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Aragorn
I never said that the material wouldn't be legitimate, albeit that, as with every hypnotic regression, one has to practise caution on account of where the information comes from. Part of it could still come from the individual's imagination, and/or from unintended suggestions by the therapist during the hypnosis itself.
So I have no problem with the assumption that the recount of those particular hypnotically regressed people would/could be correct as they experienced it. But this in itself neither implies nor requires that I have to like how things work "up there".
I agree with that. However, notable features within the Michael Newton material include that these were mostly Americans from a Christian background, who did not believe in the concept of reincarnation and the process mentioned therein, consistently, was alien to them.
I reference this material, because it makes the very clear assertion, that souls have free will and are given a say in what kind of life they will choose for themselves. If that is true, you have chosen your current life and your current body. This is in fact quite different from mainstream religious ideas. In Eastern religions, souls have no say over their next incarnation, it is determined by a combination of Karma (consequences of past actions) and pure chance.
In Sumerian and Greek thought, the gods predetermined the fate of each mortal, even before they were born, arbitrarily, though they could be petitioned to make modifications.