"I feel like I am making it up"

It is one of the most common things I hear.

And I completely understand why.

You’re lying there with your eyes closed, and suddenly you’re seeing a place you’ve never been, meeting people you don’t recognize, experiencing a different body, hearing a name, feeling an emotion, or receiving information that seems to come from nowhere.

And then the analytical mind kicks in: “Okay… but am I actually seeing this, or am I just making it up?”

Here’s what I want you to understand:

You don't have to shut the experience down just because you can't explain it.

Your analytical mind wants an explanation

We spend most of our waking lives operating from the analytical side of the brain. We identify ourselves through our physical experience. We know our name, our age, where we live, what we do, what happened yesterday, and what we're supposed to be doing tomorrow.

Our logical mind helps us navigate this physical world. It analyzes, questions, compares, categorizes, and looks for answers. And that's a good thing. It keeps you safe.

But regression asks you to do something very different. It asks you to experience before you analyze.

When you try to figure out every image the moment it appears, you can actually interrupt the experience.

Instead, I encourage people to simply notice what comes.

See the image.

Feel the sensation.

Listen to the words.

Follow the story.

Don't worry about whether you're “doing it right.” You are!

What if imagination is the doorway?

This is where I think things get really interesting.

We tend to think of imagination as something we create, something that isn't real — make believe like we did as children. *But what if imagination is simply the language our conscious mind uses to experience information that doesn't come through our normal five senses? (Read that again)

Think about dreaming. You can experience an entire world while you're asleep. You can see people, places, emotions, conversations, and events that feel completely real while you're experiencing them — even though there isn't a tangible person or physical place in front of you.

You might dream of a loved one who has crossed over. You might experience yourself as younger or older, or find yourself living in a completely different world — even a dystopian one. While you're in the dream, you're not sitting there thinking, “This isn't real.” You're experiencing it.

Regression can have a similar quality.

You may not consciously know where the information is coming from. And honestly, you don't have to decide that in the moment.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience

This is where my own perspective comes in.

I don't believe we are simply human beings who occasionally have a spiritual experience.

I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

And if that's true, then connecting with something beyond our physical reality isn't necessarily something we have to learn how to do from scratch.

It's something we already have the capacity to experience.

Our physical body is the vehicle we're using to navigate this particular lifetime. But that doesn't mean our awareness is limited to what our physical senses can perceive.

When you enter a regression, you're giving yourself permission to move beyond the constant need to analyze the physical experience and explore what else may be there.

That might be a past life.

It might be a future life.

It might be another dimension or another form of consciousness.

Or it may be something you don't have words for yet.

And that's okay.

So… are you making it up?

Maybe the better question isn't “Am I making this up?”

Maybe it's: “What happens if I don't try to decide what this is yet?”

Follow the experience.

See where it goes.

Let the information unfold!

You don't have to force it to be a past life.

You don't have to convince yourself that it's another dimension.

And you certainly don't have to have all the answers before you're allowed to explore it.

Your analytical mind can question it later. For now, let yourself experience it.

Because sometimes the moment you stop trying to determine whether you're making it up is the moment the experience becomes much more interesting.

And that is exactly why I tell my clients: don't worry about whether you're making it up. Tell me what you see