Thank you, tgecks, for responding. It is interesting the many different ways of doing retrievals. I have never gone out of body that I know of. I use imagination as the key to the door on the 'other side. Once there, I clear my mind of all memory and thought to allow what will happen to happen.
'My place' looks out over not only the beautiful scene I've created but also the grey of the thought places and the city. It is over these that I fly with a helper or two to find the soul to be retrieved. The helper shows me the rift which I am to go through. I never know what I'm going to find and sometimes it is a big surprise.
I do like the surprises as they are the evidence I need to feel it all as real.
I have done this for only a few months, but try to do at least one every day. How long have you been doing this?
T'ressa