Don (Berserk):

I thought you don't believe in reincarnation.

Hi everyone
My name is Melissa, I just joined after trying for weeks, but I guess the time wasn't right till now.
I need some advice from others who use Bob and Bruces technique of phasing OoB...I learnt how to achieve this in July and had a very intense 5 months in lessons with my spirit guides and having a chakra healing and then over night it just stopped. My guides told me I needed to quit smoking, which took me a few weeks but I managed it and now it seems I cant balance the hemispheres of my brain or something. Its like Im blocked from doing anything.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does it pass, or am I doing something wrong? Im beginning to feel a little desperate and sad about it. After feeling so connected to the other side and then nothing. Its like I'm being punished, or there is something I have to do that Im not realising. Please help. Any advice or suggestion is welcome.
Thank you in advance
Melissa

Hi Vicky,

Thanks for keeping things going.

I only heard about Bruce a little over 2 years ago, so I never had the oportunity to take any of his seminars. After reading his books, I got as far as one retrieval, which was mostly in the pretend category, and then for some reason I dropped it.
I am a retired PhD engineer and am definitely an atheistic skeptic (lower case 's') but am a seeker. (I can't abide Skeptics; they only  belong to another religion: Scientism.) So far, to me, PUL, while a nice concept, is just another woowoo term. I also do not visualize.
One thing I have kept up with is Core Shamanism. Michael Harner is another good teacher who died before I could experience him on the physical plane. For some reason shamanic drumming has more effect on me than hemi-sync.
As far as I know, I have had no psychic experiences. The one exception is that I think I have had Protection, or I would not have survived into my late 80's. For example, I have known when an approaching car would pull into my lane, and I moved to the shoulder. I also have sensed scammers when others did not. Other than that, I don't read people.
After beginning to re-read Bruce and Robert Peterson, I am beginning to realize that I need to exercise and develop my imagination. I can imagine engineering solutions to physical plane problems, but that's it.
I noticed that there was a sub-thread about whether there are soul parts. According to the shamanic world view, traumas can get parts of the soul stuck. Shamans perform soul retrievals to rectify that. One can argue about whether what a shaman retrieves is part of the "soul," but shamanism has been around for millennia and is effective.

Herb

Hi Vicky,

Yes, I have downloaded tracks by Byron Metcalf. Bruce's experience with his past life warrior who was killed with a spear is an example of a stuck soul part. One can argue about whether that is then a separate part of the soul. Let's not.

Ah, but how does one develop and practice intuition? I will review The exercises in the Guidebook. Also Robert Peterson in his book _Answers Within_ has some good exercises to develop the imagination. That's how he learned to hear his Guides, or whatever those thoughts/voices are.

Herb

Yes, thanks Melissa. In fact, I have met and talked with Joe McMoneagle, who did a lot of remote viewing for the government. What a character! I have tried remote viewing in as close as I get to a trance state. My problem is that I don't visualize, and remote viewing is primarily visual. Many who visualize don't realize what what being visualization blind is. It's called aphantasia.

Herb

Im the same as you Vicky
Im extremely visual and often the visuals are confusing and seem to have no relevance till later.

Herb this is the second time I have heard the term 'aphantasia' within a week. So I only looked it up a few days ago. The other person was related to his having Asperger's. I'd imagine that OBE's would still be beneficial because there is so much information shared telepathically. Is that the case?