Have you lived before this life? It is an unusual book. Not because I’m reporting on past life type phenomena. Past lives have been reported by people for thousands of years all over the world. Many religions are based on this phenomenon. Where do we go after death? It is unusual in that it contains so many past life case histories of ordinary people.
This book by L. Ron Hubbard was first published in 1959 after he gave a conference of many lectures in London on the subject. Here the theme of past lives appeared again and again. Here the students were learning to perfect their counseling techniques, called auditing. In order for auditing to work effectively, it seems one must have the recipient access past life memory. It would also seem that one’s problems in this life do not start at the beginning of this life, but go further and further back. This concept only differs from the Indian concept of reincarnation in that, according to Scientology experience, man does not cross species of man into another species.
Scientologists are aided by the electronic e-meter that measures thought. The counselor can then quantify and measure the trauma, whether in this life or in a previous one. Also, the meter can find thoughts that would otherwise be hidden from view. Also, when a person being counseled talks about the experience he is seeing in memory, the charge is dissipated. This is seen and measured. The meter finally shows when the charge has been depleted and the counseling session is over.
The book Have you lived before this life?? has 42 case histories of people who experienced past lives while auditing. This is what makes this book unique. Each of the counseling sessions was written down and the problems the person had before the sessions, as well as the details of the session and what was handled by reviewing past memory, are all in the book. Case histories of what was revealed in the sessions can go back hundreds of years, or even thousands. It is a fascinating read.
The book does not mince words and the stories it contains are told by those who have gone through the experience. Scientology counselors do not tell a person what to think or find, so whatever occurs to the person receiving the advice is exactly what is discussed in the session. The book reads like a great interesting read as a result of this approach.
The book also has some excellent essays by L. Ron Hubbard on the subject of past lives and is recommended for those who have audited with Dianetics and come into contact with past lives.
The dust jacket reads: “Is death an end or a new beginning?”.
