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Ultimate Journey
Robert monroe
Here's a couple of photocopies I happen to have lying around the house ...
Human Mind Role
Moving outward, you have the skin: what you want others to think of you. This is usually fairly simple. Mostly it is set by the acceptability and needs of the world around you, superimposed hopefully with waves and pulses thrusting out from your inner core. The presentation of self is careful and usually covered with a sheen of deception. In hard cases, no sign of the inner layers ever appears, even under great stress. Such cases die with their false faces on, grimly and stoically.
Human Mind Radiation
The outermost layer, much larger than you might expect, is composed of others' thoughts of you. Consider yourself as existing wherever and whenever any other person or being thinks of you, even only occasionally. You may get some idea of the magnitude by recalling all of those you think of, even only occasionally. Add (as just a belief at this point) all of those who still think of you but who no longer inhabit a physical body - who are now "somewhere else" - plus those who you know from any other existence, whatever and wherever it may be or have been. You would be astounded at how big and how much you are.
Very little of this radiation of you, as perceived by others, is aware of the content of your inner Core Self. The disguise and filtration are in the way. But a problem does lie in our deep concern as to what others think of us.
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So much for this model of the Human Mind. Now it might seem that we can sharpen our Different Overview greatly if we focus solely on the signs of the Core Self as they make their way through the many layers of what we are. But we have to be aware of imitations; there are those dedicated to the Earth Life System who can produce a mass of simulated Core Self so cleverly done that it conceals the real Earth Life System action and motivation. It is easy to be deceived.
It may help, as a belief to be converted into Known, that we, as Human Mind-Consciousness, have both an individual and a species purpose, or purposes, for being in the Earth Life System which is not usually an understood part of our physical waking awareness. Conflict arises when the Human Mind demands an action and the Earth Life System self has trouble handling it. There is a growing suspicion that much of our mental and physical dysfunction is the result of this conflict. The least of the conflict is external; most lies in the habituation and motivation struggle within the Human Mind.
Now here are a few of the common signs of the Core Self that may emerge through the layers. These are strictly non-Earth Life System and nonanimal, and are not listed in order of importance.
{to be continued if/when I grab the actual book again ... sounds fascinating, don't it}
I wonder if this being understands how strong his or her light is. Could it be an E.T. (extraterrestrial) after all ?
You will become accustomed to the light. You have the same radiation to us ... and we are not the extraterrestrials as you mean it.
You read what I am thinking ?
That is true. Just as you can with me.
I can ?
You are doing it now in part, but only the surface part.
Yes, you are right. It is certainly not words and sounds ... no air to vibrate ... but simply in the mind ... yes.
What you call the core self does remember
You know, I do remember ... I remember you ... the feel of you ...
It is good that you do not express fear. We can do so much when that barrier is removed.
Oh, I have a few fears left ...
But they do not rule your perception. For example, why are you not filled with fear at this moment ?
I don't know. But I'm not afraid. That's true. Right at this moment I am here, talking with you in a rational way ... with you, someone who is very familiar to me ... a brightly glowing figure that some people would interpret as a god, an angel, or at the very least some extraterrestrial. Yet we are here talking just like two ordinary people ... except that we are not talking words!
The difference is the lack of fear.
There is so much potential ... Who are you actually ? Or maybe I should say, What are you ? Now, I do have the courage to ask.
It is beyond your experience to understand at this time. But you will understand, and very soon.
Can we meet again ?
All you need do is ask for our help
You mean meditating ? Saying prayers ?
The words and rituals are meaningless. It is the thought ... the emotion ... that is the signal. If the proper signal is given, we are able to help.
Let me be sure of this. You are not the god ... a god ... but perhaps someone from another planet ?
No, not from another planet.
Are you the one, or one of those who may have created us ... the Earth ?
No. We are sorry to disappoint you. But we can give you what we have in regard to the creative process. Do you desire it ?
Why, yes. Yes!
{to be continued if/when I grab the actual book again ... sounds fascinating, don't it}
The very next day after typing those brief excerpts ... I wandered along to the library and the book was just there on the shelf, so I thought why not take it out ...
Firstly from the sleeves -
In an out-of-body state,
you are no longer bounded
by time-space.
You can be in it but not part of it.
You - your non-physical self - are
comfortable in another energy system.
Yet you are not totally free.
You are like a balloon
or a kite on a tether.
At the other end of the cord
- the invisible cord -
is your physical body
In 1958, a successful businessman named Robert Monroe began to have experiences that drastically altered his life. Unpredictably, and without his willing it, Monroe found himself leaving his physical body to travel via a "second body" to locales far removed from the physical and spiritual realities of his life. He was inhabiting a place unbounded by life or death.
Monroe chronicled these out-of-body experiences in two best-selling, landmark works, Journeys our of the body and Far Journeys. Now, in Ultimate Journey, he takes us farther than we imagined possible.
Ultimate Journey charts the are that lies 'over the edge' beyond the limits of our physical world. Monroe presents us with a 'map' of the 'interstate', the rout that opens to us when we leave our physical lives, with its entry and exit points, signposts and hazards. He tells us how he found the route and traveled it, and how he uncovered the reason for his pioneering expedition. This is a journey that reveals basic truths about the meaning and purpose of life - and of what lies beyond.
Robert Monroe combines records of his own experiences with those of others who have followed his route at the Monroe Institute in Virginia to make Ultimate Journey an exhilarating reading experience - the masterwork of a daring and original thinker and explorer.
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Robert A Monroe is the founder of the Monroe Institute, a nonprofit educational and research organisation of practical methods of accelerated learning through expanded form of consciousness. He lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Opening the book at 'random' ...
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As the search for the missing Basic continues, we, as visitors and participants in the Earth Life System, might now assess and summarise what we have learned so that we may be in better condition to survey and then travel the road that lies ahead. Our Different Overview is beginning to firm up, but all the same the question still arises: why do we bother ? Why continue with this hard journey when we could simply relax into the comfort of an appropriate belief system ?
We shall see later if the journey brings its own reward. In the meantime, let's have a look at where we are, and what our new and Different Overview reveals.
The Earth Life System, for all its shortcomings, is an exquisite teaching machine. It brings into focus for each of us in our own way a wide understanding of energy, and the control and manipulation thereof, that is generally unavailable except through a structured environment such as time-space. The Earth Life System is a set of tools and we learn how to use them.
In the Earth Life System we learn measurement. It is a polarised environment where comparatives are possible. We learn what are hot and cold, strong or weak, hungry or full, fast or slow, sad or glad, male or female, friend or foe, love or hate - the list goes on.
Through application of our Human Mind we learn to create in ways and methods we didn't know existed because they are unique to time-space, and some are peculiar to and available only in this system and are not available elsewhere. These provide avenues of expression beyond description.
Similarly we learn appreciation of beauty. We find it in a loxly rock, a stately fir tree, a thunderstorm, ocean surf, a cloud-tinted sunset, a soft-spoken word, a musical chord, the leap of a leopard - again, the list is endless. Most of all, we find it in what other humans think and do, in their and our emotions. And we learn to laugh and have fun.
Every single thing we learn, no matter how small or seemingly inconsequential, is of immense value There - beyond time-space. This is fully understood only when one encounters a graduate of the Earth Life System process of being human who "resides" in the There. You then know, not just believe, that it is worth any price to be human, and to learn.
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{This section is about the Gateway Voyage}
The book was written back in 1994. Here is a link to more recent details about The Gateway Voyage Program:
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This knowledge created a profound change in my Overview. There were so many potentials I had been unaware of, and so many responsibilities and limitations, that it made me uncomfortable to dwell on them. The greatest of these responsibilities was that this I among the many that composed my I-There was expected to deliver an important answer or solution. Although I'd been told that I knew the question and was on the track of the answer, the concept still made no sense to me.
The knowledge also caused many changes. I no longer was concerned with my sleep activities, whether I remembered them or not. Now when i relaxed and drifted out-of-phase into sleep, my EXCOM took over and we worked together. Many of our tasks involved helping through, or retrieving, after the physical death process. In most of these instances, we became whatever we were perceived to be: father, mother, departed friend, even some 'heavenly being'. Those who were not part of our I-There cluster slipped away and disappeared into the Belief System Territories. In these cases we were assisting as a kind of courtesy those who for whatever reason were not met by a representative of their own I-There, or who had missed the entry points to their particular belief system. ...
The major task of my I-There was to pick up previous life personalities who had been overwhelmed by Earth Life System addictions or various belief systems so that the essence of the personality was unreachable. When the individual Human Mind finally broke the grip of the belief, or found a crack in the system, one of our I-There members went on a retrieval mission. Time was not a factor in this, except that all such "rescues" took place in what we would label the past.
The helping mode is another constant within the individual I-There member. This involves the insertion of ideas, thoughts, even physical stimuli, into the physical life of others resident in the Earth Life System. I became aware of how much help each of us receives that we do not perceive or that we simply accept without question. Again, such help is not limited by our concept of time. It is never forced on anyone, but is provided as a response to a cry for help, a signal which might be translated into a prayer in various belief systems.
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How far back does this go ?
Before you were born.
You had better tell me. I don't remember.
You wouldn't. You didn't exist. We made the decision to become human again. We selected the time and place and organised the DNA mix - elements from the physical and elements from us. We took those parts of us that seemed most appropriate, rolled them up into one, and sent them in. There you - and we - were!
What exactly did you send in ?
Personalities, memories. What else ?
Yes ... I've tracked some of them down. Does this happen with everyone - with all humans ?
As far as we know. Some don't have as much experience as we do, or as much to choose from.
Are there any with no experience at all ? Any who come in ... pure ?
A lot have no previous human experience, though they have plenty of some other type - both physical and nonphysical. Some work up from being animals.
Do any come in and go out with just one human lifetime ?
We have heard so, but we haven't met one. Or we couldn't identify any.
Why are there all these repeats and recycles - these multiple lifetimes ?
Up to now human lives have been and are used in such a random way that it's not possible to get wide enough experience in any one life. So we keep on returning until we have what we need. Does that make sense ?
There ought to be a better way. It doesn't seem organised o efficient.
You ought to know.
What do you mean, I ought to know ?
Remember your guided visit far into the future ? As we saw it, the whole thing there was certainly organised and efficient. You go in, select the experience you want - and off you go!
That's a long time to have to wait.
You're free of time, remember ? Only one more return after this, into that life you visited up ahead, and then we're free.
So my Executive Committee has it all mapped out ...
We certainly have.
A committee is made up of parts. Which part are you ?
I was a court jester in France, in the ninth century. I was a good talker. That's why I was chosen to meet with you. It would keep down any tension that might arise in you.
I don't have any tension ... well, not much. Now, let's get back to what we were discussing. Did you help me in childhood ?
We were in close touch in the first few years. This happens with most little ones. The influence is quite strong until parents and others bring about a gradual shutdown. Children learn not to talk about something that's unacceptable. Later the physical contact fades away rapidly.
Was there anything more ?
Not much. Most of the time we just watched you. We did keep you from drowning a couple of times. And there was a time when you were very ill. You even turned up here and we had to escort you back.
That must have been when i had scarlet fever. But what about later on ? And other things - the two dollars under the board, when I was a teenager - did you do that ?
That was one of Talo's tricks.
Who's Talo ?
One of us - one of you - who lived in another energy system.
Was there anything else ?
There was the time when you were seventeen, driving at night on the back road along the river. You were going too fast over the top of the hill - and there was an old truck in the road. You never knew how you got round it without killing yourself did you ?
I remember! I remember wondering what happened. So you did that ?
Not me. But one of us did.
I think I'm beginning to understand. You are sort of my guardian angels - or that's what some people would call you.
Oh no. We aren't your anything. We and you are the same. You've been helping yourself all the time. We are just the part that helps you remember. You and Talo both put the two dollars under the board. You and Cass both, that time in Hawaii, made the surfboard drift onto the right heading so that the fishing boat would pick you up. You and we have continually been back and fixing things up. Do you want more examples ?
I'll be damned!
No you won't. We won't let you. This life experience you're putting together - it's far too valuable.
Why ? What do you mean ?
It leads to freedom. And it's your ride - you're in charge. We're not much more than a cabin of screaming passengers hoping we'll find it an shouting advice.
Find what ?
The way out. Escape velocity. Not just eternity, but infinity.
I ... I think I see. What am I supposed to do ?
You are the best chance we have ever had. We shall support and help you all the way. We can't do everything, but there's a great deal we can do. Encouraging you to think what you call "out-of-body" finally worked.
Did you do that ?
You remember those dreams beforehand ? How you were trying to fly an airplane off the ground but there were always wires overhead ?
I do - very clearly
Those were practice sessions we had when you came here during sleep.
Yes ... it's beginning to come back ...
You were so frightened you didnt notice our pulling on you - not then.
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Again and again, the alien Human Mind began to express and demonstrate elements completely incompatible with the Earth Life System. These were: first, concern and empathy as to other members of the species; second, concern and empathy as to other members of other species; third, a growing curiosity and uncomfortable suspicions as to the limitations apparently imposed on all participants in the system. History and philosophy are full of curiosity seekers and suspicious Human Minds. There has always been, as there is today, a very thin layer of Human Minds who have the time and energy to sit back and think. They have moved past the immediate need for survival effort.
How many are there ? One in a thousand ? One in ten thousand ? In one hundred thousand ? Instead of planning and plotting how to exploit their fellow species or to pull riches from the earth, these curious and suspicious Human Minds sought for patterns beyond the Earth Life System in themselves and in others. They found enough to strike responsive chords in their own being, and they passed along what they found. The message was that human beings are more than mere animals living and dying in the Earth Life System.
Yet, to date, little has been achieved as a result, beyond such conceptions as hope, faith, guilt, simple belief, and a poorly defined collection of hints and suggestions under the general heading of love. So the species as a whole remians unfulfilled and restless.
This, then, is the Earth Life System where we are now, and the state of Human Minds. These are the Knowns, and this is where we begin, according to our current scientific overview.
But ... the missing Basic ? Even as the light increased, I still did not recognise it!
Chapter 6 - Inside & Outside
So ... Where is the missing Basic ? And what is the new direction? Both seem well hidden. Perhaps it would help in the search if we first find out and pin down what we really are.
As Human Minds, we are what we think. We also are what others think. Most of this has little to do with our physical bodies when we go below the surface. To deal with this more closely, let us create a model of the Human Mind as it is and operates in practice - a pragmatic model, if you like. Imagine it as structured in layers, something like an onion, and let us work from 'in' to 'out'.
Core Self
This is the intrinsic, original Human Mind. Starting from this inner core, we are the essence of the sum of our experiences, without limitation. The inner core is composed of the following:
- what we have lived and consciously thought to date;
- the emotions we have experienced;
- the love we have expressed and experienced;
- the dreams we have experienced, whether we remember them or not;
- the pains and pleasures;
- the daydreams, wishes and hopes;
- all of the above during our nonphysical activity (sleep, etc.)
- all of the above during any and all previous life activity;
- unidentified elements
Animal Sub-Self
This is the layer or element that is most difficult to control. All of the expressions of the Human Mind route through here and receive data in the Earth Life System through here as well. This is where the filtering, discolouration, and contamination take place. The problem is that we think we need to rely on it or we cannot remain physically human. Physiologically, it comprises a cluster consisting of the mammalian brain, the reptilian brain, and the limbic system. Its signals taint almost every facet of human life; almost, but not all.
Conscious Mind
The next layer can be identified as what you think you are, which is entirely different from knowing what you are. The reason is that only a part of the inner core is available to the conscious you; hence there is much distortion, as expression has to pass through the Animal Sub-Self. The conscious mind may be wholly accurate; but in some areas local concepts and customs give an opposite interpretation from that of your Core Self.
Although much of this layer is deliberately hidden from others, a considerable part is expressed in our outer self. Because it is so strong, we have no choice in this. This layer is further complicated by belief systems; for many of us the complexity becomes a maze. It is no surprise that most don't find a clear way out.
Human Mind External
The next outward layer is what we think others think of us. This is a grand mixture because part of it is intuitive - nonverbal communication - which gets confused with what our sensory and analytical perceptions tell us. This layer is in a constant state of flux, changing constantly with new experience and new perception.
In this section, which is controlled heavily by cultural context, we develop artificial and synthetic drives and motivations which probably lead to most mental and physical dysfunction. Attempting to keep up, or leading a totally reactive existence - which is what many people do - can, if you allow this lifestyle to take over, lead to a veritable hell on earth.
Human Mind Role
Moving outward, you have the skin: what you want others to think of you. This is usually fairly simple. Mostly it is set by the acceptability and needs of the world around you, superimposed hopefully with waves and pulses thrusting out from your inner core. The presentation of self is careful and usually covered with a sheen of deception. In hard cases, no sign of the inner layers ever appears, even under great stress. Such cases die with their false faces on, grimly and stoically.
Human Mind Radiation
The outermost layer, much larger than you might expect, is composed of others' thoughts of you. Consider yourself as existing wherever and whenever any other person or being thinks of you, even only occasionally. You may get some idea of the magnitude by recalling all of those you think of, even only occasionally. Add (as just a belief at this point) all of those who still think of you but who no longer inhabit a physical body - who are now "somewhere else" - plus those who you know from any other existence, whatever and wherever it may be or have been. You would be astounded at how big and how much you are.
Very little of this radiation of you, as perceived by others, is aware of the content of your inner Core Self. The disguise and filtration are in the way. But a problem does lie in our deep concern as to what others think of us.
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So much for this model of the Human Mind. Now it might seem that we can sharpen our Different Overview greatly if we focus solely on the signs of the Core Self as they make their way through the many layers of what we are. But we have to be aware of imitations; there are those dedicated to the Earth Life System who can produce a mass of simulated Core Self so cleverly done that it conceals the real Earth Life System action and motivation. It is easy to be deceived.
It may help, as a belief to be converted into Known, that we, as Human Mind-Consciousness, have both an individual and a species purpose, or purposes, for being in the Earth Life System which is not usually an understood part of our physical waking awareness. Conflict arises when the Human Mind demands an action and the Earth Life System self has trouble handling it. There is a growing suspicion that much of our mental and physical dysfunction is the result of this conflict. The least of the conflict is external; most lies in the habituation and motivation struggle within the Human Mind.
Now here are a few of the common signs of the Core Self that may emerge through the layers. These are strictly non-Earth Life System and nonanimal, and are not listed in order of importance.
Emotion
Any expression of emotion: sadness, joy, anger, grief, ecstasy, hate, exaltation, depression, and so on, all subjective and spontaneous. The key is to experience and subsequently to learn to control and direct them as desired.
In the Earth Life System there is no emotion beyond survival responses such as protection of young - responses which are purely aggressive or defensive in motivation. The nearest simulations include possessiveness, dominance, jealousy, pride, etc.
Empathy
Appreciation and even understanding without necessarily having any related personal memory or experience to draw upon. Empathy is a recognition of oneness beyond physical species. It is also a reflection of the knowledge that such experience is essential to the individual's learning process; therefore nothing can or should be done to change the problems others must face. Sympathy and compassion are specific versions that are coloured by emotion to varying degrees.
The Earth Life System has no knowledge or understanding of this area. The closest approximation may be herd or pack instinct, which is strictly survival-based. It is possible that current dolphin investigations may have some relevance here.
Soft Smile
A direct information flow from the Core Self level. It is a form of what can be called noverbal communication - multiple and total simultaneous transmission/reception that cannot be expressed in words. The facial expression is an autonomic response: "Got it, loud and clear!"
The Earth Life System has nothing comparable. The closest may be relationships between Human Minds and pet animals - a hand lick or purr. But simulations are all over the place!
Big Grin
Another thrust direct from the Core Self. This radiation cannot be translated into words or graphics. "Joy" and "fun" are too mundane. There are many limitations and because it is so disarming the indicator is widely used to manipulate. Go past the indicator to the radiation itself.
Again, there is nothing comparable in the Earth Life System. In this framework, anything similar is a warning or prelude to predation.
Beauty Beholding
This is clean Core Self. It is pure appreciation of the inspiration and creativity of not only Earth Life System constructs but also of Human Mind patterns, from soaring bridges and buildings to cappella choirs and Human Mind performance. It is an information/experience-gathering process that your Human Mind cannot resist.
The Earth Life System has no comprehension of this and nothing comparable, so there can be no imitations.
Nostalgia
This is a welling up from your Core Self of origin memory, which is best rationalised as emotional values from previous experience in your present lifetime. In this way it is possible to divert away from the underlying and implied plea: show me the way to go Home.
The Earth Life System has no comprehension or comparable pattern that is not system-based. The closest are migrating birds and salmon, but their motivations are practical system patterns.
A Gentle Touch
A very simple Core Self expression. A touch instead of a grasp, a pat instead of a punch, a stroke instead of a shove. Even animals understand and know the difference.
In the Earth Life System animals do learn a crude version. But all they can do is lick or rub, which may be enough.
Anonymous Giving
A true demonstration of the Core Self in action. Altruism and agape are working illustrations; service to others with absolutely no recompense or recognition, except to your Human Mind core.
In the Earth Life System this is totally beyond comprehension. If it happens, it's by accident, not design.
Thinking
Human Minds are thinkers to a degree not found elsewhere in the Earth Life System. Once we get past the lures of the system, we discover a flow of ideas, inspiration, intuition, invention, innovation, all sorted through for us by our magnificent processor, the mind. These are products of Core Self directives and are often sparked by curiosity, a great catalyst for change.
There is nothing remotely close in the Earth Life System. All we find is some rudimentary toolmaking, some instinctive processes that are usually attributed to keen physical sensory perception. Some animals do have curiosity, which often proves fatal.