Many Lives Many Masters

Reincarnation means the rebirth of a soul in another body. Many saints speak about this, but a few of the religions removed this fact to limit the crimes that a human is capable of. If the humans know they have enough time to settle their debts, they might not realize the purpose of their existence and would go on without any fear. In the book Many Lives Many Masters by Dr Brian Weiss, the patient is stunned by the fact that her religion doesn’t support reincarnation, and she doubts this knowledge.

Many Lives Many Masters is a story of a patient named Catherine who struggles through anxiety, insomnia and other psychological disorders. She works in a hospital, where she is advised by her boss to visit Dr Brian Weiss for consultation. At first, she is hesitant, but as her condition deteriorates, she makes an appointment. The Doctor conducts normal sessions in the beginning, but it doesn’t have any effect on her. He advises her for hypnosis, but she is reluctant. During this time, she attends a medical conference in Chicago with her boyfriend, and there they visit an Egyptian exhibit. The guide present there informs them about the facts of some of the artifacts. She corrects him about a few, and to her surprise, she is right. When she comes back, she tells her doctor about this and agrees to hypnosis. Hypnosis is a focused concentration state. They visit memories of her young days and witness some terrible happenings. When people see their sufferings from a detached level, they understand them, and they tend to heal, but Catherine wasn’t improving. They have witnessed many experiences, but it wasn't helping her, so in the next session, he asks her to travel back to the time when her problems begin, and to his surprise, she travels back to 1863 B.C. The doctor experiences various timelines and connects with masters who tell him that a soul goes through various dimensions. He doesn’t tell anyone about his experience, rather he verifies them scientifically. Catherine has been in the physical state 86 times. He experiences the life and the death of Catherine in various lifetimes. They experience the trance like state where our soul rejuvenates and waits for the right time to come back into existence. It is during trance like state that he communicates with Masters. When he tells her about the happenings in her trance like state, she couldn’t accept it due to her present upbringing, and she is oblivious to those teachings. Doctor experiments and realizes that it is not made up by Catherine. Eventually, Catherine improves, and Masters tell the doctor to process the knowledge earned so far, for it isn’t easy to digest. After 4 years of this experience, he finds the confidence to tell everyone about this as Masters had told him that this knowledge was for him and not Catherine.

Many patients speak about close to death experiences, coma is one such time. During this state, a soul decides whether they need to go back to their physical state to complete their purpose or if they have learnt enough, they can begin their journey ahead.

The book discusses life and death and the extreme fears of humans. It acknowledges reincarnation. Those therapeutic sessions had a strong influence on Dr Brian Weiss, who has shared some of his dreams that provide some insightful messages. We shouldn’t step on other humans, ‘We all seem to be going to the same place ultimately, albeit at different speeds. No one is greater than other.’ We all are supposed to be driven with kindness. Our fight with different religions is useless as our soul doesn’t have any religion. The book is a kind of self-help as it lets you learn more about your physical existence. The Author has compiled the story very well. He relates many of his own experiences to let the readers acknowledge the gravity of such truth. He witnesses why he became a psychiatrist. I would always recommend this book because it helps in understanding life and our actions. The lessons will help you be a better person and acknowledge your emotions. This non-fiction won’t bore you.