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Reply #30 - Nov 21st, 2010 at 10:03pm
 
Hi PauliEffectt,

Using the skills Bruce Moen teaches, Focused Attention, involves the use of nonphysical senses. He figured out what Monroe was talking about in his 3rd book--Monroe called it, Phasing.

If Frank is still in this world I hope he is well and happy. I wish that for everyone. Your idea that he didn't believe in love as an energy is what initially got him very angry. It struck a huge nerve. Everyone here understands how or why that can happen, usually more than once in any one lifetime.

I can see why Seraphis1 has felt an obligation to update folks here. The real pioneers in this field, such as Moen, Monroe and others, get a black eye because of those who take advantage. I don't know if Frank Kepple did that...but after awhile it's like, if it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck....

At AP, can anyone still bring up Kepple's internet ad he originally posted years ago to sell his courses and book? In all honesty it made me feel kinda sick.

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Reply #31 - Nov 21st, 2010 at 10:25pm
 
Volu wrote on Nov 21st, 2010 at 6:47pm:
Seraphis1,

"Did you read recovery’s excellent find:

http://forums.riverofenlightenment.com/index.php?topic=1451.0;wap2"

Quite frankly I find the source of that to be a river of confusion.

'There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on.. shame on you. Fool me.. You can't get fooled again.' - G.W. BuSSh speech in Nashville.


Hi Volvu: that link was the complete story, that coupled with the two other stories connected with the situation shined a great light of clarification on the whole thing... Robert Bruce can be contacted you know... I am not sure he will go into a great deal of detail but he could confirm the salient events... if you are interested you might contact him.

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Reply #32 - Nov 21st, 2010 at 10:31pm
 
Hi Seraphis1,

I think it was in 2007 when I noticed at Amazon.com a new book by Amy Wallace, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, about her 20+ years as one of Carlos Castaneda's witches. Reading the excerpt was stunning for me, like someone had pulled the rug out from underneath me, and yet it confirmed what I had suspected for a long time. It took 6 months before I felt I could even get the book and read it...that's how important his work had been.

Does Wallace's book tell the truth? Well, for me, her story was a valuable lesson in why I should take seriously that inner voice that started sounding the alarm years ago when Castaneda's 4th book came out. But still, it hurt to read it, but I had to.

Thanks for caring about all of us here Smiley.

Much love,

Ginny
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Reply #33 - Nov 21st, 2010 at 10:53pm
 
Hi All: THIS IS A SPECULATION!!

I keep asking myself why did Frank Kepple disappear so conveniently with the ‘dog ate my homework’ excuse… I just realized… the Monroe Institute could have played a role deep in the background by scaring the bejesus out him… Kepple thoroughly plagiarized Monroe (and Moen and Seth)… I know from the recoverer source that Robert Bruce forgave and forgot and walked away… but, RB has no particular resources… but, the Monroe Institute is handsomely endowed… and has all kinds of deep connections and resources… could it be a major lawsuit would have done serious damage to Kepple’s financial world???

Just a thought.

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Reply #34 - Nov 22nd, 2010 at 5:41am
 
Ginny wrote on Nov 21st, 2010 at 10:31pm:
Hi Seraphis1,

I think it was in 2007 when I noticed at Amazon.com a new book by Amy Wallace, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, about her 20+ years as one of Carlos Castaneda's witches. Reading the excerpt was stunning for me, like someone had pulled the rug out from underneath me, and yet it confirmed what I had suspected for a long time. It took 6 months before I felt I could even get the book and read it...that's how important his work had been.

Does Wallace's book tell the truth? Well, for me, her story was a valuable lesson in why I should take seriously that inner voice that started sounding the alarm years ago when Castaneda's 4th book came out. But still, it hurt to read it, but I had to.

Thanks for caring about all of us here Smiley.

Much love,

Ginny


Hi Ginny: I saw an interesting statistic which says that only 2 percent of the world population at any given moment transcends... only a small percentage of those remain or attempt to teach or even can be coherent enough to teach... so to get the absolute truth requires and unerring instinct for validity... but you can get fooled 'once' that is the fault of the perpetrator... just don't get fooled twice...

I am not familiar with Amy's work... but William Buhlman who spent time with south American shaman says they are effective magicians (they use a lot of hallucinogenic drugs) but, among themselves they are deadly... even 'killing' each other is not unheard... so there is a dark side one wants to avoid...

All you can do is decide if you are on the side of 'light' and follow that course... I choose 'light' and Love... I side with Monroe... their is no darkness it is an illusion... there is only an absence of 'light and love'..

Good luck in you journey to the Truth...


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Reply #35 - Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:57pm
 
Seraphis1,

"that link was the complete story, that coupled with the two other stories connected with the situation shined a great light of clarification on the whole thing.."

I checked out aunt from the link - the so called soup-group incident and others of her postings on astralpulse. That's what I meant by river of confusion. The topic spurred a mild curiosity, but that's as much time I'm going to spend on this. Frank's work is not a bible for me (the bible itself neither).

"but you can get fooled 'once' that is the fault of the perpetrator... just don't get fooled twice..."

There are so called nigerian money scams going about. And the one's falling for 'em are responsible for making THEIR poor decisions. They are not forced to agree to sending some money to supposedly get a gazillion dollars as far as I know.

"so there is a dark side one wants to avoid...

All you can do is decide if you are on the side of 'light' and follow that course... I choose 'light' and Love... I side with Monroe... their is no darkness it is an illusion... there is only an absence of 'light and love'.."

Monroe has stated darkness is just an illusion?

There's a dark side one wants to avoid, yet there is no darkness. That's one of that side's entrapments. Becoming blinded by light, and meanwhile one's darker side is left unchallenged and thus not dealt with, since it's not really there. For dark shamans like castanedea it's business as usual, cause they're just run-of-the-mill shamans. The shaman has just helped one trip, gets bad but not really since it's an illusion, and the shaman's consequent huge smile just means a good mood dropped by for a visit.
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Reply #36 - Nov 22nd, 2010 at 4:02pm
 
Volu wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:57pm:
Seraphis1,

"that link was the complete story, that coupled with the two other stories connected with the situation shined a great light of clarification on the whole thing.."

I checked out aunt from the link - the so called soup-group incident and others of her postings on astralpulse. That's what I meant by river of confusion. The topic spurred a mild curiosity, but that's as much time I'm going to spend on this. Frank's work is not a bible for me (the bible itself neither).


I think it was worth the effort to get a fairly clear picture of the FK saga… but, to get a more reliable answer one might try Robert Bruce, himself with a carefully crafted yes or no questionaire… he is accessible enough to reply up to a point, I believe… but, I am satisfied I know the definitive story. And have moved on.

Volu wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:57pm:
"but you can get fooled 'once' that is the fault of the perpetrator... just don't get fooled twice..."

There are so called nigerian money scams going about. And the one's falling for 'em are responsible for making THEIR poor decisions. They are not forced to agree to sending some money to supposedly get a gazillion dollars as far as I know.


Pardon me if I suggest this is comparing apples and oranges…  the Nigerian scam is ‘too’ obvious and ridiculous for people with a modicum of common sense… there are mentally incompetent people who might get hooked by that scam (also known as the ‘Spanish prisoner con’… there are people who will buy anything a high powered unscrupulous salesmen coerces them into buying…

The world of spiritual seeking is entirely a different animal. The mentally challenge will always have a problem and provide an income stream for the unscrupulous… but, even the astute and mentally capable have a serious problem parsing ‘spiritual truth’… because of this reality:

What the mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve


The astral sphere is extremely malleable a mind can create almost any reality out of it… as long as it believes… that is a huge problem… because one cannot easily distinguish reality… read Michael Largo’s ‘God’s Lunatics’ and you will see just how deadly this ability of the mind is… for a spiritual seeker… it is the reason Buddhist teachers tell students not to get tangled in ‘siddhi’s (powers) they are not real…

Volu wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:57pm:
"so there is a dark side one wants to avoid...

All you can do is decide if you are on the side of 'light' and follow that course... I choose 'light' and Love... I side with Monroe... their is no darkness it is an illusion... there is only an absence of 'light and love'.."

Monroe has stated darkness is just an illusion?


Yes, I can’t point you to chapter and verse because neither Monroe nor moen provided an index in their books…but if Moen is reading this… he can verify that this is the underpinning of the whole of the truth that they have discovered about the universe…



Volu wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 1:57pm:
There's a dark side one wants to avoid, yet there is no darkness. That's one of that side's entrapments. Becoming blinded by light, and meanwhile one's darker side is left unchallenged and thus not dealt with, since it's not really there. For dark shamans like castanedea it's business as usual, cause they're just run-of-the-mill shamans. The shaman has just helped one trip, gets bad but not really since it's an illusion, and the shaman's consequent huge smile just means a good mood dropped by for a visit.


One does not challenge darkness… it is an illusion and is not real… one merges into the light and becomes one with it manifest and unmanifest all at the same time… the is no darkness, there is no void [the void is the unmanifest (a potential)]

That is the whole of the absolute truth as I know it and my goal is to merge into it.

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Reply #37 - Nov 22nd, 2010 at 7:02pm
 
Seraphis1,

"Pardon me if I suggest this is comparing apples and oranges…  the Nigerian scam is ‘too’ obvious and ridiculous for people with a modicum of common sense…"

It's very obvious, yes, but one's own responsibility in these matters may not be, and can end up dragging a cross around to gather sympathy as a victim instead of doing something about it - do the steps required to get back on the path, and next time make a wiser choice. Can be said that even 'THE spiritual master' (for many) failed to do that, and so much for a modicum of common sense. Spiritual matters sure can be more diffuse, but still both the heart and logic can be used to be really sure that the next step is the 'right one' (for you).

"The world of spiritual seeking is entirely a different animal. The mentally challenge will always have a problem and provide an income stream for the unscrupulous… but, even the astute and mentally capable have a serious problem parsing ‘spiritual truth’… because of this reality: What the mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve"

That group would also consist of people with good intentions, and also some very clever and devious ones. The so called mentally challenged have climbed up the ladders of positions of power while many in the public have been too busy with both fake and real terrorist threats and what the neighbours and lady gaga is up to. New diversions popping up to keep the mind busy. Those who think they can get away with 'just can't help myself because this or that' are looking at the symptoms of the problem and not the root - which is oneself. But good news, it's also oneself who has the power to fix it once running out of excuses and people to put the blame on. No long walks into the distance needed to find the elusive it's-got-to-be-out-there-somewhere. So, one's own responsibility when reading or not reading spiritual material applies. Discernment. If the discernment turns out to be shabby, step it up, get better, learn and put it into practice.

"The astral sphere is extremely malleable a mind can create almost any reality out of it… as long as it believes… that is a huge problem…  because one cannot easily distinguish reality… read Michael Largo’s ‘God’s Lunatics’ and you will see just how deadly this ability of the mind is… for a spiritual seeker… it is the reason Buddhist teachers tell students not to get tangled in ‘siddhi’s (powers) they are not real…"

If it's true that frank plagarized, he has been more clear cut and more eloquent with plain wording than those who he allegedly has ripped of about this: in the focus levels close to this one, your own subjective stuff is very likely to be played out than objective stuff. If emotions aren't handled well then subjective and objective focus levels can blend into one, while thinking it's purely objective.

A problem? A challenge? Well, technology isn't gonna work it out by pressing a button to get the answer. Other people is going to have their versions. So DIY. So what if there are wrong turns. At least it's not second hand information adding a layer of diffuseness. It takes practice to learn to walk, talk and so with phasing and navigation, learning to move the current focus to other areas of consciousness.
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Reply #38 - Nov 22nd, 2010 at 9:44pm
 
Hey Guy's! If Frank Kepple has passed on? Surely Bruce Moen can contact him with his infallible method of Afterlife Contact.. And then inform us all of his astral disposition? Or is it all ......????????? Sincerely. Carl
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Reply #39 - Nov 23rd, 2010 at 12:32am
 
I don't understand why somebody would charge over $300.00 for a book. I figure that if somebody truly had something worthwhile to share, he (or she) would be more giving and not make people pay so much.

Ginny wrote on Nov 20th, 2010 at 8:25pm:
Frank and I got to be friends at Astral Pulse years ago and he posted here at my invitation...and eventually to my regret as he became sarcastic and rude. Without going into details, I wasn't really surprised at how he left so many people hanging, at the Pulse, waiting for a book that some told me was over $300.00(?).
What I have wanted to know is, is there anyone out there who can do what Kepple claimed he could do?: Focus his attention to any given afterlife location and phase to and interact There with senses identical to his five physical senses. He said he could see, hear, taste, feel and smell just as we do in the physical.

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Reply #40 - Nov 23rd, 2010 at 4:39pm
 
carl wrote on Nov 22nd, 2010 at 9:44pm:
Hey Guy's! If Frank Kepple has passed on? Surely Bruce Moen can contact him with his infallible method of Afterlife Contact.. And then inform us all of his astral disposition? Or is it all ......????????? Sincerely. Carl   


Hi Carl: What are you trying to say???  Tongue

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Reply #41 - Nov 23rd, 2010 at 7:58pm
 
Maybe when Frank had gone through the couple of thousand that he absconded with he had no more money and no reputation and suddenly no internet. That could be the death of most anyone these days.
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Reply #42 - Nov 23rd, 2010 at 9:07pm
 
Frank mentions health problems in three short AP thread messages in September 2005.

He wrote more than 3000 thread messages up to that time, some quite lengthy, and I get the impression that he didn't get any money until the end, when he published his four long Newsletters.

My feeling is that Frank had overestimated his abilities and been stopped by sudden bad health.

I found his Newsletters here:

http://www.imged.org/72/issue1_21_may_2005.txt
http://www.imged.org/72/issue2_15_june_2005.txt
http://www.imged.org/72/issue3_01_july_2005.txt
http://www.imged.org/72/issue4_16_july_2005.txt

Edit: I found the fourth Newsletter eventually.
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Reply #43 - Nov 23rd, 2010 at 9:09pm
 
Hey Beau,

I checked out your link on Tom Campbell--looks interesting. Does he travel via the traditional OOB way or does he consciously project his awareness?

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Reply #44 - Nov 24th, 2010 at 9:57am
 
Hi Ginny,

Tom Campbell is one of the ones who says you're never in your body to begin with so the idea of leaving it is an illusion of the process. He becomes conscious in other reality frames and he says you either have a body or you don't depending on your wishes or your expectations.

They talk about all that stuff on his forums. He's very nice and makes an appearance there a couple times a week usually unless he's exceptionally busy. His Trilogy is definitely worth taking the time to read, but in total its about 820 pages. He makes a lot of sense.

Sorry y'all for jumping out of the Frank discussion.

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