Past Lives Present Stories

by Judith Marshall

Take charge of your thoughts and reshape your life through meditation Feeling trapped by unwanted thoughts and emotions can seem an inevitable part of life. But Easwaran, who taught meditation for nearly forty years, shows a way to break free. Just as a fitness routine can create a strong, supple body, spiritual disciplines can shape a secure personality and a resilient, loving mind. Writing as an experienced, friendly coach, Easwaran explains how we can train the mind not just during meditation but throughout the day. Working with difficult colleagues, choosing what to eat, and listening to a child's needs are all opportunities to try out different, wiser responses. To shed light on the thinking process, Easwaran takes the timeless teachings of the Buddha and other mystics and illustrates them with scenes from contemporary life. He offers practical exercises for taking charge of our thoughts, along with instruction in his own method of passage meditation. Easwaran shows how training the mind is a glorious challenge - one that brings joy and purpose to life.

236 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2014

Reviews

[Megha · Rating 5 out of 5]

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‘Past Lives Present Stories’ will help you to understand the facets related to soul, reincarnation, psychic senses, time, clairvoyance, astral travel and so on. There is a lot more in the book which will help you to understand the deeper terms related to the universal world of souls. Authoress has shared her life events in her book. Her experience related to past lives, soul’s existence, time synchronization etc. Although it’s hard for some people to believe in such things in today’s world but it will be interesting for readers to pore over the details whelming in the book. A reader will get to know the insights related to the dimensions and how soul accesses those dimensions.

The book inaugurates with a short introduction focusing on past lives. Then there goes fourteen chapters which throws light on different terms. Each chapter has definitions and brief introduction about some specific terms which will illuminate your knowledge and judgment related to past lives.

[Rebecca Steinhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book.

Where it differed from other “New Age” books is I felt like Judy took us on a journey, her journey and taught us the necessary skills along the way.

Her exercises and instructions were easy to read and follow.

Her stories of past life experiences took a bit of brain power to remember who was who etc but I don’t know if she could have done it any other way.

[Gabby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was validating for me on what I’ve experienced. The author and I share similar themes throughout our experiences as well. This book has left me hungry for more!

[Balaka Basu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished reading the book in 24 hours. The author introduces us to the various aspects of past life regression. She uses her own experiences to talk about how our past lives interconnected to our present life. She emphasizes that time is not a linear concept because soul is omnipresent and it is simultaneously there is past, present and future. She touches upon the concept of Karma and believes that any action taken from pure love is a good karma. She also advises that we should always listen to our gut feeling as it is how our soul guides us. We all have psychic abilities and this book can take you a step ahead in tapping your psychic energies. The sentence that stood apart from the book is " the human body doesn't contain the soul, the soul contains the body. Your soul is both inside and outside of you all times'. The book talks a lot about the author's personal experiences and honestly some of them are not based on any evidence but pure assumptions. The explanations seem forced and not always quite believable. Any incident can be interpreted in numerous ways and most of her interpretations seemed bit stretched. The book could have streamlined a bit of the personal experiences.

[Gaby Bernier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, mais sans plus. Je suis quelqu’un de très ouverte d’esprit de nature, mais j’ai eu quelques difficultés sur certains points. Je crois que c’est simplement une vision personnelle. C’est un livre que tu aimes ou n’aimes pas !

[Pam Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the book which explores past lives with tried and tested exercises for past life recall. A fascinating subject especially if you have already experienced flashbacks etc. Having already gone through this from loss of memory for 12 years, worked wonders for me.