July 2023

UPDATE:

In my first regression post, I mentioned that I believed I had live in Cumbria, Northern England.  Well, in 2022 I got the chance to visit this area!!  My wife and I stayed in Keswick, in the Lakes District.  The scenery and landscape seemed so familiar and I was certain I had been there before, in another life.  When I took time to kneel by the waters of Derwentwater, I suddenly started crying...not sure why.  So many emotions welled up in me that I couldn't sort out what I was feeling. A sense of home and comfort, loss and longing; almost a sense of rushing through time as the ancient past and present merged.  It was an experience that I've never had before and soon won't forget.

Two souls...together again!

It has been 10 months since my last regression.  At lot has happened in my life in the last year or so.  My marriage of 23 years ended in June on 2015.  I feel that everything that happens in your life, whether good or bad, happens to teach us lessons.  I have felt since very early on in life, that I was searching for someone....my soul mate.  When I met my future ex-wife in 1984, I thought that I had found her... but I was wrong.  We connected very quickly and strongly but now I realize that it was because we had been brother and sister in a previous lifetime.  She was not my soul mate but I must have had something to learn or possibly fulfill a promise that I had made in that other lifetime.  Even before my marriage was over, I felt that same longing....that feeling that I must find her....my eternal love.  I joined a few on-line dating web sites (Match, E-harmony, etc.) but had no luck.  The women interested in me were not my type and the ones I showed interest in ignored me.  I believe that God and the universe had someone specific in mind for me and would not allow any more detours from my fate.  On June 11, 2016 I met Sarah after quickly connecting on E-harmony.com.  When I saw her, waiting on the bluff for me, looking out towards Lake Michigan, my heart skipped a beat! We sat and talked, instantly connecting and feeling very comfortable with each other.  After a couple of hours of good conversation, we parted ways.  I texted her soon afterwards and we decided to meet again....only two days later!  Our second date led to a third and so on....soon, we had quickly fallen in love with each other.  I feel as if I have know her before....in fact, I think we have been together as lovers in many lifetimes.  After talking about our childhoods, we realized that we had come so close, so many, many times.  We both attended the same grade school, same high school...my parents best friends lived next door to her...she played in band while I was in orchestra.  I think we both had to learn some lessons and we had to be apart to do so....to grow stronger as individuals. 

Regression no.9: I did a short, 30 minute regression and only got a few details. I was in eastern Kentucky,  late 1700s to early 1800s. I looked very much like a mountain man or Davy Crocket. I think my name was John Davis. I was either married or close to a woman named Mary. I saw a log cabin in a clearing of some woods. I think I died relatively young, killed by native Americans...I had no children. I remember being very proud of my long rifle that I possessed. I think I was a good marksman.

Regression No. 8 - January 2nd, 2015

Past Life Regression No. 8 – 1/2/2015

I decided to do another regression after meeting someone that I felt I had known in another life.  This possibility was also mentioned to this person by her friend.  A year or so ago, I had a daydream/waking vision that was only for a few seconds but it was significant somehow.  I was in a small house or cottage, sitting at a rough hewn wooden table.  I saw my wife by the fireplace, leaning over a pot, cooking something.  She had on a long dress, white top....plain, reminding me of either medieval or colonial times. Looking out of my window (behind the table) I could see a dark blue sky with a thin strip of orange along the horizon, as if the sun had just set.  It was over the water.  The cottage was on a slight hill, looking down on a bay or lake.  My regression began with trying to answer the question of if this was the woman that I had now just met in this lifetime.

I relaxed and went back to a time that I perceived to be 1770.  It was near Baltimore, Maryland.  I lived near the shore of one of the many bays, with the water to the west of my cottage (so I lived East of Baltimore).  I saw my wife again by the fireplace and now recognized her as the woman that I now knew in this life.  I had some male friends over for dinner and we were discussing how intolerable life was becoming under British rule.  My profession was a cobbler (shoe maker).  My wife and I were both about 32 years old.

I now forwarded in time a bit a saw that I was shot in killed in some early skirmish with the British when the Revolutionary War was breaking out.  My wife held me as I died.

Regression Part 2:

My regression CD now guided me to another life, in another time and place.  I saw myself in a forested region.  I knew it to be ancient Germany/France area.  The time was possibly 40 A.D. and I was in the Thuringian Forest region of central Germany.  The city name of Göttingen came to mind but I don’t know if it existed back then or it is now close to where I had been in 40 A.D. I saw myself as a rather large, muscular man.  I had long blondish hair with some braids, a beard and long mustache.  I was reminded of how a Viking looks.  I lived in a small cottage in the woods with my younger sister.  I was possibly in my 30’s and she in her early 20’s.  Our parents had died.  She had long blonde, braided hair.....and the most beautiful sky blue eyes. I felt it was my job to protect her, keep her hidden and safe.  She was so innocent, loving nature and animals...never interested in finding a man to marry.  Somehow, I got sick and later died in a bed, with my sister by my side.  I felt I had failed in my mission.  I believe the woman to be my current wife in this life.  This brother/sister relationship has carried over into this life’s marriage making true romantic feelings difficult.  I think this life was an attempt to redeem my past life’s failure of protecting her.

Regression No. 2

I somehow forgot to post this regression from December of 2011.  It's significant since it's the only regression that I've done where I was a woman.

Past Life Regression No. 2 – 12/27/2011

I saw myself in a garden area.  There were tall trees…possibly with some kind of vines growing on them.  Many birds were flying around, near the tree tops…singing beautifully.  I was a female, 15 years old; wearing sandals and a turquoise, silk type outfit.  I had brown skin and black hair.  It was pleasantly warm but not hot.  I had a thin, gold band around my forehead with a single red gem in it, centered on my forehead.  I think I may have been some type of royalty. The year may have been 2152 B.C.  and the land was called Kadesh.

The next important event in my life was seeing a massive army leaving for war.  There were thousands of men with golden armor, golden cone shaped helmets and golden spears.  There were rows and rows of elephants wearing golden war harnesses with gems inlaid.  As the army marched by it sparkled like sunlight on water. I saw many colorful, silken banners and heard people cheering.  The grandeur of it brought tears to your eyes. 

Next I saw myself much older.  I was a teacher of some sort.  I saw myself cutting herbs and mixing powders.  I think I was some kind of healer or doctor.  I may have forsaken my royal lineage to help the sick and poor.  I don’t think I was married.  I had a close female friend who was very dear to me.

More regressions...

It's been a while since I last had time to be alone and do a regression.  I tried another CD called "Past life regression with the angels" by Doreen Virtue.  I don't know if any actual angels were involved but I did have results.  I saw myself as a male, wearing leather work boots, denim jeans or overalls and a wide brimmed hat (not a cowboy hat).  I was somewhere hot...somewhere out in the American west.  It was the mid 1800's and I was either involved with the railroad or mining.  I had a wife named Jenny.  I then saw a man that either wronged or betrayed me.  He had a dark suit on and a big bushy mustache, curved up slightly on the ends.  He had blue or grey eyes and was not that old.  I then saw myself later on, laying on my death bed.  I was in a nicely furnished, Victorian style home and I had become rich later in life.  I saw my wife on one side of the bed and my adult daughter on the other side.  I got the impression that my daughter and I were not close and that she was just waiting for me to die to get her inheritance.  I think my lesson in this life was that riches do not make one happy.

In the next stage of this same regression, I was guided back to a more distant point in time.  I believe I was in England and it was possibly the 1400's.  I was in Stafford-shire (or just Stafford). I was a blacksmith.  I had a lovely wife with long, dark brown hair that was somewhat curly.  I had a small daughter with the most beautiful, blonde hair with curls.  I lived in a cottage in a meadow that also sat in front of some woods.  I think I recognized my wife as being someone I used to know in my current life.  We met when I was in my late teens (she was two years younger).  We instantly had a connection and became best friends.  I felt as if I had always know her.  Unfortunately, I was involved with someone else (that I later married) and did not recognize her from the past or see that she was in love with me.  Then, at the age of 20, she was killed in a car accident.  Maybe we'll meet up again in a future life.........

Somewhere in time....

A close friend who knows of my past life regressions brought this image to my attention.  It was like seeing someone that I've known or will know....I can't explain it.  I feel as if I've been searching for her my whole life.....as if I made a promise in a past life to find her again.  I don't know if she looks this way now or did in the past....in eternity, the past, present, and future all exist at once.  The last few years I've had a strange attraction to the actress Michelle Trachtenberg.  She looks very similar to the girl in the recent image sent to me by my friend.  What does it all mean?? 

Regression No. 6, October 27th, 2012

I finally had some time to do another regression after a busy summer!  With the help of my regression CD, I saw myself in a woods....full of beech trees and in the autumn.  I was gathering firewood.  Later as I moved along I saw myself older...holding a longbow.  I then saw the next significant event in my life as being my marriage.  I was married in a cathedral type building, with the beautiful curved arches going high up to the ceiling.  My wife was very pretty....long brown hair (with some braids?), wearing a wreath of flowers around her head.  I think her first name started with the letter "M".....She had a beautiful smile!  I then was guided to know the place and year.  I heard the word "Bramford" and knew this to be in England...not that far from London (it's actually 77 miles northeast).  I believe the year was 1282.  After my marriage I saw myself and my wife running a tavern in a town.

Regression No. 5

Feb 21st: I tried a new 30 minute regression CD.  I did not have as clear of an impression as some other sessions....maybe because my kids were home.  I saw a white gazebo...surrounded by flowers.  I had the feeling that water (lake, stream, etc?) was not far.  I think it may have been late 1800's or so judging by my clothes.  I had on some kind of suit, dress shoes, etc.  I was young, maybe in my twenty's....there was a young woman with me in the gazebo.  She had long dark colored hair, not curly but more straight with ringlets here and there.  She wore a fancy dress that was a pale green/blue color.  I think we were a couple or at least interested in each other.

Regression No. 4: Viva La Résistance

Past Life Regression No. 4 – 2/4/2012

I saw myself at the age of 15. I was wearing black boots, roughly knee high.  I had on grey clothing that seemed to be wool.  I was outside; it was some kind of camp in a wooded area.  I got the impression that I was in the Bordeaux region of France.  It was 1944.  I think I was in the French resistance movement.

The next event I saw was a birthday party.  It was for someone who had lived to a very old age (grandfather?).  There was music, dancing and wine.  A dark haired girl was there.  I knew her from the resistance I think.

My occupation was a baker.  I saw myself making loaves of bread; the long French bread type of loaf. 

My proudest moment was the birth of my son (Stephan?).  I believe the mother was the dark haired girl I knew from the resistance.

I believe I died in a car accident.  The roads were slick and it was raining.  I was in a hilly area with a huge drop off on one side of the road.  I slid off after taking a curve to fast.  I think I was in a hurry.  I think this explains a fear of heights I have in this life....which I did not really know about until I went on a trip to California in 2006.  I wanted to see the redwood trees so I drove up into the mountains.  I became very nervous.  Later, my wife and her sister and husband wanted to hike up onto this huge rock outcrop.  I was hugging the wall, back as far as possible from the edge as I could get!  It was a total surprise to me how freaked out I was.

I think guilt at not being there to protect my family may have carried over to my current life.

More regressions

The last few weeks I've had the chance to do some more regression's with my CD.  I was hoping to learn more about the life I saw in Cumbria, England but without a live person guiding the regression I saw other lives.  I'm still not sure if this is something real or my imagination.  However,I know it's not by my choosing because the next two lives that I saw were not something I'd ever thought of or had much interest in.

Regression No. 2:  I saw myself as a female (never thought or wanted that one, lol!) with brown skin and long, black hair.  I was wearing some kind of light, silk outfit (think of Jasmine from the cartoon Aladin, hehe), blue in color, sandals, and a thin gold band on the forehead....some kind of red jewel in the center.  I was either wealthy or royalty.  I felt that the year was around 2500 B.C.?? The place was maybe called Kadesh.... I then saw an army marching off to war....clad all in gold, with spears, cone shaped helmets, banners and flags waving, people cheering and elephants wearing gold & jeweled harnesses.  Later I saw myself as a healer....preparing herbal mixtures...helping the sick and poor.  I don't think I ever married..........

Regression No. 3:  A few weeks after no. 2 regression I tried again.....was disturbed by my kids making noise so I did not get as much on this one.  I saw myself wearing buckskin clothing and leather boots with some fringe on them.  I was in the woods. I knew the year was 1642.  I was somewhere in northeastern United States.....I heard the word Penobscot.....saw some men wearing red walking with a wagon pulled by horses.  Later I looked on-line and found that there is an Indian tribe called the Penobsoct who dwell in Maine.

I can see how aspects of these three lives have carried over into my current life.  My love of things Celtic/English, my making of herbal concoctions, my love of spices such as curry, ginger, chai tea, etc., my love of nature and native peoples (wanting badly to have a "native" name, which I finally got in 2004; Soaring Eagle, as named by a friend and Cherokee elder, Spotted Hawk).........interesting.....

She Moved Through the Fair

Traditional

My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kine"*
And she stepped away from me and this she did say:
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day"

As she stepped away from me and she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she turned homeward with one star awake
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake

The people were saying, no two e'er were wed
But one had a sorrow that never was said
And I smiled as she passed with her goods and her gear,
And that was the last that I saw of my dear.


Last night she came to me, my dead love came in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
As she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"


* kine = cows/cattle

Past Life Regression

On Friday (11/11/11) I believe I experienced an actual past life regression or memory.  I'm still not sure if it was just my imagination or was something real. I have read a few books on past life regression/hypnosis and was curious to see if it would work for me.  I could not afford to see someone in person so I found a free recording on-line to try.  I've never been hypnotized before so I wasn't sure what to expect.  I put the CD in the player, put on the headphones and laid down on the floor to relax.  The session lasted an hour with the first half hour bringing you down into a relaxed/hypnotic state.  I was fully aware the entire time....not asleep, but very relaxed....it's a bit like daydreaming.  After the 1/2 hour relaxation the actual regression began.  I was asked to picture myself at age 15.  I had a flash image of myself splitting wood...wearing clothes that looked simple, home made.  It was then suggested that I would know what year it was.  Immediately, the number 1098 popped into my mind.  It was then suggested that I would know the name of the place where I lived.  I heard either the word "Cambria" or "Umbria"....and had the impression it was near either Wales or England.  I later discovered (unknown to me before) that in northwest England, above Wales, is a region called Cumbria!  Now it was suggested to proceed forward in time to the next significant event in my life.  I saw a village festival/party, with banners and people dancing.  Then I saw her..... a girl (Sarah? Moira?) with long, dark hair and striking blue/grey or green eyes.  It was then suggested that I now move forward to the happiest memory.  I saw myself in a cottage with my wife (the girl from the town festival) and a little girl about age four.  The three of us were hugging....as if I was reunited with them, so glad to be home.  The next suggestion mentioned to go to and event where a major decision was made.  I remembered something about leaving to go fight in a battle somewhere, that the men were required to do this and that I didn't really want to go.  Now I was asked to remember my proudest moment.  I think I led a battle charge or something.....

The day after this past life regression, I wanted to try again with a different CD, with a different person speaking, to see if I got results.  This session was shorter but I still got a few things.  I saw myself by a lake, in the evening, with the same girl I saw in my earlier session.  It was suggested that I look at a calendar to know the year.... it was 1102.  I think I was proposing marriage to her...

The final thing suggested on my first regression was to ask what lesson I learned from this life.  It was to enjoy the simple, every day things like family and just being alive....not to crave glory or adventure.  I'm not sure what to make of all this..... did I just dream it up?  How did I come up with the name Cumbria?  After my first session I felt happy....at peace....like I'm finally finding what I've been searching for all these years.

Are we alone?

Are we alone in the universe?  If you believe that the bible is true....then the answer is no.  There are angels & demons (fallen angels) as well as other beings such as seraphim, cherubim, etc.  I think when many ask this question they mean to ask if there are any other beings who are limited to the physical, three dimensional universe that we humans are currently in.  I find it hard to believe that a Creator who filled this earth with so much wonder and variety would only place life on one planet.  As far as intelligent life elsewhere, that may be more difficult to answer.  I believe there are higher realms/dimensions that are filled with intelligent beings.  This may be what many people call "Heaven".  If this life is a test (good or evil) then who is to say that after death you do not face more tests in other realms? Could it be that what some people think of as reincarnation is actually memories of another realm/planet.....or even a parallel earth?  If our souls are eternal....how can they have a beginning? 

May a Chrisitan belive in reincarnation?

I believe the answer is.....possibly.  See http://www.atmajyoti.org/sw_xtian_believe_reinc.asp for more info.



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Stranger in a strange land

I feel as if I am a stranger in a strange land......a pilgrim passing through......admiring the beauty of this world, taking pleasure in life's little joys...but never fully at peace........longing for home.  How can I be homesick for a place that I've never been to?.....unless I existed before this current life......in some way.  Did we all drink from the fountain of forgetfulness before being born?  Why does the bible say that God "knew" us before we were born if we did not exist yet?  It does not say the God "thought" of us before we were born........and why did God hate Essau even before his birth??  This does not seem fair.... was it because God already knew the future and what path Essau would take?......or maybe Essau had already proven his bad character.....in another life??

Christianity & Reincarnation

Is Christianity incompatible with Reincarnation?  Many early Christians believed in the concept as well as some Jews (asking John the Baptist if he was Elijah). Please click here and read.  I also found this interesting tid bit at http://reluctant-messenger.com/origen9.html

Christian Reincarnation

The Lincoln and Kennedy Connection According to reincarnation beliefs, history tends to repeat itself until those who have participated in it learn their lessons and change for the better.  This means that an individual may face identical situations from one life to the next until they are able to conquer whatever "cause and effect" chain-reaction they have caused from a previous life.  As an example, a person who "lives by the sword" in one life and dies without having made amends for his mistakes, will in the next life be faced with identical situations which must be overcome.  Ultimately, such a person will have to face themselves and have inflicted upon them everything they have inflicted upon others.  Divine justice in many religions shows that those who "live by the sword" will "die by the sword", if not in their present life, but likely in a future life.   Reincarnation theory states that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

The lives of President Kennedy and President Lincoln had so many parallels that it cannot be dismissed as pure coincidence. To my mind, these parallels are evidence of history repeating itself and evidence of reincarnation. To me, these parallels may be circumstantial evidence that President Kennedy was the reincarnation of President Lincoln.  You decide for yourself.

Both were elected to Congress in ‘46.  Both were elected President in ‘60.  Both had the legality of their elections contested.  Both were directly involved with black civil rights.  Both lost a son while serving as President.  Both were killed while serving as President.

Lincoln's staffer, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theater.  Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.  Lincoln was fond of Monroe, Maryland (He had visited it a week before he was shot).  Kennedy was fond of Marilyn Monroe.

Both were shot on a Friday.  Both were shot in the head from behind.  Both were shot in the presence of their wives.  Both were shot while sitting with another couple. 

Both were shot with another member of their entourage being injured, but not fatally.  Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater. Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln.

Both assassins were born in ‘39.  Both were Southerners favoring extremist views.  Both are known by their first, middle and last names.   Booth ran from the theater and was captured in a warehouse.  Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theater.  Both were themselves assassinated before their trials.

Both President’s successors were Southern Democrats.  Both successors had the last name of Johnson.  Both successors were Vice-Presidents.  Both successors were born in ‘08.  Both successors were former senators.

Both President’s caskets were carried in death on the same caisson.

It appears that history does indeed repeat itself.  Perhaps it is the same cast of characters playing the same roles over and over again.  I think William Shakespeare was right all along:  All the world is a stage and we are but the players.

All things Celtic

The number three seems to be significant to me.......I have a love for all things Celtic/Irish/Scottish....Celtic music stirs my soul like nothing else......Celtic knot work is awesome!  Last fall I got a tattoo of the Celtic trinity knot on top of a Celtic knot work arm band.  I love Guinness and Jameson Irish whiskey.......which is weird because I'm over half German with some English, dutch and a bit of Scottish (just found this out a few weeks ago)!!  The first time I tried Drambuie/Irish Mist the flavor seemed very familiar to me.....like I had had it before.......

Searching for Danielle

If you read my post about the tavern, it mentions a group of friends.  I think I vaguely remember someone with long dark hair.....someone I may have been involved with.  The name Danielle is a possibility but I don't know if this is her name now or in the past (of future for that matter!).  For some reason, the actress Michelle Trachtenberg reminds me of her....... dark hair....striking eyes.  Other possible names from the tavern are: James and Irisel.

Danielle.....where are you?

The Tavern

The tavern is a place that was mentioned to me by my wife (now ex-wife).  She has many more memories (if that's what they are) from another time and place.  She described to me a place where a certain group of friends would meet, relax and also discuss current events.  This tavern was old, medieval looking.  Supposedly, I was one of the friends, along with my wife (who was not my wife is this world) and a few others.  The clothes styles were older (medieval?) with boots, swords etc. but with some modern technology as well.  I was told that there were some high backed booths but no other description of the place.  My wife had the impression that there was some kind of rebellion brewing and people were taking sides....we were unsure what side to join or which side was right.  It seems this may have been when Lucifer first rebelled and the war in the heavenly realms (other planets and/or higher dimension) began.

A few weeks later, I was contemplating this tavern and began to see in my mind some images of it.  I do not know if this was my imagination but when later describing some of the things I saw, my wife confirmed that she knew these details but did not mention them to me.  I saw the dark wood beams, the leaded glass window with the criss-cross pattern, an arched fireplace with some kind of wood carving above it.  I saw the bar area that had some kind of blue and yellow glass or lights behind it (bottles lit up?).  I saw the lanterns hanging that looked like the kind you find on pirate ships or old Spanish galleons.  Later I sketched this out and could even draw up a floor plan.  Active imagination?  I'm not certain but these kind of "visions" are rare for me.