A psychiatrist conducting a past-life regression receives an unexpected transmission through his hypnotised client—one that reframes the fear of death not as a personal anxiety, but as the hidden core of all human suffering. This excerpt makes the case that if the soul’s continuity were known, the fear would dissolve entirely. Simulating is built for exactly that: not the intellectual concept of continuity, but the direct experience of it.
We waited for several more minutes. Then abruptly her voice was loud and husky, and the original Master Spirit started speaking through Catherine, my hypnotised client. “You were correct in assuming this is the proper treatment for those in the physical state. You must eradicate the fears from their minds. It is a waste of energy when fear is present. It stifles them from fulfilling what they were sent here to fulfill. Take your cues from your surroundings.
“They must first be put into a level very, very deep… where they no longer can feel their body. Then you can reach them. It’s only on the surface… that the troubles lie. Deep within their soul, where the ideas are created, that is where you must reach them."
“Energy… everything is energy. So much is wasted. The mountains—inside the mountain it is quiet; it is calm at the center. But on the outside is where the trouble lies. Humans can only see the outside, but you can go much deeper. You have to see the volcano. To do it you have to go deep inside.
“To be in physical state is abnormal. When you are in spiritual state, that is natural to you. When we are sent back, it’s like being sent back to something we do not know. It will take us longer. In the spirit world you have to wait, and then you are renewed. There is a state of renewal. It’s a dimension like the other dimensions, and you have almost succeeded in reaching that state…”
This caught me by surprise. "How could I be approaching the state of renewal? “I have almost reached it?” I asked incredulously.
“Yes. You know so much more than the others. You understand so much more. Be patient with them. They don’t have the knowledge that you have. Spirits will be sent back to help you. But you are correct in what you are doing… continue. This energy must not be wasted. You get rid of the fear. That will be the greatest weapon you have…”
The Master Spirit was silent. I pondered the meaning of this incredible message. I knew I was successfully getting rid of Catherine’s fears, but the message had a more global meaning. It was more than just a confirmation of the effectiveness of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. It involved even more than past-life regressions, which would be difficult to apply to the general population, one by one. No, I believed it concerned the fear of death, which is the fear deep within the volcano.
The fear of death, that hidden, constant fear that no amount of money or power can neutralize—this is the core. But if people knew that “life is endless, so we never die; we were never really born,” then this fear would dissolve. If they knew that they had lived countless times before and would live countless times again, how reassured they would feel. If they knew that spirits were around to help them while they were in physical state and that after death, in spiritual state, they would join these spirits, including their deceased loved ones, how comforted they would be.
If they knew that guardian “angels” really did exist, how much safer they would feel. If they knew that acts of violence and injustices against people did not go unnoted, but had to be repaid in kind in other lifetimes, how much less anger and desire for vengeance they would harbor. And if indeed, “by knowledge we approach God,” of what use are material possessions, or power, when they are an end in themselves and not a means to that approach? To be greedy or power hungry has no value whatsoever.
The fear of death, that hidden, constant fear that no amount of money or power can neutralize—this is the core. But if people knew that “life is endless, so we never die; we were never really born,” then this fear would dissolve. If they knew that they had lived countless times before and would live countless times again, how reassured they would feel. If they knew that spirits were around to help them while they were in physical state and that after death, in spiritual state, they would join these spirits, including their deceased loved ones, how comforted they would be.
If they knew that guardian “angels” really did exist, how much safer they would feel. If they knew that acts of violence and injustices against people did not go unnoted, but had to be repaid in kind in other lifetimes, how much less anger and desire for vengeance they would harbor. And if indeed, “by knowledge we approach God,” of what use are material possessions, or power, when they are an end in themselves and not a means to that approach? To be greedy or power hungry has no value whatsoever.
But how to reach people with this knowledge? Most people recite prayers in their churches, synagogues, mosques, or temples, prayers that proclaim the immortality of the soul. Yet after worship is over, they settle back into their competitive ruts, practicing greed and manipulation and self-centeredness. These traits retard the progress of the soul. So, if faith is not enough, perhaps science will help.
Perhaps experiences such as Catherine’s and mine need to be studied, analyzed, and reported in a detached, scientific manner by people trained in the behavioral and physical sciences. Yet, at this time, writing a scientific paper or a book was the furthest thing from my mind, a remote and most unlikely possibility. I wondered about the spirits who would be sent back to help me.
Perhaps experiences such as Catherine’s and mine need to be studied, analyzed, and reported in a detached, scientific manner by people trained in the behavioral and physical sciences. Yet, at this time, writing a scientific paper or a book was the furthest thing from my mind, a remote and most unlikely possibility. I wondered about the spirits who would be sent back to help me.