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How to break a karmic cycle

A woman once told us she had been fighting the same argument with her mother for fifteen years.

2026-08-23

How to get a past life therapy session: options and tips

In 1988, a Yale-trained psychiatrist published a book called Many Lives, Many Masters after a patient recalled what she described as a life in ancient Baby

2026-08-23

How to improve your karma

A woman in Varanasi once told us she feeds the same crow every morning.

2026-08-23

Karma & Reincarnation: The Complete Guide

Stand inside a Jain temple in Gujarat during the festival of Samvatsari.

2026-08-23

Reincarnation stories: real-life experiences shared

A child in Sri Lanka began speaking of a life in a village forty miles away.

2026-08-23

Understanding Past Life Regression Practices: A Guide

A hypnotherapist in London in 1956 watched a patient describe being crushed by a cart wheel in seventeenth-century France with such specific anatomical det

2026-08-23

What are past lives and their significance?

A woman in Virginia remembers a World War II pilot's death in perfect detail.

2026-08-23

What is Karma in Hinduism?

A child in Varanasi once asked her grandmother why a beggar was born blind.

2026-08-23

What is karmic debt and how does it affect you?

A woman in fourth-century India watched her family's fortune collapse overnight.

2026-08-23

What is samsara? A simple explanation

A Tibetan monk once unrolled a silk thangka and pointed to the hub.

2026-08-23

Comparing Karma in Hinduism and Jainism

Karma connects both worlds, but it is not the same machine: in Hinduism it is a law of cosmic justice that can be dissolved by grace or knowledge; in Jaini

2026-08-20

Comparing past lives beliefs and materialist views

When a patient under hypnosis describes a nineteenth-century Prussian cobbler in precise detail, or a child lists facts about 1940s aviation no one taught

2026-08-20

Comparing soulmates and lovers: key differences

A woman in 13th century Provence kept two names carved into her bedpost: one for the man she married, one for the man she met once in a forest and never sa

2026-08-20

Comparing the soul purpose of various spiritual traditions

A Chinese Buddhist monk once asked a Nestorian Christian priest what happens to the soul after death.

2026-08-20

How do the types of karma differ in Buddhism?

A Tibetan monk once sat with a Western visitor and asked why he kept saying “my karma” as though it were a coat he could change.

2026-08-20

How does karma relate to reincarnation in Buddhism?

A Tibetan monk once told a Western visitor that he did not believe in reincarnation.

2026-08-20

How does Patanjali philosophy differ from other yoga schools?

A monk sits cross-legged on a deerskin, watching his breath as if it were a thread of smoke.

2026-08-20

How Native American beliefs about reincarnation compare to other cultures

An Ojibwe elder once heard a two-year-old speak of a lakeside ambush that no one had ever described.

2026-08-20

How Swami Vivekananda's views compare with Gautam Buddha's

A young monk in ochre robes stood before the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, September 1893.

2026-08-20

Hypnosis past life regression vs. talk therapy: key differences

A client under hypnosis describes a wooden ship.

2026-08-20

Incarnation vs reincarnation: key differences explained

Answer-first: Incarnation is the embodiment of a divine being in human form, occurring once.

2026-08-20

Karma in Buddhism Compared to Hinduism: Key Differences

One is a Hindu brahmin, the other a Buddhist monk.

2026-08-20

Karma in Buddhism vs Jainism: Similarities and Differences

A Jain monk walks barefoot through a village, sweeping the ground before each step with a soft broom of cotton threads.

2026-08-20

Karma meaning history: How has it evolved?

A Roman priest once told a Greek colleague that his gods had no myths, only rituals.

2026-08-20

Karma yoga vs bhakti yoga: key differences

A man in a dhoti sweeps the stone floor of a temple kitchen.

2026-08-20

Karmic soulmate vs twin flame: key differences

A man in Virginia once called his ex-girlfriend a karmic soulmate because "she wrecked me but taught me everything.

2026-08-20

Past life regression hypnotherapy: how it works and what to expect

A woman in a London consulting room in 1987 described being a Dutch Jew named Gretchen who died in a concentration camp.

2026-08-20

Past Life Regression vs QHHT: Understanding the Differences

A client lies on a reclining chair, eyes closed, breathing even.

2026-08-20

Past lives vs materialists: A philosophical debate

A neurosurgeon once told a Buddhist monk that the self is an illusion generated by neural firing.

2026-08-20

Reincarnation vs. regression: What are the differences?

A woman under hypnosis describes a past life in 18th-century France.

2026-08-20

Reincarnation vs. resurrection: What's the difference?

A Roman centurion stationed in Judea in the first century CE watched two funerals in the same week.

2026-08-20

Reincarnation vs. transmigration: key differences

A Tibetan monk once told a visiting scholar that his teacher had been a horse in a previous life.

2026-08-20

Samsara vs Moksha: what's the difference?

A Hindu ascetic once sat at the edge of a village well, watching the same bucket rise and fall.

2026-08-20

Samsara vs Nirvana: how are they related?

A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka once told a visiting scholar that the difference between samsara and nirvana is the width of a thought.

2026-08-20

Sanchita Karma vs Prarabdha Karma: What's the Difference?

A yogi sits in meditation, observing the mind’s movements.

2026-08-20

Soulmates and life partners: what's the distinction?

A woman in 4th century BCE Athens listened to Aristophanes tell a dinner party that humans were once spherical beings split in two by Zeus, each half conde

2026-08-20

Soulmates vs karmic relationships: understanding the differences

We have sat with people on both sides, each describing the same visceral certainty: this person matters.

2026-08-20

Soulmates vs kindred spirits: how do they compare?

BCE), the comic playwright Aristophanes describes a race of round, eight-limbed humans that Zeus split in two.

2026-08-20

Soulmates vs twin flames: what's the difference?

She has drawn the Two of Cups twice in a row, and now she asks: “Is he my soulmate or my twin flame?” The question is older than the cards.

2026-08-20

Swami Vivekananda vs Osho: how their spiritual paths differ

In September 1893, a young monk in ochre robes stood before the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago and addressed the assembly as “Sisters and Broth

2026-08-20

Swami Vivekananda vs Prabhupada: how their teachings differ

In 1893, a young monk in saffron robes addressed the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

2026-08-20

The difference between good karma and bad karma

A farmer in ancient India scattered rice grains on wet earth, knowing each would either sprout or rot.

2026-08-20

The differences between reincarnation and rebirth

A Hindu priest and a Buddhist monk sit under the same banyan tree.

2026-08-20

The Relationship Between Karma and Rebirth in Buddhism

A Buddhist monk once told a Western visitor: "You think you have one life to get right.

2026-08-20

The relationship between karma and reincarnation: An overview

We know a man in Kyoto who keeps a ledger.

2026-08-20

The relationship between soul contracts and karma

A soul contract is a pre-birth agreement between souls to meet in a specific relationship during a lifetime, for the purpose of mutual growth.

2026-08-20

The relationship between soulmates and strangers

You feel a jolt of familiarity, though you have never met.

2026-08-20

Theosophy and reincarnation: core teachings explained

Photo : Mohammed Brzan · Pexels (libre d'utilisation) The Theosophical Society's first president once declared that reincarnation was "the one great and su

2026-08-20

Understanding karmic lessons versus karmic debt: what's the difference?

A woman once sat in a North London sitting room with a tape recorder and asked her spirit guide whether every misfortune was punishment.

2026-08-20

Understanding soulmates vs soul ties

Soulmates and soul ties are not the same thing, though the confusion is older than most people realize.

2026-08-20

Understanding the difference between soulmates and the one

A priestess in ancient Greece once cut an apple crosswise and handed half to her lover.

2026-08-20

What are karmic cycles? Understanding the concept

A farmer in the Gangetic plain, 600 BCE, watches the monsoon break.

2026-08-20

What are karmic relationships and their significance?

A woman in a support group once described her ex-husband as "a debt I didn't know I owed.

2026-08-20

What are sacred contracts and how do they differ from soul contracts?

A client sits across from a regression therapist, hands folded, eyes closed.

2026-08-20

What are some real-life reincarnation stories?

A five-year-old boy in Ceylon began screaming that he was a murdered man named Mahesh, and he would not stop until his parents took him to the village wher

2026-08-20

What are soul contracts?

The woman who hurt you and the stranger who helped you may have agreed on both roles before either of you were born.

2026-08-20

What are the differences between Swami Vivekananda and Dayanand Saraswati?

In 1893, a young monk in ochre robes stood before the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago and spoke of universal tolerance.

2026-08-20

What are the four types of karma?

A woman in Varanasi once told us she could not change her fate but could change how she carried it.

2026-08-20

What culture believes in reincarnation? Comparing Native and global views

A Tibetan monk in exile once told a Western visitor that he remembered three of his past lives.

2026-08-20

What is hypnotic past life regression and how does it differ from standard hypnosis?

Outside the room, traffic moves along a street built on landfill.

2026-08-20

What is Karma in Buddhism and Its Significance?

A monk sits cross-legged on a stone floor in a Thai forest monastery.

2026-08-20

What Is Prarabdha Karma in Hindu Philosophy?

A monk sits on a riverbank, watching the water.

2026-08-20

What is the difference between Ma'at and Isfet in Egyptian cosmology?

A priest of Amun once described the moment of death as a judgment no one could escape.

2026-08-20

What is the relationship between karma and dharma?

We once watched a student sit cross-legged on a stone floor, her hands resting on a copper plate.

2026-08-20

What is the relationship between Ma'at and the Egyptian concept of order?

In the Hall of Two Truths, the dead stood before a scale.

2026-08-20

What is the UVA reincarnation research?

A three-year-old boy in Sri Lanka began speaking of a life he had lived in a village twenty miles away.

2026-08-20

Pictures and iconography of the goddess Ma'at

In the dim light of a Theban tomb, a painted figure stands at the center of a scene repeated for millennia.

2026-08-18

Karma yoga symbol: meaning and significance

A spinning wheel turns under a tin roof in Wardha, 1936.

2026-08-17

How to download the Bardo Thodol?

The Bardo Thodol is a Tibetan Buddhist funerary text from the Nyingma school, traditionally recited aloud to guide the dying and deceased through the forty

2026-08-17