Hello all,

I retrieved Bob Ross?!  That is what I am asking myself right now.  It came from some sort of unconscious thought but this is the person who I was sent to/went to according to my rotes I picked up.  It seems that somebody or maybe me decided that the time had come to get into more retrieving.

Standing in the darkness, I get the feeling that this person is Bob Ross, the oil painter.  He is kind of lost at that moment so I have come to grab his attention.  I inquire about his stiuation and he tells me "I've been having bad dreams." I decide that rather than tell him about the situation right away I will tell him the following.  "I know an herbalist who can help you, come and I will show you."  I get this almost unconscious/instinctive idea to help him out by grabbing him by the shoulder.  Considering the fame of this person, I am still taking things as they are presented.

A door opens up in the darkness and leads into a modern hospital with a complete staff.  Turning to face our new arrival I see that he is wearing a hospital gown and is walking slowly into the area to my right.  One of the nurses seems to know me and I know her too.

Steve: So, how is your patient Carl Summers?  (My step Grandfather)
Nurse: He is doing fine.
Steve: Monroe (Robert), is he off on official buisness?
Nurse: Yes.
Steve: So that is why I haven't been able to reach him.  I will respect that.

At this point, I feel uneasy like the nurse knows more about my life than I realize.  She has an almost "Nurse Ratched" attitude like I need to not blurt too much out and like I have been a bad person in the past.

Steve: Well, it has been hell down here in physical life.  I have almost gone insane!

The nurse leaves no comment and I decide (or my superconscious decides) that it is time to wake up.

I am still wondering who she is and why she is a recuring personality in at least two of my expeditions.  Still, I at least consider that I am over reacting and may be "seeing an Angel as a Demon."  The information I share is quite sensitive to me, but people deserve more success stories and good news so here it is regardless of my ego.  In addition, Bob Ross's son is also named Steve. (My full birth name is Stephen but related.)

Anyway Bruce, I now know of your belief system crashes.  I feel like waking from a bad hangover of a belief system, and I rarely have a drink.

Sincerely,
Steve ED

P.S.  Also note that the conversation had more depth than the text here can express.  It was quite a clash for me.

Whoa, I just looked up Bob Ross...so THAT'S Bob Ross! I loved that guy, never knew his name...did he pass away?? What a shame. Vee

I just got chills..

I used to watch him all the time on PBS..yesterday and the day before, I kept checking the local PBS station to see if reruns were on.  See, I've taken up that new hobby of painting..only with oil pastels, rather than oil, but many techniques are similar and I wanted more "instruction" in how to do it.

I have drawings, sketches and paintings all over my fireplace..and when I was working on the ones with mountains, I could just hear his voice! 

I'm thinking he must have been calling out for a retrieval..good job, Steve!!

My memory just switched on to remember an experience I had in my current oil painting class.  I was day dreaming and asking questions about my latent talent.  In a serious manner, I wondered if Bob Ross could drop me some ideas that could show me some tips and tricks to getting simple and effective pictures onto canvas.  The wonder became a sort of intent and that evidently set into motion my assignment to this retrieval.  Bruce mentioned how one can set events into motion in the Planning Center, without fully realizing it, right in his book "Journey to Curiousity's Father".

One idea I have about the Nurse is the fact that I am fluxuating a lot right now and might make too much of scene in the reception center.  As mentioned, the Nurse is familiar to me.


Yours Truly,
Steve Ed.

I had read earlier your experience on Linns and I was trying to figure out who Bob Ross was, now I know, watched him quite a bit, can still hear his voice.

Most amazing Steve and fine Job too. You found the touch. Remember the feeling and how to state intent to help those in need. Then let the guides and helpers help you...I like the way things just flowed thruout the retrieval.

In Gratitude

Love, Ricardo

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this retrieval is really more profound than I thought at first Steve. for one thing, its a well known person, and even these can use a hand up. we just assume they are fine if they were successful in the world..hmmm...we shouldn't assume things! lol, can get in trouble by thinking!

it seems you and he had a connection and thats why you were led to do the retrieval, you must have had guidance. not surprising to me. its just that the guides are in the background so much. SHOW YOURSELVES! LOL! must be a reason for that, so we can get our bearings?

Do you suppose Ross was doing a denial thing with the nightmares?
so he must have done that. as you say, refused to look at all the bad things. don't we all? it must have really bothered him, the things that go on, so by stuffing it, it comes out in the afterlife situation. guess we better not stuff things then. speaking personally of course.
I wonder if retrievers ever need retrieving? lol....I'm open to that!!

glad to meet another retriever sees the relevance to empathic feelings in their experience. just the other day I was thinking about what PUL is.
decided it was when you help somebody without getting a reward for it. just because we're connected.

thanks for sharing all this again...

Yes, very very intereresting, Steve.  I have a friend with your name.  He is a prolific painter, or was....he seems to be more of a writer now.  His paintings, although mostly of people, are very much in "happy" mode...not that the people have big smiles on their faces....but the colors and the images are generally what most people would consider quite positive.  I do believe it is a way of creating a parallel universe for oneself...there is an element of pleasant control that the artist can feel when in the flow.

Another motivation for him was preservation, and contribution to history....the history of his relationships and experiences, the history of artistic expression...

If a person paints other people, it is a great way to have a captive audience as well...or to be one! 

Also, there is the challenge of obtaining mastery....does anyone ever completely do it? 

love, blink