Life Is A Journey, Episode Six: Follow My Instinct

Welcome to Life is a Journey,

Detours included.

Hi,

I'm Reverend Janice Kreisler and I am excited to be sharing this time with you,

Where together we will explore the journey of the soul.

What if we were to take a detour down a road less travelled,

One called past lives?

What experiences would we uncover there?

Would these stories trigger something in your own cell memory?

Come along with me as together we discover Life is a Journey,

Detours included.

Welcome to Life is a Journey,

Detours included.

During this episode,

Follow My Instinct,

We will see how past life experiences can bring a sense of peace and contentment in this lifetime.

We will be looking at two past life regressions where the participants discovered what was missing in their lives today and how they began a search to find it.

Deep inside,

They knew they needed to find something,

Not sure what it was,

To make their lives today complete.

Too often we ignore that inner voice or gut feeling about what to do,

Where to go or even what to say.

We choose instead to hide behind our fears of what others will think,

Of not being worthy or not being in control and in the end we are left emotionally and spiritually unfulfilled.

Perhaps we have been raised or chosen to believe that we have no control over our life's destiny and instead follow the crowd,

Blocking out our own intuition and soul's purpose.

We find ourselves wandering aimlessly down a path that many may have travelled and yet we feel lost.

What is it that pulls us to travel in this direction and not another?

Well,

As I mentioned,

It can go back to our belief system.

There are those who feel that when they listen to our intuition we are following the devil,

While then on the other hand,

Depending on the message,

It could be an angel.

What if we took time to actually hear the voice,

Ask the questions,

Then make a judgement call on whether this was the voice of our own ego or our higher self?

What if we came to this world with a mission,

A contract of sorts that we wanted to fulfill this time around?

Our soul,

Our true essence,

Chose this physical body to use as a vessel to work through this life's journey.

The soul carries within it the mission statement.

Opportunities,

People and experiences happen along our trip and we have the ability to choose which path we take.

To help us,

Our higher self,

Our soul,

Will send us messages,

Feelings of caution,

Warning or encouragement to assist us in deciding on what to do or on what to leave until a later time.

It speaks only for the higher good of others and ourselves,

Never leading us into dangerous or unkind situations.

Our ego,

On the other hand,

Likes to step in and present fears.

Now there are times we need this.

It is our automatic defense mechanism that can heighten our senses in order to make us aware of any physical dangers.

All too often,

It will bring up our insecurities which,

If we allow them to,

Will prevent us from taking any form of chance,

Make changes or step out of our own way.

When we allow ourselves to be driven completely by the ego,

We can be left with regrets of not trying something new,

Living in the past and remorse from allowing relationships to be left behind from either those words unspoken or actions done out of anger.

What if the battle between good and evil starts within our own being,

Our ego and our higher self,

With us as the observer and ultimately the one to make the final choice on what words to speak and actions to take?

As energy,

Once we decide,

We are then emitting either positive or negative energy out into our families,

Community and eventually adding to the world's energy.

It all starts with our acknowledging that we hold within ourselves the roadmap for our soul's journey,

One that can have many detours and choices.

We are the ones who hold this information and we are the only ones who can decide what to do.

So why do we feel so empty,

So lost?

Is there some way that we can get back on course and feel as though we are the captain of our own ship,

So to speak?

Is there ever a time when it is too late to redirect our lives,

Our feelings,

Our thoughts?

One common question clients ask when they come to see me is,

Why is this happening to me?

This implies that they have no control over their life situation as they are admitting things are happening to them.

They fail to see any other option,

Which has led them to come for assistance on their journey.

In other words,

They knew to stop and ask directions.

I remind them that this is key to their answering this question.

It is the first step in discovering their mission.

I then invite them to ask themselves the same question,

Only putting the emphasis on other words.

Why is this happening to me?

The difference?

Now they are allowing themselves to objectively look at the situation in search of answers and in the belief of uncovering those very same answers.

It puts control and power back into their own hands,

Not as a victim to the words and actions of others.

Don't get me wrong,

There are certainly circumstances now and from their past that they did not have any physical control over.

However,

Recognizing that they are now in a situation where they can uncover and,

If needed,

Shed those things that are not serving their higher good at this moment in time,

In order that they can then more freely choose what direction they need to follow without guilt or remorse.

All our circumstances will change throughout our life cycle.

The way we think,

The actions we take,

Will evolve and grow if we allow them to.

I know myself that there are beliefs I had as a child,

Even as a young adult,

That I do not carry with me today.

However,

Those first impressions opened an inner dialogue from which I chose to ask questions.

Looking back,

I can see where I needed to grow,

To learn,

And to hear other people's stories in order to find and fulfill my mission.

What difference would it make in your life if you allowed yourself to ask questions,

Not of others,

But of yourself?

Seek your own truth and be willing to really see who you were,

Who you are,

And who you are to become.

Although it does not serve our life's journey to stay in the past,

It can be used as a very valuable tool to assist us in taking action today and making plans for tomorrow.

By remembering our past lives,

Our adventures there,

And more importantly,

How they made us feel,

We can learn from that.

Do we see the same thing happening today?

Do we wish for the same ending or something different?

Are there times when we need to go back in time and do some healing in order to release the chains of fear that are binding us now?

My client,

I will name Eve,

Found that she had all of this to do on her journey of the soul.

Eve came to me for a journey of the soul session in order to uncover her fear of small places and especially those that were dark.

We started her hypnosis with an age regression where she fondly remembered her childhood and especially her relationship with her mother and sister.

Talking about them brought a smile to her face while her whole body was obviously relaxed.

Eve,

I said,

We are going back to the life before this one.

Allow yourself to go back to a time that relates to your fear of small places and the dark.

Remember,

You are observing,

Not reliving this experience.

I also advise my clients of being the observer as we never know where they will be going or what could be happening to them or even who they were.

Eve goes back very easily into what she feels is the late 1800s in England's countryside near a small village.

It is a beautiful sunny summer's day.

Eve begins,

They call me Bethy.

My mother and I are busy carrying baskets and there is a flock of geese walking along with us.

We are heading to the nearby village.

I sense we are going there to the market.

She continues to describe how the people are dressed,

The hustle of the village and she feels,

Judging by the way everyone is dressed,

That they are all working class.

I then ask her to go to where she lives so we can find out more about her everyday life.

I live in a small mud and straw home with a thatch roof and a dirt floor.

I am the only child.

My father works out in the fields,

Putting in long hard days.

I don't go to school,

But instead I stay home to help my mother with the garden,

Gathering eggs and looking after the geese.

We live in one half of the building and the other half is a shelter for the animals.

We are very poor,

But as a child I don't know any different.

My parents love me and I love them.

Eve,

I ask,

Can you tell me what you look like?

She looks down her body and noticed at once that she had long brown pigtails.

One even had a ribbon on it.

This made her smile.

Her mother wears her long hair up in a bun.

She feels very happy here helping her mother.

Let's move ahead in time,

In this lifetime as Bethy,

And see how your life moves forward.

I directed her to move to another significant moment in time,

Which she did very easily.

My father is no longer with us.

He is gone.

I sense that he has left us to go off to war.

My mother and I are left all alone now and life is even harder without my father to work the fields and help with the animals.

She hesitates.

We have to sell the little that we own,

As we just cannot look after everything without father.

The expression on her face now changes.

The smile has left and her voice very shaky.

Now move forward again to another moment in this life to see how you and your mother manage.

I guided her gently forward in time.

Her expression definitely is now one of anxiety.

Her voice is quieter and a bit frightened.

I remind her once more that she is observing,

Not reliving this lifetime.

Can you describe to me what you see,

Where you are,

I ask.

We have no money at all and we are both very sad.

I am older but still a child.

I cannot see very well at all.

After a few moments in which I can tell she is searching to see something,

Eve then speaks.

We are in a small room,

Like a cellar.

My mother and I live here now.

After moving ahead in time again,

Eve realizes that her former self Bethy and her mother are living in an English poor house.

They are forced to work through the day but are not paid,

Nor are they allowed to leave this place.

Her mother becomes very sick and dies,

Leaving Bethy all alone in this space.

How do you get fed?

Is there a place you can go to,

I ask.

No,

I get fed here.

After I work I have to come back here and they push food,

Which is not very good,

Under my door.

I have to stay here because my father never comes back from the war.

I assume he died because he would never leave me here.

That is if he knew where I was.

I feel so very lonely.

I hate this dark place.

Eve begins moving her head from side to side,

Then repeats over and over again.

It is so dark here,

So dark,

So dark,

And so very,

Very cold.

I am dirty,

Cold,

Lonely,

And afraid.

It is so dark here,

So dark,

So dark,

And so very,

Very cold.

I am dirty,

Cold,

Lonely,

And afraid.

Oh,

It's so dark here,

So dark,

So dark,

And so very,

Very cold.

I am dirty,

I'm cold,

Lonely,

And afraid.

She stops,

Sighs,

Then sees herself as a young woman,

But still captive in this place.

Oh,

I never get out,

She quietly moans.

Eve can now recognize the same feeling today when her room is dark,

Or she has to go into a dark cellar or space.

She now knows she is feeling the memory of this experience.

In this lifetime,

She has felt joy as she did then with her relationship with her family.

Now it is time to let go of the loneliness and fear that are attached from the past life.

Bethy is now about to die in this dark and dreary place.

I guide Eve to imagine that she can go back in time as her present self and be with Bethy.

She takes with her a lit candle,

Which illuminates the space.

She sees herself lovingly stroking Bethy's forehead and telling her,

Everything is alright,

Bethy.

You are not alone.

Don't be afraid.

I have brought you light,

And I am here with you.

You are going to be okay.

You are going to be with your mother and father really soon,

And you will never be in the dark again.

You will never be afraid again.

Eve,

I softly began to guide her,

By helping Bethy,

You are also releasing your present day fear of this memory.

You are helping your previous self to make a peaceful transition,

And in doing so from this moment on,

You will no longer fear the dark.

I can feel the anxiety leave.

Bethy is at peace,

And so am I.

A few tears roll down her cheeks,

But a peaceful smile is now in her face as she lets me know that Bethy has died.

We move to another past life for Eve.

Here she states she was a native woman.

Again,

She was very happy with her life.

She sees herself standing on the edge of a cliff,

Looking out at a beautiful sunrise.

She smiles.

She cannot tell where exactly she is,

But the terrain is much like it is here in northern Canada.

Trees are the same and feels the same.

We are not living in tents or huts,

But rather in the caves here.

They are large enough for us and keep out the weather,

Which we need.

We all have our jobs to do.

The men hunt and the women gather the berries and grasses that we need.

I think we gather the firewood too.

Do you have a family?

I ask.

I have a husband who is a hunter.

No children.

I see the men coming back from hunting one day,

But they do not look happy.

I run to see them and I see that they are carrying my dead husband.

He was fatally speared while hunting.

It was an accident.

I'm not sure what we did with his body.

This was also very,

Very long ago.

Are you able to move ahead in this lifetime?

I ask.

Eve smiles again,

Seeing herself as an old woman now,

Sitting cross-legged on the edge of that very same cliff.

I seem to be reflecting on my life.

I didn't have children,

Yet I feel I was a wise woman who the others came to for help.

I was a mother that way.

The rest of the tribe came to me often for advice.

I know that today will be the day I die.

I will soon breathe my last breath.

I am okay with this.

I am ready.

I am very peaceful.

Eve described herself taking her last breath and watched as miraculously her spirit rises up from the body like a wisp of smoke,

Ascending,

Twirling,

And finally disappearing out of sight into the sky.

I was about to ask Eve to follow the spirit into the in-between space,

But stopped as I noticed how peaceful her expression had become,

How relaxed her physical body was,

And allowed her to free herself and connect with this peace.

After a few minutes,

I helped her to come back to this time and space,

Bringing this sense of peace with her.

Wow,

Two amazing stories to review.

Eve soon recognized where her fear of dark,

Small places came from and also could see where helping her previous self leave this world,

She was able to release the fear.

It brought her a sense of peace in both lifetimes.

She could see where in the earlier lifetime where she lived to be an older woman,

She had that peace.

She found contentment even though the loss of her husband and the joy of children through being a wise woman and nurturing to others in her tribe.

Intuitively,

She was seeking it.

Her higher self was leading her to find it and uncover it in her life today.

She had been married,

Very much in love,

But he died before they could have children.

However,

Her own sister passed and Eve became a mother-like figure to her niece and nephew.

Eve realized now that what her soul needed was to remember gratitude for those opportunities in her life and allow herself to feel this love and light now.

Eve began a meditation practice and came to several workshops and talks where she confided that the sense of peace that she was seeking had returned to her life.

She was learning to trust her inner voice and follow that path.

Every one of us search and long for peace,

Love and joy in our lives.

After all,

When was the last time anyone ever woke up and said,

I am way too happy today,

I better stop that so I am not joyful?

Never!

At the root of our desires is the need and longing to find pleasure,

Love and contentment with our lives and it gives us the motivation to move forward,

To want to try new things and the strength to face those things in our life that up to this point may have been very scary for us.

I will never forget the lessons I learned from someone whose path I kept crossing.

She was a jolly,

Happy soul who was giving and loving of life and loved her family.

We had a mutual respect and liking of one another,

Although we did not spend a lot of time together,

But rather our paths would cross and have meaning every few years.

So it was,

I had not seen Jean for about four years.

During this time I had gone ahead and started up my service mindful journey.

I was at a local wellness show to promote my business and that was when I looked up and saw Jean standing at my table.

That was when I realized that we seemed to meet up every few years so now there must be something we needed to share.

Of course I asked Jean how she was and what was going on in her life.

She explained that she had advanced breast cancer and was deciding on a holistic treatment rather than the conventional methods available.

I provided her with some recommendations of practitioners I knew and respected and we chatted about my services too.

I invited her to come for tea and a chat as my friend if she would like.

A few months passed and I decided to call Jean up and see how things were going for her.

She asked if she could come for a past life regression as well as a Reiki session.

Well of course!

By this time Jean's cancer was well advanced.

She knew there was no going back and had chosen to let things take their course rather than suffering the side effects that she felt she would have from treatments.

Her family was not all that responsive to this and it was causing a lot of stress upon Jean.

I understand where they are coming from,

Meaning her family's concerns.

I don't know how to explain it but I intuitively know this is what I need to do and what I need to be doing at this time.

But I need to find something,

Yet I am so unsure of what that is.

There is something I am missing or longing for and I want to see if a past life can bring light to this.

Jean and I talked some more about there may be something in the past that was not yet resolved and she agreed to any healing work that may need to be done to be done.

Jean relaxed very quickly and her journey to a past lifetime was on its way.

Can you tell me what you were experiencing now Jean?

I asked.

This time I noticed that her expression was one of someone looking around and sensing their space.

Jean began,

I live on the outskirts of a small village.

I feel it could be what is now Mexico or some Central American country.

It feels like a long time ago.

I have a mud and stone hut,

Windows but no glass and a thatch roof.

I can see jungle type trees,

You know,

Palms and such nearby.

It's very hot here.

Do you live alone?

What is your age and gender?

I ask.

I am a girl,

Likely 12 to 13 years old.

I live with my family in this hut.

I am very happy here,

With my lifestyle,

Maybe because I know no other but I think it goes deeper than that.

My family is very kind,

Loving and supportive of me.

I feel as though there is something about me.

I am somehow different,

For lack of a better word,

Than my siblings.

I could tell by her expression that she truly was happy here,

Very calm.

She then went on to say that she had her chores to do like the others in the community and in her family.

As I asked her to move forward in time,

She replied,

I cannot go too far ahead.

But that's okay.

What do you mean you cannot go ahead?

I asked.

I am sick and know that I will soon die.

The healers have done all they can.

I don't know what my illness is but it appears to be something that my parents and family and me have known for some time.

I wait a moment and ask,

How does this knowledge make you feel?

Are you afraid?

Jean takes a moment and replies in a soft voice,

No,

There is no fear.

I actually feel peace.

I have known this time would come and I was ready.

My family has been kind,

Understanding and nothing was hidden from me.

I took each day as a gift,

Lived it and now I can go in peace.

Without being guided,

Jean witnessed her death and rather than fear or worried,

She smiled.

Her body relaxed as she felt and saw this peacefulness and sense of calm in her former self.

It was as though she was embracing it and allowing it to come into her life today.

As I was bringing Jean out of hypnosis,

I suggested that she hold on to this sense of peace and joy in her life today.

Use it as she made her decision about her life.

Instantly,

Upon coming out of hypnosis,

Jean exclaimed,

That is what I'm looking for.

I had it and forgot it in this lifetime.

What is it that you forgot,

Jean?

I asked.

Peace.

I need to find that peace again,

She replied.

Jean left me thinking about how important finding our sense of peace and joy is in everyone's life and at any time in our life,

But especially important when we realize our death is coming soon.

I would visit Jean in the weeks to come,

Then one day Jean called me to say,

I wanted you to know I found what I was looking for.

I found my peace.

Thank you.

Jean passed away within the next two weeks and at her service I shared those words with her daughter that Jean had found peace in the hope it would bring her also a sense of peace in the days ahead.

Both Eve and Jean knew intuitively they needed to find something and in both cases it was peace,

Closure,

And the feeling of inner joy that their higher self was leading them to discover.

The answers for them could be found in seeing a past life where they had this gift and then allowing that same peace to come into their life today.

Only they could make this happen.

We are all on our own trip on this little blue planet and contain within ourselves a road map and directions that will lead up,

Down,

Around,

Many a crooked road,

Mountain and seashore.

What if we have actually traveled this path before?

Wouldn't it be beneficial to learn from our past life experiences?

Perhaps there are lessons we can now learn so that we can move forward and then we can begin a new phase of our soul's journey.

Every day offers a new adventure,

A new lesson to be learned and if we allow it,

Evolution of our mind,

Body and spirit.

What is your path?

Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone and explore emotionally,

Physically and or spiritually what life has to offer you?

Why wait?

Be willing to check out every opportunity,

Believe that you are endless possibilities and get ready to explore,

Live and create all that this life has to offer you.

Remember,

It is in those side trips that take you down an unfamiliar path where you will find the most adventures.

So get ready,

Set and go!

Life is a journey,

Detours included.