I placed my intent to do a retrieval this morning and asked to see a Helper.

A young girl that reminded me of Laura Ingram from Little House On The Prairie. She wore a red dress with two long pigtails. She looked to be about 8-9

It was a little strange but nonetheless.

We arrived to a the outside of a house and then we were inside...(no feeling of movement at all)

I saw a dark haired boy who was peeking over a counter(?) I couldn't tell at first if we were in an attic or a basement. He looked to be a little younger than my helper.

I got the sense that it was Europe but later I got that it was Ireland.

I really didn't know what to do and the images were fleeting. All of a sudden my helper started to run and the little boy started chasing her.

I was just standing there looking like a big jerk as they ran around the room. I got that his name was Johnathon (sp) and it was the middle of the 19th century.

I asked how he died and I saw him falling at a great height to his death.

Suddenly I saw this really really bright light coming from a trap door (?)

Then the scenery changed and there were lots of rolling hills, horses, and people dressed in dark clothing milling around.

That's all that I remember. I tried staying with my Helper and asking questions but I don't know if I was making up the answers that she was telling me.

There is so much going on with me right now!! I'm about to go crazy actually! How do I know if this stuff is really happening and what I'm imagining?@?@?@?@

Thanks Betson.

I guess the pretending bit of the retrieval throws me off when Bruce says if "nothing" happens then pretend that it does.

To me, it's a fine line between the two.

The things in the retrieval I KNOW I didn't make up were the boy peeking behind a counter (?) because that startled me. The bright light because...well it was just soooo bright and those things were unexpected.

Also the helper being a young girl because that too was something I didn't expect.

I called the retrieval fuzzy because for some odd reason, I expect things the events to unfold like a movie instead of just fleeting images.

And am I big goofy or a bit goofy? I guess I'm a little bit of both. 

Thanks Bets.

That means a lot. 

  I agree with Bets--seems more clear than fuzzy over all. 

Also would echo what Romain said to you as well.  I've found it's helpful to approach nonphysical sensing with an attitude of fun and let's see what happens.  If you feel tense and are worrying over much about whether or not it is real, it can block that NP perceiving side of you.

  And, it's like anything in life, the more you practice and like to do something, the easier and more natural it becomes for you. 

  Also, don't worry, many of us here are involved with retrievals whether we are conscious or not of them.  It's the help that matters, though sometimes it's helpful for us to be consciously aware of the process.

Can you imagine what it might be like many years from now when OBE'ing and remote viewing and retrieving and so on, are common experiences and are taught in school and you get a "D" or an "F" on your report card in Changing focus levels or in Exiting and Entering the physical body or in Travelling to Jupiter? And your parents get really mad because your friends can all travel out of body and their little treasure just can't get the hang of it?? Glad I'm not there yet. Vee

Vee, from what I've read, all of this comes much more easily and naturally to children, at least until they become acculturated to our left-brained, the physical is everything view of the world.  In such a world as you suggest, the kids would do fine, I expect.  Perhaps if I'd been in such an environment as a child I wouldn't be so stuck in my body now. Or else I'd have been one of those getting F's.     But I continue to work on having that childlike acceptance of the world beyond.