Douglas De Long - Past Lives for Beginners: A Guide to Reincarnation & Techniques to Improve Your Present Life

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Past Lives for Beginners: A Guide to Reincarnation & Techniques to Improve Your Present Life 2013 by Douglas De Long.

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First e-book edition 2013

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contents

All About Reincarnation

Reincarnation and Past-Life Regression

Angels, Spirit Guides, and Past-Life Regression

Meditative Techniques That Encourage Past-Life Recall

Past-Life Recall Techniques

More Advanced Past-Life Recall Techniques

Examples of Past-Life Recall

Children and Past-Life Recall

Astral Travel and Past-Life Recall

Dying, Death, and Past-Life Regression

Releasing Emotional Pain with Past-Life Regression

Making an Appointment with a Past-Life Therapist

introduction

F or more than twenty-five years, I have been a past-life therapist. I have regressed more than a thousand individuals during that time. Through it all I have met many unique characters who have explored their respective past lives and blessed me with the opportunity to help each of them on their own spiritual journeys.

My wife, Carol, and I founded the De Long Ancient Mystery School in Saskatoon, Canada, almost fifteen years ago. It was our intention then, as it still is now, to help others awaken their true psychic and spiritual potential within. We teach psychic development classes and ancient healing techniques, and provide spiritual counseling and energy healing for people in the area. Past-life therapy has always been one of the many services that is provided through our unique school. People have come from far and wide to take our classes and to explore their past lives through therapy.

I have used my reputation as an international author to promote our school along with the services that we provide. We have traveled throughout Canada and the United States in order to reach and teach people seeking to explore their gifts and enhance their spirituality. Reincarnation has always been one of the most fascinating subjects that many of our students and clients show intense interest in. Exploring a previous lifetime is one of the most powerful tools that can be used by someone to understand their true self.

Between radio and television interviews, book signings, article writing, and teaching classes, I have been able to work at what I love to do. I strongly believe that I am following my path, my life purpose. At our mystery school, we continue to help others on their spiritual journeys.

I live in a medium-sized city in Western Canada. Many of the people living here neither embrace nor explore their spirituality. In fact, as a past-life therapist living here, many of the residents I meet feel uncomfortable with the type of work that I do. For many people, reincarnation is a subject that they do not believe in. Others may believe in reincarnation but do not wish to pursue this fascinating phenomenon. This attitude shown toward my work only stiffens my resolve to follow the path I am on. The more people I can help to explore their own past lives, the better I feel about what I do and what I strongly believe in.

It is my hope and intention to help you recall many of your past lives. At the same time, I want to assist you in developing your potential psychic and spiritual gifts. These gifts allow you to access even more information about your previous embodiments on Earth. When you explore a past life, you can heal the past, change the present, and affect your future in a more positive way. Our traits, our characteristics, our idiosyncrasies, and our unexplained physical as well as emotional pains can sometimes be traced back to previous incarnations. Some of our gifts that we have are brought forward from the past. For instance, the 14 th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatzo, both the head of state and spiritual leader of Tibet, most likely came back into a physical body with the knowledge and information he had from a previous lifetime.

As a child, I would often see visions or memories from some of my past lives. I would be fascinated by certain time periods and regions of the world. For instance, watching movies about ancient Egypt and reading anything that I could in regard to this wondrous civilization became a mild obsession on my part. In my mind, I could envision the scenery of that area, including the mighty Nile with palms trees blowing gently in the warm breeze. Even the smell of exotic flowers and others scents from that ancient land would be very real to me in this lifetime. It is this fascination with my previous lifetimes that has influenced me greatly and placed me onto the special path that I follow. It encourages me to guide others to explore their own past lives as well.