I stumbled upon this board yesterday, and it wasn't long before I knew I had to join 

I suppose I'll start off by telling a bit about myself and my never-ending quest for spiritual knowledge.... 

I was born and raised in North Carolina and raised as a Christian, although not of the "fundy" type (although I was certainly given exposure to it by way of my grandparents.)  My interest in Christianity reached a high point in my teen years, and waned after that due to various circumstances in my life, not to mention that I couldn't cope with the idea that only Christians could go to Heaven, etc, etc.  Even back then I knew what I had been taught as a child was only a shadow of what was out there spiritual-wise, although I didn't explore it for many years.

My interest in religion/spiritual matters reached a low point a few years back, and while I never considered myself agnostic, I certainly had my doubts about it all.  Then, about a year and a half ago, I began to have a series of psychic experiences that launched me onto my current quest of spiritual knowledge...and I came to realize that there is so much more to "me" then I had ever realized, not to mention the infinite realms of God, Spirit and the Universe.

I've also discovered a side of my self that I've actually had all along but have never acknowledged due to my stubborness of my right half of my brain that kept insisting that anything outside of currently accepted scientific principles just wasn't possible.  Once I finally came to acceptance of my "greater" self (spring of '04...seems like a lifetime, though , it was like one door opening after another showing me things that I had given little, if any, consideration to like OBE's and the afterlife.

Anyhow, just last week I was feeling a bit depressed about not being able to find work (I've been unemployed for quite some time now...sigh), and I began to think about the true meaning of my current life here on Earth, and where I might go after I leave, plus the added jolt (sorry for the pun) of nearly being struck by lightning nine days ago while I was standing under my carport watching a thunderstorm...talk about a kickstart to the heart!..LOL.  I did some Googling, and came across the story of Howard Storm and his NDE, and then I went to a bookstore and bought a book titled "Think Logically, Live Intuitively" by J.R. Madaus, and I really connected with his experiences at the Monroe Institue and the whole idea of exporing different Focus Levels, and then I found Bruce Moen's site and this board, and I knew I just had to join.

I can't say that I've had an actual OBE other than the typical "falling into bed" stuff as a kid, but that's something I'd certainly like to experience, if I can just learn to properly meditate for more than five minutes at a time...lol...but I do have a very active dream life which probably comes close to having OBE's considering all the strange and weird places that I've been to in dreamland, not to mention all the psychic stuff that seems to be happening more and more frequently as of late.  The key thing is that I have a burning desire to learn more about all of this and to not to be stuck in a limiting belief system, which is why this board resonates so well with me.

Guess I'd better leave at this for now before I wear out my welcome  ...but I'm certainly looking forward to sharing and learning on this board.

Much Love and Light to All,

Byron

Hi Byron,

Welcome to this wonderful site.  I'm glad to get to know you a little and I'm sure you will enjoy it here!

love, blink

Hi Byron,
cause you found this site you know there's Bruce's new book and there's the TMI and I can recommend both.
>>>Once I finally came to acceptance of my "greater" self (spring of '04...seems like a lifetime<<< Exactly what I feel! Also 2004 (TMI Gateway Voyage), seems also to be a lifetime ago for me!
So just stay here and I think you'll find some interesting stuff! (Unfortunately there was that crash and many posts are gone...)

P.S. Yes, did the TMI GV not in U.S. but in Europe, and it really changed my life! Was at the TMI in May for Lifeline, lovely people there, and it worked! It's worth a try I think. Some say that the GV done in the institute is much more powerful than at home, but that might vary personally. And again, there's Bruce's new book...
bye, spooky

Byron,

Welcome and thanks for joining us in our journey towards wanting more C1 knowledge.

I've been using the hemi-sync tapes nightly for the past 6-7 years and find them helpful for many reasons. More recently I used Moen's CD's and unexpectidly found myself doing a retreival while relaxing on the bed.

Jean

Jean, your computer shut down when you were replying to me?  Not that I should be surprised, as that's what happened when I registered on this board earlier today....I had just clicked on the e-mail link to verify my registration and was in the process of changing my password when  -blip-  my machine just shut down... (no power failure or anything like that)  When it booted back up, I was already logged on to the board, but the registration e-mail I got was no longer there ???  Good thing I didn't need it anymore...LOL.

Too weird, huh?  Well, that's the story of my life, having all these "coincidences".  I could go on all day about this sort of thing, but I think you get the idea 

Byron

Byron,

Guess what??? The sucker froze a soon as I posted my responce-guess I can't even write anything negative about it either .

Anyhow, I wanted to mention that I belong to the Monroe Institute and have for a number of years. Today I received 2 more CD's, from the Network of Light and Mind Food series.  I'm anxious to listen to them--now if I can only get a CD player to work a week or two, gone through 6 since January.  That's why I'm still listening to Monroes tapes and rely on one battery operated Cd player for Moen's.

Oh well, Love and kisses to all, again glad you found us Byron.

Jean

Alysia,

Just received TMI Focus and an reading Lauie's article on unpublished work of her dad's about defining overveiw, specifically "A Different Overview (D/O). It's all about, guess what? CHANGE. Danged good but I'll get back to it as it seems to be describing what's happen' here.

Tried the chat to connect with you, but it didn't seem to work for me. Bottom line is-looking forward to your book being published in 2/06. Much Love and appreciation.  Jean

Hi Byron,

To answer one of your questions about OBE's, I recently had an OBE that went into the future so to speak.  Or rather, the event I experienced was a future event that happened about 12 hours later that day.