Rating: 
Summary: If you liked "Far Journeys" you'll like Moen's books
Review: A fascinating story of writer Bruce Moen's experiences with the programs at the Monroe Institute and his travels in the various "Focus Levels" as defined by Monroe. Much like Monroe's "Far Journeys".
Rating:
Summary: A fascinating adventure
Review: Comprehensible story of the author's foray into out of body travel, well-written and intriguing. What he tells of the afterlife is in essence a continuation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, or, the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. A good read, plus, invaluable information about what happens after you die. Highly recommended!
Rating: 
Summary: "Imagination" is all very well......
Review: Having read the three books in the series I have to agree with a previous reviewer in that they are a pleasant enough read.....but the worrying aspect of many of Bruce's assertions is how often he "doubts" what he is experiencinge.g. when he is sitting eating a meal in a restaurant he makes an imaginative voyage to the site of the Oklahoma bombing and performs a rescue of tormented and lost souls who have been killed there and he passes them on to helpers in the other side..... very good and laudible but he expresses "doubts"..he has been honest enough in his "Afterlife Knowledge" site that he has only had a few "fully blown classic" OBE's in his life...all the other "trips" have been done by his form of "Creative Imagination" and so on...I only worry that this "Hey isn't it fun and really helpful to save souls by imagining, ( and he usues the word "pretending"! ) that they are here and we are with them" approach will only give succour to the sceptics...I hate to be awkward but if I was in a state of distress in the afterlife environment I would far rather get help from someone having a "fully blown" OBE rather than a fairly easy "creative/pretended imagination"...In saying all this negative stuff I have to state that I think,p[aradoxically, his "pretended/creative imaginations ,might actually help a LOT of people get into the OBE mode...as those of us who are fortunate enough to have OBE'd we are aware that such imaginings actually do help in this regard...but of course we do not want to get "stuck" at that level......it isn't very satisfactory or veriical to ourselves let alone anyone else....so sadly, I cannot recommend the series very highly although they are a better deal than a lot of the NewAge rubbish that is flooding the market....
Rating: 
Summary: Comprehensive Self-Analysis Helps Support the Truth
Review: I have read all three of Bruce's books in his AfterLife Series. I think that these books are critical material for anyone who is seriously interested in learning practical information about the eternal nature of our soul. I did find Bruce's doubting, which was continuous throughout the three books, to be a little excessive. I do not doubt the "process" of using imagination as a creative force. Anyone who has read the Conversations with God series by Neale Donald Walsch knows that imagination is a key element in things spiritual. In support of Bruce, I would like to quote a small passage from Conversations, Book 1, page 6 where Neale asks God how he can tell the difference or know if he is talking with God or if it is his imagination...Neale: "How can I know this communication is from God? How do I know that this is not my own imagination?" God: "What would be the difference? Do you not see that I could just as easily work through your imagination as anything else?" Anyone who is seriously into spirituality, and has studied the process of mind and how things are created in the universe, recognizes the tremendous power that imagination provides. We tend to think that imagination is something which is equivalent to the word "illusion." We think we are deluding ourselves if we are using imagination. Yet, this is worldly thinking, not spiritual thinking! I find Bruce's doubting, to an extent, a healthy aspect of the process we must all undergo in order to finally come to the realization that when we deal with things Spiritual, they do not conform to the expectations or work within the domains of earth-bound methodology, rationalization or proof. Only when we can imagine ourselves to be as great as we are spiritually can we truely LIVE and experience to the highest level just who and what we are. This is not an easy process, overcoming worldly teachings of limitation of self! I find the "Monroe" method to be fascinating. It is ONE way of many, to come into contact with Spirit. Not every way is every "ones" way, since each of us are given different insights and abilities according to God's Great Plan. So when one man is a healer another might be a teacher...neither denies the relevancy of the other in any mission in life. It becomes clear, after the third book, that the ultimate purpose was not to just go and round up lost souls and get them to the "Gateway." I won't spoil it for those of you who have not read books 2 and 3. I find this work to be of extreme importance to all of those of us who are seriously interested in spiritual persuits. This is one man's experience among MANY, yet it is highly worth reading. It will remain in the upper 10% of all those books in my spiritual library that I consider essential to my highest understanding of God's Great Plan for all of us. I know deep inside myself, these books were motivated by Spirit. The best things always come in 3's when it comes to God! I am anxiously awaiting book 4! Come on Bruce, where is it?
Rating:
Summary: Comprehensive Self-Analysis Helps Support the Truth
Review: I have read all three of Bruce's books in his AfterLife Series. I think that these books are critical material for anyone who is seriously interested in learning practical information about the eternal nature of our soul. I did find Bruce's doubting, which was continuous throughout the three books, to be a little excessive. I do not doubt the "process" of using imagination as a creative force. Anyone who has read the Conversations with God series by Neale Donald Walsch knows that imagination is a key element in things spiritual. In support of Bruce, I would like to quote a small passage from Conversations, Book 1, page 6 where Neale asks God how he can tell the difference or know if he is talking with God or if it is his imagination... Neale: "How can I know this communication is from God? How do I know that this is not my own imagination?" God: "What would be the difference? Do you not see that I could just as easily work through your imagination as anything else?" Anyone who is seriously into spirituality, and has studied the process of mind and how things are created in the universe, recognizes the tremendous power that imagination provides. We tend to think that imagination is something which is equivalent to the word "illusion." We think we are deluding ourselves if we are using imagination. Yet, this is worldly thinking, not spiritual thinking! I find Bruce's doubting, to an extent, a healthy aspect of the process we must all undergo in order to finally come to the realization that when we deal with things Spiritual, they do not conform to the expectations or work within the domains of earth-bound methodology, rationalization or proof. Only when we can imagine ourselves to be as great as we are spiritually can we truely LIVE and experience to the highest level just who and what we are. This is not an easy process, overcoming worldly teachings of limitation of self! I find the "Monroe" method to be fascinating. It is ONE way of many, to come into contact with Spirit. Not every way is every "ones" way, since each of us are given different insights and abilities according to God's Great Plan. So when one man is a healer another might be a teacher...neither denies the relevancy of the other in any mission in life. It becomes clear, after the third book, that the ultimate purpose was not to just go and round up lost souls and get them to the "Gateway." I won't spoil it for those of you who have not read books 2 and 3. I find this work to be of extreme importance to all of those of us who are seriously interested in spiritual persuits. This is one man's experience among MANY, yet it is highly worth reading. It will remain in the upper 10% of all those books in my spiritual library that I consider essential to my highest understanding of God's Great Plan for all of us. I know deep inside myself, these books were motivated by Spirit. The best things always come in 3's when it comes to God! I am anxiously awaiting book 4! Come on Bruce, where is it?
Rating:
Summary: A Very Important work for many reasons
Review: 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.
Rating:
Summary: I hope everyone reads his books
Review: In February of 2001 I found Bruce Moen's website,
afterlife-knowledge.com, as well as his first book, and felt I had finally found the answers to being able to explore the afterlife and get my own proof, my own direct experience. And that is exactly what happened. I not only found his book(s) to be well written, informative and enjoyable, but I was able to immediately apply the knowledge he shares, to journey into the nonphysical, help others there and learn more of who/what I really am. And it is all accomplished through the simple, innate abilities we're all born with!! This is what he teaches: it doesn't require years of intense training in exotic locations, nor does one have to spend a great deal of money to attend complicated seminars or buy expensive gadgets that promise this or that. The most valuable thing he shares is that we all come from and are, pure unconditional love...and that we can make use of this energy/consciousness to change ourselves, open perception for afterlife journeys, help others. Whereas I once longed to finish this physical life of lonliness and confusion...I now look forward to EVERY DAY of this life. Everything has changed for the better...because of bringing into my life what Bruce teaches. The most difficult thing to believe about exploring the afterlife is that it's so simple and natural to access, we have a hard time believing it. But don't take my word for it. Read his books, his own journey and what he discovered....and then go get your own direct experience. ...
Rating:
Summary: A very very valuable key.
Review: In the tricky world of spirituality/oobe/lucid dreaming, I won't go near the question of what is 'real.' However, for me, this book is a very valuable blueprint for how to get past the very typical obstacles that many people (like me) encounter when foraying into the non-physical realms. A very encouraging, honest, and meticulously detailed book, written as only a mechanical engineer could!
Rating:
Summary: A fascinating adventure
Review: Whether you believe the anecdotes and adventures in this book is a personal decision (I've met plenty of people who believe something to be true if it makes them feel good or fits their particular personality - not the best basis for factual truth, but passes for truth in the so-called New Age). What I can do is recommend this book as a greatly enjoyable read. The author relates his experiences with the Monroe Institute in Virginia via a chronological description of his participation in the institute's mind expanding programs. The results, while highly fanciful, are presented in a simple direct manner, without the annoying heavy handed dose of New Age dogma so prevalent in another recent book by a Monroe Institute "graduate" (Rosalind McKnight). This book has a sense of fresh adventure that make the question of "is it real?" almost irrelevant. Even the author (while hinting he believes) also admits much of his adventures are prompted by pretending and imagination, which primes the pump into other dimensional planes. Will you board that plane or not? If you enjoy a good read, go for it! If unprovable tales of astral adventure annoy you, stay away!
Rating:
Summary: One of the Best of the Very Best!
Review: 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.
| 
