Welcome to the Sangha CaféFormerly known as the Reincarnation Café, we now call our
monthy virtual gatherings the Sangha Café, as our topics grew wider than just reincarnation and karma. |
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Sangha is the Sanskrit term for a spiritual community, in Buddhism considered as one of the Three Jewels. It does not necessarily belong to a particular religion: Here we see it as a term to describe 'our beloved community,' as Thich Nhat Hahn called it, 'a powerful collective energy' that emerges through the coming together of like-minded people seeking personal and spiritual growth.
At the Sangha Café:
- we keep in touch between in-person meetings and with those who are geographically far away,
- we discuss our experiences of personal and spiritual development, that we either made together or feel relevant to our lives,
- we meditate together on the chosen topic of the month.
It is a place to be fully yourself, explore the meaning and magic of life, connect and stay in touch with fellow travellers of the spiritual and evolutionary path.
- we keep in touch between in-person meetings and with those who are geographically far away,
- we discuss our experiences of personal and spiritual development, that we either made together or feel relevant to our lives,
- we meditate together on the chosen topic of the month.
It is a place to be fully yourself, explore the meaning and magic of life, connect and stay in touch with fellow travellers of the spiritual and evolutionary path.
The next meeting of the Sangha Café will be on
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 7 pm CET
The topic we will be reflecting on this month is COMPASSION -
and we will put special attention to Self-Compassion .
How does it make life better to practice empathy and compassion towards others?
And ourselves? To our Inner Child?
How can we feel strong and safe enough to open our hearts to others?
In our meditation, we will practice compassion towards the Inner Child.
and we will put special attention to Self-Compassion .
How does it make life better to practice empathy and compassion towards others?
And ourselves? To our Inner Child?
How can we feel strong and safe enough to open our hearts to others?
In our meditation, we will practice compassion towards the Inner Child.
You can join by clicking on "Enter the Café" or
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 899 8444 9023
Passcode: Sangha
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 899 8444 9023
Passcode: Sangha
The event is free of charge.
Like priviously, we curious souls will get together in a cosy virtual setting, to explore the great questions of life: Where do we come from? What can we learn from the karmic past? How can we set ourselves on our highest future path?
This year, our sessions at the Café theme around the "Great C's of Character"
(inspired by James daSilva), values beginning with the letter 'C' that are worth cultivating
during our journey through the cycles of life and death.
Compassion: Demonstrating caring and empathy towards others.
Courage: Facing challenges and fears with bravery.
Confidence: Believing in oneself and one's place in the world.
Curiosity: A desire to learn and understand that helps to overcome anything.
Creativity: Thinking outside the box and transforming pain into beauty.
Commitment: Being dedicated and persistent in pursuing one's life mission.
Conscientiousness: Being disciplined, careful, and vigilant in one's actions.
Community: Contributing positively to society and the world.
This year, our sessions at the Café theme around the "Great C's of Character"
(inspired by James daSilva), values beginning with the letter 'C' that are worth cultivating
during our journey through the cycles of life and death.
Compassion: Demonstrating caring and empathy towards others.
Courage: Facing challenges and fears with bravery.
Confidence: Believing in oneself and one's place in the world.
Curiosity: A desire to learn and understand that helps to overcome anything.
Creativity: Thinking outside the box and transforming pain into beauty.
Commitment: Being dedicated and persistent in pursuing one's life mission.
Conscientiousness: Being disciplined, careful, and vigilant in one's actions.
Community: Contributing positively to society and the world.
Previously at the Reincarnation Café - now Sangha Café
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At the Reincarnation Café we have a monthly online discussion group for those who are interested in remembering past lives, want to find out more about reincarnation, and share their experiences with others.
During these online sessions, we exchange information: What can we learn from accessing past life memories? What happens when we connect the dots of the past, the present, and the future... |
Dedication and Intention:The work is dedicated to all those humans who are in search for a deeper understanding of the ultimate nature of reality and our place in the universe. The intention behind our group is to serve the evolution of consciousness, help to overcome ignorance and suffering, and unlock the forces that create happiness for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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What happens after we die?
Can we lift this question out of the realms of belief, and take it to a worthy academic discussion?
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Some of our Topics: |
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Moving into the New Paradigm
If we want to explore reincarnation in a more scientific or academic way, the currently ruling materialist paradigm is of little use. We must find new assumptions, as well as a new methodology to be able to study phenomena that are currently anomalies (such as so-called near-death, and out-of-body experiences, as well as memories of past lives).
How can we move away from a world-view that considers life to be random and our existence on Earth ultimately meaningless? What if we assumed that consciousness, not matter, was the ultimate foundation of reality?
How can we move away from a world-view that considers life to be random and our existence on Earth ultimately meaningless? What if we assumed that consciousness, not matter, was the ultimate foundation of reality?
The Reincarnational World-View
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If we open up our world-view to the multidimensional aspects of existence and study memories of past lives, we can see our existence as an unfolding spiraling circle of eternal lives and eternal deaths. At the end of each life, consciousness continues in an in-between-lives-state (a time of assessment and planning) before it is reborn into a new life (to gain new experiences).
What is the meaning of our lives? What is the reason for us being born into individual lives and what kind of missions did we come to fulfill? |
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Past Life Regression Therapy
In our sessions, we explore the methods and techniques of regression therapy, including the typical elements of a retrocognitive interview. Furthermore, we will see how regression therapy can be used in conjunction with future life progression to 'connect the dots' on the individual evolutionary path.
What can we gain from exploring our karmic past? How can we discover and alter the patterns that govern our lives so that we can step up onto our highest path?
What can we gain from exploring our karmic past? How can we discover and alter the patterns that govern our lives so that we can step up onto our highest path?
Archetypal Patterns in Past Life SessionsThis may be the most interesting part of our discussion, when individual past life materials will be discussed. The succession of past lives are evolutionary in its nature, thus it is tempting to think along developmental lines (for instance, using spiral dynamics or a hierarchical chakra system). However, in practice karmic material may come up in seemingly chaotic, rather entangled, and organic ways - so that we often have to search for the 'Leitmotiv,' a main topic to work. Archetypes and archetypal patterns help to highlight the nature of the individual quest.
What are the karmic issues deriving from a personal past? How do these issues correspond with current life challenges, future life potentials, and even collective influences? |
The Lover is
one of the most intriguing
archetypes
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Shadow Work in Past Life Therapy
In our past, as well as in our present there is psychic material we do not allow to surface into our conscious awareness. It forms the shadow. It can be censored content that is regarded unacceptable (for being evil) or unfulfilled potential (the 'golden shadow'). Shadow material arises from past life sessions both on the individual as well as the collective level (for instance, as memories of the Holocaust). Working with this shadow material can be very challenging, but also offers the greatest opportunity for reconciliation and positive change. We always work through shadow material in a positive way (e.g. by reframing guilt and other negative emotions into learning experiences). One powerful antidote to the dark and heavy work presented by the shadow, is finding resource lives (past karmic experiences that allow access to positive beliefs, powerful energies, and personal strengths).
What is hiding in our unconscious that we consider too evil to bring into the light, or that we have suppressed for too long to even remember it? How can we turn our darkest traits into new strength, and how can we reconnect with our highest personal power?
What is hiding in our unconscious that we consider too evil to bring into the light, or that we have suppressed for too long to even remember it? How can we turn our darkest traits into new strength, and how can we reconnect with our highest personal power?
Moving into the Unknown
Those of us who work with multidimensional experiences, often come in contact with the ineffable. Sometimes, we may have experiences that seem to come from beyond the outer edges of human experience (which are no longer accessible to the brain but can only be felt).
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How do we make sense of experiences that we had but we can neither put into words nor process with our brain? How can we move beyond the verbal and the rational to integrate experiences that are valuable but difficult to process through our usual faculties?
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Spiral galaxy an unfathomable 100 million light years away. (Image by NASA)
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How to Remember Past Lives?
The final module contains ideas about how one can explore past lives on their own, and establish an ongoing connection with the Higher Self perspective. The most valuable attitude that can be gained from past life exploration is an awareness of the eternal. Those of us who study past lives begin to view their present life in the light of multidimensional existence - and that is no longer merely a therapeutic experience but an initiation into the eternal mysteries of life and death.