Michael Hathaway - The Complete Idiots Guide to Discovering Your Past Lives, 2nd Edition

Past lives was a subject that I had little knowledge of during my childhood and young adult years. It was never part of the conversation at our dining room table and certainly not a topic in the Baptist church I attended as a teen. It didnt even come across my radar screen until I was hired to play piano for a stage hypnosis show. Then I was hooked! I had to learn this magic power! A psychologist friend, Dr. Donald Orsillo, loaned me a couple books on the subject, and I was on my way. I became very interested in ghost hunting and started using hypnosis as a tool to contact the unseen. The idea of past lives began to creep into the picture, but I was still unsure how it fit with my traditional beliefs at the time.

Then a car hit me the summer of 1989 while I was crossing the street (in a crosswalk). Even though I didnt recall going through a tunnel to the other side, I was a different person afterward. I was still alive, and I knew that there must be an assignment left for me on Earth. I began to receive insights and became aware that I had a very special team to guide me. After all, I was obsessed with walking a year before I was hurt, doing up to 10 miles a day. I believe now that I was training for the accident and my life change.

In the process of my studies of hypnosis, I learned about Edgar Cayce, and on a chance visit to the Association of Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I had an encounter with an old man who brought me face to face with the subject of past lives. He was in the library, and it seemed that he was waiting for me. Besides telling me about the workings of the library and Cayce, he insisted that I take a small booklet by a Jesuit priest written in the early 1900s that contained reincarnation information that had been removed from the Bible by the early Catholic church. All of a sudden I knew that there was much more to life than I had thought. The hologram, or second view, in my unconscious mind had been opened. Since that time, my life has been filled with the insights that many gifted and talented psychic people bring me. In one of my ancient lifetimes I was a strong and powerful ruler who misused his abilities for self-gain. Perhaps we knew each other then. I really believe that this book holds something special for you within its covers, which will help you if you so choose to become in tune again with a part of your soul thats waiting to be rediscovered.

How to Use This Book

The Complete Idiots Guide to Discovering Your Past Lives, Second Edition, is divided into five parts:

Part 1, Echoes from the Past, starts your journey through this book by helping you to become aware of the echoes from your past that may already have been calling to you through your unconscious mind. As you begin to prepare for your journey back in time, you will get an overview of what different cultures believe about reincarnation, learn about Edgar Cayce, and discover how to put yourself in a relaxing image trance.

Part 2, Peeking Through the Veil, prepares you to look through the thin shroud that has thus far hidden your view into your past lives. You will learn how you naturally experience a trance, how your mind works, how to find your comfort zone, and what it is like to visit a past life discovery specialist. You will also find out how children easily remember past life experiences.

Part 3, Preparing for the Adventure, helps you learn what to expect during a past life discovery journey and how to identify karma. You will practice keeping yourself grounded using your belief and your inner and outer guidance systems. You will begin to create your past life travel plan and learn how to use your mental DNA to get the best images while you are there.

Part 4, Going Through the Window, shows you several different techniques to help you have the best past life experience possible. Then you will travel back in time and learn how to get the most out of the information you collected. You will be shown how to resolve the karma that may have accompanied you when you entered this lifetime.

Part 5, Updating Your Past, shows you how to identify and update the abilities and talents you developed during a past lifetime. You may even want to visit a future lifetime or see what it is like between lifetimes. Finally, you will see how your past can be a very important part of your present and your future.