In The Boy Who Died and Came Back by Robert
Moss, we learn how Robert’s three near-death experiences affected who he was at
the time, how he came back from the brink of death, and why each death made him
who he is today. This personal narrative takes us through previous life
investigations, shamanic journeying, travelling through time and space, and
stepping into the world of conscious dreaming. This is a book that teaches
beyond what the past was and what the future will be. Robert brings definition
to how we can live in the now and why it can be so important.
Robert
praises those who have influenced him throughout his work. From Carl Jung,
Psychiatrist and father of Analytical Psychology, to Michael Harner,
Anthropologist and founder of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies; from Tom
Porter, Bear Clan elder of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, to Jane Roberts, author
and voice to the spiritual leader, Seth. Robert also met with great
storytellers through his dreams where he was educated that the recollection of
past lives can heal, and contemplating suicide can “exile a part of our soul to
a realm of the dead.” Travelling deeper through the veil of time and place, he
met people or characters that meant something to the story that was yet to
unfold. He was taught through other languages, signs, and people in the dreams
that he was the storyteller of their stories. After the death of his father, he
received messages from his father’s spirit to help those left behind. It became
Robert’s calling to teach others what he learned through his dreams.
An
amazing piece of this book is in the telling of Robert’s joining with his first
animal spirit. It is a moving description, and is helpful for those who may not
have experienced Shamanism for themselves. He also speaks of “anamnesis,” or
soul remembering, which was the recollection of his memories of his past lives.
This helped him become prepared to meet with all of his guides and teachers who
would take on the physical form of what he was able to mentally receive. Robert
tells us that the ego only allows through what makes sense to us in this
reality. It blocks other time and space communications which is why we tend to
forget our dreams. Through practice and training, we can learn to open a portal
to the multiverse and learn from what our “outside” experiences can teach us
now. From what we learn and create within our dream world, we can manifest and
recreate our life in this reality.
The time
between deep sleep and coming awake, the hypnapompic state, and when just about
asleep, the hypnagogic state, is the place of our communication and adventures between
multiple universes. Robert speaks of how you can learn to achieve this state
while awake and with purpose. He teaches his students to consciously dream so
they can work out how to dream better, and take what they learn from those
dreams and manifest them into reality. He tells us of the positive attributes
of dreaming in groups or communities where several people can meet up, share,
and learn by consciously dreaming together. By setting intentions, sharing
dreams can help to create positive outcomes for individuals and communities.
This
entire book is an adventure in knowledge and seeking answers, from the simplest
to the most difficult questions of life. Robert mentions that the most
important teacher or guide to life for each of us may be “a self on a higher
level.” We can rise to our higher self to watch a slow motion movie of our situation
to give us the time we need to make the proper decisions or take the right
route to our destinations. In reality we are on a constant pace that is almost
impossible to keep up with. With a little help from our wiser and somewhat
removed self, we can learn to see our options in life from a clearer view.
Robert
tells of his own connections with his higher spirits. He heard enlightening
tales and stories that gave him understanding and a desire to find out more.
There is much to learn from the communication between dreams, old songs,
folklore, and the many simple messages each day that we miss or take for
granted. Throughout his life, Robert learned that it was important to listen to
what goes on around us each day, and that dreams are a form of communication
with our past and present about the more important time of now. We can also
learn so much from other cultures. The ancient and indigenous people before us
shared dream webs within their communities to create change and healing amongst
their people. What worked in the past can be something that helps better our
future.
I
learned so much by reading The Boy Who
Died and Came Back. It was my first time touching on the subject of
Shamanism so it was a whirlwind of information and crazy adventures for me. But
the further I read, the more questions it answered. I enjoyed hearing that the
guides I have met in my meditations will be with me always. And as we hurry
along our fast-paced lives and forget them in the back of our minds, our
guides, spirits, and fellow dream consciousness will be waiting to give us
signs that it is time to slow down, take notice, and listen to the messages all
around us. It is comforting to know I am not alone on this long journey of
life, and I look forward to practicing conscious dreaming and walking with my
guides. I am also thoroughly excited to read some of the other spiritual books
that Robert Moss has written. Why stop now when I can learn more from such a
great conduit of knowledge.
