Quote:Please do not speculate... when you answer give references and sources so they can be checked... we want to establish a body of sound verifiable "knowns" in this thread
You contradict yourself here. As you should know from reading Monroe, "knowns" are beliefs which one verifies to themselves as truth through first hand experience. One can read all the sources available, but what one learns from these second hand sources are only beliefs until they are experienced for oneself as truth. This is the only true way to establish a body of knowns.
As far as the contract is concerned, I believe it is more of a blueprint for experience- energy one creates within oneself which is programmed to blossom, or manifest, at the desired time, in order to lead oneself in the right(desired) direction. I first came across this concept with Monroe, but Jane Roberts/Seth and Daryll Anka/Bashar go into greater detail with it.
As for the ramps and pathways which lead one into a body- this is probably a physical representation of a nonphysical process. I doubt these paths truly exist.