Hi Mairlyn,
I have tried my best to avoid new images of disasters. Somewhere along the way I got my fill of them. I allow myself enough information to establish what I can do about it, then I block out further TV coverage, etc. That might not be a good way to deal with it but that's my compromise with reality.
So  When I first began reading Bruce's account of the bombings I thought "How many pages will I have to skip to get away from this?" But I got into it and it is what completely committed me to doing retrievals. Bruce's writing manner inspires trust, and I knew I'd found something rare and important. 
Thanks for reminding me.
bets 

Hey,

I know what you guys mean, I owe a lot to this book and very thankful I found it. When I first read it i didn't know people got stuck, needed help, and that we could help. I thought we could explore but there is so much more to this than I at first relised and although it was something which hit me big I accepted it straight off and also wanted to help.

I have only done one retrival conciously and it was with the New Orleans flood, I wasn't even OBE but just phasing and the scene completly took over, i was inside it. There was a woman and a man on the top of a house, i approached cautiously and exactly like i had read from Bruce's book slowly brought them round to the idea, I helped the woman first who accepted it and then she begun to see how she could have missed all the signs, i saw her go into a light above me, I didn't actually "see" it but i knew she had found her way. I couldn't get through to the man though and was really dissapointed. I have never made it back to see if hes still there or not. Its something I must really work on now i know hes there. It was also good because I experienced my first PE as well at the same time! I felt a friendly hello, something pulling at me so i turned and there was Alysia smiling and waving at me from another rooftop! I was amazed and happy and when I woke up felt really good I had helped someone. I had no doubts then and have never questioned it, i don't need too, i know it was real and glad I could have helped.

Thankyou Bruce if you see this for putting your experiences and yourself out there, it has really helped many people, not just us physical ones as well! Thanks.

Ryan