During the session, Dr.Weiss used only the most lightweight hypnotic induction techniques on this CD and had a tendency to rush through them. So, the depth of focus is not really adequate for deep recall.

Furthermore, Dr.Weiss spent almost no time at all exploring the other-life setting: "Find another life, look at your shoes, look at your clothes, do you remember dying? -- okay, time to wake up."

The whole 22-minute session felt more like a group demonstration during a public lecture on reincarnation. Very disappointing.


Mirrors of Time   April 3, 2002
 66 out of 72 found this review helpful

Too little information. Lacks meat. Had I seen it on a shelf in a bookstore I would never have purchased it. Takes 10 minutes to read cover to cover. The only redeeming characteristic is the CD. It will at least help the insomniac. ...


What about current events....?   March 25, 2002
 33 out of 63 found this review helpful

The difficulty I have with Dr. Weiss's book is that it makes a large assumption and applies it to all people. The book assumes that past difficulties are the cause of current pain. However, what if current difficulties are the cause of current pain? There is no suggested means of first discovering when the cause of the pain occurred. As a result, it may be ongoing and in the present. If this is the case, regression therapy cannot help. This is an essential distinction which I wish Dr. Weiss recognized and addressed.

Furthermore, the idea of 'past difficulties' subtly places current pain outside the realm of personal responsibility. What I mean is, if karma has been damaged by one's self there appears to be a certain level or responsibility included in that. More specifically, if a person makes bad moral decisions that may be the cause of the damage. As a result, if poor moral decisions continue then karma continues to be damaged. This is an area I wish Dr. Weiss addressed instead of making the cause always external and thereby doing away with personal fault/responsiblity.

The techniques expressed in this book have also been described as 'karma transformation exercises'. Belief that individuals have the ability to transform karma is highly speculative. Just because individuals may be guilty of committing actions which harm karma does not necessarily mean those individuals are capable of reversing those effects. As a result, an external source of healing must be sought.

In short, the real key to avoiding current pain does not seem to be the recommendations of Dr. Weiss, but rather a real and right discovery of objective truth.....followed by adaptation in the form of right behavior. If violation of moral principles is where guilt comes from (the source) then is seems this is a better place to start. Now the question becomes which worldview provides the most reasonable explanation of moral law? I know many people cringe at this idea because it invokes accountability. This isn't a popular theme - especially in the new-age movement. However, if God exists, and is the source of morality -- damage of karma is a violation against God.


nothing new   March 25, 2002
 35 out of 43 found this review helpful

The book is a short anecdotal treatise on regression philosophy. The CD is 20 minutes long and is basically a relaxation script.

Caveat emptor.


I DARE YOU TO EXPERIENCE THIS!   March 25, 2002
 22 out of 25 found this review helpful

I have never experienced such fulfillment as I did when I read, and experienced the exercises in Brian Weiss' his new book, Mirrors of Time. It's such an incredible compilation of exercies, and they have changed my life. I'm so thankful for this book, and highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants to live the best life possible, THIS TIME. The chapter on transforming relationships should be printed and handed out on every street corner. Thank you Brian, for such a great gift!