Despite my long interest in past-life regression, I have made few serious attempts to pursue it. It is one of the mysteries of the field that there are not more qualified therapists devoted to it even as studies consistently prove that regression is beneficial to a person's emotional/spiritual progress. My one previous visit to a past-life regression therapist was not successful.
I had the feeling, though, that Dr. Weiss' seminar would be an opportunity to make strides. The first exercise in the seminar allowed me to relive my previous life and help to explain my phobia of marriage. Dr. Weiss guided us into a deep state of hypnosis. I was extremely relaxed yet aware. Relaxing my conscious mind allowed me to perceive spontaneous images from the soul level. At first I saw a wedding taking place from what seemed to be the 19th century( most likely ) by the attire. Due mostly to my lack of practice in hypnosis the images were fragmented. I next saw the same woman from the wedding run in a hurried manner and the next image was her( myself in the life ) getting married again. I think going through two marriages proved to be enough! Whereas my dreams mostly contain images from people I have seen before, these were stories containing vivid pictures of people I never met.
More than just my own experience, I learned from the stories of others. Hearing other people share their accounts of dreams during a child helped me to understand that my own dreams at that time were not just random but may have pointed to clues of a prior life. Also the exercise following lunch was the most dramatic. In it, Dr. Weiss asked participants to pair up with a stranger and exchange person items. He then regressed us and asked everyone to report their accounts. One person told of seeing a boy with a certain injury - very specific - and a person on the other side of the room knew of a person with the same situation. Another person gave the name of a boy with his condition to the stranger with whom she was paired. The stranger knew someone with the exact condition.
I am always cautious by nature to form beliefs but the evidence seen at this seminar was overwhelmingly clear. Beside just learning about past-lives, it strengthened my knowledge about the spiritual aspect of life. While I have always had a deep intuition about reincarnation and past-lives, this seminar turned it into something more experiential, personal. I encourage everyone with an interest to read about it. It may take practice, practice and more practice but the results are well worth it.
-William