Past life regression, or PLR, is a scientifically provable phenomenon. That is to say, something provable and measurable definitely happens when people are hypnotized and regressed. The open question is, what is really happening? There are several contradictory competing theories:
- The hypnotized subject is recalling actual events that occurred prior to the individual's birth (at least, in the present body).
- The individuals are, in fact, dreaming. They are having vivid albeit false recollections of past events, which did not really happen. These dreams, under the right stimulus, can reoccur, giving the oppression of being an actual memory.
- The mind records memories outside the physical body. The brain is the seat of short-term memory, however, when a recollection is committed to long-term memory, the brain acts much like a writeable DVD drive in a computer. Long-term memory is, in fact, not stored in the physical brain. Theoretically, the memories could be of another person, being accessed by the subject, much like I can access another person's files on a computer network. This explanation of the mechanics of past life regression does not deal with the question of whether the memories are the subject's, but only whether the memories are real.
The past of least resistance leads us to conclude he he that the third option is the most probable.
