Thank you, Vicky. It took a long time and several edits to figure out how to explain.

I suspect many of us who are called to Afterlife Knowledge already have some experience somewhere in the field. You and I (Vicky) often speak of the deep desire for confirmation of our explorations. The Joe Friday "just the facts" with names, dates, and other verifiable infos. Getting your head around the deal these things are not what is important when we do this work takes a lot of doing.

As an illustrative example - and we all know stories are the bread and butter of engaging reading - here is my recollection of one client I worked with several years ago.

In connecting with her and her chief concern that brought her to me in the first place, a link with her (deceased) grandfather opened. He conveyed highly specific information that only she would have known. Yet her skepticism could not be abated. Nonetheless the following day she took a four hour drive to his grave site. Her own inner knowing "won".

Ah, the bass. Much that I may find it enjoyable, I don't play drums but I play time.

Would that weight and practicality not matter, I'd be all over an Ampeg SVT and 810 cabinet. 300 watts of analog "grind"!

Nothing I hate more than competing with a guitarist with a Les Paul and a Marshall stack. The rule of thumb is: I need 10 times the wattage of the guitarist to be heard properly. His 50 watt Marshall stack means I'd best be packing 500 watts on my end.

The holy grail for recorded bass is the venerable Ampeg B-15. That's 20 watts of pure Ampeg tone.

When I watch Noel Redding fiddle with his amp settings he's fiddling with a Marshall. It's not that Marshall was ever (or is now) a great name in bass amplification. It's what was available to British musicians. Importing an American Ampeg was extremely costly. Marshall was founded to provide an alternative for Europeans who wanted "the sound" but couldn't afford the Ampeg. Marshall was expensive in the States owing to the import costs. British bands used Vox and Marshall and American bands used Fender.

My rig in the early days was taller than me and consisted of two 15 inch drivers (speakers). It was a usable sound but not what I had in mind for myself. My axe is a 79 StingRay and it's all about the funk that was coming in around that time. A very distinct voice on that Ray .... completely different from the Fender even though Leo Fender designed my 'Ray. In seeking my new bass I looked for as "un-Fender" a tone as I could find. It's a semi-hollow body much like the Epiphone Rivioli Chas Chandler of The Animals played. In fact mine is voiced to match that sound.

I see my"story" about the grandfather who I spoke with is much lacking in the kind of detail that makes a book chapter.

That's how it is, I find. The actual work takes no time at all. Explaining what happened in a satisfactory manner takes a great deal more. I find this to be manifestly true with retrievals. A successful (or unsuccessful) retrieval takes, you know, like a couple seconds. Describing what happens in those couple seconds takes 5,000 words.

So a hemi-sync recording that takes thirty minutes to play is really all about some couple seconds of actual work. There's a lot of fol-de-rol about getting in that state of mind where it can be accomplished, and the wind-down to return to "normal" consciousness.

It was way back when, when I decided to use the techniques to enquire of a childhood friend who transitioned. As I was doing all my prep and relaxation and all, I got from my friend: hurry up! hurry up! I have to go! And (in the language of Robert Monroe) got the entire rote or thought ball in one single download and it was done. So now if I'm called to task, all I do is look. Much easier.

Vicky wrote:
John Ells, you should definitely order Bruce’s CDs!  I’m not just saying that to promote Bruce’s work.  He did a marvelous job recording the Guidebook exercises and they are definitely worth it. 

Hi Vicky.
I checked and saw nothing on Amazon about the recordings, but found Bruce's site for selling them.  There is a 6 audio CD set and a single mp3 CD shown in the store.  The store has a notice that it's closed right now and to check back later.  I would imagine, but am just guessing, that there might be some reorganizing going on now since Bruce's transition/translation.   There was also a notice to leave a message, which I did, and someone would be back with me.  I messaged that there was no hurry as I have the book anyway.  I also asked if the mp3 was downloadable.  It looks like a fairly old site.  Mp3s are usually mostly downloaded now so maybe things are being restructured - - I remember you saying that you thought his books might be on Kindle soon too.  So anyway I am definitely in no rush as I have a lot going on myself at the moment.  I'll check back with them later if I don't hear from them first.