A Man Deeply Absorbed in Past Lives

Some time ago, a client traveled all the way from Kyushu to visit my salon in Meguro.

He works in the drone industry and comes to see me from time to time.

As I always do, I gently placed my hand on his head to begin observing his condition.

Almost immediately, a thought came to me.

“This person is deeply absorbed in past lives.”

Without thinking much about it, I said,

“You seem to be very interested in past lives.”

He suddenly sat upright on the treatment table.

“What?”

His reaction surprised me as much as my own words.

He smiled and replied,

“Actually, I spent this morning reading a book about past lives.”

As we continued talking, he told me something even more interesting.

Not only had he been reading about past lives that morning, but he had also been considering purchasing an audio program that was said to help people recall memories of their past lives.

I hadn’t expected his attention to be so completely focused in that direction.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being interested in past lives.

Whether past lives truly exist or not is something no one can prove.

I’ve had enough unusual experiences in my own work that I don’t dismiss such possibilities outright.

However, there is one thing I have learned.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s past lives, the future, work, or relationships.

When we pour too much of our attention and energy into any single thing, we gradually become consumed by it.

Our bodies are affected as well.

So I simply told him,

“Past lives belong to the past.”

Even if they do exist, they are part of a time that has already ended.

No matter how much we think about them, we cannot change them.

What truly matters is how we live this present moment.

After the session, we continued talking about it for a while.

It was certainly an unusual experience.

But that wasn’t really the point I wanted to share.

The important thing is this:

Our lives naturally move toward whatever we continuously focus on.

That is why I believe it is far more important to place our attention not on the past, nor on the future, but on the present moment.

In the end, that is what brings the greatest benefit—not only to the body, but also to life itself.