by Jerome Espinosa Baladad

Created on: August 21, 2009   Last Updated: October 17, 2010

"Positive," with a nod, will be my reply if someone asks me this question again. Let me narrate a personal account on why "soul mates" exist. I attended one of Jaime Licauco's seminars in the early 90s. Mr. Licauco's seminars involve the paranormal science; he is Philippine-based (http://www.jaimelicauco.com/), and I'm not in any way working for him. I was still doing full time corporate work then, when a female officemate invited me and another male co-worker to attend a whole-day seminar on "Finding Your Soul mates." I thought that was a great idea, though I have not read much about soul mates.

There were around 30 of us attendees in that room. Mr. Licauco made us feel comfortable from the start of the session. He let us introduce ourselves before everyone else in the group. I learned later that he has been doing seminars on the paranormal, ever since he quit full time the corporate world. He told us that he discovered in one of his paranormal sojourns that he was formerly a "knowledge keeper," sort of a librarian at a time when knowledge was hoarded, during the times of the Egyptian Pharaohs. He was, indirectly, telling us that he continues to work on his reincarnation now, by making amends on his mistakes in his previous life (such that he is openly sharing what he has learned now). I recall there were brave couples in the seminar who would like to know and confirm if they are partnered now with their soul mates in their respective relationships.

The lecture at the start of the seminar prepared us on the concept of "soul mates" as well as "reincarnation," processes that are linked together. After lunch break, we were given several mental exercises while inside the cool room (the air conditioner was on, the Philippines, being a humid tropical country), one of which was to make us close our eyes, and just listen to and focus on Mr. Licauco's instructions, then to the taped voice of a woman with background music. We were asked to do some breathing exercises. We were aware that we were being hypnotized in a way, getting mesmerized by the whole process that promises to introduce us to a pathway where we could have an idea of who our "soul mate" could be. Please note, too, that Mr. Licauco was forthright about the process, and there was nothing in it that would suggest "we were being taken for a ride."

I remember he said that we were then in the process of "regression." Slowly the process went on. I don't know about my mates in the room, but I followed enthusiastically,

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