Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.
I do not have much experience at all in past life trauma so can't comment specifically on it. I would however like to share this thought.
My daughter went to England a few years ago to get her master's degree. While there she was very touched by the way the city she was living in recognized Remembrance Day. It was the 100 year commemoration of Armistice Day. Such a loving tribute to those who had fallen during WW1. Not much happened in the US that day.
Perhaps you could incorporate your own traditions to remember those who have fallen during that war on Remembrance Day. Perhaps it will be healing to you and those who died. We barely understood post traumatic stress disorder during WW1 let alone offer therapy sessions for the trauma which all the surviving soldiers suffered. I know in some cases those who were afraid to fight in a battle would be shot for deserting their troops. ( At least for British Troops).
Much attention has been placed upon those who fought during WW2. It seems our First World War has once again been popping up in our greater consciousness the past little while. The U.S. even just in the past month dedicated the first official memorial in DC for it. Can you imagine there being no memorial after all this time?
So, something appears to me to be important regarding this war right now. Perhaps we all need to focus our attention on healing the departed souls of those who fought such a horrible war. Maybe we can also help you to heal.
Thanks so much for being trusting enough of us to share these highly personal experiences. Even if you are balancing the "karmic books" in this life, so to speak, I feel like you're incredibly lucky to have a family that not only accommodates your spiritual beliefs, but has chosen to travel with you on this journey of self discovery.
There are some remarkable parallels to my journey. I've been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder for almost 18 years, but I didn't start getting bona fide spiritual experiences until 2017. Last year, with the help of some insights from a member of this forum, I figured out that my condition is the result of ancestral trauma and the decision of one of my traumatzied ancestors to take up residence in my bio-field shortly after I was conceived. He was an official in the Colonial British Army in Virginia in the 17th or 18th centuries who was friendly with one of the local Native American tribes. He approached the generals in the army and tried to procure aid for the tribe, but his entreaty led to the tribe being massacred by his countrymen. Some of this information was clarified and (remarkably) corroborated by a psychic surgeon I had never met before. She helped me compassionately move on my ancestor from my biofield (who because of a Calvinst sense of guilt and a belief he was heading to Hell, had been unable to cross over for the previous 300 years). My ancestor's new absence didn't cure my affliction, and I wasn't expecting it would. But now healing capacities are more available to me so that I can begin the process of repairing my DNA.
Thank you for such a thoughtful reply.
What you have said really resonated with me. I hadn't thought about it in that way at all.
We have quite a big remembrance here in the UK and in Europe for WW1, but you are right it's become a forgotten war in many respects.
You could be right about the departed souls from that time needing healing. Both world wars were horrific, but you are right there might be some unresolved healing and issues from WW1 from the departed who still need attention to their sacrifices and suffering to help them to heal and move on. You are right, perhaps I carry this with me from my past life.
This could also be why the lights were flickering in my room last night in the ufo topic when I mentioned in my reply there about my past life regression.
Wow. 300 years. That is incredibly deep and interesting. It's so complex isn't it?
Yeah my family have been very protective and supportive of me. I am very blessed to have them endure this journey with me
I haven't thought about Western shamanism, mainly because I'm a little bit fearful of it. I guess I would need to do some research into it and make myself understand a little of what I would be getting into before diving in, but that's definitely something I will look into.
"Where is hell? Here on Earth. This is hell. Here are the life struggles, the sins, the failures, and fall downs. You have been brought here to purge yourself, so you can go up where the light is. A time will come when people will dramatically change - I won't be alive, but I know it will happen. We all have better, more peaceful, and happier times ahead of us."
This quote touched me. As I said, my ancestor thought he would be heading to Hell, but really the guilt and grief generated by his earthly actions was creating a Hell on Earth. Like you, Luminous, I believe I chose to come here out of karma, but also to relieve the karmic weight of my ancestors. So we're purifying the collective when we purify ourselves, since even personal mistakes and grief become collective through the generations and create a morphic field of entropy when they go unaddressed.
Have you looked into Western Shamanism? I think my next step in my healing journey will be Western Shamanism, also known as high magick. An American writer by the name of Damien Echols has gone a long way in recent years towards helping rebirth high magick for a new generation. Echols spent 18 years on death row in a US prison for a crime he did not commit, and he credits his survival to his practice of high magick (Echols was unexpectedly released from prison in 2011). In fact, I even purchased two of Echols's books a few months ago, I just haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
Yes, the time where we will all dramatically change for the better is upon us!
Thank you for telling us your story. I must confess that based on other stories I've read, I'm surprised that there didn't seem to be a resolution to your health issues after sessions, but obviously everyone's experiences will be different.
I'm a huge fan of Michael Newton's books which talk about his work and cases in past-life regression. Here's a list of them, all of which are available on Amazon in both physical and digital formats:
Life Between Lives
Journey of Souls
Destiny of Souls
Memories of the Afterlife
I'm a huge fan of Michael Newton's books which talk about his work and cases in past-life regression. Here's a list of them, all of which are available on Amazon in both physical and digital formats:
Life Between Lives
Journey of Souls
Destiny of Souls
Memories of the Afterlife
I've read the first three of those books-- also everything by Brian Weiss and some others. I've had some glimpses of what might have been past lives but who knows. For a long time I have felt I could probably learn a lot from a past-life regression but I am not sure where to find a reliable practitioner.
As for WWI--- my grandfather was drafted into the US Army and fought in France. I think he had PTSD the rest of his life. His helmet took a shot while he was in the trenches, but he lived. I have the helmet, his uniform, his mess kit, canteen, and other items from the war. I feel like there is something there I need to help settle. The idea of WWI freaks me out and I don't know exactly why. My grandfather passed when I was 15 and I never really had any adult conversations with him. One weird thing is a couple years ago I found a photo of my grandfather in his WWI gear and in that picture he looked EXACTLY like my son. It was spooky-- seeing my teenage kid looking out at me from under the rim of a WWI helmet. I have speculated that my son could be my granddad reincarnated, although their personalities are not the same.
I think there is a lot of trauma from the two World Wars being worked out by people alive today.