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"Instant" Regressions or Imagination??

I had taken two different Metaphysical courses back in 1988 and 1989. I enjoyed the first much more than the second. The instructor from the first course told us to go home and burn only white candles as we stared in the mirror. She said we'd see glimpses of who we were in past lives. I burned two candles. One on either side of the mirror. Not long after, I saw a man with a squared off jaw and low cut afro style hair. He was handsome and his coloring about the same as mine. That's all I saw.

The instructor from the second course taught for a very well known metaphysical organization in our state. She did an exercise with us in class. She told us to do deep premeditative breathing and try to put ourselves in a meditative state...then visualize an occurrence from a past life. Meditation is hard for me because I'm always thinking of 1,000 different things at once. But after awhile I clearly saw myself as a pretty Caucasian woman with long brown hair parted in the middle. I had on a burgundy velvet long dress, cut low and squared at the chest line. I was running through what looked like a forest with a dirt path. A horse and carriage was pursuing me. I saw the driver, dressed in 1800's garb as well. I could feel her fear and the urgency of escaping this situation,
I still wonder did I truly access another lifetime. It wasn't a "dream" because I was awake. Was it just my imagination? Your thoughts....?
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I would never under estimate the power of imagination, it can create worlds, I would trust what was shown to me.
One of my past life's was revealed during the dream state, you know the difference in lucid dreaming, you are aware you are dreaming. For me, it was like seeing a clip from a movie, I knew it was me, I could feel, smell, touch,I was actually re-living the whole experience. I also knew I must leave, as I wouldn't make it through the Winter.
I was a Native American female, that looked very similar to my physical form in this life time except I was much taller (thank goodness) and had very long dark straight hair.I was riding bareback on this beautiful horse. To make a long story shorter, I visited and learned lessons from a wise old Indian lady that I had known in this life time.
She gave me valuable lessons on our connection with our animal spirits and protectors, how our lives are completely dependent on these animals and how we are all one, nature and all it's wonders, and US, we are not seperate, but all a part of each other. I did a chant over a small fire that was in a hole dug in the ground, I remember that "chant" to this day.
The other past life I have seen was during meditation, but I will go into that another time as this has taken up more time than I expected.
What I want to say is just trust yourself, all the answers are within YOU!
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3 months ago
Good advice, Earthchild, for all of us always.

Jazzy, it can be that simple. i have recalled past lives when i was in situations in this life that brought the emotions back. i have also recalled them at inconvenient moments (like driving) after days of meditating on something that sugggested there was a 'missing piece'. You can bet i made a 'note to self': Specify that the recall will occur in a safe, controlled environment where the resulting emotions cannot produce an accident--i was darn lucky to avoid one..because the memory overlaid on reality like old style superimposed film.
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3 months ago