Don't you just love :cakes: threads? I have no clue what transpired here, but as long as all is copacetic, I don't need to know. :)

I completely missed the conversation in the welcome thread! Like GD said there, he and I and some friends did a lot of hypnosis experimentation years back. Totally intriguing and fun.

Re: PLR, I agree with this man:
This is why I'm actually kind of scared of doing a PLR-style session. I'm worried I'd reveal something awful about myself. Doesn't mean I'm not going to go for it, but with trepidation.

:confused:

Anyway...

I wonder if PLR would tell me about someone I have a "relationship" with, but have absolutely no ability to get along with. We both agree that we must have been married in a former life since our lives (despite our efforts to the contrary) seem to keep intersecting.

Probably something to do with muffins.

I have to disagree with you here, MBC. I'm rather instantly fond of corndogwalker myself ... but just because he's new around here is, imo, no reason to walk on eggshells. He started a thread called "Past Life Regression" - and if that's not invitation enough to discuss the topic in all its permuations, I don't know what is.

I'm not a big fan of pancaking either* - but as long as it's done in the time period for editing, everyone is free to edit their remarks.


(* for the benefit of corndogwalker - I will simply state that the verb, to pancake, is to go back and completely remove the text of some post, usually inflammatory in nature, and replace it with something innocuous ... as in "I like pancakes." To do this with complete authenticity, you must do it after the editing time has expired ... but it's come to apply to any such reconsideration and erasure of a post. We even have an emoticon for it!)



Anway, while I feel that past life regression is a bit on the hooey side, I'm sure it would be fun and illuminating to try it. However, it's really the least interesting aspect of hypnosis, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm not too sure who would be revealed in my past lives, but I bet they all liked cooking !

...and I would even consider trying PLR with TCDW - that would make for an interesting Trip Report



PS: Please - nobody say anything bad about Shirley McLaine..... she could be any one of us ! :D

I am so cool with whatever anyone wants to post.. Thanks for the responses and all the mojos and pm's.. I just thought it would be fun to start up a PLR thread.. I promise to never make anyone sizzle like a bacon if i put them under hypnosis...

Unless you like the frying pan...

But back to the topic... (should you believe)
I usually ask people if they ever been to a place they felt like they been to before, but never actually been there? Or met someone for the first time and had a strong reaction.. or watched a movie, gone to a museum or even saw a picture and felt so connected to that time period? It all has something to do with the past life..

i see it as just a belief system... i mean all eastern religions believe in it. heck some western religions... and although i dont really belong to a religious group.. i do find myself directed more to the spiritual side..

what i am really trying to say is that i usually quote the fundamentals of disney... "all you have to do is imagine!" pretty simple..

Dear corndogwalker,

I feel I should "unpancake" myself just a little because I have strong feelings about the subject and people here in the thread don't seem to mind if I share them.

First of all, I'm sure you're a terrific guy. I don't think that you joined the LoT to further your profession or gain a new client list. The fact that you are contributing directly to the happiness of someone I respect and admire gives you major bonus points, and indirectly contributes to my own happiness.

But you need to know something about me. I am a skeptic. That may not be as conspicuous in my posts as in Alex's posts, but I am nonetheless. In the past, I have participated in many different religious and "spiritual" rites (from getting sober to getting married) and I don't feel damaged or regretful about any of them. In fact, I have the utmost respect for anyone's belief system if it makes them happy.

For me, there's a difference between a culture that is rooted in belief, and what is most often referred to as "new age philosophy". It's either part of a culture, or it's not. I don't ever hear anyone saying "Let's go down to the synagogue and wrap tefillin. It really centers me - you should try it!" or "Hey, wanna face mecca and pray for a minute - it's a kick." (Unless you're talking to a religious Jew or Moslem, of course). Yet I can't count the number of times someone I know who considers themselves atheistic or even "spiritual" has encouraged me to "try acupuncture (or homeopathy... or reiki... or psychic readings... or regression therapy)... it's just fun (or "it can't hurt to try")". It's either a belief system or it ain't. You can't have it both ways.

Further, I bristle when said encourager is also someone who makes a profit from the practice. At best, it just feels wrong. At worst...

Anyway, that's who I am and what I think. I am always open to a difference of opinion (that's why I'm a skeptic and not an unbeliever), and I promise to "keep an open mind". But you need to know I'm a big fan of evidence.

... and I like pancakes.

Your new friend,
Jesse

mmmm pancakes.

Well, if it is going to be open for discussion I'll first own up to what I originally said. In its entirety my post up there was:

Anyway, my first three questions for thecorndogwalker are:

1. Do you believe that when you do this you are tapping into actual past lives had by the person?

2. If not, what do you believe is happening?

3. Approximately what success rate do you (and other practitioners) have for tapping into these past lives (or whatever you think is being tapped)?

If all that you wrote was "and complete bull****," I think that was an appropriate pancaking. An intellectual discussion of belief systems is something that interests me. Being rude to a new member is not.