I have noticed so far by reading this first book of Bruce Moen that his statement that he is an 'Ordinary Human Being' is a bit of an understatement.

He is a Bright 'Ordinary Human Being'.

I am only up to page 79.  I just finished his "I am curiosity" part of the book.

It was very profound and insightful.  I need to read it again.  With my highlighter.

I am so thankful to have this week off from work.  It is READ WEEK for me.
Nothing gets my juices flowing as having the time to simply read.
I could be a Professional Reader for the rest of my life...hehe!

It just doesn't pay very well...

I know if I ever had the honor of meeting Bruce in person I would simply like to shake his hand and say: "Thank you'.
Of course I would have a zillion questions but, I am sure he is getting that from a lot of people.
I would not want to impose upon him like that unless he offered me to ask him questions.
Otherwise it would just be rude of me to jump in and start asking questions.  It seems people today are more and more rude.
So with that being said I would simply shake his hand and thank him.
I really love reading about people's lives that are honest and straight forward as Bruce has done.
Nothing flashy.  Just simple life experiences put down on paper.  
This is what I call a Gem.  Or as my Father would have said: "Pearls of Wisdom".

I hope this makes sense.  

OK...OK...back to actually READING the book.

Hi Dood,

You are going to love them all, Dood ! You will be changed (but not your essence of Old Doodism. )

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 

Enjoy!

See below for a picture I drew of your Corgi in the snow.

Bets


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I finished the first book.
Quite interesting to say the least.

The 'Ghost Stories' raised my eyebrows.
That would creep me out.  However, far less so now that Bruce brought it into context.
Even Bruce was having 'trouble' and I considered him to be pretty experienced by that point of his travels.

I really need to meet my 'Coach' and get some learning done. 

So it is on to the second book. 
I will also re-read these just like I felt the need to re-read Monroe's books too.

Well Bets, Thank you however, I have had some time off from work.

I usually read at night in bed before I fall asleep. (I try to get a chapter in but usually fail and nod off)
I haven't read anything today...I just woke up from a long nap this morning.
HeHe...I drove our son home yesterday back to Chicago and that took its toll on me.
9 hours driving time and over 10 hours of trip time.
I had to drive through some real nasty weather too.
So when I got home last night around 9pm I crashed early then got up early...then crashed again.

Now I am up for the day.  Need to go out and get some things done.
It is real bitter cold out too...

Hi Dood,

That is great you got his books! All of his books are great. Very informative. He organized it in a way for a newbie to understand how he was able to discover the afterlife. Imagine - he was raised like everyone - skeptical of the afterlife until one fateful day when he found Monroe's book.  Now look at him today...  wow! He makes me believe that I can and will be able to discover the afterlife on my own - to find the truth for myself.

Have you been able to make contact with the afterlife thus far?

u guys got me thinking about the books. it seems not a small number of us first read Monroe then were somehow led to Bruce's books.
Monroe's are classics now for this type of exploration. Probably Bruce's will be classics too.

I'm thinking about the newbies to the forum as I remember so well I was a newbie once here and it may be all new to them what we discuss.
I too would enjoy chatting on the book forum Dood, that way, we stay more on topic easily. I get off topic a lot. just human nature.

when I first read the four books of Bruce, I had read Monroe's twice because I had had involuntary obes since I was small. but not a bunch, sporadically. Monroe's books acted to calm me down what was happening during these times.
then reading Bruce, it was indeed understandable the way he writes. I remember thinking, wow, where did this bloke come from, its like talking to someone across the table from you, just comfortable. so many previous books on the paranormal or astral travel didn't have the same sense of adventure that I was feeling in Bruces books.

and he doesn't use big words that I have to look up in a dictionary either, so I could read right through without interruption and I didn't feel the need to jump up and do something else. I was just relating. another thing, a friend of mine, another explorer of the astral, he said something important to me. he said when he reads a book, he considers books his friends, like sitting down with a friend, like I mentioned above. so he takes his time with each book he may acquire just enjoying his friend.
thats how I felt. that though friends were few and far between in my life, somehow I found a friend and I wouldn't just be putting him on the shelf like some of my other books.  I also gradually learned, and still learning the advanced phasing technique that Monroe gradually developed which is different than astral travel, but just as good as astral travel.

I'll bet though if I picked up his books again I'd still be finding things I missed the first time. that can be fun too!

I have noticed that Bruce is moving threads to other areas.

If this thread is in the wrong place then by all means move it.

I just was confused as to where it should go.

Book area?  Or since it was dealing with the Afterlife then I put it in the Afterlife forum.

Anyways...will not hurt my feelings if this gets moved.