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2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Little Regression on this one!, October 2, 2008
This review is from: Regression Through The Mirrors of Time (Meditation Regression) (Audio CD)
Out of the three CD's in the regression series I only find one to be really useful. That one is Spritual Practice through Regression (see my review on that one under the title). All three share many features but that one is by far the most satisfying. Since they all have similar relaxation exercise that include messages of health and wellbeing and contain two meditations each I won't report on that section here. If you would like to know more about the relaxation part of the CD please read the first part of my review of his "Spiritual Progress Through Regression".
The problem with this CD is that you probably brought it because you wanted a regression CD. In truth only one of the two programs on the Cd deals with regression and very briefly. There is far too much new age "love" talk and not enough useful regression techniques.
Here is a description of what is on this CD.
This first exercise did not work for me at all. After the above relaxation exercise, he tells you that you are an eternal being who exists beyond time and all negative emotions. He says that you may see colors which are healing and relaxing. You may feel others around you and are never alone. The music at this point is a kind of choral ohh/ahh which is quite pleasant, but the things he says are too trite and "new age-ie" for my taste. He uses phrases like "fill yourself with love" and harps on this theme.
He then asks you to see yourself at all ages and create images of yourself which you bring into your heart where you are safe. This didn't resonate with me. He goes on to have you include family and loved ones and then give love to anyone who needs it. I found this part problematic as relaxation and thinking about people who are problematic do not go together. If you are having family problems, didn't have the best parents or give too much to the people in your life, it can also be exhausting and depressing.
He now tells you that a wise and loving being joins you in the garden that he leads you to in the first meditation (see my other review) and you can communicate with it and ask questions or make requests. He waxes on about love being beyond time and space and loving yourself. At this point I had lost whatever calm I felt from the beginning of the CD and was becoming more and more resistant to listening to him. He then wakes you with a one to ten count.
Meditation Two.
Again we have the relaxation exercise.
He tells you to go back to childhood. At least this time he doesn't request a happy memory as he did on another CD. For some of us that is hard to find. This is better as you can work with anything that comes up. He asks you to float above the scene and use all of your senses to make this scene real. He takes you back to infancy and again asks for a memory. Though his request that I see my birth on the other CD worked well, I had no memories of this time at all and I found that having to wait for him to go on disrupted the meditation. I was waiting for him to take me back to birth and then before birth but here he takes a different path.
He then brings you back to the garden instead of regressing you from the childhood state. This disrupts the scene I was hovering over completely and to me any thought of being in an altered state. Now you are asked to look into a mirror that contains many mirrors and see yourself in different dress at different times in history. This is a good regression exercise and for the first time I found myself starting to get some interesting images from the regression. He then instructs you to allow yourself to be pulled by one of the images as he counts backwards. He instructs you to let the image help you remove blocks or unhappiness caused by that time. He then asks you to look at your clothes and the world around you and make note of everything you can see including the date. He then tells you that you can go backwards and forwards to any point in time and find answers to questions. This part was what I bought the CD for but it was very short. He goes much too fast, but in the end doesn't say enough. While he asks some useful questions, it would have been much better if he had worked more closely with the listener to slowly uncover subtle details in the surroundings and guide them in uncovering any strong emotional images that might reveal more clues about each lifetime. Unfortunately the CD ends shortly after with a quick count back to wakefulness.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic Regression Therapy, June 4, 2008
This review is from: Regression Through The Mirrors of Time (Meditation Regression) (Audio CD)
Brian has the perfect voice for this kind of thing. This CD is part of a series of 3. I have all 3. I love them all.
Brian is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School. Part of his private practice is in hypnotic regression therapy. The back of the CD cover states that this CD (in meditation) guides you to childhood memories in this lifetime, then to visualize yourself in many mirrors of light, in different and possibly ancient times and places. The concept is to help you discover the blocks and obstacles that hinder your peace and joy in the present time. The cover also states that the CD includes positive affirmations to help you access the peace and joy within yourself an you are also given the opportunity to contact a wise and loving (spirit) guide. (Always good to have friends on the other side.)
I have tried this CD several times and my conscious mind goes out fast on this one. (I zonk out and my subconscious takes over.) With meditation or subliminal programming CDs, I believe that they work on the subconscious level, even if you fall asleep. Even if you think that is baloney, then at least I had a very peaceful sleep.
I recently attended a conference where Dr. Weiss was a featured speaker, along with John Holland and Candy Danzis. All 3 of them were great. That conference was actually where I bought the 3 CDs, but they are less expensive at Amazon. I continue to be very pleased with the HayHouse authors I have found. Brian Weiss is one of several.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Way tooooo fast for me..., July 1, 2008
This review is from: Regression Through The Mirrors of Time (Meditation Regression) (Audio CD)
As far as meditation tapes go, Dr. Weiss' talks way too fast for me. This may be an individual thing. I returned all three that I had gotten because of the speed of the guided imagery on this one cd. I was sorry to do that, as I was really looking forward to meditating with them.
They may not be too fast for you, so I do not want to discourage you from trying them out. Meditation is an individual personal practice as to what one likes. So go for it...your experience may be very different than mine.
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