Prosperity and Past Lives

By Betty Moore-Hafter and Chris Hanna

Emily is a creative intelligent single mother who works at a job she doesn't like and struggles to pay her bills. She has been caught in a destructive relationship that won't go away. She has an unfinished novel sitting in a pile in the closet and wants to spend more time with her children. Like many spirit - driven people she has tried to lead a "good life," but success, love and happiness have often eluded her.

The Prosperity and Past Lives course was created to help people like Emily. It is unique because it combines the Universal principles of Prosperity with the exploration of inner blockages within the sub-conscious. Many of these blocks originated in previous lifetimes and are embedded deeply in our psyche. The practice of prosperity principles becomes intensified as we journey through past lives into the deeper mind to clear negative beliefs and rediscover successful images of ourselves.

Prosperity means to live life fully, with joy, love and abundance. The philosophy of the prosperity principles are: 1) The Universe is conscious, loving and compassionate. 2) There is an abundance of "good" waiting to enter our lives. 3) By changing how we perceive our daily lives and the world around us, we make room for our good to enter. 4) It is necessary to give in order to receive. 5) Everything of the world changes.

Cleaning the closet - Like a closet overflowing with old and torn clothes, we carry inside us the scars from old hurts. Anger, resentment, fear, loneliness, and hate take up a great deal of space in our personal "closets" and need to be cleaned out before new experiences can fit in.

Forgiveness is the mechanism we use to peel these old layers away. It is as important to forgive yourself as it is to forgive the person(s) your anger is directed at. This forgiveness is done within yourself and needs to be repeated and acknowledged until the emotional charge of the event lessens.

Try this exercise: Sit quietly with eyes closed and recall the angers that you have experienced this week. Repeat silently this phrase: "I forgive myself for getting angry at (name of person) and I forgive them for (whatever they did or said). I release this anger to be transformed into healing light." Now go backwards in time and repeat this phrase with every situation you remember.

Giving (tithing) and Receiving - Giving of your energy (in the form of money or time) is the easiest way to attract new things into your life. It is most effective to give to an organization or group to which you feel a spiritual connection. This might be a meditation center, church, college or an environmental group. Giving works best if it is done without reservation. If you are giving money, keep the amount small enough that you can give easily. Then work up to larger amounts. One person in our class began to tithe a part of the profits from his new business and made more sales in the days that followed than ever before. It is not uncommon for a much larger amount of money to come into your life on the same day you send out a tithe check. It is important to recognize and acknowledge this connection and express gratitude.

Affirmations - (to make firm) The power of our minds is extraordinary. Yogis in India can retain their breath for long periods of time and even stop their heart beat. Negative thoughts can sabotage our efforts to prosper while positive ones will assist us. Repetition of daily affirmations such as "My day is full of joy, love and prosperity," will hasten the flow of "good" into your life. Try this exercise: Stand with one arm out straight. Focus on a negative thought and have a friend push down on your arm while you resist. Now do it again, but this time focus on a positive uplifting thought. Did you find that you were stronger with the positive thought?

Past Life Regression is an effective means of reaching deep levels of the subconscious mind. The images and stories that emerge bring up deep feelings that are relevant to one's current life. The group regressions in our classes are guided journeys in which strong suggestions are given to the subconscious mind to open up a past life memory. During the first regression we focus on past lives that were full of abundance. During subsequent regressions we invite up for healing, lifetimes that reveal the source of whatever is blocking our prosperity. Most people experience images and scenes from past lives, and for some, complete stories unfold.

As an example of going to the source of a blockage, one woman experienced a joyful lifetime with his family (she was male in that lifetime) living close to the land. One day while he was away a landslide took the lives of his entire family. He never recovered from this "unspeakable loss." After remembering this lifetime during the class, this woman experienced a "shift" in the days that followed and was no longer afraid to think that she could accomplish "big things" in her life. Remembering past lives sometimes sets into motion a mysterious process. You may not know consciously how it has worked, yet something has changed.

It is fascinating how many people in our groups remember lives as healers. Healing work seems to be a particularly satisfying and wonderful expression of full living. One man found himself as a wandering monk, doing healing work as he traveled. He could heal with his hands. Though he was not materially wealthy, his needs were always met and he was greatly appreciated. In another regression, this same man found himself wearing a gold robe and realized he was a minister during the Middle Ages, also doing good in the world, but this time from a social position of wealth and authority. It was clear that the prosperous and abundant living was in the healing work itself, and that it could be equally satisfying in both rich and simple circumstances.

Those of us who are drawn to healing work today may well have been persecuted for doing healing work in a past life. Sometimes our fears of fully developing our work and making ourselves publicly visible come from deep subconscious memories of the times when we were not safe. It is important to go back and find out what happened in order to clear the fear. It is equally healing to re-experience the lifetimes where our talents were completely developed. One person saw herself as a beautiful dancer in a middle eastern culture. This image enhanced her confidence and boosted her creativity in her current lifetime. These positive past lives seem to awaken a cellular memory of success, happiness and fulfillment. Of being loved and valued for who we are.

The Prosperity classes generate a powerful energy that acts as a catalyst to increase the flow of abundance in our lives. Returning to our story about Emily. Within three months of completing the "Prosperity and Past Lives" course, she is in business for herself and works from her home, thus spending more time with her children; she has freed herself from the deadlocked relationship and is meeting people and dating; she thought of an ending for her novel and was able to finish it! She received funding for training and equipment she needed for her business... and, by the way, a millionaire just asked her to marry him!! Not the right guy, but an amazing sign from the Universe that it is possible for her to have both love and money in this lifetime...