The inquisitive minds of children can certainly blossom in youth. They are naturally full of questions of identity and their place in the world. Some approach this path from within, and some find their answers to who they are, as they understand more about the universe first.

Many of my clients are under 19 years old. Their exposure into this realm of phenomena is everywhere. Bookstores and the internet are filled with young adult novels that specialize in supernatural, extrasensory, paranormal and time traveling. 

So I checked out many of the current and classic novels and found their approach to the subject of past lives, informative and romantic. Classic titles such as A Wrinkle In Time, The Shadow On The Dial, Both Sides Of Time and Stuck Fast In Yesterday, all pursued the plots of average teenagers accidentally finding a pathway into the past, thereby experiencing an adventure in a romantic or dramatic era, before returning, always in the nick of time of some impending danger, and always to the satisfaction of the “time traveler”. The reader is left having had their adventure, adrenaline flowing, and a desire for more.

These children and teenagers then dream, fantasize, and discuss their wants and desires with their closest friends. If we can imagine it, it can be so. And these type of writings that foster their imagination and perhaps tug on a familiar note, can only expand on their understandings of unlimited possibilities.

These readers connect with me as clients, asking to experience what they firmly believe, via a past-life regression session. It is with great pleasure that I assist them through their own real life adventure.

The next age group of explorers I connect with are college youths. Their lives are programmed for years of learning and absorbing all that they can. They are walking sponges and they have a need to explore what they say has been with them since they were young.

Even when the age of the client increases, most of them tell me that the idea of past-lives is something they have believed in for most of their life, and they just “happened to see” one of my articles or my website. Hmmmm. 

Like many of my clients, I do not remember exactly when I heard or read about the philosophy of reincarnation, or the idea of regression therapy. I do know that the ideas felt like a second skin, and I had no doubt about the reality of it. It was during the formative years that further exposure to these concepts le me to the school librarian and several teachers, with many questions. I was lucky to find a few books on the school shelves, and a few open-minded teachers who listened more than they talked. My thirst for this knowledge, and the desire to experience it, was therefore not squelched, but instead, let to grow. Embedded to grow and flourish later.

There is a lot of evidence that supports the idea that many references of reincarnation that were originally part of the Bible and the Christian theology, were purged or modified at the Fifth Ecumenical Congress of Constantinople in A.D. 553.  

Even philosopher Plato’s writings were disregarded and denounced.  At this time, it is believed, members of the Council chose to adopt a new streamlined version in order to help solidify Christian control.

Until recently, almost all Church historians have believed that the doctrine of rebirth was officially dropped at the Council of Constantinople in the year 553 and thus declared heretical. But the damming of the rebirth doctrine is traceable to a personal attack by the Emperor Justinian, which never entered the protocols of the Council. 

It seems Justinians’ wife had a somewhat shameful past as a courtesan and in her rise to power ordered the torture and death of 500 of her earlier clients. Believing that the karmic doctrine meant she would have to suffer the full consequences for these cruel acts in a subsequent lifetime, she set about having the entire teaching of rebirth simply abolished. Historian Holger Kersten states, “The prohibition of the rebirth doctrine is therefore simply an error of history and lacking all ecclesiastical validity.” 

So, the Bible as we know it, has only retained a few references that could be indicative of a knowledge, and even acceptance, of reincarnation.

John 9:1-2: And as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Master, who did sin, this man or his parents that he is born blind?”

Revelations 3:12: He that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the Temple of the Lord, and he shall go no more out.

Still, these verses can be misconstrued and are subject to interpretation, just as the subject of vegetarianism is both defended and denied.

But prior to the changes in the Christian Bible, we had quotations from St. Gregory (A.D. 257-332) stating: It is absolutely necessary that the soul should be healed and purified, and if this does not take place during its life on earth, it must be accomplished in future lives.

And from The Republic by Plato (582-507 B.C.): Know that if you become worse, you will go to the worse souls, and if better, to the better souls, and in every succession of life and death, you will do and suffer what like must fittingly suffer at the hands of like.

Reincarnation was certainly regarded as a basic philosophy by Hindus, Buddhists and Christians at one time. Death was seen as simply the birth into a new state of existence, a new cosmic address, if you will.

The idea of past-lives is nothing new. In most of the world’s religions, the soul is believed to return to the body, time and time until it reaches a state of enlightenment.

Many believe that it is our intuition therefore that leads us to comprehend and realize that we are on a journey of the soul back to our original source, and that what occurs in each lifetime is necessary for the stage of that journey.

Reincarnation is seen as very spiritual, in fact a spiritual vehicle to help clarify the spiritual nature of our existence, and is accepted by more people all the time. Frank Tippler, author of one of my favourite books, The Physics of Immortality: The idea of reincarnation, which is based on a strict dualism between body and soul, is central to modern Hinduism and Buddhism. But reincarnation, and the dualism upon which it is based, is actually a rather recent development in Indian thought. It apparently arose around 600 B.C. and spread rapidly, becoming universally accepted within a century.

More and more the concepts of God, reincarnation, and past-life regression are being interwoven and understood. Our search for spirituality is taking a front seat as we come to recognize that our sense of spirituality is deep within us. So often we look outside ourselves for answers, even for our own inner sense of spiritual. Yet it is an inner self that connects us with the universe. It is in looking within that we finally come to terms with our whole self.

Whatever else the Bible may be to those who follow its precepts, it can truthfully be said to be the work of a continuously recorded (although modified) history of mankind. But the Bible’s historical record is merely a secondary consideration in light of its predominant teaching of a basic belief system – even if that system is, at present, severely dismembered. 

No one is as firmly entrenched in the philosophy of reincarnation as the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama. For fourteen generations Tibetans have succeeded in tracing the lineage of one reincarnated soul (the first Dalai Lama) down to the 14th and current.

After each Dalai Lama passes on, the belief is that he will reincarnate again within 49 days. The quest for this reincarnated soul is combined with the new child’s coming to terms with an understanding of a past-life that is still typically hidden from his conscious mind.

Upon the child’s arrival to the Tibetan temple, a series of identification tests are set up to confirm that the Dalai Lama has again been found and will therefore continue along the path of enlightenment and leadership.

The longevity of the Dalai Lama’s lineage is testimony to the span of time that we have had believers and practitioners of reincarnation and past-life recall.

Sigmund Freud made the unconscious conscious in an effort to restore healing via hypnosis and later, free association. His student, Carl Jung, added the spiritual aspect, the collective unconscious theory.  “If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change.” He further stated, “I could very well imagine that I might have lived in former centuries…my life, as I lived it, had often seemed to me like a story that has no beginning and no end.”

Edgar Cayce, popularly known as “the sleeping prophet”, fine-tuned his abilities at channeling information and guidance about one’s past-lives, in the 1920’s and 30’s.

American businessman Henry Ford said (in the Hearst Papers in 1938), “I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26…Religion offered nothing to the point…Even work could not give me complete satisfaction. Work is futile if we cannot utilize the experience we collect in one life to the next. When I discovered reincarnation, it was as if I had found a universal plan. I realized that there was a chance to work out my ideas. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock.”

Even Albert Einstein believed: “People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

By the 1950’s, Dianetics came out. It was a direct approach to accessing ones past-lives, later emerging as Scientology.

The case of Bridey Murphy came to the forefront at this time, and stands out as one of the earliest and most exploited by the media.  Bridey Murphy was the name of an Irish girl recalled by Ruth Simmons by hypnotist Morey Bernstein.

In the 60’s and ‘70’s, more and more professional and nonprofessional books were published to substantiate the belief in past-life recall. British author Joan Grant recalled more than 30 previous incarnations, and her “far memory” assisted her in writing many historical novels. Grant’s husband, psychiatrist Denys Kelsy, used reincarnation and hypnosis as psychotherapeutic tools in his private practice.

There were countless others -  Jess Stearn, Ian Stevenson, Edith Fiore…each taking a rightful place as bearers of past-life regression therapy to the masses.

In 1980, an association of professional practitioners and researchers began in California by Hazel Denning and 50 past-life practitioners. Currently it exceeds 2000 members worldwide (and I’ve been a proud member for almost 20 years).

Through the centuries, many have written their views on reincarnation, from renaissance poet William Blake, to playwright William Shakespeare. It seems we know something deep within – we feel it, and we acknowledge it.

We have been influenced by modern physics and psychobiology which supports that all energy fields, such as behaviour and patterns, cannot end. They can only be transmitted.

The evidence for reincarnation therefore is in us. The proof is not from without, but from within, and that’s not new.

“While it is surely a comforting idea, reincarnation remains a challenge to scientifically prove, although some intriguing evidence does.” 
Diane Goldner

A belief in reincarnation is not vitally important for therapy or even exploration to take place. The process of going through and working out an experience is all that is necessary.

Some people doubt the validity of reincarnation before the initial session, and some will still doubt it after one or more experiences.

It’s not my purpose to prove or disprove the concept of reincarnation. Even with all the cases of reincarnation that have been recorded, there are still people who will doubt its validity. And that is every persons right.

If a client books a session with me for exploration, they are not necessarily going to feel contentment at the end, as much as a feeling of infinity. A door has been opened. One that they knew was there, and one they could have kept closed by their own choice. After a successful session however, the door that leads to an infinite amount of possibilities in their lives has forever been removed.

Reincarnation is not so much a belief as it is a philosophy. It’s a philosophy of life. The Oxford dictionary defines philosophy as “seeking of knowledge concerning the ultimate reality”. Therefore reincarnation is not so much a commitment to a fact, as much as it is a commitment to an opening up – an understanding that there is more to life than meets the eye.

In a therapeutic setting, simply allowing the experience to exist, is all that is initially required. Regression therapy is a powerful addition to conventional therapy, and it is used both to remit symptoms speedily and effectively, and to purge and harmonize the original cause of the conflict.

This process of assisting a client in bringing their energy field into a state of balance, is necessary work, and is realized only when acknowledgement is made that the presenting problem is never the real and complete issue. There is a core psychological issue beneath the presenting problem - a core issue with a constellation of past lives clustered around it.

What changes - what heals - are the emotions, for it is the emotions that create our reality. They are the special characteristics of physical experience. I do not have to believe I am sad to produce tears. A belief, in this instance, is often an intellectual denial. The emotions are ruling my physical and psychological self, no matter what I choose to believe.
Through regression therapy, a healing - an understanding - can take place by reliving an experience with the benefits of hindsight. This deeply affects the emotions the same way it affected them the first time.

We do not have to believe it is true and accurate recall, or even that it is part of us. We can simply use it as a metaphor offered up for our examination, and leave it at that.

The efficacy of regression therapy is agreed upon by therapists and practitioners, simply because of its truth. The results are the same, whether belief is there or not.

Armed with half a dozen or so simple questions and a yellow pad, I sought out individuals throughout the city of Vancouver and casually stated I was taking a personal survey on past-life regression.

My first question went right to the soul of the matter and let me know if they would willingly answer more. “Do you believe you have lived before?”

72% said yes! The rest didn’t necessarily say no, they just didn’t reply. Understood. Coffee breaks can be short. No one needs to be bothered.

When I asked, “who do you think you were in a past-life?” I prefaced it with “you don’t have to necessarily believe in past-lives. In your imagination, if they could have lived before, who did they think you could have been?” The answers flowed….

57% came up with famous and infamous people from the past. No surprise. The men always chose men from the past. The woman chose both sexes. That was surprising.

24% chose a type of person. They characterized traits, mannerisms, economic level, status. For example, one woman claimed if she could have lived before, it must have been as a wealthy princess, “because I’m still expecting the servants and cleaning ladies to come in the door any minute”.

Another woman brought up relationships. “If I had a life before, I bet I was as miserable as I am now, and I bet he was too.”  She was referring to her unhappy relationship, I gathered. And she nodded to her female companion for sympathy.

Only one person even suggested transmigration. “I have a silly belief that I must have been a fish, because ever since I’ve moved here, I feel so at home.” The fact that she chose an animal did not seem in the least to surprise or puzzle her.

“Do you believe who you have been before has any barring on who you are now?” I omitted even the words past-life. I wanted a more organic stretch, whether than included other lifetimes or not.

Many claimed heredity could be responsible for at least part of who they were today. Some involved, and even blamed, their parents. But the majority of surveyed individuals all took responsibility for themselves in this lifetime. A positive realization. I ventured further and elaborated a bit on the question, hoping to stimulate some thought. But unfortunately, even those that gave reincarnation a possibility of existing were still closed minded about passing on any components of their make-up from lifetime to lifetime.

Still, those that claimed heredity could be partially responsible for who they were now, gave me something to think about. Two people discussed DNA as their theory, and listed the concept of “passing on physical weakness” as an example of this. Were they not stating that parts of a person could be transferred from person to person, through time and physical contact? How big a leap did they really need to make then?

I bit my tongue and listened, but without entering into the conversation, their one-sided comments fell flat.

“Do you blame the past for your present troubles?”

Perhaps it was the word blame that intrigued them. If they believed that genetics could transfer something unspecific to them and contribute somehow to their present troubles, then I knew I wanted to hear more. It seemed some individuals believed their lives weren’t completely self-enclosed after all. They seemed to believe that the evolution of human beings affected them in ways that were present even today. Hmmm…

“Would you participate in a past-life regression session to get a better understanding of who you were and why things have happened to you?”  I could feel the second part of the question, “why things have happened to you”, tensing people.

Taken as a novelty, the idea of participating in a past-life regression sounded amusing to about 72% of those surveyed. The other 28% gave me a skittish no, with no further explanation. They were spooked. But the 72% didn’t actually say yes. Some asked questions such as “who would do the regression?” “Is it difficult to do?” “How long would it take?” Cautious, but curious.

“Do you feel that understanding something about your past life could make a positive contribution to your present life?”

I was delighted to hear the factors they believed might contribute toward a better life.

They believed that any type of understanding or healing of one’s past was beneficial, including past lives. Well, they had the right attitude.

I took my yellow pad and ordered a tall dark roast. The answers pleased me overall. I saw that their beliefs about reincarnation were quite different from their beliefs about the flow of life. As an organic concept, when it all came together, it made sense to the open-minded thinkers. We were definitely in the 21st century about it all. Thank goodness.

Because past-life regression, theology, metaphysics, spirituality and psychology all seem rolled into one for me, I often assume an ingrained need for the philosophical understandings of life must be inherent in all other free thinking renaissance souls. Am I wrong?

I wanted to find out, so a few months ago, on a quest to connect with the typical mindset on such matters, I began to ask selected reincarnation/past-life regression questions in a casual verbal survey format. How did people feel and think about past-life regression? Did any aspect of it need demystifying?

I started on friends and acquaintances, obviously because we had already established a comfort zone that would allow the imposition of such fundamental belief questions. Yet that contradicted my reason for the survey.

I realized I would have to ask strangers in coffee shops, at parks, waiting in line at the supermarket; anywhere I could casually strike up a conversation. The challenge of it all was not lost on me.

What I noticed was a slight difference in participation and answers from those in regular grocery stores, compared to those in health food supermarkets, from those all alone, compared to those in group settings, but all in all my sampling proved fairly consistent, and ultimately fair. I believed, as psychologist Morris Netherton did, that “it is impossible to influence or lead people to something that doesn’t jibe with their own feelings.” I was going for their truth, if they would share it.

I admit I expected to find some interested, and therefore interesting, people. The questions, I believed, would lead to some stimulating conversation, perhaps spark an untapped insight, surprising not only myself, but the interviewee as well  - (for although the popularity of religions seems to be at one of its low points in history, the interest in spirituality has risen considerably. It seems that once people accepted the idea that they alone could be responsible for their own spiritual and personal growth, they seemed to soar to new heights, interested not just in theology, but in metaphysics, the healing arts, eastern mysticism, etc.) 

The group of people I eventually gleamed information from, proved to be indeed, an interesting bunch. I sincerely attempted to survey half men and half women, and I was surprised to find equal numbers of both who were unwilling to partake in the study. Thus my results still indicate a relatively even ratio of female/male responses.

Aside from that minor background, I neither looked at, nor noted, any other discernible, distinguishing classifications. I readily transferred my received answers into a spreadsheet (I’m anal that way) and carried over as many comments as I could write down at the time. Often I found myself writing frantically as more than one person at a public coffee table wanted to add their comments to those already being written down. LOVED their enthusiasm once they got going.

The survey sparked interest at first, I believe, only for the fact that I was conducting a public survey, yet the answers I received were intelligent and well thought out – their obvious references seemingly blogs, chat shows, popular magazines, books and second hand stories.

Want to hear what I heard? Check in next week!

Much in the world has now been written and published on reincarnation. The 60’s saw an emergence of books dealing with specific cases, recorded as mystifying and often sensationalized or ridiculed. 

In the 70’s, we finally found books published by professionals, journalists and psychologists. The 80’s gave rise to an even larger quota of published works, written by professionals and laymen alike, hoping to simplify, sometimes magnify, but still often eluding the average person.

Since the 90’s we have seen the increase in the growing popularity of reincarnation and past-life regression therapy. Authors are appearing on television interview shows, presenting their views and debating their case. You tube reveals clips of actual regressions. Viewers divide up, for and against, believers and non-believers, thinkers and non-thinkers. Cases of reported and recorded experiences have escalated. Books reporting their experiences are rising on bestsellers lists across the country, and holding on to the number one spot for endless weeks. Blogs are written, mainstream psychologists, psychiatrists, and other therapists are traveling across the world presenting seminars and workshops, and authors are touring, attracting crowds who desire more, need more, want more…. 

Past-life regression therapy is emerging, and is not being beaten down. It is rising in popularity, in exposure, and infiltrating the minds that pose the question: is there more to life than this?

But who are these people that exhibit a spark of interest, of curiosity, of recognition? What do they want to know? What questions do they have? What answers do they need? There is now a lot of information out there for the reading/viewing public: where do they start?

In my private practice, more and more of my clients book a session and merely want to ask questions, searching for answers. I communicate with them individually, shaping my information to suit their level of need and existing knowledge. They always want to know more, so I recommend books, experiences, blog postings.

I find myself talking to so many people on a daily basis, whether in a network group, a coffee shop, a sports event, or anywhere my occupation might be brought up in conversation. Talking about it with strangers or acquaintances often brings up the same type of very innocent, very unabashed questions. Unfortunately these are neither well thought out nor cushioned with intelligence, for the most part. I have paid attention to these questions for quite awhile, acknowledging that they are often repeated in different circles. These are not the questions a therapist might put together to “answer any questions you may have” regarding past-life regression therapy. These are the actual laymen queries and comments that I hear at every encounter.

Demystifying past-life regression therapy is truly an essential task. This is my small attempt to clarify and substantiate it, in relative terms.  Thanks for coming along for the ride. 

************I believe the world is rapidly advancing. There is a huge shift toward energy work and spiritually-based solutions to our problems and needs. These non-traditional methods have the depth necessary.  My belief and experience tells me that this is because many of the issues manifesting today are on a soul level. We need to go deeper than ever before to places and spaces and realms clinical methodologies can’t touch. 

For the last few decades I have been developing, testing, and perfecting a level of spiritual meditation-based past-life regression therapy that I believe is beyond anything else I have seen. I offer this knowledge in a 10-course training called Hindsight.

If you are interested in this training, it’s probably because there is a soul-awakening happening: a soul-level recognition of a sense of purpose and promise. Trust it. I did.        More information can be found here.

There are always corporations and institutions that wield their powerful swords and create politically generated changes in the masses.  But what happens if necessary powerful changes are not forthcoming?

Nutritional changes such as vegetarianism, organic food, sustainability, etc., have taken decades to battle and squeeze a position in the mass consciousness. Chiropractors, acupuncturists, astrologers (to name a few) have been unfortunately labeled quacks for years, but when former American president Richard Nixon mentioned acupuncture and president Ronald Reagan admitted to astrological guidance, a few chinks in the armor let in a bit more light.

I believe in past-life regression for therapy, curiosity or empowerment. That reincarnation and past-life regression can actually promise and deliver on these three is outstanding. As Dr. Bruce Goldberg writes in Past Lives, Future Lives: “The most important benefit of regression therapy is not the retelling of scenes from past lives. It is a change in perspectives on life, an enlightenment as to who you are and what you are suppose to be doing here.”

Most of the authors of the popular past-life regression books in the last 20+ years have either been psychologists, psychiatrists, or other private practitioners. Each has adopted past-life regression therapy as an essential part of their practice, often after years of disbelief. It generally took one client to unblock their disbelief, or open up and confirm a belief, and then the ensuing networking chain of client to practitioner word-of-mouth referrals begins.

Now there are a far greater number of practitioners who believe first in past-life regression, and then studied and passed on the value and virtues to their clients. Used as therapy, it is believed that past-life regression can only enhance a practice.

We must find a way to keep practicing past-life regression to any and all who believe in its value, and only hope that sooner or later the realization of the power of past-life regression will finally be felt by enough people to give it the acclamation it so deserves. 

From an early age, I believed in past-life regression as a panacea for the masses. I was always drawn toward a powerful belief in it, so the work I chose to do seems all empowering to me. It answers such fundamental questions such as "Who am I?" and "What is my purpose?", and opens up possibilities at the same time. My mind attempts to imagine infinity and feels a connection, a belonging.

I have a need to let others remember, as I have done, yet those who wish to journey within, are often not clear on why, how, or where past-life regression therapy affects their current life. So I start by letting them know what Dr. Edith Fiore brilliantly stated years ago: "There is not one aspect of character or human behaviour that cannot be understood through an examination of past-life events....for we are the sum total of all that we have been before." My chosen field of work is therefore vital, alive and beneficial to all.

When Dr. Denys Kelsey and his prolific wife Joan Grant wrote the book, Many Lifetimes, in 1967, it brought past-life regression to a cultural awareness level. Since then, more and more prestigious medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other practitioners, researchers and laymen have contributed their experiences to the masses. Belief in reincarnation rose from 20-30 percent from 1970-1980, and then another 15% in the next decade, with one third of all adult women professing to be believers.

Yet still, the mention of past-life regression has that unmistakeable hush in a crowd. Eyebrows go up, debaters take aim, a few whisper snide remarks, and very little awareness, much less enlightenment, has ever been achieved. I know. I continue to experience those reactions in the 21st century.

I believe past-life regression is not a fringe interest, but rather an obvious branch, and therefore extension of psychology, theology, and medicine. I like the way author Karl Schlotterbeck explains its role in society: "It appears that past-life therapists are, in the truest sense of the word, the best current expressions of ministers and psychotherapists - caretakers of the soul."

But past-life regression therapy has been kept in the wrong closet for too many years. It's association with other non-mainstream practices keeps it akin to an old-fashioned parlor game in the minds of many. Connected so strongly to hypnosis, it still bears the impressions of all the old, badly made movies and ghost stories of Hollywood's earlier years.

I'm going to blog more about past-life regression history, its power, and its potential, in the weeks and months to come. I want to go from "I don't believe in past-life regression" to "Why does my teenager know more about this that I do?" to "I don't understand what karma is" to "How can this help my relationship?" to "What happens in a session?" to "Was I really there?"  

Join me if you're ready to take past-life regression seriously. (And if you're interested in training to become a past-life practitioner too, here's all the details.)

If you're feeling like hunkering down and watching some movies - but don't feel like the classic Christmas tales, then here's a list for you....

People are always asking me (and telling me) about time travel and past life movies. "Have you seen...?"  "What would you recommend...?"  So I put together this very incomplete top 10 list. It's enough for a start though...

#10 - 12 Monkeys. 1996. Terry Gilliam. Travelling 'into the past' to change future outcome.
#9 - Timeline. 2003. Richard Donner. Novel by Michael Crichton.
#8 - Deju Vu. 2006. Denzel Washington. Jim Caviezel. Four and a half days in time. 
#7 - Frequency. 2000. Dennis Quaid. Jim Caviezel (again). 30 year timespan connecting father and son in NYC.
#6 - Premonition. 2007. Sandra Bullock. A week in time, in scrambled sequence.
#5 - The Philadelphia Experiment. 1984. Based on an actual event from 1943 that "sent" two men 40 years into the future.
#4 - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. 1986. Two words: humpback whales.
#3 - Star Trek: First Contact. 1996. Another "traveling into the past to change future outcome". 
#2 - are my 4 favourite romantic love stories, lumped together. (Yes that's cheating. It's my list.) 
Somewhere In Time. 1980. Jane Seymour. Christopher Reeve. Self-hypnosis.
Late For Dinner. 1991. Peter Gallagher.
Kate & Leopold. 2001. Meg Ryan. Hugh Jackman.
The Fountain. 2006. Hugh Jackman (again). Deep and rich, spanning 3 lifetimes of a couple.

and #1 - Groundhog Day. 1994. Bill Murray. Karma: Repeating to gain higher consciousness.

Now what will you rent this weekend? (You're welcome.)