Past Life Regression - Page 3

thecorndogwalker · 02-03-2007, 04:37 PM

Okay.. its all good.. everyone has an opinon.. it was probably my original threadstarter.. (my first post) i was actually responding to people who were chatting with me on the other thread -(welcome the corndogwalker!) who were asking me questions about past life regression...
In my original post i said it would be fun, responding to the fact that I do it with friends when we are hanging out.. (I believe it) But I dont care if someone does it... its different and exciting.. and i am not doing it for money... or looking to do it for money on this site.. I get that..

however.. i enjoy helping people and if someone really believes a certain procedure can help them change for the better and not really hurt themself. then by god lets do it...

if there werent skeptics then the world would be boring place...

plus the fact that i have a choice today to pick and choose things to enhance my spirituality doesnt hinder my belief system.. it just adds to it...

so, when i said it was fun... it is... but isnt life fun??

Disneyphile · 02-03-2007, 07:13 PM

Hell, I totally believe in past lives, and that people cross each other's paths when they sometimes have "unfinished business" from one of those past lives.

I like my beliefs - I'm happy with them, and they harm no one.

Corndogwalker, I'd love to chat about it.

Alex · 02-03-2007, 08:34 PM

So I had some questions about past life regression (as you offered in the first post). The mojo was nice, but I'd rather know the answers.

Gemini Cricket · 02-03-2007, 11:37 PM

I love fantasizing about past lives stuff. It's great. There are definitely places I have been to for the first time that I have felt I have been before. There are also time periods that seem more comforting than this one to me. I'm interested. It sounds fun.

innerSpaceman · 02-04-2007, 12:35 AM

While I completely believe in a thing akin to past lives and future lives, and constantly interacting with the same kindred "spirits" lifetime after lifetime ... I just doubt hypnosis's ability to tap into such a thing. Too many people turn out to have been Cleopatra, if you know what I'm sayin.

I'd still love to try it, and see what happens. But if I'm not particularly interested in past lives and I don't want to quit smoking ... what other things can you do hypnotically, mr. corndogwalker?

Gn2Dlnd · 02-04-2007, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But if I'm not particularly interested in past lives and I don't want to quit smoking ... what other things can you do hypnotically, mr. corndogwalker?

He gets me to leave doors unlocked.

lashbear · 02-04-2007, 03:18 AM

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He gets me to leave doors unlocked.

and zippers ?

Alex · 02-04-2007, 07:52 AM

Even if reincarnation is real, it is statistically unlikely than any individual person now living had a string of previous lives, so if, as some claim, the success rate (in properly conditioned subjects) is more than 80% where do those lives come from?

When hypnotized and told to connect to an earlier life why is that result evidence of real events when being hyponized and told to act like a chicken (or Diana Ross) is not evidence that one was once a chicken (or Diana Ross)?

If it is just a parlor game, are the charlatons who do charge for it unethical?

If it is well established that hypnosis can be used to create strongly held false memories (most famously in discovering "repressed memories" of childhood sexual abuse and alien abduction), why is that not a more likely answer for recovered memories of past lives?

innerSpaceman · 02-04-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Even if reincarnation is real, it is statistically unlikely than any individual person now living had a string of previous lives

Huh?

Um, just what are the rules about reincarnation, Alex? How does that incarnation cap work exactly?

Gn2Dlnd · 02-04-2007, 09:54 AM

The word "charlatan" implies that the hypnotist (or psychiatrist, priest, chiropracter, dog whisperer, etc.) knows they're running a scam. If the person practicing a particular treatment believes in it and finds it useful, and the person receiving a particular treatment, whether or not they believe in it, walks away having received some benefit, would you consider that unethical? My roomate moved in as a smoker. He used hypnotherapy as an aid to quit smoking and it was successful. Was the hypnotherapist a charlatan? Was he unethical because he charged money? I'd have to say no. Whatever the hypnotherapists personal motives were, my roomate is much happier.

Your statement presumes that "unethical" or not, anyone who charges money for something you are skeptical about is a charlatan.

Don't worry. No one's going anywhere near your, or anyone else's, wallet on the LoT. Unless you want some cheese crisps.

02-03-2007, 04:37 PM	#1
thecorndogwalker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: east west hollywood Posts: 435	Okay.. its all good.. everyone has an opinon.. it was probably my original threadstarter.. (my first post) i was actually responding to people who were chatting with me on the other thread -(welcome the corndogwalker!) who were asking me questions about past life regression... In my original post i said it would be fun, responding to the fact that I do it with friends when we are hanging out.. (I believe it) But I dont care if someone does it... its different and exciting.. and i am not doing it for money... or looking to do it for money on this site.. I get that.. however.. i enjoy helping people and if someone really believes a certain procedure can help them change for the better and not really hurt themself. then by god lets do it... if there werent skeptics then the world would be boring place... plus the fact that i have a choice today to pick and choose things to enhance my spirituality doesnt hinder my belief system.. it just adds to it... so, when i said it was fun... it is... but isnt life fun?? __________________ MUTTONCHOPS!
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Hell, I totally believe in past lives, and that people cross each other's paths when they sometimes have "unfinished business" from one of those past lives. I like my beliefs - I'm happy with them, and they harm no one. Corndogwalker, I'd love to chat about it.
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02-03-2007, 08:34 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	So I had some questions about past life regression (as you offered in the first post). The mojo was nice, but I'd rather know the answers.
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02-03-2007, 11:37 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I love fantasizing about past lives stuff. It's great. There are definitely places I have been to for the first time that I have felt I have been before. There are also time periods that seem more comforting than this one to me. I'm interested. It sounds fun.
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02-04-2007, 12:35 AM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	While I completely believe in a thing akin to past lives and future lives, and constantly interacting with the same kindred "spirits" lifetime after lifetime ... I just doubt hypnosis's ability to tap into such a thing. Too many people turn out to have been Cleopatra, if you know what I'm sayin. I'd still love to try it, and see what happens. But if I'm not particularly interested in past lives and I don't want to quit smoking ... what other things can you do hypnotically, mr. corndogwalker?
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02-04-2007, 07:52 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Even if reincarnation is real, it is statistically unlikely than any individual person now living had a string of previous lives, so if, as some claim, the success rate (in properly conditioned subjects) is more than 80% where do those lives come from? When hypnotized and told to connect to an earlier life why is that result evidence of real events when being hyponized and told to act like a chicken (or Diana Ross) is not evidence that one was once a chicken (or Diana Ross)? If it is just a parlor game, are the charlatons who do charge for it unethical? If it is well established that hypnosis can be used to create strongly held false memories (most famously in discovering "repressed memories" of childhood sexual abuse and alien abduction), why is that not a more likely answer for recovered memories of past lives?
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02-04-2007, 09:54 AM	#10
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	The word "charlatan" implies that the hypnotist (or psychiatrist, priest, chiropracter, dog whisperer, etc.) knows they're running a scam. If the person practicing a particular treatment believes in it and finds it useful, and the person receiving a particular treatment, whether or not they believe in it, walks away having received some benefit, would you consider that unethical? My roomate moved in as a smoker. He used hypnotherapy as an aid to quit smoking and it was successful. Was the hypnotherapist a charlatan? Was he unethical because he charged money? I'd have to say no. Whatever the hypnotherapists personal motives were, my roomate is much happier. Your statement presumes that "unethical" or not, anyone who charges money for something you are skeptical about is a charlatan. Don't worry. No one's going anywhere near your, or anyone else's, wallet on the LoT. Unless you want some cheese crisps. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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