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Originally Posted by Bornonthecusp
It's funny, just as I was thinking to myself that I had nothing to say on the forums lately, this comes up. I have read the book, and I thought it made a lot of sense, it felt right for me. The thing I found most fascinating was what happens to the souls of people who kill themselves and how it seems to push back their journey. If I'm remembering right, they go to a kind of limbo place? Maybe you could correct me if I'm wrong. This seems to be confirmed by Eric Pearl in his book "The Reconnection" And while I can believe this is probably the case as I believe that life is to be lived and learned from (as I;m sure many of us here do) My dad killed himself and visited me in a dream quite a few years ago now, and he seemed happy, like a guide and he wasn't in some limbo place. I got the feeling that he returned to a beautiful place (which I couldn't follow him to) So, my experience is quite inconsistent with that, or perhaps he did what he had to do to continue his soul's path?I don't know...
I have no idea about hypnotherapy, only that it seems to work for people's addictive behaviours and have absolutely no idea about past life regression sessions although I am interested in doing one.
What have you taken from the book so far? What are your thoughts/feelings about it?
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I don't recall reading about the "limbo" to which suicidal people go, but I will check that out again. I do recall, however, that those who commit suicide due to chronic painful health conditions are accepted quite freely and non-judgmentally. As for those who commit suicide for other reasons, my recollection from the book is that they don't go "limbo" but are counseled for missing an opportunity to address a certain weakness. The point is made that they will be reborn at some point to learn the lesson that they avoided by committing suicide. There are parts of the book in which I have more confidence than in other parts, and I agree with your perspective based on direct experience that suicides may have simply lost an opportunity to work something out and hence must repeat a similar experience to learn the lesson.
Dr. Newton's stated "mission" was to make people more comfortable with death and he certainly accomplishes that objective. He even states that being born is more of a shock than dying and I agree with that completely. I recommend this book as a starting point for those who may fear death as the book is very comforting in that respect.
Having said that, however, Dr. Newton points out that his case studies are most assuredly skewed by the fact that "advanced souls" do not come in to solve their problems by hypnotherapy and he did not have any "Level VI" cases. The section on the "Advanced Soul" was particularly interesting as well as the "Selection" section. I found myself questioning the book as I started reading since it seemed to be too anthropomorphically organized. At the first reading, I eventually fast-forwarded to the "Advanced Soul" section to check for substance and, since that section was appealing, I then went back to read the whole book from the beginning. (I haven't finished it yet but am near the end now.)
The organizational part of the book seems a little contrived at times as I personally believe (to use Dr. Newton's terminology) that souls gravitate quite naturally to the "clusters" where they feel most comfortable as opposed to being directed there by guides and elders. The distinction, however, is subtle since both approaches lead to the same result. The "inner guide" may replace the "outer guide" as far as direction is concerned. This is mentioned in the "Advanced Soul" section where communication between the guide and the incarnated soul is done by the soul becoming quiet/still and hearing the inner voice.
I found that, even if one does not fully buy into the book, it does trigger reflection on one's one existence. My sense is that the beginner and intermediate souls express their experiences in terms which are familiar to them and hence the process in the spiritual realms might not be exactly as described. However, it may be the best description that the beginner and intermediate souls can give. That is why I found the "Advanced Soul" section to be the most interesting part of the book as well as the "Selection" section. It's unfortunate but understandable why there are so few inputs from the advanced souls. Advanced souls do not show up for hypnotherapy. The book, however, did trigger me ordering the book, Mastery, by the Sufi Master of Masters Hazrat Inayat Khan. I wanted more input on life processes from a more "advanced soul" in language which resonates more with me.
The Selection process was interesting as it's consistent with the Tibetan Book of the Dead and my own belief system. In the spiritual realms, my sense is that we see the possibilities for rebirth and our desires lead us to an incarnation in the physical world. As the book mentions, the future may not be totally clear so one must be very careful in assessing everything before choosing a vehicle for rebirth. Those two sections, the "Advanced Soul" and the "Selection" chapters, are alone worth the price of admission as the expression goes. I'll comment more later.