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Alex · 02-07-2007, 10:28 AM

I see, so the only questions that are appropriate are of the type where I put my hands under my chin, look rapturously on the subject and say "oh, that's deep, please do tell me more!"?

As for what is the point? Is it not interesting to know what the practioners of something think is happening when they do it. They're the experts. And, while thecorndogwalker may not (though he seems to), many other practioners do claim extraordinary therapeutic power for it. That is a scientific claim. You can't simultaneously claim it is a real world phenomena but that it is immune to investigation. If art therapy made claims that what you drew would appear in reality on the other side of the planet (or in the next room) then I'd see them as more equivalent.

So far as I know (and I have read on this a fair amount, but would love correction from someone intimately familiar with it), the general claims of past life regression are that it puts you in contact with past unique human lives lived by the participant. If so, that raises some, I think reasonable, questions. Questions, that I would hope students and teachers of the program have wondered about themselves. And, whether I agree with their reasoning in how they deal with them, I would be very interested in what their conclusions have been.

3894, I agree with you, if PLR is anything, it is that. And that may very well be how PLR practioners think of it and I'd be very interested to learn that. Because, at least online with websites advertising sessions that cost hundreds of dollars an hour, or tape series that cost thousands, or books that hawk the sessions and tapes, they don't admit to that. They are very reassuring that they will put you into direct contact with your actual past lives and that the source of your current psychological problems will be found there (again, no claim that thecorndogwalker does that but I am curious how he views it).

If PLR is just a complex psychological placebo effect (only by misleading you about what is happening can the therapy work), wouldn't that be interesting to know as well?

This, to my thinking, these questions are respectful discussion. Not "oh, that sounds fun! Will there be sangria?" He invited questions. I apologize if having actual questions is rude.

02-07-2007, 10:28 AM	#59
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I see, so the only questions that are appropriate are of the type where I put my hands under my chin, look rapturously on the subject and say "oh, that's deep, please do tell me more!"? As for what is the point? Is it not interesting to know what the practioners of something think is happening when they do it. They're the experts. And, while thecorndogwalker may not (though he seems to), many other practioners do claim extraordinary therapeutic power for it. That is a scientific claim. You can't simultaneously claim it is a real world phenomena but that it is immune to investigation. If art therapy made claims that what you drew would appear in reality on the other side of the planet (or in the next room) then I'd see them as more equivalent. So far as I know (and I have read on this a fair amount, but would love correction from someone intimately familiar with it), the general claims of past life regression are that it puts you in contact with past unique human lives lived by the participant. If so, that raises some, I think reasonable, questions. Questions, that I would hope students and teachers of the program have wondered about themselves. And, whether I agree with their reasoning in how they deal with them, I would be very interested in what their conclusions have been. 3894, I agree with you, if PLR is anything, it is that. And that may very well be how PLR practioners think of it and I'd be very interested to learn that. Because, at least online with websites advertising sessions that cost hundreds of dollars an hour, or tape series that cost thousands, or books that hawk the sessions and tapes, they don't admit to that. They are very reassuring that they will put you into direct contact with your actual past lives and that the source of your current psychological problems will be found there (again, no claim that thecorndogwalker does that but I am curious how he views it). If PLR is just a complex psychological placebo effect (only by misleading you about what is happening can the therapy work), wouldn't that be interesting to know as well? This, to my thinking, these questions are respectful discussion. Not "oh, that sounds fun! Will there be sangria?" He invited questions. I apologize if having actual questions is rude.
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