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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best of the Very Best!, August 15, 2002
While researching and studying the subject of remote viewing several things became apparent. ALL of the early "remote viewers" went through the Monroe Institute's Gateway Voyage in the 1970's. So, like any good researcher I purchased the complete series of Gateway Voyage CDs from TMI. I had read the Robert Monroe books early on as they were published and loved them. Now, things were starting to make sense to me! Then, with the addition of the Newton's "Journey of the Soul" books; I had confirmation of things that I had found out on my own. Then along comes Bruce Moen's Afterlife Series with my first peek of further research going on with the TMI Lifeline Program. Finally, for me, I had a complete understanding of the process of physical life as I know it. This is data vital to an understanding of ourselves without the influence of archaic guilt and fear-laden dogma or secret "cult" inspired too-costly esoteric knowledge. This material is accessible, understandable, and duplicable. There is no need to sell your soul or put up with some wacko cult's crazy pseudo-sci-fi brand of mis-information. Want some information on alternate universes? Want to know what happens when our body dies? Want some more proof that spiritual life goes on? Want to know how our beliefs color our perception of reality both here and in the afterlife? Now, when I read the translations of the ancient Tibetan Book of the Dead; I understand the concepts even with the use of the their ancient words. I know that this sounds like a lot; but the answers are here. And Bruce Moen's writing is from his heart in excellent understandable prose. The best part is that this information is just the beginning of a person's journey. So, buy the book; buy the whole series. Read them. Then go to Virginia and do the Gateway Voyage. The truth will set you free.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Important work for many reasons, August 6, 2000
I have read the first two books of this series and will review each one seperately. This book is important because it reveals the experience of traveling into the "percieved" afterlife using Robert Monroe's "Lifeline" model and technology. I feel that the author nicely describes his experieces, the technology and the transformations that arise as the consequenses of these experiences. Mr. Moen, through his experiences, shows the doorway is open for everyone to explore other dimensions. The question of whether it is "real" or not can only be answered by the participant and should be asked after each and every experience. "Lifelines" was created as a research system to explore the possiblility of an afterlife and to gather information about departed people. The information obtained from the "departed soul" would then be independantly varified for accuracy. If we could not prove that an afterlife existed we at least would prove that ESP existed by gathering information about unknown people. Experiences and results varied according to the skills and beliefs of the participants. But the personal transformation and healing that occured within the participants, were far more important than whether it was real or imagined. That transformation was probably the true reason the program came into being:-) If you have questions about death and the afterlife, then read this book with an open mind and an open heart, and see what it does for you.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Why?, January 15, 2006
This book is so good in some ways that its ommissions and faults are thrown into very sharp relief.
The good part is that the Moen series is a fascinating sequel to Robert Monroe's triumvurite of incredibly cool books. Monroe was far from a great author by literary standards, but he really knew how to grab the reader by the jugular. He depiction of BB's search for AA is among the most compelling and educational adventure sagas ever written.
Moen does not come close to Monroe in the power of his writing. Nevertheless, I believe that Moen has offered us a lot of valuable information about what's really happening "out there" (or, "in here" if you prefer) - beyond the physical anyway.
But somehow I felt the treatment is very parochial, very limted and culturally blinkered, much as Monroe's books were also, but without Monroe's compensatory qualities. Moen is a middle-aged, middle class, Caucasian, male engineer living in the United States. Sorry to sound ad homimen, but his whole point of view seems to flow from that. That is one good viewpoint to have, but for such a universal topic, the parameters of discussion seemed strangely restricted.
The idea of the world/event controllers, steering outcomes to their own desired results is really creepy!
I wanted Moen, when encountering these kinds of guys in his after-world or after-life dream states or voyages, to grab them by their ectoplasmic lapels and get some REAL answers from them, such as: "Who gave you guys the authority to steer a world? Is it just 'might makes right' or what is it?" I know all the standard New Age answers to these "why" questions, they are usually:
(a) It is all for the best from our higher wisdom
(b) Don't worry about any damage, your world and bodies are just transient playthings anyway.
(c) Everybody involved CHOSE to undergo any suffering that transpires
Yes I've heard all that. Still I would like to see these smug and complacent event controller types challenged on their own ground.
The book does show the unshakeable power of earth/human gentics in molding perception. For example, Moen meets up with various gorgeous sexy etheric women in his ventures, but why doesn't he ask deeper questions, like why are you manifesting in this pretty form? What are you really? Am I casting you in a form that triggers my own human/genetic receptors, or are you modling yourself as such to me? What makes you attractive to me? What makes you different from any other entity?
In other words I'd like to see some depth. The book and the approach, despite the amazing claims, suffers not so much from being inherently unbelievable but rather from being so shallow, simple and even dumb.
I want to see deeper issues of morality, power, and basic identity brought up with all the Higher Non-Physical Intelligences. They should either put some logic and morality on the table to justify themselves, or just forthrightly admit that might makes right and we physical humans just happen to be on the wrong end of the gun, tough for us.
Why can't anybody THINK??
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