After watching 90 minutes of Robert Monroe describe his own self-discovered theory of why we are here on You Tube, I woke up this morning with the thought of creating a church called “The Church of Direct Knowing.” I have always felt that we should all have the ability and the right to contact God and the Higher Dimensions directly and to be able to discover Truth for ourselves. Robert Monroe has evidently developed and built a super highway for assisting in that process. What he describes in his 1990 “Wednesdays with Robert Monroe” videos is amazing and it reconfirms and provides even greater detail to what many people know as the Perennial Philosophy. Here’s a LINK to the series of nine videos.
I figured that at this time there should be many more people interested in Out of Body Experiences. Many people are trying to do it, but much of it is haphazard and the results hit and miss. Many people are scared when it does happen and then back off. But the Monroe methodology is consistent and has been tested by thousands of people. His program can provide a consistent doorway into higher realms which the individual can use as a launch pad for inner journeys to explore for answers to any questions they may have. I was personally astounded at what Robert Monroe detailed as to why we come to planet Earth and what it is going to take to finally leave here.
His program is available in a week long residential program costing thousands of dollars or as a multi-part CD set which can be purchased and used individually for $500. Many people enjoy the week long residential group session as it allows them to meet other people from all walks of life and to compare notes each day after the sessions are complete. Some return to do more advanced work.
What I like about what Robert Monroe has personally achieved is that he started with no pre-conceived religious ideas. He wasn’t interested in what religions taught. What he has discovered will amaze you, possibly even blow your mind; and it seems to align with The Perennial Philosophy in many ways. Here’s a definition: The Perennial Philosophy is the notion of the universal recurrence of philosophical insight independent of epoch or culture, including universal truths on the nature of reality, humanity or consciousness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy
I consider Robert Monroe to be a guru and a seer in his own right. He is gone now, but his high-tech methodology lives on. It is a gift to our culture where everything is moving at break neck speed. There is a story about two aged Tibetan monks who come to the Monroe Institute for the weeklong Gateway experience. One is 90 years old and the other, his understudy, is 70 years old. They are very formally dressed and are wearing white shirts and ties. After a few days, they emerge from there meditation cubicles looking a bit disheveled. The moderator asks what has happened. Their answer was, “We Tibetans practice for many years, even a lifetime to achieve higher levels of mind, but you clever Americans have figured out a way to do it in just a few days!” I think that pretty well sums it up! What do YOU think about the idea of a Church of Direct Knowing?
Here’s a list of Robert Monroe’s books:
Journeys Out of the Body by Robert Monroe. “The only honest book I’ve ever read on astral travel, and I’ve read loads – clearly be people who’ve never done it. This is the real thing. These and his other two books (below) had an enormous impact on my understanding of non physical reality.”
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe Monroe. Explores further and challenges everything you believe about everything. A total mind trip.
Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe. Explores the world of Death and helping people who have died. As usual, Mr Monroe takes your head right off!
These book reviews are by Rod Ruskin. http://www.rodsuskin.com/favouritebooksof.html
