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Aliens think Humans are CRAZY...Robert Monroe discovered why

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Jordan Crowder discusses Chapter 10 of Robert Monroe’s Far Journeys, which he refers to as “A Friend Found” or “Newfound Friend.” The chapter presents a speculative account of Earth as a “time-space illusion” (TSI)—a physical experience that nonphysical consciousness may enter for learning.

In Monroe’s account, two young intelligences, AA and BB, visit Earth. AA is captivated by the intensity of human experience and chooses to become human despite BB’s warnings. After AA’s first life, he can return home, but instead chooses to live further lives. Crowder interprets this as the beginning of a reincarnation cycle: repeated experiences may create “spiritual gravity,” attachments, and a gradual loss of awareness of one’s prior identity.

The story describes Earth as surrounded by energetic “rings” or zones. Crowder interprets the intermediate zone as a realm between lives, populated by souls returning for further human experiences. He also discusses Monroe’s idea that entering human life involves accepting its apparent physical reality and temporarily losing memories of what came before.

The chapter’s central encounter is between Monroe, during an out-of-body experience, and BB, who is searching for AA. BB mistakes Monroe for his old friend because, in Crowder’s interpretation, Monroe’s consciousness is AA after many human lives. The encounter leads Crowder to reflect on how souls may become absorbed in human life, while some begin to “wake up” and seek a way back to wholeness.

Key Takeaways and Spiritual Practices

  • Avoid becoming overly attached to the human experience: Crowder frames repeated lifetimes, desires, and unresolved actions as adding “spiritual gravity.”
  • Make a positive impact without becoming further entangled: He describes healers and shamans as examples of people whose purpose is to help while avoiding further spiritual “weight.”
  • Seek greater self-awareness: In Crowder’s interpretation, awakening involves remembering a broader identity and understanding the system one is in.
  • Work toward inner wholeness: He describes the soul’s task as recovering fragmented parts of itself and reconnecting with a higher self.
  • Treat the account as a spiritual framework, not established fact: The video presents Monroe’s narrative and Crowder’s interpretations; it does not offer a conventional health, self-care, or productivity program.

Presenter and Sources

  • Presenter: Jordan Crowder, host of Conscious Observers
  • Primary source discussed: Robert Monroe, Far Journeys, Chapter 10
  • Other sources mentioned for comparison: Michael Newton and Dolores Cannon

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