Greeting board

my name is Peter. I have spent some time reading about your experiences and should thus probably introduce myself a little. I, like many others I imagine, was drawn to pursue and investigate matters of the afterlife after the loss of a dear family member. I have an educational background in Zoology and philosophy. I would consider myself an open minded and rational person. For this reason, I have always treated concepts and ideas that I have not experienced directly with healthly dose of skepticism. I have been researching enthusiasticaly on various metaphysical matters. This lead me to Zammits ebook on the paranormal. I was very suprised at the depth, extent and calibre of some of the accounts, evidence and investigations documented in this report. I was particularily interested in the idea of astral projection (wel I have a brain and body so maybe there is hope) which led me to this website. I found it, along with this conversation board, a very useful guide for the seeking.

By accident or fate (not yet sure ) I came into possession of a lovely set of headphones and, more importantly, the hemi-sync series. I tried the first tape in the series. At some point, I felt like my whole head was buzzing, like energy pulsating in my head, eye lids twitching and an uncontrolable urge to open my eyes. I was a little frightened and suprised at the dramatic effect of the tape. I must say I was shocked that anything could have such an effect on my mental constitution. Upon repeating the tape several times, I curiously discovered that I could not achieve as dramatic a sensation as I first experienced. I then moved to the focus 10 introduction tape.

This tape was amazing....on the count down to focus ten I felt my whole body, neck down, go completely asleep (I have trouble relaxing my eyelids and eyes). Never before in my life had I experienced such a feeling. I think now I can empathise a little with those who suffer from sleep paralysis. Soon after this feeling I felt like my whole body was being drawn up from my feet first. My whole head was buzzing and I felt a strong feeling of nausea. As I was brought back by the tape I felt my body come out from a deep state of rest and felt very relaxed and calm the rest of the day. Since this initial profound experience using the introduction to focus 10 tape, I have used the same tape several times and not been able to invoke such a strong focus 10 response ie my body will not fall into such a "deep sleep".

Do/did any board memebrs have a similar experience with the tapes working best when experienced for the first time...and if so what techniques (or lack of) did you employ to continue deep phasing into focus 10? also how often do you guys use these tapes or engage in these activities? Lastly, is it recomended, given the potency of an observer who is not predjudiced by a previous tape experience, better to only do these tapes once before advancing to the next tape?

thank you and apologies for the lengthy first message
I look forward to learning and sharing with you

Peter

Thank you spooky,

I will take your advice on board and give it a go. I like the idea of having an intent...makes sense to me.

cheers
Peter

Welcome to the board Peter. When I did the Gateway Experience tapes, I listened to the same one for a week, then went to the next, etc.  It's really up to the person if/when they feel they're ready for the next tape. I always knew I was in focus 10 when I'd hear myself snore. LOL  Good luck with the tapes.

Love, Mairlyn

Hi guys,

thank you for your warm, insightful replies. Alysia I have to say that at this point the tapes have been a great discovery. Like you pointed out the after effect of relaxation and calm is probably as equally important as the experience. I would be interested to hear your feedback should you chose to give them a try. Thanks Marilyn for the 'dosage' advice. As I dont snore I will consider any future snoring I hear in focus 10 a sign that I have managed to bore my friends and family I am trying to reach   You are right indiglo, I will do my best

I have a week vacation in the tropics next week to push the boundaries using hemisync. I will hopefully have something interesting to post soon.

take care guys
Peter

Welcome Peter,

I am a physician in the USA, and as such, I have my own skepticism to counter.  Victor Zammit's site is helpful.  Bruce's CD/workbook are even more so on this site.

However, for me the hindering beliefs of my youth were best debunked by obtaining proof that our consciousness may be independent from our bodies.  In the Western view, consciousness is sort of thought of as an evolutionary accident, just a result of chemical and electrical or quantum signaling so that we think we are conscious beings. 

A few areas of research will help convince you.  There is a great NDE (nead death experience) webiste out there.  Princeton University in New Jersey has a P.E.A.R. laboratory in which they have demonstrated that focused and unfocused human consciousness can actually change sealed random number generating machines (they have a website too).  These studies have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals.

If our consciousness can affect things in the physical world from a distance, then we as human beings are probably more than an evolutionary accident.  This led me to other research including readings on the science of mind which have been very interesting.

The bottom line - if you've gotten this far, you've opened the door to a world full of new experiences and spiritual growth.  PM me if you'd like any references - I'd be happy to help.  Some are free on the web.

Best to you,

Matthew

Hi Peter.

I think things have the largest effect on you when they catch you off guard.  So you may want to put your tapes aside for a week or two, and only work on your techniques without any assistance.  Then give the tapes a try again and see if they have an effect again.  Remember to not hold expectations the next time around.  Don't think "I better have the same kind of experience I had last time or I'll be disappointed".  Don't think anything like that at all, just go into it for the experience itself, accepting whatever you may get.  I think that's the best attitute.  Also, I agree with everything Spooky said, especially about setting your intention beforehand.  I say this because with myself I find that I can be pretty scatterbrained, all over the map, wanting to do too many different things and then ending up with nothing.  So it is important to be focused.

When I have been taking care of myself and getting sufficient sleep, then I can easily go to focus 10 on my own.  (And apparently I snore like nobody's business so yeah, I hear myself snore and it's a sure sign I'm there).  So you may need to remember to be fully rested when trying these exercises.

Can't wait to hear more of your experiences.

Vicky

Hi Clive, glad to see you here.  It'll be nice to read your experiences as you have them.

Vicky

Peter,

When I delved into the study of consciousness, I learned that although there are universal laws in the physical world, our consciousnes may have an effect on what we see manifest in it.  Impossible?  Magic?  No.  It is a subtle law of mind that is not taught nor discussed much.  Healers know of it (especially "alternative" or mystic healers).  They see a desired healing as having occurred.  In their mind's eye, they see the person healed, and it helps in the healing.  Likewise, in our lives, if we state intent during relaxed meditation and it ingrains itself onto our subconscious, often in subtle ways of synchronicity, we see our intent manifest in our own lives.

Being open to experience and breaking down hindering beliefs from our previous training is important. 

When I was on vacation there was a casino nearby.  I don't gamble as a rule.  But I walked in, and had a firm impression in a relaxed way that I would win something.  Call it intention, intuition, being in tune, whatever.  I saw a machine with 7s on it in a brief flash.  Saw a slot machine covered with 7s a few minutes later and put a few quarters in.  Within 5 minutes, I hit the jackpot, and something like 1000 quarters came out (everyone gathered around).

What I found unique about this experience was that I, as a rule do not gamble.  I stated intent to myself before going in there.  Had an unexpected flash of a machine in my mind's eye, and the rest followed.  If you google the PEAR laboratory at Princeton university, you can see that they have studied our conscious intention's effect on random number generating machines, and found, inexplicably that consciousness does have an effect on what should be a completely random process.

I will PM you more privately about books and references I found on thought affecting reality and conscious intent making a difference.   If you find verifications like I have (numerous), then you conclude that our consciousness is more than an evolutionary accident; that we are more than our bodies.  How much easier then is the jump to believe that consciousness (the egg) came before and goes after physcial reality (the chicken)?

Matthew