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Recorded on: 21 Aug 2004
Language: English, Czech/Slovak
Length: 0h 03m

Regression therapy

Regression therapy is a complex tool with potential benefits and significant risks.

The method can sometimes help, but it often reveals truths that are difficult to master. If you recall a happy past life, you may feel happy; if you recall a miserable one, you will feel unhappy. The core issue is whether you can digest such hard knowledge. Ignorance can sometimes preserve peace, as not knowing tragic news allows one to remain relaxed. Since we often struggle to master events in our current life, how can we hope to master a past life? The past is finished. Do not dwell on it; focus on the future. The difficulty of yesterday's climb is behind you; now concentrate on climbing further. Thus, the answer remains conditional.

"The knowledge is very hard to digest. That is our problem."

"You are not able to master this life. How are you going to master the past life also?"

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Come, questions. Dear Swāmījī, I would like to ask about regression therapy. Can we use this method? Can this method generally help, or shouldn't we do it? Well, yes and no. "Yes" means that, yes, sometimes it can help. And "no" means that many things remind you that you cannot then master those thoughts. So, yes and no. If you had a past happy life, you will be happy. And if you had a miserable life, then you will be unhappy. You know, the truth is very hard to digest. The knowledge is very hard to digest. That is our problem. So first ask yourself: are you able to digest? Then yes, otherwise not. You know, sometimes as long as you don't know, you are inept, though it is ignorance. Suppose that someone's dear mother died by accident, and the person doesn't know. The person is still sitting, relaxed and happy. And as soon as the news comes, that happiness and that relaxation—like this—gone away. Yes, it is natural. It is human. But that is why this wise man said: there are many things in life which you may or will not be able to digest. You are not able to master this life. How are you going to master the past life also? The past is past. Don't cry for the past. Concentrate on the future. How hard was yesterday, climbing on a hill? But now it's behind you. Now think how to climb further. That's it. So, yes and no.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3
The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0
Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4

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