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Lesson 3: A Trip Around The World
In an earlier session we touched on the idea that are strong reactions to places, cultures & historical periods can tell us something about our past. You may have already noticed that you may have strong feelings about certain countries, cultures, or times in history. These reactions can be positive or negative, depending on whether your particular past-life experience left you with a good or a bad taste in your mouth, so to speak.
You're now going to have a chance to get in touch with some of these feelings, both those that you are aware of & some that you may not have thought quite so much about. We're going to be taking an imaginary trip around the world, sampling your reactions & noting your impressions & opinions about various places & the people in them.
You may be thinking, But I don't know enough about some parts of the world to have any impressions, or, My impressions will be too biased by books I've read, countries I've visited, movies I've seen histories I've studied. Don't let this concern you. Remember that past-life recall is largely a matter of getting acquainted with your perceptions, your view, and your memory of a past reality. These perceptions may be pieced together from things you've seen or heard during this lifetime. They may be distorted, or even inaccurate, objectively speaking. But the real question remains: Why have I come up with this particular collection of impressions about a given country? Why are my impressions so different from someone else’s? As you examine your own individual
reactions to a country, you may begin to understand the reasons why your impressions are so uniquely your own.
Please read the instructions for the first 3 exercises carefully & follow them exactly. Quite a bit of reflection will be needed for you to obtain the
most benefit from these exercises. It is suggested that you take them at an unhurried pace & cover only one or two of the countries named per sitting. It is very important that you complete exercise A for all countries named before going on to exercises B & C.
EXERCISE A
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For this exercise, you are asked to list as many impressions as you can for each country or region listed below. Just free-associate & jot down ANYTHING
that comes to mind when you think of that part of the world. It is likely that you will find that you have more to write for some areas than others. For some,
you may actually have very few comments to note. That's perfectly okay. You might try to picture each place in your mind, or see it on a globe, or just
reflect on what images the name of that particular location brings to your mind. Be sure to complete this section for each region named before going on to
exercise B.
Start by noting your spontaneous impressions first. Then, if you feel you need more ideas, you might want to consult the following list of memory joggers. It's provided only to help you in case you cannot think of what kinds of things to write down. Feel free to use as many of these ideas or as few of them as you'd like:
Terrain. Climate. Plant & animal life. People - their racial & physical characteristics, clothing & other items of personal adornment, social & economical classes, temperament & behavior. Historical periods. Regions & countries. Cities. Work life & products. Art. Architecture, furnishings, & decorations. Music. Religion. Social life, leisure activities, & sports & games. Food.
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EXERCISE B
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Now that you've finished listing your impressions concerning various areas of the world, we're going to start putting these responses together to obtain a
picture of your overall perception of each of these places. Answer the questions below, applying them to each of the 16 regions dealt with in exercise A. Your responses to this exercise should be based entirely upon the lists of impressions you've recorded in the previous section. Consider all of the questions in regard to our first area, the Mid east, then go on & answer them for
1) Go over your list of impressions for this region. For each response, note whether you consider it positive, negative, or neutral. A simple notation might be the easiest way of recording these reactions.
2) a) How many impressions, if any, did you rate as positive?
b) How many impressions, if any, did you rate as negative?
c) How many, if any, did you rate as neutral?
d) What is the total of your answers for the first
3 parts of this question? This number should equal the total number of impressions you noted for the region when you did exercise A.
3) Find you Positive Reaction Quotient (PRQ) by dividing your answer to part A of question 2 by your answer to part D of that question: that is, PRQ = A divided by D. For example, if you had 3 positive responses to this region & your total number of impressions regarding it was 12, your PRQ would be 3
divided by 12 = 3/12, or 25%.
4) Find your Negative Reaction Quotient (NRQ) by dividing your answer to part B of questions 2 by your answer to part D of question 2. NRQ = B divided by D.
5) Go back over your list of impressions about this region. Based on it, describe the people who live here (appearance, clothing, classes, temperament, etc.).
6) Look at your list again, & this time use it to describe the environment of the area (terrain, climate, vegetation.etc.).
7) What kind of life-style does your list of impressions suggest (occupations, leisure activities, social life, art, religion, etc.)?
8) Did your impressions seem to focus on specific places, cities, or sections within this larger area?
9) To what time period are most of the impressions you listed applicable? Estimate, if necessary, as ancient times. 100 years ago, the 1500s, etc. Note any specific historical references you may have made.
EXERCISE C
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This exercise is designed to summarize, in a form that is easily readable & useable, the impressions & observations you've noted in exercise A & B. To
complete this composite picture, refer directly to the answers you gave in exercise B for each location listed. When you have answered the questions below for each area, you will have an overview of your memories concerning the various parts of the world.
As you work on this composite view, you should begin to see certain areas emerging in a very positive light, & others that perhaps you do not find at all
appealing. These two groups are likely to be the regions that are most important to your past-life theories. the areas that remain largely neutral, on
the other hand, are probably other places where you haven't had prior incarnations, or ones in which your earlier lifetimes are not exerting a particularly strong influence at present.
Perhaps you will be able to use this section most effectively if you arrange your answers into a chart form, with the regions listed across the top of your page & a shortened version of each question down the
left side.
Here are the questions in complete form:
1) What is your PRQ?
2) What is your NRQ?
3) Are you drawn to people like the ones you described in answer 5?
4) Would you like to be like the people in your description?
5) Give your opinion of the environment you described in answer 6.
6) Do you find the life-style you described in answer?
7 appealing or unappealing, as the case may be?
8) Note the aspects of life-style you found most appealing or unappealing.
8) Are any places or sections of this region predominant in your impressions? What areas are predominant?
9) Did you focus on any particular time periods?
10) Have you ever traveled to this area? Would you like to?
11) Does your selection of such things as books, movies, & the museum trips you take reflect an interest in this region?
12) Is any influence from this part of the world shown in your clothing, house, furnishings, etc.?
13) Do you think you may have lived here?
14) If so, identify 2 personal characteristics of yours, which may have come from that lifetime.
The information that you have just gathered together in exercise C now forms a compact picture that will serve as an important source of past-life
insights. the time you put into your trip around the world might have been considerable. But as you begin to glean past-life clues from your composite picture, it is quite possible that you will be amazed at how much you are able to learn about yourself through this series of exercises.
Some things, of course, will stand out quickly. You'll notice the parts of the world that hold pleasant associations for you. You'll see the ones
that you find negative. A simple review of your PRQ & NRQ will tell you this. You may come to understand you reactions more deeply, however, when you look at how you view each countries people, environment & history.
You may have been surprised to find that you had some strong impressions about areas you've never before considered, areas you thought that you knew
nothing about.
You may have noticed that particular cities or regions form the basis of your impressions for some parts of the world, while vast areas went virtually
unnoticed by you.
As you describe the people in certain countries, did you notice habits & personality traits that are part of your own makeup?
Even clichés among your responses may ring true. Perhaps you saw some patterns as you compared & contrasted your responses to each of the different
parts of the world. For example, if you found that you usually liked the environments that you described as warm & dry & disliked those that you found damp & foggy, that can tell you something about 2 possible past-lives. One in a desert climate & another in a damp one. If you found that for most parts of the world you described people in lower-class circumstances, this would be a different kind of clue than descriptions of the rich would be.
The attitudes that came through in such descriptions would be equally important. Someone who perceived the rich from a perspective of resentment &
distaste may have been downtrodden in the past. Someone who described them in terms of admiration may have been wealthy or looked up to the wealthy in a
previous incarnation.
EXERCISE D
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As a final wrap-up for this session, answer the questions below. This exercise is not long, & your answers can be quite brief, but do take some time & examine your responses to the previous exercises carefully in order to complete this section.
1) Go back over the composite view that came up with in exercise C, looking for patterns of similar or interconnected responses. Note any such patterns you
are able to discover.
2) Do these patterns suggest any past-life theories to you? Be as specific as you can in your descriptions of these theories, but don't worry if many of the details are still missing at this time. More clues will be forthcoming in our later lessons. At certain points you may wish to return to this exercise to incorporate additional information into your theories as it becomes available to you. By all means, do so whenever the urge strikes.
3) Are there any further observations you would like to make regarding any of the exercises in this lesson of the course?
Laurasia's Past Life Recall Lesson 4
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