Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss

The only two self help books i have managed to complete and enjoy are "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne and another one that i read 15 years back when i was in my tenth standard. The reason for this being that the theories to get over your mental blocks are more or less the same. It is largely in the manner that they are presented makes for an interesting read. Of course, some self help books no matter how mundane can simply hit a chord in you on account of your mind-set at the time you leaf through them.

Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss was a book suggested to me by my sister a year and half back. The cover and the synopsis of the book did not attract me then and it was thus lying on my shelf all this time. However, it was when i received a letter full of praise for the book from our family astrologer and dear friend Mr. Kalyani, that i went back to it. I was gripped right away and have been recommending it ever since i finished reading the book- in two days!!

The book is a narration by noted psychiatrist- Dr. Weiss about his experiences when his patient- Catherine- came to him a few years back to get cured. After the usual talk and medicines failed to help Catherine get over her anxieties, nightmares and other insecurities, she was initiated by the Doctor into hypnosis and Past Life Regression Therapy. It was then that was exposed to the Doctor not only a very vital but a very schintilating facet of all our human lives and souls- the meta physics!

In the book, every time Catherine is exiting a past life of hers, she happens to be transported onto a 'plane/ level' where she meets the 'Masters'. These Masters through Catherine narrate the nuggets of lives' secrets and code breakers. The manner in which the book is written leaves no doubt in their authenticity, giving them a credibility and thus relevance of a very high stature. On absorbing the information that they bring to us, it becomes easier- as i felt- to work around many a demons that haunt and nag us through our daily existence.

I have loved reading this book and would recommend it to all those disturbed and restless. Allow me to quote a stanza from the book before i conclude. 

This is what a Master tells Dr. Weiss through Catherine in one of their many sessions-

"Patience and timing…everything comes when it must come. A life cannot be rushed, cannot be worked on a schedule as so many people want it to be. We must simply accept what comes to us at a given point of time and not ask for more. But life is endless, so we never die; we were never really born*. We just pass through phases. There is no end. Humans have many dimensions. But time is not as we see time but rather in lessons that are learnt"

* This refers to the fact which we learn on reading the book- It tells us how 'we' are our soul which is and has been going from one body to another. It shall keep doing so until it goes back to the universe where it came from. It was always there, it'll always be there. Our bodies and of those around us are mere carriers of each soul. Whatever is incomplete now, will be completed…may be through the next body that the soul takes. Its not 'our' life… its the destiny of that soul!