Throughout history and across various civilizations, names are believed to have significant impacts on individuals.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, gods and goddesses all had their true names, which they kept as secrets. It was believed that if one knew their true names, one could steal their magical powers.

According to Vedic astrology originated from India, it is beneficial to name a child based on which lunar mansion (called “nakshatra”) the moon occupied when they were born. Each lunar mansion is made up of four sessions, with each session associated with a sound. By using a name containing the sound determined by the position of the moon at birth, it would help the individual speed up the burning off of their karma.

A name is a representation of one's energy, since each sound corresponds to a unique vibrational signature. For example, according to Seth Material, Seth – an advanced spiritual teacher who existed in another dimension and taught his materials by speaking through American channeler Jane Roberts – used the name Ruburt to address Jane as this name resonated well with her entire self.

Beside sound, elements and numerology are important factors as well. In Chinese culture, the quality of a name is judged based on the Chinese Five Elements Philosophy and numerology derived from I-Ching. A good name has to be made up of words that go well with the elements of a person, with the numbers of strokes of the words combining together to form harmonious numbers. For example, if a person needs the fire element, by using a name that contains a lot of fire elements, their life can improve. A good name can bring prosperity and happiness to a person’s life.

Lastly, meanings that a name carries can impact one’s personality and life path. Qualities such as strong and loving, or characteristics of a god can be bestowed upon a person through their name.

If you feel your name does not resonate with you, it is a sign that it does not represent your energy and quality accurately. It is better if your first name or the name that people usually use to call you represent aspects of you that you consider important, and your full name represents your entire being accurately.

A vital key to manifestations

Examples of how to implement this method:

If you want to manifest money into your life, imagine what you will do with that money and how happy you will be with the experiences that money will bring into your life.

If you want to manifest a suitable romantic partner, imagine all the activities that you will do with them and how happy you will be when you get to share those experiences with someone you love.

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While it is important that we grow as a couple when we are in a romantic relationship, it is even more important that we continue to grow as a person, and build a healthy relationship with Nature, our inner being and Source Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/couple-moon-earth-planet-night-6348100/

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Recalling past lives can help us let go of our limiting beliefs, and feel more comfortable about ourselves and our identities.

For example, when I was younger, I had problems accepting my female identity. This issue stemmed from absorbing a lot of negative beliefs about women in the society, and witnessing the limitations and expectations that had been imposed upon women in their daily lives. As a result, I harbored the beliefs that women were often maidens in distress who couldn't protect themselves in this unsafe world, and had a lot of constraints in life. These beliefs caused me to fight against my female identity. A few years ago, I decided to work on this issue. While doing healing work allowed me to remove some of these beliefs, recalling some powerful past lives of mine as a woman effectively helped me resolve this issue, as I realized that these beliefs were merely the result of temporary social constructs instead of universal truth. Now, I feel comfortable being a woman, as I fully accept my identity as a woman.

Do you have any past life experience that helps you grow as a person? If yes, feel free to share with us.

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Today, I would like to talk about how we can tackle the issues we have inherited from our past lives. If you haven't read my previous post about how our past lives can affect us, I really recommend you to read that one first (x). If you have already read it, here is a little reminder that our past lives can affect us through: (1) traumas, (2) heavy emotions, (3) programs, (4) vows, promises and curses, (5) beliefs, and (6) cellular (body) memories. We can heal ourselves by using the following methods:

== Meditation == If you are good at meditation, you can meditate to recall problematic past lives, then either release the energy from them, or shift the trajectories of those past lives. While the last method may sound a bit crazy to you, it is because our souls are timeless, with all our past lives being concurrent and continuing to evolve. Hence, past lives can be changed.

== Past life regression through hypnotherapy == We can have a session with a hypnotherapist to recall past lives, then ask our souls to release the energy from those past lives. 

== Spiritual Response Therapy == SRT is a dowsing technique that allows the practitioner to find out and clear negative energetic blockages and programs that prevent people from achieving well-being by accessing their Akashic Records with the help of High Self. This is the technique that I have been using for 10 years. == Reiki == We can apply healing energy to our emotional and physical bodies (yes, a human body is made of many different layers of bodies, and the emotional body is one of the layers) to heal our emotional and physical issues. We can also send healing energy back to the past life moments that require healing.

The above healing methods work for all issues (1) to (6). Next, I am going to talk about two methods that are effective to some specific issues.

== Prayers to release vows and curses == One example of such prayer can be found in the book Angel Inspiration written by Diana Cooper. You can also find its excerpt here: x.

== Writing exercise == This method works for clearing our (5) beliefs. Find a topic that you want to work on, then write down what beliefs you have around that topic on a piece of paper. After writing all your beliefs down, erase the negative and limiting beliefs away with an eraser.

The world of healing is gigantic. Here, I am only able to list 6 healing techniques. Everyone has their own preference; you just need to find out what works for you! Good luck!

Past Lives Series Part 2: How do our past lives affect us right now?

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Traumas, heavy emotions, programs, vows and promises, curses, beliefs, and cellular (body) memories from past lives can impact our present lives.

Traumas and heavy emotions, both from past lives and current life, can act as energetic blockages that interrupt the energy flow in our bodies, which can cause illnesses and prevent us from manifesting well-being. 

A program is a belief that harbors energy accumulated from multiple lifetimes of experiences. It can cause our lives to run in repeating loops until we manage to work out the issues related to that program. However, a strong program can be hard to resolve as a soul can try to work on it in many lifetimes but unfortunately fails, and the energy of that program could grow stronger and stronger throughout those lives.

Vows and promises can bind us to a cause that is already obsolete. A good example is the vow of abstinence for ones who have past lives as monks and nuns, which can cause disruptions in manifesting a fulfilling love life. Another example is the marriage vow: it is important to include "till death do us apart" in the vow, otherwise in our future lives the vow may still bind us with our married partners from this life and prevent us from entering a union with another soul, even when our married partners from this life are not reincarnated in those future lives.

Curses would link the person who curses and the cursed person together, and have perpetual effects not only in this life but the future lives. A person can be cursed by someone else or their own self. Furthermore, a curse can be formed when one believes themselves to be cursed by something or someone, such as life or God. Curses can also run across generations in a family.

Beliefs can bring limitations and prevent us from achieving well-being. Also, be aware that strong beliefs can become vows and curses.

Cellular memories from past lives can cause health issues. e.g. a person who got drowned in a past life can have nasal allergy. A severe wound received from a past life can cause that part of the body to malfunction.

In the next post of this series, I will talk about how we can tackle all these issues. So, stay tuned!

Wisdom comes from being humble

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Have you ever wondered who you were in your past lives? Some people have the ability to channel vivid information of their past lives, such as having some scenes from the past revealed to them, however even if you don't have this ability you can still get some ideas of who you were. From my experiences and the experiences of people whom I have encountered, I realize that I can get some ideas of who we were by paying attention to what things attract us a lot, especially when we were children. For example, was there a particular ancient civilization or a historial period that you are very drawn to? Is there a certain role in the society that you click with? Here, I would like to share with you my own experience. When I was around 15, I suddenly had the urge to become a Catholic monk living in a remoted European mountain. This urge seemed to come out of complete nowhere as no one in my family was Catholic, and as a girl I could never be a monk. Years later, I learnt that I have at least one past life being a Benedictine monk. Besides observing what you are attracted to, you can also try this simple method to figure out who you were: self-inquiry. First, quiet your mind. Second, ask yourself questions such as "have I been an ancient Egyptian?" and you may get an answer from your heart. Here are some of the example questions you can ask yourself: "What role did I play during that time?" "Did I have a fulfilling life?" "Did I have a happy family life?" "Did I experience something very difficult or traumatic?" With this questioning technique, you can piece together some of your past life experiences as well. In the coming installments of this series, I will talk about how our past life experiences can affect us right now (yes, our past lives can affect our current life!), and how we can use our past life experiences to help us understand ourselves and grow. So, stay tuned! In addition, my friend Auriel and I are sharing inspirational messages to promote spiritual growth on Instagram, ID: starlight.within. You can find more work, including meditation and healing exercises, there. Credits: Thank you Tumblr user @chazzfox for proofreading this writing for me while my brain was hallucinating due to lack of sleep at 5 am! The cover photo (x) was created by artist Yassay (x)

How to use the cycle of energy -> thought -> emotion to heal ourselves and improve our lives

The cycle of energy, thought and emotion is an important cycle related to healing, and gives us insights on what we can do if we want to break away from a toxic thought and emotion cycle. Today, I would like to share with you my own experience, and use it as an example to explain how we can use this cycle to improve our lives. In the past 3-4 years, I suffered from an horrendous energy attack, which wreaked my thought and emotional patterns. During my worst period, I had symptoms that fitted well into the list of symptoms of PTSD, such as having fearful responses to harmless things. I also felt unworthy, unwanted and useless. This happened because the energies activated within us dictate our thought patterns. Then our thoughts generate relevant emotional responses. For example, negative thoughts would lead to negative emotional responses, and the opposite applies. Negative emotions, if unreleased, can accumulate within us as energies, which then lead to unhealthy thoughts, and the cycle continues. In order to pull myself out of this energetic-mental hellhole, I decided to tackle all three elements in the energy-thought-emotion cycle: 1. Energy-wise, removing and transmuting that horrendous energy; I used my tools, mainly an energy symbol and Spiritual Response Therapy (you are welcome to visit the website maintained by my friend and I (x) to read about this healing technique), to do it; 2. Thought-wise, committing to being mindful of my thoughts and practicing appreciations, consciously pulling myself out of negative thoughts; 3. Emotion-wise, replacing fearful associations of harmless items with something positive. Gradually, my situation improved. Now, I am glad that I am free from PTSD, feel happy with myself, and start to feel la joie de vie again! If you have issues related to your thought patterns and emotional response, you can apply similar strategies to free yourself out of them.

Disclaimers: While I may provide information related to health, I am not a government-certified medical or mental health service provider. Any information provided is not intended to replace professional medical advice, counselling, therapy and service. For health inquiry and issues with illnesses, please consult government-certified medical officers.

Valentine's Day Special: How to attract the right romantic partner by using the Law of Attraction

1. Be yourself. Be authentic and express your true essence to attract someone who is equally authentic and matches with your essence

2. Find out conflicting beliefs that prevent you from receiving love and being in a fulfilling relationship. These beliefs can act as energetic blockages that hinder your manifestation. Some examples of such beliefs are "it is hard to find the right partner", "being in a relationship requires a lot of work", and "I am not good enough to be in a relationship with such a nice person."

3. Be joyful and at peace. When you are joyful and at peace, you are more likely to be in alignment with attracting a person who matches you well.

4. Write down a list of characteristics that you hope your future spouse would have. Align yourself to the energies of these characteristics. Daydream about them with joy and love. When you daydream about them with positive emotions, you put energies into their manifestations.

5. Be loving. Love yourself and those around you. Be open to receive love. Like attracts like. When you are vibrating in love, you attract love toward you.

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When you want to manifest a certain thing in your life by using the Law of Attraction, it is important that your intentions to manifest it align with yourself well. Now think about one thing that you really want, then ask yourself what your intentions are to manifest this item, then monitor your feelings when you are thinking about your intentions. Do you feel them resonating? Do you feel a sense of satisfaction? Or do you feel empty? Sometimes, an item hasn't been manifested yet not because it is not for you, but because you are using the wrong intentions to attract it. You can fix it by figuring out what intentions feel resonating and satisfying to you – intentions that make your heart sing! Then focus on these intentions.

My friend Auriel and I are sharing inspirational messages to promote spiritual growth on Instagram, ID: starlight.within. You can find more work, including meditation and healing exercises, there.