One word to describe this book would be INFORMATIVE. The reason that Dr. Brian Weiss wrote this second book seems to be to teach us how and why past-life regression helps us in our current lives. In the first chapter, Dr. Weiss goes into a slight overview of Many Lives, Many Masters (1988) and in the second chapter he tells us what hypnosis is, and he also tells us about something called a hypnagogic state somewhere between being awake and asleep. In the hypnagogic state, it is said that we can access more inspiration and creativity than in the wakeful state.
After describing this state, Dr. Weiss (1992) points out that "Thomas Edison valued this hypnagogic state so highly that he developed his own technique to maintain it while he worked on his inventions. While sitting in a certain chair, Edison used relaxation and meditation techniques to reach the state of conciousness that is between sleep and wakefulness. He would hold some ball bearings in his closed hand, palm down, while resting this hand on the arm of his chair. Beneath his hand he kept a metal bowl. If Edison fell asleep, his hand would open. The ball bearings would fall into the metal bowl and the noise would awaken him. Then he would repeat the process over and over again" (p. 26). He goes on to say that society can benefit from the hypnagogic state as we did from Edison's invention of the lightbulb.
Another thing we learn about from this book is the two different patterns of past-life recall: the classical pattern, in which a person recalls a life in chronological order, and the key moment flow pattern, in which a person recalls little bits from different lives that are linked by some common theme or lesson. There is much more this book will be informing me, and hopefully you, about.
After describing this state, Dr. Weiss (1992) points out that "Thomas Edison valued this hypnagogic state so highly that he developed his own technique to maintain it while he worked on his inventions. While sitting in a certain chair, Edison used relaxation and meditation techniques to reach the state of conciousness that is between sleep and wakefulness. He would hold some ball bearings in his closed hand, palm down, while resting this hand on the arm of his chair. Beneath his hand he kept a metal bowl. If Edison fell asleep, his hand would open. The ball bearings would fall into the metal bowl and the noise would awaken him. Then he would repeat the process over and over again" (p. 26). He goes on to say that society can benefit from the hypnagogic state as we did from Edison's invention of the lightbulb.
Another thing we learn about from this book is the two different patterns of past-life recall: the classical pattern, in which a person recalls a life in chronological order, and the key moment flow pattern, in which a person recalls little bits from different lives that are linked by some common theme or lesson. There is much more this book will be informing me, and hopefully you, about.
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