In Another Life.

On the flight back home from Italy, I read “Many Lives, Many Masters” by Brian L. Weiss M.D. from cover to cover. In between naps, I read on and on, literally couldn’t put it down. The funny thing is that I wasn’t even supposed to read this book, it just happened to be a book my husband took on the trip. It actually also happened to be the same book a cousin had recommended to me a couple years back, but I quickly shut down. At that time in my life, I was still very stuck in my views and the Catholic guilt forbid me from seeing things in another perspective. I think for myself now, I have developed my opinion on a number of things that before I would see as black or white. Thank God for growth, independence, and introspection. While I do still believe in God, I do not believe there is a single religion that is above the rest.

The book deals with the topic of hypnotherapy and the phenomena of past life regressions. The author is a reputable Psychiatrist, Yale graduate, former head of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida. A scholar and a skeptic, Weiss questioned the past-life accounts of his patient, and their influence on her recurring anxiety attacks and nightmares. After challenging her accounts and using public records to confirm them, Weiss was convinced that life after death can happen. That vessel of life that transcends is our soul.

Prior to reading this book, I had my wandering thoughts about what happens after death. I do believe in life after death but have wondered in what capacity or dimension we will be in. This book diminished my fear of death and reassured me that our story continues after this life, that element being our soul. It definitely sparked an interest in this topic and now I regard hypnotherapy as a possible effective tool in dealing with trauma. I would consider doing hypnotherapy or a past life regression if and only if it was with someone with the education such as Brian Weiss, in other words a doctor not some “spiritually enlightened” individual. There are twisted, evil people out there claiming to possess powers and gifts. I don’t mess with that, call me superstitious but just like good can be done on Earth, so can evil.

The book left me wondering the following:

In another life… what if I was part of some Northwest Native American tribe who considered Killer Whales as a symbol of power and strength. Native American tribes that include the Killer Whale as a clan animal are Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Kwakiutl. Perhaps that would explain my intense affinity to them.

In another life... what if I lived in Florence during the Renaissance and I was a writer/poet.

Call it a stretch lol, but that would explain my passion for writing and obsession with Orcas.

In any case, I know that our souls are infinite. I just pray and hope I am reunited with my loved ones in the next life.

The whole Yessie album by Jessie Reyez has been on repeat for the past couple days… and this one is hittin… (see what I did there?.. lol I’m a cornball I know..)

“Might be the point of no return but I swear that
I won't disappoint, because I'm sure that I'm supposed to be yours
Supposed to be yours
Finally we're grown and alone in the dark, what you wanna do?
Make a move and then you'll see
Ooh, fuck around and make you plead, uh
Slow baby
I'm gonna do, I'm gonna do you right, right”

Fav verse.