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An American psychiarist Dr Weiss (think thats how its spelt) will be 'regressing' people later this year as a form of entertainment at $600 a go, or is that for the viewers?

He is a hypnotist who also claims to progress people into future lives, so they can be prepared;hardly annata.

To me this is sick and psychologically dangerous stuff.

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An American psychiarist Dr Weiss (think thats how its spelt) will be 'regressing' people later this year as a form of entertainment at $600 a go, or is that for the viewers?

He is a hypnotist who also claims to progress people into future lives, so they can be prepared;hardly annata.

To me this is sick and psychologically dangerous stuff.

Hi Murchovski;

I'm not sure what the work of a psychiatrist has to do with annata. I think Weiss genuinely believes he's onto something. But I must admit that this is definitely a new twist for me in the saga of Brian Weiss. I admit that I haven't followed him in recent years.

Weiss is a Yale Medical School grad and is Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. I've lived there; that's a very good hospital. He claims to have had a traditional psychiatric practice and no belief in reincarnation until he began using hypnosis as one of his treatment modalities for certain patients, and found that they were discussing what appeared to be very different kinds of experiences than might be possible in New York in the late 20th century (like the woman with a fear of water who recalled drowning in the Seine a few hundred years ago). He claims that his skepticism eroded as one of the patients appeared to know things about Weiss' own dead relatives that only family members might have known.

He wrote a book about his treatment experiences called "Many Lives, Many Masters". I've read it. I wasn't persuaded by the book; however it contains some interesting cases. I suppose I was hoping that the people who claimed to have been Egyptian servants, or whatever, speak Egyptian or use obscure terminology for implements that, through later research was found to be correct. Something like that.

$600 for a psychiatrist in NYC for 2 hours is probably average. I'm basing that on $200 or so for a 40 minute session. I'm not sure how long it takes to do these regressions. I have no intention of ever doing one. If I experience anything like this in deep meditation then I'll deal with it at that time.

As for this being sick and dangerous, well, I'm not sure what "progressing" entails or what it really means, if anything. According to Weiss, neither is he. In fairness to Dr. Weiss, here's a quote from his book on this subject (I haven't read it and don't intend to):
That the future is flexible and that we will be present in that future are the concepts that are addressed in this book. Compassion, empathy, nonviolence, patience, and spirituality are life lessons we must all learn. This book will show you why they are crucial through the examples of some of my most remarkable patients, and I will add some simple exercises to begin to teach you how to achieve them in this life. A few of you might actually experience regressions, but don't be disappointed if they don't occur. If you master the lessons, this life and your next lives will be happier, easier, emotionally richer, and more fulfilled. What is more, if all of us learn them, the future itself will be better for us cumulatively, since knowingly or not we are all striving to achieve the ultimate goal, which is love. for more, see http://www.brianweiss.com/ss_chap.html

I'm not sure how it endangers anyone, unless and until the advice or treatment Weiss provides, based on the profiles that emerge, is somehow damaging. I can't imagine that a medical doctor will tell someone to stop treating people nicely, be more self-centered, or place blame on others for their problems, etc. And, based on what he says, I'm sure that, at worst, it's something like....the more you allow yourself to love others the better your future will be; something like that.

On the other hand it's not something that interests me personally. I'll just do my practice. What I can realize within that practice is far more revolutionary than knowing of other lives, other times.

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I'm a hypnotherapist, amongst other things. When I first qualified, I asked a Tibetan teacher what he thought about 'past life regression' and if he thought I should offer it to clients. His reply was "People can make things up" and that he didn't think it was a good idea. There's also something called cryptomnesia which can come into action in so-called regression cases. (stored present life memories of all kinds, even down to magazine articles, photos, movies etc)

Personally I have no interest in speculation about past or future lives

[Podborodok]

I have also read the book and my preference is to deal with the now, not some highly questionable future.
Even if there was some truth in Weiss's beliefs are people incapable of handling one life, going to benefit from what may well be highly disturbing.
Like you, I think it far wiser not to play about with highly controversial procedures.

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I'm a hypnotherapist, amongst other things. When I first qualified, I asked a Tibetan teacher what he thought about 'past life regression' and if he thought I should offer it to clients. His reply was "People can make things up" and that he didn't think it was a good idea. There's also something called cryptomnesia which can come into action in so-called regression cases. (stored present life memories of all kinds, even down to magazine articles, photos, movies etc)

Personally I have no interest in speculation about past or future lives

If there's one thing we're good at, it's making up story lines.