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Haha! 

Yes, Adrian is most definitely still alive, he and I talk from time to time on forum matters. 
He's just extremely busy and doesn't have the time to do the day to day things anymore. 
He does keep a good eye on the server the forum lives on.

Awesome!  It's good to know he's still around.

I would say send Adrian a message, but is Adrian still alive?  He seems to have gone dark from the Internet for several years now.

I certainly miss the old forum days, especially from the first decade when there was tons of activity.  The Our Ultimate Reality forum was probably my most favorite place to discuss spirituality and metaphysics.  I was a little disappointed when it was shut down.  There was a ton of very useful information posted in that forum, and Adrian was always extremely helpful to everyone seeking answers, even to those who were more interested in debating him.  At least Adrian did keep the OUR site up and still contains all his articles which I'm thankful for.  I do miss his weekly newsletters though.  I'm also glad Adrian has chosen to keep The Astral Pulse site up, although he hasn't posted anything in here in about 7 years.  He does still run this site right?  I've noticed his "Last Active" status is usually pretty current.  I have to admit I don't post very often.  I seem to have become a bit of a lurker myself only stopping by every now and then.  However, I'm still learning, still experiencing, and I continue my explorations of consciousness on a daily and nightly basis.

The majority of forum sites I used to frequent have been shut down for various reasons.  I agree with most of the comments here as to why the participation has dropped so drastically in the last 10+ years.  People these days tend to favor the quick posting method as in Facebook and Twitter.  I also feel it may have to do with the ongoing shift in the global collective consciousness that appears to be increasing in frequency.  It would appear that most people these days are no longer looking for information or seeking answers but are only interested in giving it be it positive or negative.  The Internet has become more of a comment platform rather than a place for sharing valuable information in a categorized and organized fashion.   I have a Facebook account but I never use it and I can't even remember the last time I've been to my page.  I tried to get into it a few times in the beginning, but I could and still just can't get into that style of writing.

First to answer your question:

This is a sub-topic to Lumaza's "Recent Disclosure" topic.

Lets put ourselves in the "Others" shoes. If you belonged to a very advanced civilization that have been observing and helping humanity behind the scenes, would you reveal yourselves and make contact at this time. For either answer, explain your reasons.
Keep in mind that most humans will ask many questions and will ask for you to reveal technological advancement, disease cures, religious questions, etc. Would you provide all the answers. 

Generally, no I would not reveal myself and make contact at this time.  There are very appropriate and necessary reasons why Humanity is going through the so-called pain, suffering, and conflicts in this world.  Naturally, no one wants to feel unpleasant, no one wants to feel pain or be in very unpleasant or fearful situations.  But everything we experience in this world has its purpose.  Everything plays it's part exactly as it is intended to.  Everything we experience is necessary so that we can learn, grow, and progress.  However, that being said, I can see where there may be instances when an individual or an entire civilization of individuals remain stuck in a certain paradigm showing no signs of evolving anytime soon that there may need to be some intervention involved based purely out of Unconditional Love.  But even in that case, I feel a physical appearance to the general public would not be necessary as the advanced beings could create situations behind the scenes leading them out of their quagmire.  Also, depending on the level of advancement the lower evolved civilization probably would not even be able to perceive the more highly evolved individuals, which I will explain here shortly.

Good answer, Nameless. Some humans have been contacted I am sure, but they don't reveal. However, would you make your presence known to the masses at this stage of human development.

From what I have seen it would appear there are people who have made contact and continue to make contact regularly with individuals of civilizations from other planets or elsewhere in the Universe, such as Bashar for example.  However, most of these contacts are on a mental level, not a physical one.

When I mentioned in the other thread that humanity on this planet is not ready for contact with another civilization from another planet, I did not mean we were not ready due to moral or ethical reasons.  I meant it purely from a scientific perspective.  If you were to consider that the entire Universe is Energy and that this Energy vibrates at infinitely varying frequencies it would explain why we perceive certain things and are unable to perceive others.

Right now in our current evolved state, we are physically limited by our belief in the Newtonian laws of physics, and because of this, we still lack the knowledge and the technology to travel beyond the speed of light.  However, as seen from many websites and articles there appear to be some non-mainstream scientists who are trying to break through this limitation and abandon the conventional train of thought bound by these Newtonian laws.  Even if we could travel at the speed of light we would barely be able to touch only a few planets that have human civilizations or otherwise within our own galaxy in a decent amount of "time" without aging many years in the process.  It's almost like a "blessing" in disguise really.  Imagine if we were able to instantly travel to any planet anywhere in the Universe right now at any time we wish.  Given our current state of evolution with our self-serving and self-destructive mindset, lifestyle, values, and priorities, as clearly demonstrated by the global society on a daily basis, there is no doubt we would be perceived by the other civilizations as the invading hostile aliens as our intentions would be to raid their resources for our own benefit and any technology that may or may not be more advanced than our own.  And other civilizations with the same level of evolution could likewise do the same to us.  Have you ever wondered why we have never been invaded by hostile aliens or any aliens on a massive scale for that matter?  Many would argue because there are no other alien civilizations living within our own galaxy.  No words in any language could possibly describe the utter absurdity of such a thought, which also proves just how infantile our civilization here on this planet really is.  But that aside, because of the current level of consciousness of societies within the physical realm we have around us, including all the stars and galaxies we can see with our physical eyes, there is most likely no civilization that is capable of travelling to other parts of the galaxy or Universe to visit and physically interact with other civilizations simply because no one at this level is evolved enough to figure out how to do so.

So, back to the Energy vibration subject.  It is my belief that when a global collective consciousness continues to evolve the Energy at which this consciousness is vibrating increases.  This may sound a bit esoteric but I would also like to point out that the energy vortex, or the biomagnetic field, that surrounds our bodies are always in sync with the vibration of energy that surrounds our planet.  I believe as we evolve our planet evolves, and as our planet evolves so to do our bodies and our consciousness evolve.  The more we all evolve the higher our energies vibrate.  As science has proven when the energy of an object vibrates high enough we can no longer perceive it with our physical senses - much like the energy of radio waves, infrared rays, etc.  So if we were to consider this scenario, it is possible we would not be able to perceive other alien civilizations that are capable of traveling great "distances" because they exist on a plane that vibrates at a much higher level than we are able to perceive.  When we are able to finally make contact with these advanced beings that we can see and interact with on a physical level we will have already evolved to a higher state of consciousness.

So to reword the last 3 paragraphs for those that TL;DR:  The reason there has been no contact with other civilizations from other planets is simply that we have not evolved enough yet.

This doesn't address my questions.
I am asking what sort of expectations people hold in the scenario described.

The only thing the majority of society expect right now is what is in their own best interest and are therefore not interested in the scenario described.

What, if any, are your expectations, ForestDean?

Not relevant.

You say we are not ready, but if we were, what would it mean to our species?

If we were ready, a full disclosure would still have little to no effect, and there would no longer be any need or desire from society to be saved.  As long as we "need" them they will not come.  When we no longer "need" them then their arrival would be nothing more than a friendly, welcome "how do ya do".

What, exactly, do you think will happen if/when this information is made public?

Society has reached a point that full disclosure by our governments would have little to no effect.

Do you think it will usher in some new era? If so, what areas of our lives do you think will be affected?

No.

Do you see wholesale changes and/or societal collapse?

Yes, but not exclusively by an "alien" full disclosure, but rather an accumulation of ongoing disclosures and growing discontent to everything occurring in our governments and corporations.  The global society is already in the midst of an ongoing "collapse".

Are UFOs expected to be some sort of panacea for mankind?  Do you think this will be similar to the coming of Christ in terms of an en mass spiritual sea change?

They are apparently expected by many people.  It's clear that the majority of society is dissatisfied with the conditions of this world and most would love for anything to come and save us from the perceived plights in this world.  The Christians continue waiting for the Rapture.  UFO enthusiasts hope and wait for an alien rescue or even an alien invasion.  Conspiracy theorists are always waiting for this dystopian New World Order to rule the world.  New Agers keep waiting for the Earth to ascend to this 5th dimension.  Economists keep predicting a global economic collapse that the impoverished hopes will level the playing field and eliminate the growing economic disparity between the social classes.  People waiting for the next president to change the world for the better.  People waiting for the end of the world.  And I could go on and on.  As long as society continues waiting on some event to save or destroy them, as the case may be, from something then they will never stop waiting because they fail to take responsibility for themselves.

Again, people are so incredibly caught up in their own self-serving affairs that an alien full disclosure would have little to no effect.

Society on this planet is not ready yet for communication with other civilizations.  There's a reason why there has been no contact or dialogue on a massive scale.

I used to use the "Insight Timer" for my iPhone.  It has excellent timer profiles you can set up to wake you up at certain times throughout the night.  You can even use different tones or even vibrate if the tones wake you up too much or there happens to be someone else sleeping next to you that you don't want to wake up.  I still have it on my iPhone actually, but I don't use it anymore.

Remember when Bruce used to be on this forum?  He even had his own category. That seems like ages ago.

ld4all.com

For at least the next decade... there will always be a few people who want to chat about this stuff on Forums. 

Yep, definitely.  There's at least one other LD, AP, OBE forum that's still VERY active and has been for many years.

Thanks,
I really need to know how to awaken multiple times during sleep so I can try to do an obe / ld? Any advice?

Thanks.

Have you tried the alarm clock method?  lucidology.com has a Lucid Dream Timer.

Thanks,
I was also trying this technique https://obe4u.com/how-to-lucid-dream/ and every time I went to sleep for 4 to 6 hours I couldn't get back to sleep. Should I just try to sleep 2 to 3 hours instead?

Thanks.

You could.  Those are just suggested times for the average individual, but not everyone is the same of course.  You have to really explore yourself and discover what works best for you.

If you're having a hard time falling back to sleep you could try to just lay on your back with your hands to your side and don't move.  Even if you have the urge to move, don't.  This overwhelming urge to move or repositioning your body is your brain's signal testing if your body is asleep or not.  By not moving you are signaling to your brain that your body is asleep.  Sometimes this is a good method to induce sleep paralysis.  Also, don't entertain or focus on the thoughts that flood your brain, but don't try to avoid them either.  That can be just as worse as focusing on them and is still hard to fall back to sleep.  Just let your thoughts flow naturally into and out of your brain without attaching to them.  If you are still struggling with thoughts and emotions that are keeping you awake try focusing only on the ringing within your ears and your third eye at the same time.  This can give you the sensation of 3D blackness, and you have better success at falling asleep.  During this method, you will most likely start to see hypnogogic images.  Keep focusing on the ringing in your ears and the hypnogogic imagery.  The bonus to this is that your brain is actively focusing on just a couple things which is enough to cause your body to fall asleep but keeps your brain active enough to remain conscious - Mind awake, body asleep.

These are just suggestions of course.  There are tons more methods, but these are the ones I normally use, along with some others, to help induce projections of consciousness.  Again, everyone is different, so you'll just have to play around with as many methods as you can until you find the right fit.

Thanks,
The reason I was asking is that I'm trying to do this technique and can't awaken after 4 to 5 hours of sleep to do the obe4u technique? Any advice?

This is the technique I'm trying

https://www.thelucidguide.com/Techniques/Senses-Initiated-Lucid-Dream-(SSILD)

Thanks.

There are so many.  There are many sites with many techniques.  Although projections of consciousness is a natural ability that we all have every night we go to sleep, for many people it is an extremely disciplined skill to have conscious projections of consciousness.  In other words, fully aware and immersive conscious projection experiences that you remember upon awakening.  For many people, it requires lots of practice, patience, and persistence.  I have links to many websites that offer many different methods.  For many people, it takes a bit of time to find the right method that works for them.  And sometimes once the method is discovered, that method is not always consistent, and you quite often have to explore other methods.  Some people hit it off immediately and have successful amazing projections, others may take days, weeks, months, and even years before having consistent successful projections.  But it doesn't have to take that long.  It just depends on your state of mind and your degree of intent.

Yes, I agree with Xanth.

I'll put my spin on it a bit, which will be very similar to what others have said.

Yes, they are all the same.  They are just perceived differently.

Lucid dreaming - becoming aware while dreaming and you can manipulate the surroundings in your dreams, hence your own creation.

OBE - It feels like you are wandering around outside your body in the "real time zone", such as walking around your house or flying around in your back yard.

Astral Projection - You become aware of your surroundings while you are asleep except that none of your surroundings are your creation.  Normally you visit people and places you may know or may have never seen before.

But they are all projections of consciousness, just labeled based upon the perception.  Also, you never leave your body.  You are where you have always been.  All you are really doing is shifting your awareness.

It would appear a lot of forums are dying out.  Most of all the old forums I used to visit regularly no longer exist.  Since the days of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets, forums have just been slowly fading away, which I never really understood.  Forums are structured, categorized, and organized.  It's easy to find information in a thread that was posted years ago.  Finding previous information on Facebook and Twitter is much more challenging, even after a few minutes of someone posting.  Plus forums are much more personal in my opinion.

Anyway, the only two forum sites I have remaining in my bookmarks/favorites regarding projections of consciousness are this site and ld4all.com.  I don't really post much, but I've been a member here since 2002, although under a different name at that time.  Hopefully, this site will be going nowhere.

Does Adrian Cooper still own and maintain this domain or has he handed it over to someone else?  I haven't heard from him in a long time.  I was disappointed when he shut down the Our Ultimate Reality Forums.  A LOT of useful information was posted there.  At least he still has the site up with all his writings.

Does anyone know what happened to the Explorations in Consciousness website?  I know we had quite a few Astral Pulse members move over there.  I haven't visited the site in a while, but I decided to stop by just now and the main web page has a message saying "The forums have closed."

Do what you can with the opportunities that are given to you.  If you try to force a situation then you are just creating an imbalance.  For instance, I prefer not to eat meat or any life that does not naturally fall to the ground.  However, considering the System I am integrated into, like most all other people, there are situations where I feel I must eat what I do not desire to eat out of respect for those that are around me at the time we are eating.  At the same time I do not feel guilt or regret.

Another example: I do not avoid driving my car because I know I will kill thousands of insects on the interstate traveling at 75 MPH.  But at the same time whenever I see a spider, a roach, or an ant in my house I do not kill it.  I will pick them up and set them outside.

Also, I view ALL life as equal.  Given that all life IS equal and none is lesser or greater than another then that would mean I would see nothing right or wrong with eating other Humans if the situation called for it.  Personally I would prefer not to eat another Human for the same reason I prefer not to eat animals.

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Hi serge,

First, there is no such thing as "death".  It is nothing more than a human concept, a perception of an event that all experience when the physical body is no longer viable due to age or some sort of physical trauma.  But we do not die.  There is no death.  We continue living as we always have, just from a different perspective of reality where we continue learning and developing as we continue our journey within and throughout Universe and continuously shifting from one body to another through higher and higher vibratory levels of the Universe.  The physical body is a vehicle very much like an automobile, except that our physical body has 5 commonly known physical senses that we use to experience this particular reality.  I'll say it another way.  The physical body is nothing more than a physical interface we use so that we can experience this reality.  When we turn off our car and exit the vehicle we do not say we just died.  The very same thing can be said about the physical body.  When we have left our physical body and moved on we are still very much alive.  Therefore there is no "afterlife".  There is only life.

Second, "time" does not exist except only as a concept as it relates to how we experience this physical reality.  Time is not a constant and has no basis in fact.  Time is literally an illusion.  We perceive time because it perceivably takes "time" for events to occur, objects to move from point a to b, the hands of a clock to move, it takes time to be born, grow old, and "die", etc.  But these are purely perceptions, and nothing more.  Universe is truly infinite with infinite potential realities all existing at this very moment.  The reason we experience time is because we continuously shift through these infinite realities in a linear fashion in the same way that a movie reel moves through a projector.  We just seamlessly move from one frame of reality to the next to the next to the next.  But they all exist right here, right Now.  I like to think of Universe with it's infinite realities as a huge library.  All the books in the library already exist, so I do not see them as existing in a past or a future.  I can pick any book off the shelf I wish to read/experience, but when I finish reading the book it still exists right here right Now with all the other books in the library.

Therefore, given that "time" does not exist, reincarnation can not exist as it is commonly understood with an individual being born then growing old and then "dies" to move on to the so-called "afterlife" where it reflects on the life it lived only to be reborn again into another physical life to hopefully learn from what the so-called "previous life" did not.  However, your Higher Self does have countless incarnations spread across the Universe throughout different timelines as it relates to the so-called "time" we experience within this perceivably linear existence within this physical plane of reality.  But all incarnations all exist at once, each independent from one another.  I believe these so-called "past life regressions" could be just the life of one incarnation of the Higher Self bleeding over to another incarnation, but only for very specific reasons and only as intended purposefully by the Higher Self.  There's a very good reason most cannot remember the life of one or all of our other personalities/incarnations.  That could very likely cause severe mental trauma to the incarnation you embody at your present awareness.  Also, becoming aware of our other incarnations could very likely hinder or alter the path we are meant to be on with this incarnation.  It is also possible you could have one or more incarnations of your Higher Self living right here somewhere on Earth at this very moment in "time" learning different life lessons.  So you could have several you's running around within the same instance of reality. 

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Allow me to disagree. My belief is that "Pure Unconditional Love" is an utopian concept, that would be counterproductive to souls' development. Souls don't incarnate to learn or achieve it. So far I haven't heard a convincing counterargument.

Well, there's certainly nothing wrong with exploring one's beliefs and doing what one feels is most appropriate for their life experiences while on their life journey.  One should always take what they feel will benefit them the most to learn, develop, and progress, and discard that which they feel will not.

However, just be cautious as to not allow yourself to be bound or imprisoned by the beliefs you are exploring.  It is very easy for the conscious Human Ego Mind to shackle one to beliefs and belief systems.  Always allow yourself to be freely opened to All There Is.

All encompassing love is an utopian concept. It can't be achieved. Look around!

I'm assuming you're referring to sentimental love, such as the attraction between 2 people where there is sexual love or lust, or the love of family or friends, or where the word "love" is used very loosely as a sign of friendship, and that you are not referring to pure Unconditional Love, which is THE most powerful vibration, force, Energy in the entire Universe throughout all spheres of life and reality, and is all pervasive?

Just to be sure, Pure Unconditional Love should never be confused with sentimental "love".

Would you care to be more specific? I think you got carried away by enthusiasm, as people do when they attend a political rally ...

Hehe, well I don't have any interest in politics, lol. 

Basically every aspect of Universe is within and throughout every aspect of Universe.  If one wants to discover how Universe works and try to unravel it's mysteries, all one has to do is observe and contemplate the world around them.  It is All there.  All it's mysteries could be found in a blade of grass, a grain of sand, in a tree, the ocean, the clouds, the birds, the smallest atom, or the smallest electron, or even the smallest quark.

Also, the Universe holds no secrets.  There are no secrets to unlock.  It is all wide open for anyone to ponder.  If one wants to use Astral Projection to communicate with some "guide" to discover these mysteries then by all means there is nothing wrong with that, but it will get them no faster than what they already have before them now, which is everything they have around them, which includes their surroundings, objects, events, etc.  Every single observable moment is a lesson to be learned.

My lessons are here on Earth, which is why I am here.  I'll let the mysteries of the Universe reveal themselves to me bit by bit when I am ready.  However, there's certainly nothing wrong with seeking them out.  Exploring is what we love to do.  That burning curiosity is what drives us to learn.

But on another note, Astral Projection or projections of Consciousness is not a necessary requirement to discover the mysteries of the Universe.  It's mysteries are all around us and within us.  They are everywhere.
Projections of Consciousness are an incredible and indescribable experience to be sure, and pearls of wisdom can definitely be obtained by these experiences, but they are definitely not required to obtain these mysteries or to attain enlightenment.  Everything you need is already right here right now.

...or guardian angel Michael, and if yes, what did they say, how did you feel them, was it legit? Or said in other words, do you believe Jesus exists, has been born to Earth with higher purpose and now is in a state of pure lights that guards people? If you are skeptical, then why?

Well people perceive all different types of beings during explorations of consciousness that they label based upon their programmed beliefs and perceptions.

As far as Jesus existing, I have not seen any record outside of the Holy Bible of any individual known as Jesus ever existing.

Well, abilities are just abilities and really have nothing to do with one's spiritual development.  Natural abilities of the non-physical are not required to service others, nor are they required to attain enlightenment or a "spiritual awakening",  nor do these abilities make one more spiritually enlightened or advanced than those who do not use those natural abilities or have yet to realize their natural abilities.

I think helping others with spiritual abilities is great.  But it is also just as great to service others with any ability.  Any service provided to others selflessly without any expectation for compensation, reward, or even recognition is a great way to improve one's spiritual development as well as a great benefit to society.  The method in which to service others is irrelevant.  "Spiritual" service, such as energy healing, medium work or channeling, is no lesser or greater than any physical selfless service.  However, I would be very wary of mediums or channelers.  They are quite often influenced by false entities portraying as someone else or the interpretation is heavily skewed by the channelers own ego and already deeply embedded beliefs and perceptions.

Also, maybe try not to see a path as "right" or "wrong", but rather life's journey in whatever direction you take as really just an experience that you can learn from.