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- From: angelai@wam.umd.edu (Angela I.)
- Subject: Re: Myself and Magick
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 19:28:47 GMT
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- In article <JOSHUA.92Nov22084718@bailey.cpac.washington.edu> joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) writes:
- >
- >In article <tmerante.0326@weird.miami.fl.us> tmerante@weird.miami.fl.us (Tony
- >Merante) writes:
- >
- >> And I am eager to meet people of the same mind. I also have
- >> been getting into past-life regression.
- >
- >the important question to ask when you get into something like this is this:
- >'are these past lives I am regressing to actual memories of past lives, or
- >just some interesting fantasy I am indulging in?'. how can one tell the dif-
- >ference? well, the classic example is having memories of living in a place
- >you do not consciously have any knowledge of, in a period that you are un-
- >familiar with, doing research on that place and period, and coming up with
- >some kind of confirmation. if you haven't done that, or if because records
- >of that place and period are not extant, the honest classification of these
- >'past-life regressions' is 'not proven'.
- >
- >josh
-
- However, if you use the experience (memory or fantasy) to learn to get
- in touch with deeper or formerly hidden aspects of yourself, the
- "objective reality" of the experience is pretty much irrelevant.
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- Is there something unhealthy about believing in fantasies?
- Yes, there can be problems associated with that. What if you do a
- past-life regression, get some useful information, and say "I am
- choosing to believe this now, and I feel that it is irrelevant
- whether or not it is objectively verifiable." I fail to see any
- harm to yourself or to others in that. I do see it as potentially
- helping the experient. You are your own best teacher & all that...
-
- Just a thought or two.
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- :)
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