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Spock would maybe have asked this question beforehand: do I know this? I haven't demanded an apology, but as far as the topic goes, there is a real life lesson to be found here instead of just theory alone.

R2, if you don't know something, try questions first. As opposed to: making assumptions + questions relating to assumptions + accusation. This advice is free and you're welcome.

Bruce's video is him giving an example of how to use your imagination as a means of perception. 

The example he made up about his grandfather having robbed a bank and burying the money isn't meant to prove or disprove the validity of the method he teaches since it is merely an example used to demonstrate how you would go about deciphering truth from fantasy for the sake of showing yourself that the imagination can allow you to perceive information that is verifiable.   

Bruce's demonstration of this method of using the imagination as a means of perception is also important because it points out that you as an individual are learning how your own perception works.  You as an individual are learning how to develop your senses and how to use them.  You as an individual are gathering information that you can use to validate and verify as evidence to you that the afterlife exists.  It's not necessarily that you have to pretend and fantasize but that those are one way in which you can learn to engage yourself with your imagination.  It's the "priming the pump" analogy.

So it's not about fantasy getting in the way of reality.  You're missing the point if that's all you take away from this method.  After the pump is primed, the water runs freely, remember?

The philosophical discussion about what "truth" and "reality" really are and what they really mean has nothing to do with what you as an individual can do, can experience, can learn, and can discover for yourself.  It is up to each individual to do his own work, to gain his own experience and knowledge, in order to discover the truth for him and for his beliefs. 

Merely telling someone what and how they should believe, think, or feel is of little importance in my opinion.  Doing and experiencing for yourself holds much greater value in my opinion.  The nature and fundamental purpose of Bruce's method is for you to gather your own experience and knowledge.

One reason it's important to always do your own practice and experimentation is because only you know what's true for you. 

Okay Vicky, I will delete all of my related posts.

Vicky wrote on Jun 18^th, 2017 at 1:17pm:

Uno:

Could you please clarify what you mean by the below?

Did you have the intention of saying that the guy you wrote of is an example of a person who wasn't good as separating truth from fiction,  or did you mean that people who think of the Disk viewpoint in a positive way aren't good at separating truth from fiction?

Since I am uncertain about what you mean, other people might be uncertain, and it would be good to clarify.


Uno wrote on Jun 18^th, 2017 at 11:21am:

R2, see reply #42. Now I'm done with this.

I know a man who has explored the spirit world extensively, he used to be a part of TMI, and he has found that Santa Claus is the creator of all universes.

But don't quote me on that, I am simply reporting what another man told me.