Rob_Roy

Thanks for your post, which did add an interesting perspective. I wish more veterans had the opportunity to speak out publically about what things are really like. I think alot of people are aware of the perspective from which you speak but there are no official spokespersons who are talking about this so it makes it difficult to talk about this publically. Certainly when I stay up late enough to listen to late night talk radio, I end up thinking that there are more sophisticated people out there than probably Rumsfeld et al would like to believe.

We know the Reservists and the Guardspeople are older and have families. As for what it does to families, you have my sympathy. As the child of a WWII veteran who struggled long to understand the alcohol abuse and some of the things that were said, I am sad to think this is happening again. It actually wasn't until the Viet Nam vets had so much trouble that people began to openly talk about the difficulties vets face when they return. My parents' generation suffered the lasting effects of PTSD mostly in silence. The psychologists were only beginning to look at the link between war experience and subsequent alcohol abuse. Yes indedd the pain does not go away.

Now we know alot about that but we seem to ignore it. Probably because of whom it affects. WWII was a draft; everybody went.

I did as a child ask my dad how many people he killed. Naturally he did not answer, nor would he tell me how he got the medals he had, though he did tell my brother, who later told me. One involved an incident that happened when they were in a jeep driving down a road that was being systematically bombed by the Nazi guys, and when you knew the bomb was going to hit your section of the road, you jumped out of the jeep and down the embankment. How do you learn detachment needed for that? I wonder if it is the exposure to such extreme conditions that opens some up to sensitivity to paranormal experiences. Why does it take such extremes to open up?

Do you have any "psychic" experiences you could post here?

I hope you have a great and peaceful time at TMI.

Ryan one thing I noticed in the Jeffrey J. Keene book was that he (Jeffrey) talked about the parallels of working in a military unit and working in a fire-fighting unit. Maybe there is something one learns that can be cross-applied. I guess it is obvious that you would depend on your unit for your well-being in both situations.  ....You post alot here and you bounce all over the place. I assume you have some deep unanswered concerns about the war stuff but you won't understand what the questions really are until you've been there. Good luck.

Marilyn I emailed something about the ghosts site to Cathe and she warmly responded and mentioned that they were putting up more photos, in case your friend is interested.

Alysia your post reminded me that  Five People You Meet in Heaven really does say some things about war and what people learn, though it is hard to reduce the lessons to sentences...they are real but more abstract than words...

Lucy,

I see nonphysical people, I can see with my eyes closed (sometimes), I can tell my girlfriend where her guardian is at any given moment (but not mine, strangely), I communicate with my guardian through a physical means, and I am with someone who understands these things. My guardian is now trying to get me to let go of my ego, or something like that, to communicate more directly. The opportunities for spontaneous OBE's/shifts in conscienceness are much more frequent, although something internal to me continues to resist them, but not always.

These are the biggest personal changes since I was notified I was deploying until now.

Tim,

I read Kyo's posts and found them to be sensible, realistic, and inspiring. My goals, though, are to learn PUL, explore the Afterlife, and take more baby steps to being a HS Serenissimus. I think his posts may be at least a small means to that end.

Love to all,
Bob

Polly,

There are admirable people we can emulate everywhere.

Bob