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Not only do they support the idea of the reincarnation of the Future Lives and the Nature of Time individual soul, but in fact these birthmark and defect cases also A few hypnotherapists have experimented with progressing provide the most convincing evidence that historical ideas of their subjects into future lives. The first research was undertaken karma are inappropriate—even though their importance as by Californian psychologist Helen Wambach, and was continued pointers to karmic dynamics has not been properly picked up on after her death by her protégée Chet Snow. It followed her pio- before, and certainly not by Stevenson himself because he has neering work in regressing groups of subjects all at the same always kept himself professionally removed from any time, and the same protocol was partly used for the progressions. pronouncements about the more far-reaching implications of his The first point of note is that both Wambach and Snow appear research. The subjects find themselves with what appears to be a to have been aficionados of the work of Edgar Cayce, the so- physical "punishment" in their current life, and yet they were called "sleeping prophet" who predicted in his trance readings usually quite innocent victims in the previous one. How can that that there would be catastrophic "Earth changes" in various parts represent a karmic process of "action of the world some time between 1958 and reaction"? The answer, I have and 1998. Snow's own detailed concluded, is that it does not. individual progressions with Modern interlife research shows Wambach, conducted in the early that more advanced souls not only . 1980s but concentrating on his life conduct detailed reviews of their past A few hypnotherapists in the late 1990s, appeared to bear wes: but also plan thelr next ones. have experimented with out Cayce's predictions which, of nd even when they choose adverse . . . course, we now know have not circumstances, such as physical progressing their subjects come to fruition, at least at the pre- disability or financial or emotional into future lives. sent time. deprivation, they do so to progress Their subsequent group sessions, their karma as part of a learning in which subjects were given the experience. But this research also chance either to regress or to shows that less-advanced souls often progress far further into a future ignore all review and planning advice life—in either 2100 or 2300—in in the interlife, and as a result their lives tend to exhibit repetitive some ways appeared to bear out the idea of a global catastrophe patterns. occurring some time in the late 20th or early 21st century. But However, even when as a result they repeatedly face similar they also contained many developments, including extraterrestrial adverse circumstances, the purpose is to give them another contact, that would arguably be expected from anyone who had opportunity to /earn the lesson that has escaped them in the ever watched a few science fiction or catastrophe movies. past—and not because of some sort of karmic punishment or The other main hypnotherapist to have experimented with dynamic of action and reaction. The most crucial test is to individual progressions is again Californian: Bruce Goldberg. properly assimilate strong negative emotions of hatred, fear, Certainly some of his case studies contain details at least as jealousy, revenge and so on, either during incarnate life or in the comprehensive as those in impressive regression cases, but he interlife, so that these emotions no longer hold their restrictive sometimes progressed his patients considerably further. On one karmic charge. occasion, he took a woman to her life in the year 3015. To The unfortunates in the birthmark and defect cases arguably summarise his somewhat confusing ideas, he argues that each seem, through having no proper interlife experience, to have future life is not totally predetermined and can have one of five retained rather than diffused emotions of such power from their "alternative frequencies", described as ranging from "very bad" last life that they were imprinted on their next body—although these might serve constructively as reminders that they have ee emotions from the past that need sorting TiMe MACH NES a Awe Fara ant A few hypnotherapists have experimented with progressing their subjects into future lives. last lite that they were imprinted on tneir next body—although these might serve constructively as reminders that they have emotions from the past that need sorting out. So my strongest conclusion from an analysis of the modern evidence is that karma and karmic progression are all about learning and experiencing both sides of every coin. There is no karmic law of action and reaction, and in fact this aspect of the revealed wisdom of the past is not just misleading but positively harmful. Meanwhile, to place all this in its full E context, the historical notion that the aim of 2 (— all souls is to advance sufficiently to "escape from the earthly karmic round" is more or less correct, except interlife research also indicates that this is just a preliminary step—and even after this, there is considerable further learning and devel- "I'll do a dis opment to be undertaken in the ethereal However, yoi realms. TIME MACHINES Reat of beese Fanrigtiat S. 'T'll do a discount on this baby because the battery pack doesn't charge up fully. However, you'll only be able to travel into the past or future about twenty minutes." 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