Past Lives Exist! Just Not the Way You Think

Many people have heard of past life readings and the mysterious world of online past life regression, where, supposedly, you can dive into your past incarnations and discover who you were. And, of course, no session is complete without a few Cleopatras and Napoleons showing up! For some reason, people rarely discover they were a humble medieval peasant who spent their days shoveling manure. Strange, right?

Thousands of people claim to have experienced the phenomenon of reincarnation reading through hypnosis. A whole army of authors has written books on the subject—take Michael Newton, for example, who gave the world titles like Journey of Souls and Life Between Lives. There’s no shortage of specialists studying these phenomena under hypnosis, and they’ve gathered plenty of material.

Yet, despite all this, even professional psychologists still argue about whether past life memories are real or just a trick of the subconscious. And, oh, what sophisticated debates they have! Usually, they boil down to the intellectually advanced “I don’t believe it” and the ever-scientific “Where’s your proof?”—as if we were discussing the existence of gravity.

But let’s be clear: this article isn’t about convincing skeptics. If someone doesn’t believe—well, “not my circus, not my monkeys,” as they say. Everyone is free to think what they want, even if that means stubbornly ignoring the mountain of experiences reported by thousands of people across cultures and centuries.

Past Lives Happen Even Without Hypnosis

Here’s the real kicker: the phenomena attributed to past life readings don’t just appear under hypnosis. They happen in everyday life, too—people just don’t always notice them!

Have you ever met someone for the first time and instantly felt like you knew them? Or visited a place and had a wave of overwhelming familiarity crash over you? Maybe you have an unexplainable fear of water, heights, or tight spaces, despite never having had a traumatic experience in this life.

Where do these things come from? Some say they’re echoes of past life memories, but here’s a question: why should regression hypnosis be the only way to access them?

These phenomena don’t need any fancy methods to manifest. They appear naturally, often tied to unresolved ancestral trauma, karmic entanglements, or even energetic imprints left behind by those who came before us.

Oh, and let’s not forget about “phantoms”—residual energy patterns from past individuals that somehow manage to sneak into the present, influencing our thoughts and behaviors. Psychologists, not knowing what else to call them, lump them under “sub-personalities.” Convenient, right?

Living Someone Else’s Life Without Realizing It

Here’s the problem: most people aren’t even aware they might be carrying old baggage. They go about their daily lives, assuming their fears, emotions, and reactions are completely their own. Meanwhile, they may be unknowingly influenced by energetic remnants from another time, another existence.

For example, say a guy struggles with deep loneliness, rejection, and an inability to form relationships. He tries dating apps, self-help books, therapy—nothing works. Through subconscious exploration, it turns out his psyche holds memories of violent past incarnations—both as a victim and an aggressor. These unresolved experiences shape his current emotional landscape, even though he has no conscious awareness of them.

Another example? A woman has a crippling fear of fire, yet she’s never been burned, nor has she had any traumatic experiences with fire in this lifetime. But when she undergoes reincarnation reading, her subconscious reveals a memory of being accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake centuries ago. Suddenly, her irrational fear starts to make sense.

Of course, I’ve massively simplified these cases (these were months of work in reality). But the key takeaway? It’s not about “past lives” in the way most people think.

There Are No “Past Lives”—Only Past Incarnations

That’s right. Reincarnation reading is based on a misunderstanding. The term “past life” itself is misleading because no one—neither you, nor I, nor anyone alive today—has actually lived past lives in the way most imagine.

Your physical body has one journey—it’s born, it lives, it dies. End of story. But something remains: a soul and an energetic imprint (phantom). The phantom is an informational echo of your earthly experience, while the soul is what continues, seeking new experiences.

Imagine it like a theater performance. The actor (your soul) plays many different roles (incarnations), but the costumes and props (your physical body and personality) change each time. The actor remembers the essence of past performances, but not necessarily every single line they spoke.

So, when we talk about past life readings, what we’re really talking about is past soul incarnations—not human lives. It’s the soul that moves forward, not “you” as an individual. And that’s where many spiritual traditions get things mixed up.

Why Does This Matter?

If we stop seeing “past lives” as personal biographies and start viewing them as accumulated soul experiences, everything shifts. Instead of clinging to the idea that “I was an Egyptian queen in a past life,” we might ask, “What lessons has my soul carried forward from its previous incarnations?”

This also changes how we approach healing. Instead of diving into hypnosis to relive traumatic events, we can work on recognizing energetic patterns in our current life. If a fear, emotion, or behavior seems unexplainable, maybe it’s not your experience—it’s something your soul has carried forward.

Because in the end, it’s not you that the universe is waiting for—it’s your soul.