my obsession with the paranormal led me here,and google.is the afterlife a reality? my experiments with EVP tells me it certainly is.

I was going through a depressed time and harping on death a lot in my head. I guess after the middle age crazy one comes down to earth. I had a lot of family members pass on within a few years of each other and I googled "the afterlife" cause I needed some answers even if I didn't completely buy them all.. I found much to keep me occupied but since I had had a familiarity with Monroe from years gone by I found Bruce's approach very compatible with what I could accept. Since coming here I've also found Thomas Campbell's site and I like the way my voyage is growing. I just wish my meditation skills were better. I'm trying to get off sugar and meat. I go for a few weeks, but then convenience comes into play and BAM, I'm at those addicting edible behaviors again. I need some incentive I guess to stay on track. Maybe just a taste of the Non physical, but so I keep going a little forward then back two steps and so on. It's frustrating at times but I'm still plugging away and trying new things.

I was well established at self work, but with not that much contact with others locally except in a fairly formal Buddhist context - and i figured maybe a suitable forum would be informative and good company.

The site proved very interesting, given it's mixed blend of views and members and very nice people. I was also interested in finding out whether others had experienced some of what was just beginning to happen to me...

My daughter took her own life almost a year ago.  The Buddhist sangha I belong to held a 49-Day ceremony for her last December 1, with very powerful chants about the bardo of the time after death from a traditional Buddhist perspective.  When I talked about that to one of the meditation instructors (MI), he pointed me to the book Mind Beyond Death by a Buddhist teacher.  This past spring another of the MIs began a class about that book.  In the first session he talked at length about Bob Monroe's books, Bruce Moen's books and this website.  Afterwards, he told me he thought I might find those books and this site very helpful in dealing with the loss of my beloved daughter.  I have.

I don't remember where, I read Bruce Moen's name some place, did an internet search, and found this site.

Rebecca wrote on Sep 18^th, 2009 at 2:07pm:


Something in this post really struck me. It's like the more spiritually aware I become, I've been able to do some "strange" (for lack of a better word) things myself.

I've had my first OBE and seems like I made the trip over to the other side.

I used to be so depressed but I feel like every day is a new adventure of learning something about my world (and other worlds) every day.

I can't wait to see what my new journey entails!

As cliche as it may sound, a Google search, which was partially fueled by depression, anxiety and curiosity. A post I made about a few weeks ago is very similar to the state my mind was in back in 2007 when I first came across this site. I eventually decided to start posting here shortly upon discovery. I found the concept of meditation and astral exploration to be quite fascinating.