Adventures in the Afterlife Paperback – June 16, 2013

A first-hand account of the higher dimensions of the afterlife is what William Buhlman shares in Adventures in the Afterlife. Mr. Buhlman is a recognized expert on out-of-body (OBE) and near-death experiences (NDE). Like Robert Monroe, he discovered how to initiate OBEs at will and explore the higher dimensions. When faced with his own mortality in the form of cancer, he turned his OBE experiences to the subject of the afterlife.AN AFTERLIFE OVERVIEWIn Mr. Buhlman’s previous book, Adventures Beyond the Body, he describes his discovery of how to induce an OBE and his initial explorations of the nonphysical dimensions. He even provides some suggestions on how to achieve that state yourself.In Adventures in the Afterlife, Mr. Buhlman weaves his experiences into a narrative description of the look and functioning of the afterlife. He does this in Part One (ACCELERATED EVOLUTION) through telling a fiction about a man, Frank Brooks, who dies of throat cancer.Frank’s first taste of the afterlife is in a “heaven” modeled after the traditional religion he followed in his physical life. It is a place of “red-brick, colonial-style houses, each with a white picket fence and slate stones leading to a covered front porch.” His deceased mother lives in one of these houses and he reunites with her. They live in this place together, among like-minded people, attending church services and bible studies.This heaven is a pleasing place for Frank until questions build in him that those around him can’t answer. He finally strikes out on his own to explore the wider reaches of “heaven.”What he finds is higher dimensions and teachers who guide him in exploring them. This exploration includes schools where he learns how the universe really works and how to progress spiritually. Frank throws himself into this education, finding in it a greater, more fulfilling perspective on what the universe really is and how it works.In Part Two (PREPARE FOR YOUR ADVENTURE), Mr. Buhlman expounds upon the material he presented fictionally in Part One. This includes the power of directed concentration and meditation, the importance of nonattachment, states of mind in the afterlife, and the nature of the “heavens” people find after death.Much of Part Two describes methods for developing our spiritual awareness to better live in this life and prepare for the next. Mr. Buhlman emphasizes developing your creative ability, observing your thoughts, and losing attachments through meditation.Part Two contains a chapter on “Questions and Answers” concerning OBEs and the afterlife. The book concludes with a glossary and a few diagrams that should help readers new to this material to better visualize it all.BASED ON MR. BUHLMAN’S BRUSH WITH CANCERThe fiction in Part One is based on Mr. Buhlman’s struggle with cancer in 2011. He recovered, but used the experience as the foundation for his story of Frank Brooks, who dies and subsequently experiences the afterlife. That Frank’s story is based on Mr. Buhlman’s comes from the book blurbs and the Bio Page on Mr. Buhlman’s website. This isn’t noted in this book’s text. That’s probably good, as I take it the story is meant to illustrate points about OBEs and the afterlife rather than about Mr. Buhlman (who speaks about his bout with cancer in Monroe Institute videos).There are a number of important and uplifting points stressed in Adventures in the Afterlife. These include our nature as multidimensional beings, what death really is, the importance of realizing our creative abilities, and the thought-responsive nature of the higher dimensions.ILLUSTRATIVE STORY AND DIAGRAMSTo begin with, I was dubious about Mr. Buhlman using the device of a fiction to introduce the material in this book. He begins the story without preamble or commentary. On retrospect, though, I think it was a good choice, especially for readers not used to this subject. The story provides an illustrative reference for the book’s second part.I have read many books and articles on OBEs, NDEs, religion and spirituality. I think this book provides a really good distilling of all this material. How close to the truth it is, I can’t say. I suspect, however, that it is pretty close.I liked, very much, the “Techniques for Change” presented in Chapter Six, especially the guided meditations. The points he makes here are similar to some I’ve run across elsewhere and have found helpful.The “Questions and Comments” in Chapter Nine present the “bottom line” for all that’s come before—in this book and others on the subject. This is “the chase” that the rest of the book leads to.I especially liked the last section of Diagrams. These are four illustrations depicting the concepts presented in the rest of the book. Along with the beginning fiction, they provide a foundation the reader’s thinking about the transdimensional realms of the universe.MAKES SENSE OF A PARANORMAL SUBJECTThis book is as clear a description of the way the universe is constructed and works, based on peoples’ experiences with the spiritual dimensions, that I have seen. I have been reading this kind of material for a long time and Adventures in the Afterlife, to me, makes the best sense of it all.

I became a fan of William Buhlman after I listened to his audiobook, "How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience: Transcend the Limits of Physical Form and Accelerate Your Spiritual Evolution." After reading "Adventures in the Afterlife," I feel this book is an important book in the study of OBE's and afterlife as the ideas he propounds are quite profound and to me make a lot of sense. This book is truly groundbreaking with the ideas on our spiritual nature. Mr. Buhlman masterfully describes this all in a down to earth, easy to read manner.The first part of the book describes the experiences of a fictional character's experiences in the after life. Much of what's described is also described by the fictional character is what Buhlman describes of his personal experiences in the "How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience" CD. In the second part of the book, Buhman goes into depth about the true nature of soul and so many billions of souls are trapped in the denser planes of existence, doomed for reincarnation. He gives us a stark warning of the dangers we have in our spiritual evolution, and guidance on how to avoid these pitfalls.One of the most profound ideas I found in this book was how our thoughts in our physical form literally reverberate through the universe. We have enormous creative power with our thoughts which creates reality not just for ourselves but literally can create reality for others. This is why consensus realities exist in the astral plane and why our it is said that our subtle-body appearance in the astral plane is a reflection of our "prime" physical beauty, since that's what we want to be seen as. Our thoughts are extremely powerful and we should take care in them to make sure they are always positive in nature.What is so convincing to me about the ideas in this book is that I can relate with a personal experience. I once experienced the vibrational state which lead to a lucid dream. What struck me most about my lucid dream was that I literally was able to create things that felt real. It's very hard to describe the experience but whatever I thought of was instantly created in my lucid dream and it was real in every sense of the word. My personal experience confirms Bulhman's idea that in the higher, subtle planes, our thoughts are literally *everything* and impacts everyone. Following this train of thought, it then makes perfect sense that earth is a good training ground for souls as thought in the physical form takes the longest to manifest to reality. The slowed down environment of the physical form is absolutely perfect for less evolved souls to grow without wreaking havoc to the higher level dimensions. As the adage goes, we must learn to walk before we learn to run.This book taught me that I can immediately take action right now in my physical form to evolve my soul. Just a simple act of managing my thoughts to keep them positive is a step in the right direction. Those who succeed in the growing spiritually in the denser planes are freed from the endless struggles billions of soul have, doomed to repeat with reincarnation. Only until we finally "get it" do we graduate to a higher plane of existence where heaven truly is. These are the ideas that Mr. Buhlman tries so hard to teach us in this book. I highly recommend it for those looking for answers on spiritual growth.

Great book! It’s must read trust me