Hi Cheryl-

I sure DO remember you!  Great to hear from you.  I'm glad you are making progress in your own spiritual quest.  I have fits and starts, and just accept that I'll find my own truth in my own time.

Sometimes I find ACIM inspiring and profound, other times I want to toss it in the round file.  How is THAT for being ambivilent??

Btw this website has my current e mail address.  Take care and keep in touch.  You're pretty cool yourself!

Roger B & Debbie,

Remember that in our defenselessness our safety lies so you might choose to delete your last two defensive posts- but do them picturing those you love- PUL  . These postings have turned into an exercise in practicing PUL motivated by some sort of wierd attack  ??? by someone who seems to be manipulative and wise in the ways of modern technology but hurting  .  He/she reminds me of someone close to me who I love more than he loves him/herself but has a way of alinating those who care most. This was not the sort of diversion I was looking for on my three day weekend but, Hey, that's life living on spaceship earth.

Love, Jean

Hi Cheryl,

You go girl! You’re right on about us each having a different path that is unique to our own creativity.  For me, as long as I sense that I’m going forward in my spiritual growth through the experiences I’m having right now on this plane, I’m doing ok.  I really started my spiritual journey in earnest after a devastating divorce, remarriage to a beautiful soul, and moving to an island in Florida.  There I was introduced to ACIM, Monroe/Moen, and Brian Weiss.  I’ve only attended one Gateway related activity so far, The Excursion Workshop, but the experience of being with others working on the same goal, expanded my abilities to get in touch with level 12, expanded awareness.  It’s funny how that particular workshop turned into a turf war between Gateway Outreach Trainers.  I guess one of our biggest challenges here is to keep our cool when feeling threatened.  With Bruce’s material I’ve only been working with the Harborside tapes and did one retrieval with a girl in a barn (I suspect that it had a lot of Wizard of Oz overlay  ).  I’ve found that I need the support of a group to really give me a boost towards the experiencing beyond my local and remembering it.  That’s why I’ve set at least one Gateway week and one of Bruce’s workshops as my next major goals.  I’ve only recently graduated from college and gotten my first job in my chosen field so I’m still a bit overwhelmed.  Meanwhile, I work with what I have, the many tapes, books, and this site, at my disposal.

I do want to mention that one of the craziest things happened at a Weiss workshop my dear husband and I went to.  Brian was leading the audience in a group “past life” recall just before we were to take a break.  I’m sitting there saying that’s there’s no way that I’ll be able to do it within this setting. So of course my intention was proved right and I didn’t.  Meanwhile, as Brian wound us down for the break, I turned to my husband who was white as a sheet.  I asked him what the matter was?  He doesn’t really believe as I do about these matters but is a good sport about joining me in my adventures.  So anyhow he proceeds to tell me this fantastic tale about being in an initiation room in Egypt, knowing he had to stay there, and that there was a woman standing outside the room watching him as he went through this process.  His description was so detailed, that I could almost picture it.  Then he promptly forgot the whole tale except for the year-636 B.C.  To this day that is all he remembers even though we later took a trip to Egypt in hopes of maybe triggering something.  He’s still recovering from that trip that we took 8 years ago, but that’s really his tale to tell. 

Anyhow, thanks for starting this thread.  Because of it I’ve had the opportunity to internalize some of my chosen theories a bit more, share a story, and possibly make some new friends. It’s helping me get a little further in learning to let unproductive “things” go while maintaining and expanding on the good “things” in the now.

Love, Jean    

There are many paths leading to the water's edge, but how sweet the drink when shared with others we have met at the crossroads. 

jkeyes-thanks for sharing the experience you and your husband had at Weiss's workshop. Awesome!  I always wanted to attend one of his or of Michael Newton's.  I, too, have a bit of "performance anxiety" in certain settings. It was a bit difficult for me at Bruce's workshop but I did what I could and enjoyed the experience. It taught me some methods for use at home in my own environment.  Meditation has been the best tool for me to accomplish many exploration ventures, not just afterlife, but others as well.  It also helps to quiet the mind, it is the best "tranquilizer" around! 

Thanks, Debbie, for vouching for me.  You're a treasue! 

Love,
Cheryl