The concept of having a past life or perhaps several is reincarnation. It is an ancient concept in various cultures the world over. Some of these include Africa, Japan, Australian aborigines as well as some New Age religions and modern Wicca. They believe we have lived past lives and that those past lives influence us today.

Each past life influences our health, mental wellbeing and our social interactions. It is a good idea to know thyself to understand who we were in a past life, to settle the mischievous nature that may in surplus from the past life and to incorporate all the accumulated strengths in order to become a stronger person today and in any future lives.

How would you determine your past life? It may be impossible to know about your past lives but sometimes, people have some dreams that kept on bothering them or some unclear recollection of the past memories and interaction with other unfamiliar people. Those who strongly believed the reincarnation consider different happenings in their present life to be an effect of past life. Some indications are:

* Deeper interest and appeal to certain culture or behavior that has no interpretation or no explanation as to the present life. You may notice that you are a great fan of a specific tradition or arts maybe it is because of the past life that you were engaged into before. To get further explanation about these mysteries, know what other culture or arts you are interested in this present life. It may lead you to what you were in the past life.

* You may be unreasonably passionate about some happenings in history. For example you may be drawn to a battle in history where you feel passionately about one party. This may indicate that you have a connection.

* Fears which are irrational and not connected to your present life childhood. Allergies, psychological problems which don?t have a cause in the present life time may have a link in the past.

This is of course, not an extensive list. Having such indicators does not mean that you are actually remembering a past life. Observe the patterns of your life, the range of things that you find attractive for some reason. You may be able to tune into some of the likenesses that can aid you in piecing the idea of what your past life or lives may have been like to live.

Past lives can be accessed with hypnotism and self hypnosis as well. A visit to a past life regression specialist may unravel more mysteries for you. The specialist hypnotizes you and puts you in a deep state of relaxation which helps you to tap your subconscious memories.

You may want to consider using the hypnotic techniques that has a relaxation effect, once you made your decision about hypnotism. Allow your self to be comfortable and relaxed for a while before you proceed to past life regression.

If you are hesitant to use hypnotism because you are thinking of your safety, there is actually nothing to worry about. Hypnotic techniques will only help you to go back in time when your past life happened. But it will not guarantee you a clear picture of what or who you are in the past, just a mere shadow of your past life.

As you begin to recall the past life memories, you will be able to distinguish the good ones from the bad ones through the after-results. Good memories usually trigger good feelings while bad memories irritate your feelings causing you to feel bad. When you wake up, you will notice that it feels like you just had a bad dream. This means that you had a bad life in the past. Do not think that recalling unpleasant memories are bad for you; this is actually your key to know your past life.

You also have to realize that you have to undergo this kind of experience for you to be able to start your life positively. The recollection of negative incidences of your past life is only a small portion of the process. Once you are through with this life regression and you have learned to accept and understand the life you have been through in the past, you will be free to move on and make your current life better.

The Karma theory states that what we sow in this life, we will reap in the next life. Hence, the bad consequences and negativity are a result of bad behavior in the past life and vice versa. So we need to remain good so as to have good lives else we will need to make atonements for all our deeds till we become good.

On the other hand, many people feel that no body is really bad and no one needs to suffer for something that he has done in a past life and doesn?t remember. Each new life is a new chance to make new choices. Once you know that there was something that was not good in your past life then you need to let that memory go and forgive yourself and all others involved. This will help you to become free of the past and have a great life.

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