Insights for your personal evolution
Voyage to Curiosity’s Father
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Bruce Moen began his exploration of human consciousness as a skeptic, assuming his experiences were a figment of imagination. The fourth in a series, Voyage to Curiosity’s Father
Moen partners with one to several individuals who agree to meet non-physically with a shared intention. By reading each other’s notes following the sessions, remarkable similarities are found, providing validation of the accuracy of the attained knowledge. Moen often encounters Robert Monroe himself, founder of TMI and author of several books on nonphysical explorations. Monroe appears to coordinate much of the intended journeys by arranging meetings with specific guides who provide the desired information.
An interesting discovery is the group of “time organizers” who apply their energies to synchronize events happening on earth. There apparently is a team who works together manifesting individual intentions. It seems that many “chance” encounters are actually coordinated by these organizers through subconscious connections.
A worker responsible for a group of people in a specific area reports, “I take requests, the desires and intentions of those in my area, and weave them together with others in my area. I arrange crossover points in the tapestry that give each person the opportunity to assist another person in fulfilling these desires and intentions.” Being very clear on one’s intention, then letting it go, makes the “planning center” function more smoothly by avoiding constant rerouting and changing direction.
A fascinating series of encounters takes place in what Robert Monroe termed the “belief system territories.” Individuals are found beyond death in circumstances created by thoughts that match their beliefs during physical life. In earlier books, Moen practices the technique of retrieving souls who are stuck in these scenes of their making, some of whom don’t realize they are physically dead.
A particularly strong belief system involves religious fundamentalists who believe in a specific kind of heaven. This system believes that it is “evil and wrong to listen to anyone from a different religion talk about his or her beliefs.” This narrow mindset includes a strict rule set to follow in order to be allowed into heaven, for example, “just oversleeping on the Sabbath and missing a few minutes of the church service was a sin.” These rules identify many more behaviors as sinful and the requirement of church leaders to forgive these sins.
Once arriving in heaven, everything appears to be perfect and all needs are provided. However, it is necessary to continue to follow the rules in order to stay there. Individuals rely on church leaders and ritual services to offer the feeling of “pure unconditional love” as believers are prohibited from receiving this energy directly on their own.
Therein lies the ultimate trapping – Moen has discovered pure unconditional love to be a vital element of afterlife experience and human existence. Without it, continued growth is stagnated and hopeless. It is possible to remove oneself from these varied belief systems, usually through the recognition and practice of love.
Ultimately, Moen is on a quest to discover an understanding of the nature of human consciousness. Each of us has beliefs and experiences which create our unique reality and the free will to make choices on how to proceed both in life and the afterlife. Moen encourages us to begin our own journey to explore and discover our personal truth as it relates to human existence.
Book Author: Bruce Moen
Hampton Roads, 2001
http://www.hamptonroadspub.com
Bruce Moen teaches workshops on moving beyond the boundaries of physical reality in order to explore the afterlife. He offers a series of books, CDs and DVDs which demonstrate and teach techniques and methods for individual and partnered exploration.
http://www.afterlife-knowledge.com
Other books:
Voyages Into the Unknown
Voyage Beyond Doubt
Voyages Into the Afterlife
Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook: A Manual for the Art of Retrieval and Afterlife Exploration
Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing our Connection with the Elements
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From hurricanes and blizzards to cool breezes and sunny days, weather is a part of all of our lives. In Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing Our Connection with the Elements
While reading the stories recounted in the book, I recalled my own attitudes about weather. I have always been fascinated by the force of water, especially during storms. I have recurrent dreams involving tidal waves of varying strength and circumstances. This translated into what I would often describe as “fear of tidal waves” when determining places to live. I would not live near water as I understood it could change its path at any given moment. As I have grown, my fear has transformed into respect and while I love to visit the ocean and rivers I am still wary of planting more permanent roots at water’s edge.
There are three defined levels of weather connection. The outermost level of connection is weather modification, or “power-over” weather, the furthest removed from the heart. The heart level is the innermost, representing harmonious relationship with weather, also known as “weather dancing.” Between these two levels is “weather working,” or attempts to control the weather, which may tend towards either level.
An example of modifying the weather may be seen in an event in which I took part. It was lightly raining during an ayahuasca ceremony when participants were invited to sing a favorite song. My husband, an experienced bata drummer, sang a familiar chant used in Cuban Santeria ceremonies. During the song, we heard distant, gentle rumbling thunder that became stronger then stopped when the song was finished. Later, I learned he had chosen a song for Chango, the god of thunder.
Other instances of “weather working” may be viewed as more intentional. There are those who have consistently shown their ability to affect weather, for example, with the goal of creating rain due to a drought. Others have attempted to move the path of a hurricane to less populated areas. When approaching the task of weather modification, one must be aware of the reason why.
“Both the desire and the need must come from the wisdom of the heart. There may be a desire to work for rain, but no need for it. Any working like this will serve only ego. This can create trouble. To have desire without the need is empty of heart.”
Sometimes, we merely note seeming synchronicities with weather and wonder at their significance. For instance, on my wedding day, the March day was clear with a few fluffy clouds. During the early afternoon ceremony, clouds quickly formed and a brief thunderstorm occurred with thunderclaps occurring simultaneously with the end of the ceremony declaring us man and wife. While thunderstorms are somewhat common in our area during the summer, they are more unusual and much less common in the early spring. Why the thunder formed and expressed itself at that exact moment is not known, but it was definitely noted as significant by those who had gathered for the ceremony.
Those who intentionally connect with weather obseerve the well-being that comes with creating this harmonious relationship. Indigenous tribes assign the vocation of weather working through one’s inherited lineage. Individuals in more modern cultures choose to develop the act of relating to nature and weather. Whatever the case, there is value in the awareness of weather and its reflection of humanity’s collective experience.
Book Authors: Nan Moss and David Corbin
Bear & Company, 2008
http://www.bearandcompanybooks.com
Nan Moss and David Corbin have been faculty members of Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies since 1995 and also teach courses at Esalen Institute in California and the New York Open Center. They have been researching and teaching the spiritual aspects of weather since 1997 and have a private shamanic practice located in Port Clyde, Maine.
