It's nice to find a place where not just a person, but hundreds have thought about the Afterlife and what awaits after this life and I give my thanks to Bruce, for you truly are, a brilliant man and thank you for spreading your knowledge with us. ;D

The main reason how I found this site was because I was worried of the Afterlife. I've always had a major fear of death, and it coming so unexpectedly, usually through 1)a gun or 2) a homicide of some sort. It's been my fear for the past years of my life as a child.
      I've always feared that when before I turn 21, I would die unexpectedly to one of the causes I listed up above. Now, to add to my fear, my love told me of their dream which involved me being shot.
      Here is the message he wrote, "yeah i had a terrible dream about us. we were in Mr. ****** class and u came and u gave me a book u said it was very important to not loose it. then another guy came and snatched it away from me so i chased him around the room and took it back. when i ran back to were u were the guy took out a gun and pulled the trigger, it was comming towards me so u pushed me and took the bullet, the guy ran away and i held u in my arms then u said "i love u" and u died. after that i woke up screaming "no!" it was very weird because it felt so real but yeah i was very sad. "
        Could our fear be just a coincedince or should I be more wary of the hints given? Can someone please help me? After reading Bruce's webpage FAQ's and just some of the Web Page, I've felt a connection. I want to gain as much knowledge of Focus 27 and how to get there. I don't want power, but knowledge of what is ahead. Please, can someone help me? :-[

AquaDanny,

Sometimes our fear takes a form and acts as if it were not us but something outside that is real.  Sometimes this happens while we dream.  It's easy to lose sight of the fact that it's just our own fear taking form and to believe it is something else with some other meaning.

Also, feelings like we might die, especially at your age, often reflect the fact that who we are, our identity as "children" is "dying" as our identity is changing from being a child to being an adult.  To that part of our identity that is the child it feels like death is coming, because it is.  But it is the death of that part of our identity, not the death of our body.  The problem seems to be that both the child part of our identity and the new adult identity gradually taking its place both live within the same physical body.   We experience the feelings the child part of us is going through, imminent death,  and it's easy to get confused about the true nature of that death.  Meanwhile the emerging adult identity we are becoming is still developing, still becoming that identity.  During this whole process often we experience the feelings of this emerging part of us as confusion about who were are, not really knowing who were are yet because who we are becoming is in a state of flux.  

I remember being totally surprised that I was alive on my twenty third birthday.  I had been absolutely certain I'd die before that day.   Looking back now from age 58 I see the process I was going through back then, and I chuckle.

My opinion, don't worry, be happy.  Pay attention to what you are feeling as you go through this process.  It's not the last time you'll go through a big change in your identity.  If you follow along with the process this time it gets easier to go through other ones in your lifetime without freaking out as much.

Enjoy,

Bruce

Wow. I was expecting another person to answer, but straight from you, it's amazing. It's nice, sweet, and also empathetic for you to answer my dilemma and I express my thanks to you. I fele more comfortable knowing that you, the head of this Website and Forum, have gone through the same process and have lived twice the age you expected to die.
        Thank you Bruce for your time. It truly is a surprise, that you answer my dilemma. Thank you! ;D

- Danny

I like Bruce's reply. It's excellent gestalt psychology.

If you are still curious, now that you have a focal event, meditation may help regress to look at what caused it. Bruce's "home study" is one way to get there, other techniques for regression are available. What youre likely to find is why your feelings took this specific form, as opposed to some other. If you find something that seems to be a problem, once you resolve it USING ITS OWN TERMS, the problem will vanish. Notice that this is precisely the method used to recover "stuck souls" in general. Or there may be nothing there at all.

dave