57. What To Ask Yourself Before Meditating Or Regressing
One of the most common pieces of feedback I receive from people, whether that be indirect or direct (or to be honest, on the internet) is the surprise that was in store for them when they did a past life regression. I consider meditation to be a part of this, as I find that regressions are simply deep meditations. I do feel that often times people go into these experiences with a lot of hope that they will find out or understand positive information about themselves from past lives. Unfortunately, often times this mindset is driven out of ego and wanting to know and understand lives where they felt important or had impact. While it’s incredibly natural to want to do this, typically the intention or purpose of these experiences is healing. Which means that often times they are actually negative experiences, and not positive. Negative energy wants to come to the surface or be brought together with the rest of our parts to make ourselves feel whole. To remove this negative energy. And a lot of times, this energy has been dormant for so long, it’s quite literally dying to get out. Hence, the common element of experiencing negative memories.
I will say that curiosity is absolutely enough to have one of these experiences, but you’re dealing with a lot. There are a lot of emotions tied to past lives, whether positive or not. If you’re someone who struggles with processing emotion in general, this can be overwhelming. I do recommend being in a reasonably stable mental state so that you have the ability to withstand negativity, as well as being able to hold space for your own healing. You wouldn’t want to be faced with an experience which overwhelms you, which ultimately does more harm than good.
This certainly isn’t to discourage anyone from doing deep meditations or regressions. In fact, I do encourage. But it’s important to understand what you may be getting yourself into. I would highly recommend doing some research in regards to which type of meditation or regression technique you’re looking for ,as well as helpful tips and experiences from others.
Here’s what I would recommend in terms of prep:
How are you feeling today? Although you don’t need to be in the most stellar mood to embark upon this journey, it can be unhelpful if you’re particularly sad, frustrated or annoyed. Likelihood is that you may block any important information from coming through. It may also mean that you’re likely to attract a more negative life through law of attraction. Consider if you feel intuitively up for it.
What’s the intention for the meditation or regression? While curiosity is enough of an intention, typically you will get the most out of a session if you have an intention for what you’re doing. Some popular intentions are lives which you were successful, lives which you’ve learned a lot or perhaps were unsuccessful. The default for me is lives which are relevant to my life now. You can also ask to “heal” from these meditations or regressions. Sometimes we are struggling with something in our life which is related to a past life, so you can also get as specific as you want.
How would you feel if you saw something scary? Whether or not you believe in the “other side”, our subconscious can absolutely bring us some vivid depictions of scary things. Often times these are physical-izations of our own “demons” or negative experiences. They can take any form. How would you feel if you saw something which scared you? Would you shut down? Or investigate it? I find it’s often more productive to face these fears, or else they tend to multiply. Know that you are safe, and you can also set an intention beforehand not to be manipulated by any negative experiences. Consider that we do need to accept and acknowledge these negative things in order to heal, which is why it’s being brought to our attention. Know that we can be startled, but we don’t have to be afraid.
How will you guide yourself through the meditation? What happens if you get stuck? Although most meditations are guided, sometimes we need to probe ourself to look deeper and further. Typically when I am regressing someone or helping someone through a meditation, I use the “rolodex” method. This means that I ask what a client intuitively feels, and when they become stuck I simply ask a few different ‘options” for what the meaning is, and then they typically have a direction to go in. You can also do this yourself. Know that often times when you get “stuck” doing a guided meditation, it’s often times because we’re holding ourself back. It’s often times best not to force any type of situation, but you can certainly self soothe and make yourself feel more safe by continuing to acknowledge to yourself that you are in a safe space and again, go back to the intention of the meditation. Know that sometimes it takes time to get further through meditations, and it’s not always the right circumstance. You can always come back to a meditation to attempt to push further.
How will you ensure that you feel safe? If you’re new to meditation, you may want to set a series of boundaries. Perhaps you want to state that you only want to feel things vs. see things. Perhaps you want to start off with positive lives instead of negative ones. Although it’s good to leave some room for interpretation, as it’s likely you’re not overly connected to your subconscious, and it likely has a few things to say to you, you are still in control. I would also recommend a trusted guide. You can find a lot of options on YouTube. You can set time limits and continue to say affirmations which bring you peace and joy. There are lots of “protection” affirmations and intentions, however I find that most of the time they are not necessary. And that simply being in a high vibration is enough to keep you safe. It’s also a good reminder to know that you may “travel” to another place, but it’s for learning purposes, and you do not need to bring back any additional negativity. And that the intention is for healing and for a positive purpose.
How will you know when it’s time to end? This may sound silly, as often times guided meditations do have an end, but think about how much time you need for a particular experience. Especially if it’s not guided. Will you end once you feel intuitively “complete”? If you’re a seasoned meditator, this may be easy, but if you’re first starting out you can create your own rules. Perhaps it’s only 30 seconds, and you work your way up from there.
Do you have realistic expectations? Chances are you are not going to uncover every ounce of your past life trauma through one session. In fact, you may be proactively avoiding facing these experiences, so it’s likely that it will take some time. Know that even if you see or feel nothing, it’s absolutely not going to waste. You’re helping to train your body into aligning more closely to your intuition which is incredibly helpful overall, not just for meditation and regression purposes.
Hope this helps! Don’t give up- keep trying.
