Questions and Answers

The following questions and answers are selected from the 112 most frequently asked questions found in chapter 20 of the book.

  1. Is there proof of reincarnation in the bible?
  2. What are the benefits of past-life therapy and of being regressed?
  3. Do you believe there is a purpose why we reincarnate, and how long will it take to fulfill it?
  4. Can the existence of spiritual survival after death and reincarnation be proven?
  5. Doesn't the belief in reincarnation conflict with a belief in God?
  6. If we've lived before, why don't we remember our past lives without being regressed?
  7. What exactly is Karma?
  8. What happens to people who condemn others?
  9. Is having a past-life reading the same as being regressed?
  10. What were we before we began to incarnate?
  11. What do people mean when they talk about old and new souls?
  12. Is one race any more spiritually evolved than another?
  13. Did you say we have lived other places besides Earth?
  14. Have you ever regressed anyone into one of their alien lives when they visited Earth?
  15. Does the soul's gender switch have anything to do with homosexuality?
  16. Do we choose our parents before we incarnate?
  17. How does committing suicide affect our future lives?
  18. Have you ever encountered an evil soul?
  19. Do we know others in this lifetime whom we've known before?
  20. Can a person die and reincarnate into the same family of which he was previously a member?
  21. Do you believe there is one special soul for each of us?
  22. Do you speak a foreign language during regression?
  23. How can we tell if our mission on Earth is finished?

1. Is there proof of reincarnation in the bible?

If you believe that Jesus is the Christ than you must also believe in reincarnation.

According to the bible Jesus could not be the Messiah if reincarnation did not exist.

In MALACHI 4:5 Behold I will send you ELIJAH the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. This scripture is followed up by MATTHEW 3:11 (John the Baptist is speaking) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I’m not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.

Matthew 17:10-12 And the disciples asked him (Jesus) saying, Why than say the scribes that Elias(Elijah) must first come?

And Jesus answered; Elias truly must first come and restore all things. But I say unto you that Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done to him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake of John the Baptist( who had been beheaded).

John 4:25-26 The woman saith unto him (Jesus) I know that the Messiah cometh which is called Christ: when he is come he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

Jesus also referred to reincarnation when his disciples asked him if a blind from birth because of his sin. JOHN 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither had this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. JOHN 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.


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2. What are the benefits of past-life therapy and of being regressed?

Although there are many, the main reason most people come to me is because they hope to find solutions to present-life problems. Most people are unaware of what's happening at soul level because past- life experiences are similar to a to a giant jigsaw puzzle of which only a small part can be seen at one time. Often, through regression, they can discover what happened in the past to create their present problems. Once this is known, they do whatever is necessary to neutralize the cause. The cause(s) invariably originates either in this life or in one or more from the past. Through regression, one also becomes aware that our Earthly scenarios only are parts of a continuum instead of a series of random chance beginnings and tragic endings. From this perspective, it is easier to see and better appreciate our interplay with others as well as accept the responsibility for our experiences. One, soon realizes there are no accidents, no chance encounters, no irrevocable mistakes, no villains and no victims---only performances. Then, too, regression is one more way of knowing yourself more completely


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3. Do you believe there is a purpose why we reincarnate, and how long will it take to fulfill it?

I'll go along with Albert Camus who once said, "Reincarnation appears to be the eternal game of the soul through which it does whatever it has decided to do." Also, I personally believe that the ultimate purpose of any incarnation is to be true to oneself. Follow your love, satisfy your dreams and, above all, be yourself. An axiom to live by is: "YOU be YOU, (UBU), whatever YOU is." If your soul had intended for you to be someone else other than who you are, it would have incarnated as that person in the first place. Give yourself room to be you and do not compare yourself to others. Honor who you are! Always remember, "To thine own self be true". The cost of trying to be like everyone or anyone else is too high. To the second part of your question, let me just say, if you incarnate to do something, eventually you will do it! There is no such thing as unfinished business.


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4. Can the existence of spiritual survival after death and reincarnation be proven?

No. There is certainly there is no "hard", materialistic, or scientific evidence to prove survival after death. However, the fact that we can explore our past lives would certainly indicate that, as souls, we survive. There also are countless accounts of people being visited by departed souls. As I mention in the book, departed loved ones have visited many of my clients during regression. By its nature, personal experience is subjective; and therefore, never will pass the test of scientific scrutiny. Nevertheless, there is far more anecdotal evidence supporting the pre-existence of the soul, and survival after death than there is to prove the existence of Heaven, Hell or evolution.

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5. Doesn't the belief in reincarnation conflict with a belief in God?

Not at all. If anything, it puts God in a much kinder, gentler and far more fair and merciful position than the one He now occupies in most mainstream Western religions. The Law of Karma, which operates through reincarnation, places all responsibility for what happens to an individual on the person as Spiritual Beings/souls rather than on God. We and we alone, have created all of our curses just as we have earned all of our blessings somewhere along the way. God has nothing to do with it except to make all things possible. If it were otherwise, we would have no free will.


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6. If we've lived before, why don't we remember our past lives without being regressed?

As Spiritual Beings, we usually choose to forget our past lives, as they might be very confusing. There are, however, countless people who have recalled their former lives spontaneously at an early age. This is especially common if they were born into cultures, which do not suppress, ridicule or condemn the belief in reincarnation, but rather accept it.


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7. What exactly is Karma?

As I understand it, it's the spiritual equivalent of The Law of Cause and Effect. Its principle guarantees that "What you sow, you will reap"


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8. What happens to people who condemn others?

We become exactly what we condemn in others, especially if it's for something they can't help such as: a physical deformity, nationality, race, sexual persuasion, etc. For example, in one of my lives I condemned and persecuted people for believing in reincarnation. Now, look what I do. "What goes around comes around.


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9. Is having a past-life reading the same as being regressed?

No, not any more than is watching a movie of a couple making love, the same as making love. Therein lies the difference. The psychic reader may be able to view and tell the person all about his past events, but that isn't the same as experiencing them through regression. Using my non-hypnotic technique, the regressee is able to slip into his former body and relive his former life as a first-person experience. He experiences the same emotions he felt in his former life. (Only an awareness of physical pain is present—not the pain itself.) This is quite different from just being told who you were and what happened to you in a former incarnation.


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10. What were we before we began to incarnate?

Over the years I routinely have asked my regressees to go back to the first time they became aware of being anything; to the first moment they thought of themselves as "I AM." Once they reached that point, I asked them, "What or who are you now?" Without exception, the answer always was, "I am Light." Each person described having the sensation of being aware of everything, while at the same time, knowing nothing; of recognizing his own individuality but without any sensation of "apartness." Each felt that he was a part of everything that existed, and everything that existed was a part of him.


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11. What do people mean when they talk about old and new souls?

I believe they're usually referring to the number of times a soul has reincarnated rather than to the actual age of the soul. My research definitely indicates all souls are ageless and therefore, have existed forever. Some have reincarnated on Earth more often than others have. That doesn't mean they are any older. It just means they're more experienced at messing up themselves and their lives.


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12. Is one race any more spiritually evolved than another?

From what I have determined, spiritual evolution is an individualized process totally unrelated to race, sex or nationality. I have found no evidence to indicate one race is spiritually better than another. If the real truth were known, the majority of us believe that the most spiritually evolved race is the one to which we currently belong.


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13. Did you say we have lived other places besides Earth?

I did. More than ninety-eight percent of my clients have acknowledged having "lived" in other galaxies or dimensions either before or after beginning their reincarnation cycles here on Earth. Yet, they now all appear to be quite normal humans. If there is anything to their accounts, and I believe there is, as Spiritual Beings we are truly citizens of a living Universe, functioning within the context of many realities besides those of Earth. As Jesus said, "In my Father's house, there are many rooms" (John, 14:2 [Lasma, Holy Bible])


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14. Have you ever regressed anyone into one of their alien lives when they visited Earth?

Yes. Several times. The earliest such incarnation occurred about 2,000 years ago when my client, then an alien, crashed his vehicle in the Amazon Jungle. In most of these ex-alien cases they merely flew by Earth. From their descriptions, their crafts/spaceships appeared as saucer-like vehicles similar to what we now call a UFO.


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15. Does the soul's gender switch have anything to do with homosexuality?

Absolutely not! From what I've seen, the tendency to switch sex has very little or nothing to do with one's present sexual orientation. Homosexuality appears to be a matter of choice, not chance.


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16. Do we choose our parents before we incarnate?

Yes, and they in turn choose to invite or allow us to incarnate into their family. All concerned parties prior to the birth of the person make these choices at soul level. I must add, these arrangements are not always made with everyone's best intentions. Sometimes souls incarnate to "get even" with one or both of its parents; however, the contrary is true just as often.


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17. How does committing suicide affect our future lives?

That depends on how it was accomplished, the reasons for committing the act and the person's frame of mind at the time. Regardless of the reasons, however, the victim will take whatever feelings he experienced at the time of his death with him into a future life. Sooner or later, the soul will have to deal with those very same feelings and their causes again. As you might have guessed, suicide doesn't stop anything. It's more like a time-out. When someone commits suicide in order to avoid dealing with an unpleasant situation, his soul simply takes a break until the same type of situation presents itself again in a future life. Almost everyone I've regressed, who committed suicide in a past life, regrets having done so.


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18. Have you ever encountered an evil soul?

At its highest spiritual level, I don't believe any soul is intrinsically evil. However, during regression, I've certainly worked with souls that easily could be thought of as evil because they were so encrusted with hatred, rage and fear. But once these unbelievingly ravaging forces were released, the souls in question ceased to act in "evil" ways. An evil soul might be described as one that knowingly and deliberately causes another harm or to hurt in some way.


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19. Do we know others in this lifetime whom we've known before?

I've yet to regress anyone who hasn't known at least one person with whom he has been acquainted in a former incarnation. Usually, most of us have known one of our parents, a family member, our first lover, our best friend, a most treacherous enemy and so on.


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20. Can a person die and reincarnate into the same family of which he was previously a member?

Yes, and it happens far more often than one might think.


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21. Do you believe there is one special soul for each of us?

Yes, there are souls with whom we have romantic appointments to keep. For you, there may be only one during this entire incarnation, but for others there may be many. Let me put your mind at ease. If you have an appointment to meet your soulmate in this life, or to continue with what you were doing in the past, nothing on Earth can or will keep you apart. You will find each other, no matter what. Where the relationship goes from there depends largely upon what the two of you have agreed previously.


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22. Do you speak a foreign language during regression?

Not with my process, but it is possible if the regressionist uses deep hypnosis.


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23. How can we tell if our mission on Earth is finished?

As Richard Bach wrote in his book, Illusions, "If you're still alive, it isn't."


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