools for Discovery

Imagination
Strategies to Exercise and Expand the Imagination
Metaphors
Past Life Guided Visualizations
Meditation and Self-Hypnosis
Astral Projection
Dreams
Simple Recall
Familiar Locations
Art
Childhood Games
Channeling
Psychic Readings
Being Alert
Hypnotherapy
Case Study: Ellen

10. What to Expect

How Past Lives Unfold
A Subtle, Filmy World
Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic Experience
Master Your Style
Pay Attention to All Responses
Pain and Dying
Beyond the Threshold
Which Lifetime Will You Experience?
Visiting the Future
 Future Life Progression
The Future—Then and Now
Case Study: Donna

11. Your Past Life Regression

Working with a Facilitator
        The Advantages
Choosing Your Regessionist
Working on Your Own
        Creating the Environment
        Meditating
        Journaling
        Guided Meditations
A Script for Your Past Life Regressions
Case Study: Kendra

12. Verifying Memories

The Nature of Memory
Are Your Memories Real?
Our “Reality Filters”
        Why Do We Filter Information?
        How Do Filters Block Reality?
Unhooking Our Filters
Deep Memories from the Subconscious
Memory vs. Fantasy
        Eye Movement
Use Your Intuition
Historical Records
Subtle Clues
False Memory
So, What Is Real?
Was Everybody Famous?
        Do You Feel Famous?
Case Study: Pamela

13. Understanding and Enhancing Relationships

  Case Study: Kathy
  Case Study: Lori
  Case Study: Alice
  Case Study: Laura

14. Healing and Vitality

  Case Study: Marta
  Case Study: Barbara
  Case Study: Kim
  Case Study: Lisa
  Case Study: Ted

15. Finding Your Life Purpose

  Case Study: Jayne
  Case Study: Melanie
  Case Study: Jean
  Case Study: Pat
  Case Study: Sally
  Case Study: Sam
  Case Study: Anne

16. Meeting Challenges

  Case Study: Beth
  Case Study: Faith
  Case Study: Kevin
  Case Study: Bill

17. Deepening Your Spiritual Journey

  Case Study: Tamara
  Case Study: Terry
  Case Study: Dan

Epilogue

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