Professorial Dissertation from the year 2009 in the subject Theology - Miscellaneous, , course: Metaphysics, Change management on personal, higher level, language: English, abstract: 1.1 INTRODUCTION According to Brown (2000 : 1)" we decide to incarnate, we pick a life chart and we decide to perfect our soul, but not for ourselves - two thirds of our experience is given over for the experiencing of God. "So all of you will take on more difficult experiences in order to perfect. " The picking of a life chart, or destiny, as it is sometimes called, is a divine contract, or a type of life we decide to lead, before we incarnate. Thus we can decide before hand what the type of experience is that we would want to have. This poses the question - can the soul choose to be anything from priest to mass murderer, all depending on the soul purpose and the desired experience? Can the soul really choose to be bad in a particular life? In addition the question is raised - can the soul decide, whilst in life, to change these lessons? For, if the answer is no, does it not destroy the tenants of free will, or choice? Does the soul have the ability to alter the life path, whilst in the life and either accelerate or change the lessons / experiences it chose before? Newton (2005: 7) postulates that a multitude of clients suggests that the soul has freedom of choice. So much so, that the choice has free will to decide what and if it wants to progress. In order to address these questions, access to the higher self will have to be gained and such access will have to serve as the basis for an investigation into the realms and decisions of the higher mind. In keeping, the ways of access has to be determined. Such access can be the gained in various ways, but essentially via: . Meditation to the other side by the student . Deep level self hypnosis . Deep level classical hypnosis . Records of "Life between Life " (LBL) regression studies During meditation to the other side, as well as in the case of deep level self hypnosis, information regarding the soul purpose can be obtained and analysed on an incarnate level. However, the method of research will have to rely on the level of skill of the individual in mediation or self hypnosis. Furthermore, the process of (life between life regression) "LBL" can be used in both existing clients as well as an investigation into records of previous individuals attending LBL sessions. Although no limits are set to obtaining the information, this study will focus on the LBL route. In keeping, the work of a practising, independent LBL hypnotist will be used. [...]