Akashic Record Reading vs Past Life Regression
June 7, 2009 by Akemi

Back in December, I had a chance to have a hypnotherapy for past life regression from a therapist who took workshops with Brian Weiss. As you know, I read people’s Akashic Records that often involves looking into their past lives, so this was quite an experience.
Which is a better way to learn about your past life, past life regression therapy or Akashic Record Reading? I think there are pros and cons to both approaches.
(For those of you who have been reading this blog faithfully — this was before my Ascension soul shift in mid January. So at that time, I had my first soul with past incarnations.
) (Photo by mattieb)
Difference of your investment
With hypnotherapy, you need to be with the therapist real time, either physically in her office or talking with her over the phone. And one session may or may not get to the core of the issue — in my case, she could regress me only to my childhood, not my past life. She acknowledged this is quite typical, that you’d need several sessions to go back to your past lives. So you will be investing significant amount of your time and money with past life regression therapy.
With my Akashic Record Reading, I don’t need my clients to be with me when I do the actual reading so I do it by myself. I have certain criteria for the first comprehensive profile reading. I check if major energetic issues such as curses, spells, contracts, etheric implants, negative entity involvement, chakra damages, etc. etc. are in the client’s Akashic Records, and when I find any, I go back and see when and how it started. It may or may not stem from past lives. I gather all the relevant information, write the report, and then set up the phone session so that I can explain my findings to my clients. My actual work takes one to several hours, but the phone session is about 40 to 50 minutes. (I don’t charge by the time because I believe the value of the reading is in its accuracy and usefulness.)
Difference of directness of the past life experience
So I myself didn’t get to my past life in this hypnotherapy session, but if I did, the experience would have been very direct, as described in the books by Brian Weiss and Michael Newton. On the other hand, my clients of Akashic Record Reading don’t directly experience their past lives. Some start recalling their past lives using my reading as a cue, but that is not part of my service.
I think this is a significant difference, for better or worse. Let me explain by example. In one of my past life, I was persecuted. It was a time of religious conflicts, and I was demanded to either change my faith or die. I sticked to my belief, which resulted in traumatic death that caused some energetic issues.
I never consciously remembered this past life, but I could observe the effects. For instance, even though I was comfortable in public speaking when the audience was up to about 100 (I used to be a teacher), I got really nervous and almost scared when the crowd was larger. And I really HATED being held down even in horseplay.
In Akashic Record Reading, the past life experience is indirect. You just hear me explain what happened and how it’s affecting you today.
In past life regression therapy, the past life experience is direct. You would recall what happened in a dramatic, immediate way.
I guess there is something about vivid recollection. For one, you would have less doubt. With the indirect experience of Akashic Record Reading, the only way you recognize it as true is your feeling of resonance.
So if you want to hear the roaring scream of the thousands of crowd as you look down at them from the stage, or being tied to the stalk, you’d want hypnotherapy. If you just want the skinny of the critical past life experiences, choose Akashic Record Reading.
Difference in clearing work
Both the past life regression and my Akashic Record Reading aim to clear the energetic issues that affect the clients to this day. (There seem to be Akashic Record reader who only read the Akashic Records and don’t do clearing, so please make sure about this point if you are interested in getting a reading.) The way of clearing, however, is different.
My hypnotherapist explained that her clearing comes from the understanding of the past life. For example, when you understand that your fear of the big crowd is caused by the persecution in past life, you understand that was only in the past. You are living in the now and no one is after you to persecute you. So please feel relieved.
In my Akashic Record Reading, I do specific clearing work. The work depends on the kind of energetic issue, but typically, I get my clients involved by assigning them homework. It’s a simple work, but works very well.
Difference in credibility
Professional hypnotherapists are usually trained in the conventional psychotherapy as well. I understand this provides a sense of assurance to some people. With Akashic Record Reading, you are dealing with a psychic — there is no publicly accredited license.
In both cases, you might want to read the testimonials the practitioner has on their website, or even better, talk with someone who has worked with the practitioner you are considering to work with.
Bonus You Tube video
Here is a boy who just remembers his past life, which was trackable.
Do you have any questions about past life and reincarnation? Please share in the comments!
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My partner Karen does channeling, which can be about past life issues, and she’s worked with me a few times. I find that it’s really helpful when it’s past life issues that are affecting me. One time was when I had chronic, close to dibilitating back pain. She went back into a life where I was impaled by a raiding knight in medieval europe, severing the spinal cord and left to die over the next few days. Something emotionally resonated, then let go, and yes, things improved. Not magically, as there were physical things to work through as well, but now I pretty much don’t notice my back.
I haven’t worked with you but I’m sure you have similar stories.
The caviat is that discernment is need to see when it is a past life issue. Not everything is. The problem with all healing modalities is that not everything works for everyone – which is why it’s good to learn to use your intuition. There’s even lots of different frequencies of energy healing.
Hi Akemi – I tried past life regression but only using a book myself. I found it better to have an Akashic Record reading with you because it helped me to improve the life I’m living now. The regression just showed things that might have happened to me in the past.
Matthew,
Hey, it’s been a while since I talked with you. I’m glad you are doing well.
The soul condition and memories affect us physically, mentally and emotionally. I’ve had clients with certain physical conditions that were linked to past life experience, like yours was.
You are right that each person is different. We are blessed with various modalities and be able to make informed decision in our choices.
Cath,
Self hypnosis is just as good. And you are right, the potential pitfall of past life regression is it may not lead to healing. I’ve had clients who have had past life regression therapy but couldn’t figure out how all the experiences related to their current life. In that case, it only satisfies the curiosity.
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