We’ve now looked at setting an intention and navigating past life memories. This post will answer three common questions that are asked about this experience. One is a common question for any hypnosis session and the other two are for past life regression.

I am concerned that I will give up control to you during hypnosis, will I do things I do not want to do or give away secrets I do not wish to divulge?

No. All hypnosis is actually self-hypnosis. The hypnotherapist merely creates the conditions in which you can get yourself into an altered state. You are in complete control of yourself and your experience. See what is hypnosis.

What if I don’t experience anything or see past lives?

The past life experience utilizes imagination. The technique for “getting nothing”, is to just start making it up. This will do two things.

First, it will comfort the conscious mind and assist you in getting past blocks. If you are making it up, then your conscious mind may be more willing to allow that information to seep through. It is amazing how many times people have made up an experience that did not reflect anything in the current knowledge and experience.

Second. By utilizing your imagination in this way, you loosen up the conscious mind’s hold on the experience which will allow you to slip into the experience.

What if the experience is just too much for me and I see difficult things I cannot handle?

The “prime directive” of the conscious mind is to preserve and protect the body. This can be seen in many humans when they use their faculty for denial of painful events and is often present with repressed memories exhibited by people who have suffered childhood abuse. The mind will not present you with memories that you cannot handle or will endanger you. However, this does not mean that you will avoid unpleasant or challenging material.

I advise all my clients that when difficult material presents itself, realize that it is often repressed material that may need released. Sitting through this difficult material often pays off in more freedom and happiness in your regular mundane life. I would encourage anyone faced with this in the regression situation to see it through to the end.

With that said, going back to the first question, you can just open your eyes and be done with the regression, because you are in complete control of the experience.