Hi and welcome.....S......okay, I need a nickname! I give up!

Bruce Moen himself states that you don't need special abilities to use his method successfully. I believe him.

love, blink

Thanks for the answers so far.

Recovery wrote: "It probably hasn't been necessary for you to have spiritual experiences up to this point of your life."

It depends on exactly what you mean. For me personally, as I have been all my life, I've wanted nothing more than have a spiritual experience of significant character. But, perhaps I am not supposed to have one.

As for dreams, I've always been fascinated by those too, but I've almost never dreamt anything truly significant. I do remember one time, though, that I dreamt of the apocalypse (at a time where I had finally renounced the Christian God in my mind, as he just didn't make sense. This was a few years ago). The skies were on fire and vengeful angels came flying down on earth. Me and my friend died over and over, and it felt pretty bad. At the end of the dream, someone told me to remember a number(2958. I even wrote a song named that. ) , though I felt I kind of made that number up myself. Anyway, when I woke up, I felt TERROR. I have never felt so senselessly afraid before or since, I was honestly considering that it could be the end of the world for real. Pure terror. So, first I wrote down the number, and then I switched on the television, to calm my nerves. The first thing that comes on is Everybody Loves Raymond, and that woman says "It's not the end of the world". Which at the time freaked me out, but as days went by, I considered it a message from...someone...that there was nothing to fear. So yeah, that was kind of a extreme experience, I admit. Later I have dismissed it as coincidence. If it was not, I can't help but think that Jehovah wanted to punish me for renouncing him, and other spirits or beings thought he was being nonsensical, and decided to help me snap out of it. Regardless, the song I wrote was pretty kickass, if I may say so myself.

I've been thinking about keeping a dream journal, but haven't bothered yet. I really should though, as I love some of them.

Hi Stjerneeksplosjon, I think Bruce's Guidebook is a good source of information to widen one's perception. One of the keys is modified kind of meditation, which combines relaxation and imagination. Along with this goes an attitude of acceptance, to let go the judgemental "it's only imagination" habit, it means not to take everything as objective truth what you perceive in a mind journey, but, like Bruce put it (or similar), "to temporarily suspend disbelief".

Blink, maybe you can call Stjerneeksplosjon Starburst. Right Stj. ? Edit: I see I'm right!

Spooky

Stjerneeksplosjon:

I did the same thing. Found out that there is no such thing as a wrathful, vengeful, jealous, and homophobic God. However, I did find that God and Christ in a non-fundamentalist way are a key part of divine reality. This discovery wasn't based on what I read. It was based on numerous experiences.

I communicate with spirits. One time I was shown a crucifix. I didn't understand why, since my heart and mind weren't very open to Christ at the time.  So I asked why. I was then shown a legless, headless manikin with a white fur coat with black spots on it, standing on a department store floor. I understood what this image meant right away. "They killed him (Christ), they put him on display, they spotted his reputation." Next I experienced myself pressing the high C note on my piano (not physically). I understood this to mean that Christ represents the highest consciousness there is.

One night I had what I refer to as my night in heaven experience. During this experience I clearly understood that God, Christ and the afterlife exist. Not only did I understand that they existed, I completely understood how it was possible for them to exist without having to think about it.  It was an automatic knowing that was way beyond what my conditioned mind could create.  The level of happiness I felt in this realm was wonderful. At the end I saw a star flash. I understood this to be a sign of Christ, who's importance in the grander scheme of things was clear during this experience.

I can understand why fundamentalism turned you off. It turned me off big time too. But then I decided to keep my mind and heart open when it comes to God and Christ, and I've found in numerous experiential ways that they are significant realities.

Sort of related to this, I recently read that Robert Monroe's wife Nancy remained a devoted Christian throughout her life even though she was married to Robert.  C.S. Lewis was her favorite writer (I haven't read anything he wrote).   I communicate with spirits quite often. Some of these spirits are guidance based spirits.  Some drop by for other reasons.  A couple of nights ago,  a couple of days after reading about Nancy Monroe's commitment to Christianity, I heard a friendly voice say: "Hello from Nancy." I didn't see her, but I got a good feeling when I heard her voice.  I'm not 100% certain, but I got the feeling that she was acknowledging my faith in Christ.

Some people might say I'm going to end up in a focus level 25-26 belief system some day. My "experience" tells me differently. 


[quote author=Stjerneeksplosjon link=1183499203/0#3 date=1183502923]at a time where I had finally renounced the Christian God in my mind, as he just didn't make sense.

Welcome to the board Stjerneeksplosjon You'll always find fascinating discussions.

I like you have had relatively few out of the ordinary experiences. I have had a deep fascination with spirituality and all things paranormal for a few years now. What has worked for me personally is to build my knowledge and understanding of afterlife matters through reading books and surfing an array of websites and discussing with learned souls on this board.

I find with an increased knowledge and learning I am more open to experiencing things and therefore I am noticing more things, like remembering dreams. I'm having 'psychic moments' in other words I am getting ever so slightly pre-cognitive, things like thinking about what someone is about to say before they've said it and with such accuracy. I could dismiss it as co-incidence but now its happening more and more often I seriously think something's really going on. I do not know why that would be happening to me??  

I've just purchased Bruce's Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook and CD's and I've only started to do the exercises. Maybe I will take [i]longer to make progress than other people but I believe what they all say anyone can do it  

Is that so? Not a fan myself. Classic rock fan eh?

Never say die - just my motto, never give up! on the other hand its also a spiritual thing.

I believe in the saying 'There is No Death'  so Never say Die!

Glad to have you on the forum.

They are some of my parents favourite bands  

I say learn all you can on this site and on others. If you open yourself up to the conceptual side of things, you may discover a greater awareness of the spirituality within and around you.