Bruce - Energy Work: The Secrets of Healing and Spiritual Development

Also by Robert Bruce

Astral Dynamics

Practical Psychic Self-Defense

Master Astral Projection

(Llewellyn Worldwide, MN, coauthored with Brian Mercer)

Mastering Astral Projection CD Companion

(Llewellyn Worldwide, MN, coauthored with Brian Mercer)

This edition first published in 2007 by

Hampton Roads Publishing Company

Copyright 2007, 2011

By Robert Bruce

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work in any form whatsoever, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for brief passages in connection with a review.

Cover design by Jim Warner

Interior designed by Frame25 Productions

Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc.

Charlottesville, VA 22906

www.hamptonroadspub.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request

ISBN: 978-1-57174-665-8

TCP

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Printed on acid-free paper in Canada

To Patricia, my sensitive, energy-wise friend, whose loving encouragement and healing counsel were indispensable ingredients for the creation of this book .

And in loving memory of Taryn rest easy little princess .

My gratitude to Caroline Needham, for her fantastic illustrations; to Jesse Bruce, for his illustrative contributions; to Benjamin Bruce, for his loving support and psychological advice; to James and Kathlene and Teresa and Ginny, for being there.

My appreciation to: Donni Hakanson, Kim Fitzpatrick-Bruce, Gerik Cionsky, Jeff Valair, Patty Mowery, Brian Mercer, Bob Felix and Marina Mattocks, Donald McGlinn, Peter Eardley, Joseph Woods, Kurt Allen, Marcia Hugall, Catherine Curran, Dan Fritz, India Supera, Richard and Michelle Kaplowitz, Maureen Caudill, David Elam, Jordan Eldridge, Penny and Ullani, Mitch Kibblewhite, Errol Drane, May, Beth, Alison, and Suzy.

My gratitude to Frank DeMarco, Tania Seymour, Bob Friedman, and all the wonderful staff at Hampton Roads Publishing Co., for their encouragement, patience, and professional advice during the production of this book.

I also acknowledge the many persons I have discussed energy work with over the years that, without knowing, helped to evolve my energetic methods to their current standards; and the sea of smiling faces of my many students, who by allowing me to teach and experiment gave me wonderful ideas. In particular, a big group hug goes to my 2006 Montana Feathered Pipe Ranch workshop students!

Special thanks to my adventurous friend, Keith Alderslade, for his reasonably sane counsel on matters having little to do with this book but that helped all the same.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Neither the author or publisher nor anyone else associated with the creation, publication, and distribution of this book (collectively, the publishers) is liable or responsible for any real or perceived mishap, malady, or injury, physical or mental or emotional or psychological, or exacerbation of any condition resulting from following any of the instructions or advice given within this book. And you hereby release and forever discharge the author, his publishers and artists and distributors, and all heirs and successors and assigns from all claims and demands which might arise by reason thereof. While energy work and energy-body development, spiritual development, healing, and self-healing are the main focuses of this book, there are no guarantees or warranties that you will experience or achieve anything whatsoever from following any of the instructions, procedures, and advice within this book. Personal experiences vary too greatly for any guarantees or predictions to be made about anything offered or discussed within this book. You, the reader, represent that you are solely responsible for any physical, mental, emotional, psychological, or spiritual problems and maladies, whether real or perceived or imaginary, that might arise or that you might perceive to arise from following any of the ideas, procedures, and advice offered within the pages of this book, whether directly stated or perceived or implied or assumed.

PREFACE

How did this system of energy work originate, and how was it developed?

In 1994, I discovered the Internet and began helping many people around the world with astral projection and energy work issues. Among these people were two young men who had been blind since birth. They did not know sight and, therefore, could not visualize at all. As all astral projection and energy work techniques rely on visualization, they were stumped. Focusing on what I had to work with, I came up with the idea of using the sense of touch for an astral projection technique. I called the underlying method body awareness tactile imaging. The idea was, if they used body awareness to feel themselves climbing hand over hand up a rope, this would help trigger an astral projection exit. I road tested this and found it very effective. I called this the rope projection technique.

A few months later I was relaxing by my fire in the evening when an idea surfaced that had been brewing for weeks: As body awareness tactile imaging was so effective as a projection technique, it might also stimulate the energy body in other ways. I reached down with my body awareness hands and focused on my feet. I reasoned that as there are primary energy centers (major Chakras), there must also be smaller energy centers. The feet seemed a good place to start. I moved my point of body awareness to focus on various parts of my body. This caused some mild energy sensations, but nothing major happened. Then I focused on my right big toe and moved my point of body awareness back and forth through it. Within seconds this caused strong buzzing and throbbing sensations. I increased my attention and the sensations grew even stronger. Excited, I tried this on other parts of my feet and other areas of my body. The energy sensations this produced were mind-blowing. I sat there flabbergasted, realizing that I had discovered a major secret of energy work.

I continued working like this for months, several hours a day, feeling my way through my energy body a fraction of an inch at a time. I kept extensive notes and sketches and before long a rudimentary model of the human energy body emerged, along with an improved understanding of how it all worked. I then wrote an energy work tutorial called NEW Energy Ways (NEW for short) and released it on the Internet. This sparked a flood of feedback from energy workers and astral projectors all over the world. My continued personal exploration, plus helping others with energy-related problems and issues, progressively enhanced my under-standing of the human energy body and how it works.

Body Awareness Tactile Imaging energy work became the foundation of all my work. I realized the importance of the energy body and how it is fundamentally related to all spiritual abilities and phenomena. Stimulating and developing the energy body is key to everything metaphysical. All my books, starting with the publication of Astral Dynamics by Hampton Roads Publishing Company in 1999, reflected this by presenting energy work tutorials.

I began presenting workshops and seminars in 2003. The instant feedback gained from personally working with groups of people was invaluable. This greatly improved my understanding of the energy body and stimulation and development practices. I learned something new from every group I taught, and this continues today. Body awareness tactile imaging energy work has come a long way since 1994. It has steadily grown into the book you are now holding. However, I will always consider this system to be a work in progress . As my explorations continue, I am always discovering new and exciting ways to use energy.