The Life Between Lives - Dr. Michael Newton

[Danny_D]

Michael Newton is a California state-certified Master Hypnotherapist, a member of the American Counseling Association and founder of The Newton Institute. He is an author of books on past life regression. Atypically, the emphasis in his style of regression is not on prior lives themselves but rather on episodes taking place between them, such as spiritual progress reviews and the planning of future incarnations.

Books

* Journey of Souls
* Destiny of Souls
* Travellers' Tales
* Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression

Heres a youtube video on how he got started in this

Just finished reading Destiny of souls. Very interesting, highly recommend it.

Would love to hear hes interview on Skeptico.

[Breanainn]

Delurking lurker here.
I can probably guess the average responses from most people across the board and it mostly comes down to how reliable a means of accessing memories hypnosis is regarded.

Believers: It's all true.

Undecided: Interesting if the memories are genuine but entirely unfalsifiable.

Skeptics: Confabulated balls.

[majinrevan666]

I've read his books.
I find them to be very engaging, but there's a part that bothers me.
The souls, or higher selves, seem to act like parasites of some kind.
With the human being the host, they just make it serve their will.
I'm not sure of what to make of that.

[Danny_D]

Originally Posted by Breanainn

I can probably guess the average responses from most people across the board and it mostly comes down to how reliable a means of accessing memories hypnosis is regarded.

Believers: It's all true.

Undecided: Interesting if the memories are genuine but entirely unfalsifiable.

Skeptics: Confabulated balls.

Yes, ofcourse people will question how reliable hypnosis is and they should, but thats beside the point. What makes it interesting is the consistency of the hundreds of reports.

[Danny_D]

Originally Posted by majinrevan666

I've read his books.
I find them to be very engaging, but there's a part that bothers me.
The souls, or higher selves, seem to act like parasites of some kind.
With the human being the host, they just make it serve their will.
I'm not sure of what to make of that.

Heh

To me that sounds kinda backwards....
Arent you the soul, the "thing" that experiences the body?

[majinrevan666]

Originally Posted by Danny_D

Heh

To me that sounds kinda backwards....
Arent you the soul, the "thing" that experiences the body?

I suppose so, but I didn't quite manage to understand that part.
I think that, according to the hypnosis sessions, I'm a hybrid of a soul and
a human.
The question is, where does the human itself go? Or is it just a vehicle
that can't really feel anything?

[Ariannel]

Originally Posted by majinrevan666

I suppose so, but I didn't quite manage to understand that part.
I think that, according to the hypnosis sessions, I'm a hybrid of a soul and
a human.
The question is, where does the human itself go? Or is it just a vehicle
that can't really feel anything?

I've read both Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls about three times each and I still am a little fuzzy on that. My understanding is that the human is just the body, not the thinking part of us. I think that each body can be a little different for the soul to inhabit based on it's genes. So, for example, if my soul is naturally excitable and fiery, but I choose a body who's genes are programmed for docility then I may not be as tempermental as I would be in the body of someone who has more aggressive genes.

That's how I took it when the subjects were talking about the different "personalities" of the human body. Because, I believe, he asks one of the patients what a human would be like without the soul and they say something like the human would be very primal and instinctual.

[majinrevan666]

Originally Posted by Ariannel

That's how I took it when the subjects were talking about the different "personalities" of the human body. Because, I believe, he asks one of the patients what a human would be like without the soul and they say something like the human would be very primal and instinctual.

Right, but the real question is whether it would be conscious, that is would he be something like a robot or not.

[Ariannel]

Originally Posted by majinrevan666

Right, but the real question is whether it would be conscious, that is would he be something like a robot or not.

Yes, that's the question. In the books, they allude to animals even having souls, even though they're not the same kind as us (souls that inhabit humans). So, what would it look like for a living thing not to have a soul? Would it be like.... mice? Like.... insects? Like.... plantlife? I don't know.

I think I know where you're going with this because I asked myself the same question. When I die, is it me that will survive or some other being that just hitched a ride and experienced my experiences with me? I personally think that it is me that will survive. The person that's sitting right here at this computer questioning souls and consciousness is the soul that will survive. There is no other "me".

[Danny_D]

Originally Posted by Ariannel

I think I know where you're going with this because I asked myself the same question. When I die, is it me that will survive or some other being that just hitched a ride and experienced my experiences with me? I personally think that it is me that will survive. The person that's sitting right here at this computer questioning souls and consciousness is the soul that will survive. There is no other "me".

I think part of what we think of as "I" will actually die with the body.
The ego or mind, or what ever you want the call it. Those primal insticts, such as fear and anger might go with the body. Dont see that as a bad thing

Would recommend reading Eckhart Tolle's books "The power of now" or "New earth". He also has a selection of recording from his sessions. You can download them if you know where to look....If you liked Newtons books, I'm sure you will love Eckhart Tolles work.