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Title: Where to begin? Post by Intrigued on Sep 28th, 2010 at 6:02pm
Hello to everyone...
I was thinking about ordering Bruce's home study Afterlife Knowedge Guidebook & CD's but I'm new to all of this information and haven't yet read any of the books yet listed in the recommended resources. To those of you familiar with the resources, would it be better to start off with more of a foundational book or do the CD's supply enough background information on their own. Just not sure where to begin my studies in developing my understanding of all this. Also, I'd like to begin to learn meditation and don't really know how to go about it. Any suggestions on that (books, tapes, techniques, etc.) would be appreciated as well. Many thanks, Angela |
Title: Re: Where to begin? Post by James Ward on Sep 29th, 2010 at 4:27am
Hi Angela,
I recommend just bumbling along :) I've been enjoying doing precisely that! I read Bruce's earlier books first, and they definitely provide a good foundation for the Guidebook. On the other hand, if you are drawn to the Guidebook first, why not go with that? It's very straightforward, and if you are willing to take the time to be with it and yourself with patience, relaxation and attention, you should do just fine. The earlier books are worth reading, though. If you have no particular inclination to start specifically with the Guidebook, I can say that I was happy to have read them in the order of publication. I guess it's kind of important to be casual about suggesting ways of approaching subjects like meditation. I'm sure you've noticed there are a lot of books (etc.) about it out there, and some feel like a better fit than others -- and the others might feel better at another time. So, a lot of the fun is in the exploring, and seeing how different people conceptually approach and frame the process of paying attention to your awareness, or the nature of reality ("the basic space of phenomena," as one text puts it), or... Probably some of them will feel more right, or dearer to your heart, or more helpful in the moment. I am rather fond of the presentation of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche in The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. There is a chapter there called "Calm Abiding: Zhiné." Here's a partial excerpt which you might find interesting: Quote:
But there are a lot of helpful materials (and people!) out there. Another nice book is The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration, and Meditation: Ancient Skills for Modern Minds by Joel and Michelle Levey. It's kind of a smorgasbord of different practices. These are just a couple of sources you might enjoy looking at; there are certainly a lot more that are quite worthy. Have a great time! James |
Title: Re: Where to begin? Post by Seraphis1 on Sep 29th, 2010 at 8:15am Intrigued wrote on Sep 28th, 2010 at 6:02pm:
Hi Angela: This site has specific forums for each of monroe and moen's books. http://afterlife-knowledge.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=guidebook Here is the link for this site... you can navigate to it also. But people who have done the exercises from the guidebook have posted info about doing them. S. |
Title: Re: Where to begin? Post by recoverer on Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:20pm
As suggested above, I figure there is no one way. Sometimes things fall into place as needed. I believe the key is to not get overly involved with any resource to an extent where it ends up being a foundation for a limiting and perhaps misleading belief system.
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