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Past Life Healing: Take Your Heart Back!, by Shelley A. Kaehr, PhD

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Over twenty years ago, shortly before my strange, near-death experience, I began hearing my inner voice say, "There's something wrong with your heart and you're not going to live much longer." Shortly thereafter, I found myself lifting out of my body one night, floating into that multidimensional space in time where I met some light beings who non-verbally directed me to return. The experience was pretty typical for these kinds of phenomenon.

Around this same time, I received more visitations from a friend who passed away years earlier and also sought out my first past-life regression.

One of the phenomenon I don't mention much but that is incredibly important is the fact that during that session, aside from the epiphanies I received from going into past lives, something incredible happened that changed my life for the better. I got my heart back. Allow me to explain.

During the session, I met with my deceased friend and asked if he had anything that belonged to me. Lo and behold, to my stunned amazement, I saw my heart appear on his hands. I couldn't believe it! I "imagined" myself lifting the heart from his hands and placing it back in my chest, and I had an immediate sensation where I felt that I became whole again and fully operational. In fact, whatever sent me into that light, the mysterious "virus" that nobody could diagnose at the hospital ER the night this happened, never, ever came back again. I suppose my inner guidance was right. Kind of. There was something wrong with my heart—I didn't have possession of mine.

You may wonder how such a thing could happen, and yet this is something that comes up quite often in regressions and like me, it can be one of the most important healing outcomes people receive during a session. Here are a few of the many ways people inadvertently give their hearts away:

1. On the playground in school: We've all had young love, right? What if your tender heart fell head-over-heels in love with the cute kid with the freckles and curly hair on the playground in grade school and somehow, unbeknownst to you, you gave your heart to him or her, along with a tender kiss? Believe me, this happens all the time!
2. In adolescence: I must tell you that every day of my life, I thank God that I am not a teenager anymore. Remember those raging hormones? Thinking that something had ruined your life irreparably forever? Yeah, me too, and it wasn't fun at all. So imagine how you may have willingly given your heart to that first real love. You forgot all about that person, but your heart is still with them.
3. In adulthood in your current life: There are too many examples to name where this may have happened to you. You may have given your heart to someone later in your current life, and again, the challenge is that you are probably like me—totally unaware that you've done that.
4. Past Lives: Our souls are vast and we have traveled through the multiverse in many lifetimes, many bodies and lot of experiences. Again, there are so many possible places where you could have dropped off your heart and you may be living your current life without something that you have not held in thousands of years.

You may wonder why this is important, or why you should care to take note and action to rectify this situation and take your heart back from whoever you gave it to. Let me share a few of the many results of this action:

1. Physical Challenges: Like me, you may have a physical heart challenge. Please know that if that's the case, you obviously need medical attention. But what if there is something beyond the physical? We do hear much about the fact that many diseases and illnesses begin in the spiritual realm. For me, the reconnected heart really helped me tremendously!
2. Relationship Challenges: I cannot tell you the number of people who wanted a regression to try and find out why they could not get a relationship to stick who found out that they did not even have their own hearts! It's kinda tough to love somebody if a medieval knight or an Irish princess took yours from you or you gave it away and had no idea you'd done it. This one issue and consciously reconnecting your heart can easily remedy that problem!
3. General Challenges: We're all one, and yet we're all so different. The heart is so wise and because we now know that your heart actually has its own brain (your stomach does, too, according to the HeartMath Institute) so when it's missing, you could just lack overall vitality, have difficulties getting even business things going. We all should strive to love what we do, right? But what if we can't because again, we're too busy loving that gorgeous person back in ancient Egypt?

So how can you remedy this challenge? My latest book, Journeys Through the Akashic Records has tons of guided imagery exercises designed to help you find the answers to all the big questions in life. In the book, I've included all of the one-off exercises I've used successfully with clients who have unusual challenges, including one where you meet with the higher self of someone and experience something similar to what I did years ago that was so helpful. The process involves asking if another person has something that belongs to you and then taking it back. The taking it back part is another area that gets tricky for some people. What if you don't want it back? What if you want to love so-and-so forever? Well, that's entirely up to you, of course, but I will encourage you now and in the book that your life will be more complete if you have your heart intact. Who knows, you may find someone else you'd like to give it to later! (I'm kidding, of course. Please keep it! You need it!)

And for those who took a heart from someone else, a phenomenon that also happens, please, give it back. You will lighten your energetic load and feel better and more able to move forward with someone else or in new circumstances that will hopefully lead to greater joy and happiness in the current lifetime.

That's the reason why we do any of this in the first place—to make the now a more wonderful adventure. Pick up a copy of Journeys Through the Akashic Records, and while you're at it, please pick up your heart!

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2022. All rights reserved.

I have a cottage up north, and until recently, my dog had no problem going inside. For the last couple of months, however, I've had to force him into the cottage. He will go into the living room, bedroom and bathroom, but looks out the door and stares and shakes when he looks into the kitchen. When my partner passed away a year ago, her children asked for part of her ashes. Could this possibly be a problem? Should her ashes be put together? All three of us have part of her ashes in urns.

Astrea:

The great Egyptian God Osiris was torn limb from limb and his body scattered all over Egypt. It's written that until he was unified in body again, he could not regain his power.

Separating your partner's ashes isn't horrible, but it is unfortunately unnatural, so they should probably be put back together. If you don't have any plans for scattering them at some point, or the plan is to wait until you join her, her ashes should be combined in the mean time.

I understand the need for her children to feel close to her by having some of her remains with them, but that's all they are - remains. Her spirit isn't in the ashes, as I'm sure you all know. At the same time, she wouldn't want them divided up between you all either.

Many people like to keep it together, and I have a feeling that your partner was one of these together people. She's in Heaven now, so she isn't upset that she's split up among you, but it's kind of creepy all the same.

You are obviously feeling like something is wrong with separating her remains in this way, and if you feel it, then you should honor your intuition.

Perhaps you can work something out with the children to share her ashes in a different way. Maybe one of you could keep them with you for a few months, and then pass them on to one of the others. That way, her ashes remain intact but each of you gets them for a period of time each year.

I know the ashes are something that was a part of her that you want to hold onto, for you want to feel that closeness you had to her when she was living. Her death was a shock, and none of you are over it yet. It's nevertheless wise to put all of her ashes in one place to share another way, for unifying is always better than dividing.

Your puppy is reacting to someone or something in your cottage that wasn't there before, but I seriously doubt that it's your partner. There is some darker energy lurking there that should be easily dispelled with a little burning of sage in a white bowl. If you add some cloves and rosemary for harmony, you'll have cleansed the whole cottage!

As always, it's best to do this type of cleansing for energy at the New Moon, but it can be done effectively at other times of the month too. I'm certain this is some kind of random entity that found its way into your cottage, so it should be gone with one cleansing.

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Susyn:

Animals can be very sensitive to changes in the psychic atmosphere, so it is definitely important to pay attention to their behavior, especially if they demonstrate reluctance to enter a certain area. An animal that reacts in the manner you describe is indicating that there is a problem.

Assuming nothing else in the cottage has changed, I'd say your suspicion that this is related to your partner's ashes is right on the money. Your dog is more than likely picking up the spirit of your deceased partner, who finds comfort in hanging around the cottage. I would also be willing to bet that the kitchen was your partner's favorite place in the house.

I don't feel the problem has to do with the division of your partner's ashes, however. The remains of a loved one can be separated, shared or even cast over the ocean without negative effects. Imagine the ashes as a bouquet of flowers: Dividing them in order to share with others will only increase their joy.

The next time you take your dog to visit the cabin, encourage him to join you in the kitchen. Sit with him for a time and watch his reactions. Talk to him and assure him that what he is experiencing is only the presence of your partner. As you talk to him in a calm, reassuring voice, he may settle down. Because dogs are often trained to protect and alert their owners to danger, he may simply be trying to find a way to let you know she is there with you.

Your goal is to put his fears to rest by assuring him that you also recognize that something is off center. You may want to show him a picture of your partner and see if his reactions increase or decrease. If they decrease, this will be an additional affirmation of what he is sensing. If they increase, you'll have to work harder to determine what is upsetting him.

If these methods don't calm your dog down, you may have another problem, for he may be sensing an unwanted spirit in your cabin. To clear out strange energy or uninvited entities, you'll want to smudge the cabin or the room he is most afraid of using a sage smudge stick.

The good news is that no matter what your dog is sensing, you'll know immediately by his reactions if the situation has been rectified or not. Once you have assured him that you also realize your partner is there, and you have cleared any other disturbances from the cabin, I'm sure he'll settle down.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.