Many Lives, Many Masters - By Dr. Brian Weiss - A Review

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The classic bestseller based on a true case of past-life trauma and past-life therapy from author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss.

As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks.  Dr. Weiss’s skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from “the space between lives”. 

Many Lives, Many Masters is a brilliant modern parable of humanism—it clearly wants to guide people down a path that will help society gain understanding, peace and harmony.

Dr. Weiss’s experience coupled with Catherine’s transcendental knowledge might be awe inspiring to the Occidental, but to a Hindu, who is ingrained in the cycle of life and death, with a firm belief in the concept of rebirth, this knowledge is natural. 

For the Hindu's the Bhagavad Gita along with the ancient Vedic scriptures impart this wisdom; and these teachings form the primary tenets of Hinduism. Therefore, Dr. Weiss’s mention of Hindus in the last chapter of the book comes as a wonderful acknowledgement to a religion that since time immemorial, already established all of his new-found experience.

You may feel cynical or critical of what you read, but one needs to keep an open mind. You can't just completely accept or reject what he has to say. But then, every wonder why, many a time, you meet some one you hardly know and yet you feel connected? It is as if you have known the person for years. Weird?

His and Catherine's experiences about past lives are truly fascinating, and no matter how you feel about reincarnation, the lessons from the Masters about how to live are quite universal. In the end, it all comes down to love, patience, and forgiveness, and again, an open and a critical mind.

Without doubt, very interesting and one that maintained a tempo of a fast read keeping me up late two nights in a row. Highly recommend for a good read, if you have nothing on hand currently. Feel free to share your thoughts.

Review by Mala Mahesh Bhatia.

Note: A part of the introductory review portion is from the Web.