Don,
Bob Monroe nailed it when he said fear was the big stumbling block to exploring: fear-based beliefs. It's understandable, everyone has to meet those fears in their own way. But it still upsets me because I know differently.
In my nonphysical/afterlife traveling experience, the only power I have ever encountered that was and is real, is Love. The only power the bad guys have ever had and will ever have is our fear-based belief that they can somehow influence or harm us.
When I was first starting out I was concerned too. So while going through the preparatory process to relax, gather energy and create a shield to protect myself, I decided to include the Christ love/energy in that shield. Like buying the best astral insurance, I figured
. Since I would be conscious during the adventure--which meant I would always be in charge--and because I believed I was protected from the nonphysical bullies and blow-hards, I couldn't see any difference between Conscious Focused Attention and daydreaming. I took with me plenty of skepticism and I too floated in the 3D Blackness waiting for something to happen (found out later I was surrounded by Helpers and Guides unable to get my attention because at that time all I knew to expect, was blackness
, so that's what I got!). And one day it dawned on me that if I started placing the intention to go directly to Focus 27, make my own little park or oasis where I knew I'd be safe and could begin to become acquainted with being in the nonphysical, any fear still blocking me would have to eventually vanish. PUL and hate/evil simply cannot exist in the same place, at the same time.
One of these days when you pay Roger a nonphysical visit, just pretend you're a drone
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Love you Don,
Ginny