A friend who told me this week that she is losing sleep because sh is dealing with her child's nightmares.

[Garahan]

Hello everyone. I have read Carol's book Children’s Past Lives. I have always believed in reincarnation from an early age. I was speaking with my pharmacist and explained that I didn't sleep well the night before my appointment and she replied that she as two young children that are going thru nightmares now. It wasn't until the next morning when I remembered reading about the children Carol worked with who were doing the same. Here is my conundrum. I know this woman is a very religious Sunday morning church goer, I may be able to help her by referring her to Carol's work in the hope that she may find some answers and seek hypnotherapy for her children. I don't want to pry into her life. How should approach her with the offer of help and not scare her away? Is there a "First step"?

Thank you,

Be Dedicated Be Fearless!

Garahan

 

[Totoro]

Let me see if I get this, you didn't sleep well the night before your appointment with.. whom? A hypno therapist, I'm going to guess.

I'm not really sure how everything is connected.

Sounds like to me you saw a hypno therapist because you were having nightmares, that you think might be past life related?

Did you tell the pharmacist this? If so how did they react? Their reaction may give you your answer.

Are the children's nightmares past life related? If not or you're not sure I'd leave it alone.

In general, I think if people don't ask, aren't curious or otherwise don't bring up the topic themselves, it's best not to intrude.

 

[fireflydancing]

Is there a "First step"?

No, no first step. It's not important to make others believe in reincarnation. It's something personal.
On top of that, in my country reincarnation therapists don't accept children for hypnotherapy.

When it would be your own children, the best thing you could do is just listen to them (without directives or leading questions) and just take them seriously. The memories will pass after some time.

 

[Owl]

How close are you with this pharmacist? If she is a devout Christian she may not be receptive to an outright reincarnation suggestion or hypnotherapy. Is reincarnation something personal? Yes... but if those children's memories are not being paid attention to, they may regret it forever. Hell, I wished my parents were prying into my past lives. Who knows what I would have been able to say back then that I forgot later.

So what I would do is just 1) ask for more information. Next time you see her you can say "Are you sleeping better? How are your children? Isn't it weird how some children have super detailed odd nightmares? Did they tell you what they are about?" 2) if she tells you what they are about and you think they may be past life related bring up common reincarnation cases but don't say they are reincarnation, something along the lines of " I remember seeing a case on Tv of this kid who had nightmares of being in an airplane crash during WWII, what's strange is that the parents were able to corroborate the details of his dreams with historical facts, how crazy is that?". The goal is to spark her curiosity without outright contradicting her religious beliefs.

Is this manipulative and perhaps morally incorrect? Maybe, but if it works you will be doing everyone a favor and helping both the parent and the children overcome their nightmares by PL exploration. If that was the cause in the first place. Maybe you are the person she needed in her life to start thinking about these issues and to be able to help her children and that's why you crossed paths in the first place. It's fine to be respectful of other's beliefs and she will have the end-word on this matter anyway but if you feel you have to suggest (in subtle ways) the topic of reincarnation, then you should do it.