I think one reason why some people are not consciously aware is because they are working things out, trying something out, or responding to something in the physical world.  It's my belief that we have a nonphysical counterpart of ourselves and that as we are living this physical life we're also simultaneously living in the nonphysical.  Not necessarily a day-to-day life, but at least one in which we act and react in conjunction with what goes on in our physical lives.   

I once had a dream in which I had partial awareness, and once I woke up I knew without a doubt that the dream was about real-life circumstances, and I also knew that one person in the dream was nonphysically rejoicing over an event that was going to take place in her physical life.  Interestingly, it had not happened yet in the physical, yet nonphysically she was celebrating.  In that dream, it was a coworker of mine who was celebrating that she could now see very clearly.  In the dream I was shown she was wearing new glasses and then I was shown some dirty drinking glasses.  So when I woke up, my interpretation was that the double use of “glasses” in the dream meant she had double vision. 

My hunch was correct.  I told her about my dream and then asked if she had double vision and was she considering new glasses or surgery?  She was shocked that I was right.  She was suffering from terrible double vision and was going to have surgery for it, but she was feeling very anxious and scared about having it done.  I told her that if my dream means anything, then to me it seemed like it was telling me she had nothing to worry about. 

That reminds me…I had another similar episode many years ago.  Back when I was married and we were trying to buy our second house, the offer was about to fall through.  I was so upset that night and hated waiting til the next day to hear what was going to happen.  That night I had a very vivid and lucid dream in which I was flying over the neighborhood.  When I came to the new house I landed on the roof and I exclaimed “Yes!” really loudly and really excitedly.  I could feel that the house was ours and I was rejoicing and claiming it as mine.  I even remember that there were other people in this dream who looked at me weird when I did that.  Two people were walking down the street and when I my made exclamation they looked at me really shocked.  I don’t know if they were shocked that I had landed on the roof or just that I was making such a loud exclamation.  I don’t know if they were dreaming this too??  But it wasn’t a normal reaction for dream characters.  This dream was different from a normal dream.  It was very real feeling.  Anyway, so when I woke up I knew the house deal was going to work out.  And it did. 

PS--About this thread topic of Partnered Exploration to visit with Bruce...if anyone does continue to experiment or has something to share, please do feel free to share it here or begin a new thread.   I don't want to disappoint anyone with this change in the conversation.  Also, I'm sorry that I haven't had anymore luck.  Am I just too distracted with other things?  Is Bruce just busy?  Maybe we're just not always meant to make connections.  Or maybe we just have to be patient and keep trying. 

I'm always "talking" to him every day.  I believe he receives my messages and feelings.  But I'm not always getting a feeling in return.  I have to wonder if he's just very busy right now.  But I trust that he's not unreachable.  The kind of man Bruce was here, he would sometimes get so focused on something that it would feel like he was completely gone.  He had the ability to have such a strong focus of his energy and attention.  I remember even his wife telling me that there were times she could walk into the room where he was and it would feel like he wasn't even in the room.  That's how focused his energy gets when he's involved with something.  So, I'll keep trying and I'm sure I'll feel his energy come around again.

By the way, it's ok that this thread has evolved to these other conversations since they are a natural course. I know some of you feel leery about breaking the forum rule about staying on topic.  I just want to clarify that it's ok as long as it's meaningful, appropriate, and a natural course.  True "off topic" issues are a problem when it derails from the original posters intention, is hurtful, argumentative, or is just pointless. 

If we get too off course from the topic of PE with Bruce, then I can make a dissection of those posts so that conversation can continue.  If not, I hope someone will continue to do the PE and share what they experience. 

By the way, I'm personally trying for an OBE contact.  That's my main focus right now.

As always, I appreciate all of your participation here.

Trying to get there. Brings me to some memories of being around 14-15. A friend of mine wanted to bring me along to ride a dirt bike along a multitude of trails in the huge field behind my suburban home. I had already gone exploring down the creeks and past the stream and sinkhole to the pasture where some horses roamed. But I had never been dirt biking. Mom said no. But, I also knew there was a tree house down the way. Down the alley and over to the right somewhere. I never did make it out there, that direction. Never saw that tree house.

So, just trying to get there. Trees, yes, in abundance. They are all over the place.