The week of May 12th I was at Lifelines at Monroe Institute, which is a program which specializes in retrievals with binaural beat technology. We were up at RMR, and had no television and very slow internet.

I am relatively new at conscious retrievals, but found I had more than a casual familiarlity with them once I began performing service more consciously.

I found myself in an area of greyness, and I moved toward a spot of light. It was Jerry Falwell, no mistake. This was Tuesday afternoon at 4 PM, our third "official" retrieval. I believed at the time I was speaking with an aspect of myself, perhaps one that represented my self hatred, which was his speciality in life (IMO). He appeared to be anxiously waiting, and said "Finally!"

I asked him what had happened and he said he woke up from a nap and no one was there. He did not know where he was, and said he did not think he was dead. I told him I was there to take him to a better place, that I would take him Home. He said he would rather go home. Then he said he would not go until he heard the angelic choirs and he was exalted. Again, thinking this was an aspect of me I said I would be back to get him.

The next afternoon I spent my break with Frank DeMarco, who mentioned that Jerry Falwell had died. This was news to me and the other participants, who were not quite sure we were in C-1 consciousness to start with. I related my experience, and Frank encouraged me to go back and try again.

I went back, now understanding better this was NOT me, but Jerry would not come until his funeral (scheduled May 22, 6 days later) and I guessed that is what he had meant by the angelic choirs and being exalted.

Now, almost a week after, he is firmly in his little corner of the BSTs, and this morning he was quite astonished to have me pop in on him. He knew he was dead, and was in Heaven. I asked him where he though I came from if he was in Heaven, and he looked genuinely puzzled. He would not/did not see the Guide, but we will go back and try again.

I do not think he is long for the BSTs........

This was great confirmation for me. We were isolated and no one knew about Jerry's passing until the next day. I was/am willing for this to be an aspect of my own self-loathing and can imagine such an aspect might present to me (at least my Interpretor) as the very personification of the concept for me. And despite the personal opinions, LOVE worked. And in the process, I got a piece/peace of my Self back.

What a great experience!

By the way, Bruce, your Guidebook was a GREAT help to me and the other Lifeline participants. It IS okay to pretend! It worked GREAT!

Thomas

I think his suit of belief armor has a few cracks in it, and it will split and fall away soon if my experience of his/our guides and helpers was any indication. Such limitless Love conquers all belief systems eventually and will use every device and opportunity to do so. Even for Jerry, perhaps especially for Jerry.

Even Jerry Falwell will get to Focus 27. 

Love and Light,

Thomas

If he can get to Focus 27 then I reckon there's hope for me too.  Always a nice thought.  But then who is it that gets stuck in the BSTs?  I'm glad the guides don't give up and I'm glad for retrievers.

You mentioned Bruce's observation that it's okay to pretend.  I recognize that it can be difficult to describe non-physical experience, but I wonder if you could expound a bit on how pretending helped you in the Lifeline program.  I know for myself that using imagination or pretending has led to positive results in my exercises.  However, when I'm in a focus state I usually find it difficult to 'focus' my imagination and generally find my mind floating back and letting my 'pretending ' drop off or fade out.

When pretending does work, though, it's been fantastic.

Rob

Thanks Thomas.  Bruce’s orange exercise is one of my favorites.  I even salivate when I pull out a section of orange to eat.  I’m not sure if it’s in my mind or in my mouth – perhaps both.
Somehow you used this to get your left brain to take a back seat.  That’s something I only manage once in a while.

I like your group committed to help each other explore out there.  Was that just in your group discussions or did you encounter each other out there?  In Bruce’s books, he indicates that his group to some extent could actually meet up in the non-physical.

You mention that you went to four other programs.  Wow!  Something must have kept you going back.  I’m glad the Lifeline program worked out so well for you.  I’m leaving for the Gateway Voyage next week and am really looking forward to it and I hope other programs in the future.  I appreciate your sharing your experiences.

Rob

Great experience, Thomas.

Reminds me of an experience I had a while back.  I think the point of experiences with such well-known figures can be to correct/adjust our perceptions or judgements of such individuals.  We can get clarification about them going to F27, or, as in my case, it's more about the individual explaining what their true intentions really were, irrespective of what actually ends up happening, sometimes. 

I think the reason why that can be beneficial for our own development is because it encourages us to suspend judgement; to realise that there are often things which we don't know, and therefore that it isn't really appropriate to assume that we know where someone is going to end up/what someone's intentions were based purely on the limited information that we do have.

Just a thought.