Comments From Readers on the Matrix 5 Material

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" Thanks so much for MATRIX V. The past three years of my life have been fascinating. The first thing to go was religion. It only took one piece of info to convince me that it was bullshit (a magazine compared the 12 disciples to the 12 signs of the zodiac and jesus to the sun) and I knew religion was all garbage. Man I was happy as hell to discover that I was responsible for my own reality an that there was no judgment, sin, good,bad,etc. The synchronicity in my life has been incredible. Mostly I have been using the power of intention to receive more information. And it comes to me like a motherfucker. Its quite fun discerning what makes sense and what doesn't. Getting the david icke books early on really set me on a furious search for more esoteric knowledge. Icke mentioning the HIGHER SELF was key in my path. When I started reading new age and wiccan material and hearing about spirit guides, angels, ascended masters, etc. I wondered why anyone needed those beings when they have a HIGHER SELF. A little over a year ago I met a woman who was psychic and she told me that I would find a book and it would BLOW MY MIND. She also said that she hopes that I am ready because I am about to take off. A few months later I "accidentally" stumbled onto your website and the rest is history. When I first started reading Matrix V Gold I had many questions but by the time I was done I only had a few. After the second read any questions I had were pretty much answered.   When I first read your introduction you basically answered all my questions about the new age wiccan, gods and goddesses and shit. Also the whole reincarnation stuff. Anyway the feeling I get when I thing about the past three years of my life is incredible, so much so that I started writing about my experiences in a journal. I have met some very interesting people during this time. Last year I discovered that the only people that ask me what I am reading are ones who are receptive to esoteric information. For example, I was reading peter moons synchronicity and the seventh seal, and since I take a book everywhere I go hardly any one ask me what I am reading. Three times someone has ask me while reading that book and when I told them instead of getting puzzled looks I got into some interesting conversations. I read my Matrix V books on the bus everyday, I also have the graduation key. In the past week two people have inquired about what I was reading and when told them their eyes lit up like a christmas tree. I gave them the website before I got off the bus. I can't describe the feeling I got after those experiences. Especially after I had not intended to be where I was on both occasions. I do have one friend who is receptive to the Matrix V material, so its pretty cool to have someone to talk to about it with. On my path I have discovered that I am a natural healer. I have gotten rid of headaches, joint pain, and sinus problems using the vibrations of colors through my hands. I also have a co-worker who can see the human aura, which is fucking awesome. I have also been writing my observations down in my journal on anything that I see or read that I feel I need to. Thanks to YOU and the AUTHOR for MATRIX V and my HIGHER SELF for this fabulous, and fascinating journey. Oh yeah, I will be ordering MATRIX V Volume III, The Journey, soon." Karol 



I will be 62 on Sept. 16. I am a retired elementary school teacher/reading specialist and lifelong student/researcher. At age 5, I questioned my parents about reincarnation and their look of dread made me feel I had broached some terrible secret, like sex or criminality. At about the same time I silently rejected their church, a Methodist sect, but was forced to attend until I was 15. Many revelatory "messages" and "coincidences" have been presented to me over the years, including UFO sightings and ghost interactions. My research has almost exactly followed your analysis of involvement in spiritual/occult studies, in my case comparative religion, Western Ceremonial Magic, Qabalah and Tarot, etc. I discovered, as you say, that all religions are for control purposes but I wasn't aware of the Orion/Sirius connection until much later. I was on an assassination, criminal conspiracies, dark history hunt when, at an educational conference in New Orleans, I was guided to a college instructor who was selling Hemi-Sync tapes for use in teaching situations. I began collecting them and looking into the Robert Monroe Institute and finally read Journeys Out of the Body. I was astonished and quickly devoured Far Journeys and Ultimate Journey. This was around '97-'98. I received a small inheritance in '00 and enrolled in the Monroe Institute for a Gateway program. When we got to focus 12, I had a stunning and lengthy contact with my Higher Self that altered my life. Last year I was guided to look in on Val's website. In the meantime I had "discovered" David Icke's Biggest Secret and Children of the Matrix, as well as Alex Collier's stuff. I was shaken by the description of MVG on the site and immediately ordered it. Your cover illustration took my breath away and instantly answered many questions I'd puzzled over since my innocent beginning half a century ago. Your guidance has greatly reinforced my determination to work on emotional control, especially fear and its handmaiden anger, and body ID desires, at this point in my present incarnation, as well as strengthening my contact with my Higher Self. It's a huge inspiration to me every time you write "Trust your Higher Self", and "Listen to your Higher Self"! Thanks once again for your remarkable achievement and profound work. Russ

"Just wanted to weigh in and say how much I appreciate all your work. It has been an incredible help to me in sorting out many things over the last 5 years. I actually started with Matrix 3 then 5 and now volumes 2 and 3."

"Have had an outstanding year with the M5 materials guiding me and providing me with all kinds of opportunities to hone my abilities. Don't know what will come my way but feel uniquely prepared  to meet any challenge head on."

"Stunning.  I've just read the new sections and Q&A and will now read every page again. I'm sure it will take a couple of readings to absorb it all, but it's an amazing journey of discovery. So many insights and impressions scroll across my mind as I read the materials that I shall have to write them down as I go.  Thanks to each of you for fulfilling your paths and in being associated with the M5 project.  Wonderful!"

"M5 V III is a wonderful, powerful tool".

"When I held the book in my hands, my reaction was extremely emotional. No electric currents this time, but, instead, a gradual build-up of emotional intensity over the span of a few minutes. It was not sudden or explosive, but rather slowly and gently increasing in intensity, until it brought me to tears. My golden aura field also grew in intensity during this. The whole thing lasted around 6-7 minutes. The vast scope of the feelings I was bathed in during those minutes is beyond written language. I noticed a few by-passers looking strangely at me during this, but I can't tell what it was that they saw. There was also some visual imagery that I can't consciously remember now, except that there was a lot of Gold energy filling the entire scenery." 

"When I opened the box and saw the cover, it was very powerful. Your introduction is wonderful and thank you for that as well. I now have them stacked together, as advised. Holding them in this formation doesn't have any words to describe the experience. Without all your hard work providing these books and the website for all of us, none of this could have come about. I am so grateful for the perfection of all things, and it never ceases to amaze me either."

"I have received my copy of The Journey. The information is truly amazing. Thank you for all your time and energy to get this information out to those Higher Selves who are ready for this material."

"The first word that comes to mind is Wow, as there really are no words! I looked at the cover of M5Gold and thought "Knowledge of the Higher Self", with Volume II came "Graduation Key" and with Volume III, "Graduation". In other words, the artwork depicted so perfectly the message, at least for me, that these key words became part of my experience. I've only been able to read the introductions as I am just too tired at night after work and I want to be very alert when I read it. I'm setting aside lots of time this weekend and am getting up early to read in the mornings starting tomorrow. This is so exciting. I know you must be enjoying it as well." 

"I just finished reading Volume III. I then took the previous two Gold editions and laid them on top of each other as you described. Being at some level of Advanced, I didn't know if I would experience anything. I turned off the lights and held the books for a while. After about a couple of minutes I could swear seeing the Gold Key rotating and also could see the double Helix. I stared at it for a good time, rubbing my eyes to make sure I wasn't making this up, after all, I have not had any psychic abilities this incarnation. When I turned the lights back on it went back to the regular depiction of the gold beam/light. I really hope I didn't make this up because I felt that I was in some way contributing. Anyway, this just happened a few minutes ago and I felt compelled to send you this note. Volume III was incredible. Your segments on the Journey and One event sent a profound warm feeling throughout my body." 

"In my inward searching, I've known for a long time that I was going to be part of something very important, even if in a small way. After reading "The Journey", I believe that the Matrix Project is one of those important parts, though there may be others. The Matrix materials have altered my life dramatically--a tremendous amount of freedom was the direct result of the knowledge and wisdom contained. As I read through it, I realize that much of this information I knew already from my searching inside--but the confirmation I feel as the books were read has been uplifting and liberating. Although I understand and directly relate to most of the information, I haven't been able to see it all, but I am content with where I'm at. I'm looking forward to what I sense will be experiences beyond description. Everything you have written has and is coming to pass, and the darkness we will face must occur--for where the graduates are headed, every bit is worth it."

"Receiving Volume III was the best birthday present ever. Thank you. My questions are constantly being answered by the books and I don't want to start messing with things beyond my understanding at this point. Anything else worth noting was the fact that I burst out in tears every time I want to read Volume III. Haven't quite figured out (me with my cheerful disposition hasn't cried for years) what causes that."

"Firstly I would like to say a big thank you for such a monumental work on matrix V. I read the gold edition in 2004 and wow what an eye opener that was. I recall that night after reading the first few pages of MV, in my dream I saw myself standing with my palm outstretched and a golden beam of light shot out of my palm and went straight up into the sky. The feeling this evoked was a sense of accomplishment of major proportions. One of the primary points in MV for me was the segments dealing with gay sexuality. As a young gay man that was one of the keys I needed to turn a new leaf in my understanding and acceptance of my sexuality. Living the first law of like attracts like is truly liberating in ways that is truly astounding."

"Thanks to the M5 series I am also learning the importance of balance and observation. It's one helluva challenge at times, but you know it's all part of game, and so I give it my all. There are days when I am more observing than others, but through awareness I pick up on this and work with it. For me it is so hard to put into words what I am trying to say, but this game and our participation in it surely beats anything I ever imagined. About the lower astral, it's like "polluted" with denizens that are very, very bizarre and some of then try to be downright sinister, others try to come across as avatars, saviors- the whole nine yards."

"Just wanted to say thank you for writing the books. Nothing has gripped me as much as that volume 1. All my life I've had the feeling that this experience isn’t 'real'. Now I understand why much more clearly. You have really helped me break through some fences: religion, politics, and now the animalistic het sex urge. Another fence I'm coming to recognize is my desire to 'hide'. I have been living below my spiritual understanding to make others more comfortable. I now see that I have been impeding my own progress, making it less likely that I would meet like-minded people. Being 100% true to the best of my spiritual understanding is really going to take some work on my part. The remaining vestiges of the conforming body-ID'd concepts I still struggle with just cant resist the depth of the urge to know myself as I truly am."

"I am so looking forward to Matrix V Gold Volume III. Even though I am not a Final or very advanced I am making progress on breaking loops and I keep reading because some part of me will be benefiting even if I'm not understanding it all. I do not have anyone in my circle of friends who I can discuss these things with and it's strange to be with old friends you are fond of but aren't really on the same page with. At my level it's better to listen and absorb what you can rather than ask questions so anything you include in your new volume can only help." 

"One thing that M5 has truly helped me with is learning to face my fears head on, no matter the situation. I'm damn proud of this because before M5 I was ruled by fear and never stood up to anyone or anything."

"Thank you for your website. I've been visiting it off and on for probably close to 10 years now. I became completely hooked when M5G came out. What a life changer that was. I finally and completely am at ease with walking alone in this world. After reading M5G, I know my unwillingness to conform is due to being spiritually advanced (regardless of actual level), and not because ‘I'm broken and need to be fixed’ (like my mother's religion tried to teach me). I can also appreciate the anonymity The Author maintains. Followers would be needy, whiney, pains-in-the-ass. I feel I am infinitely more prepared for whatever Endgame reveals since reading M5G. Thank you to both of you." 

"The statement "M5 readers are FAR more mentally prepared than others who think that life will go on forever as it has been." is so true. I thought to myself what state of understanding I would be in if it were not for M5 and you personally. I would have NO clue as to how to interpret the conglomeration of strange events and phenomenon occurring in the world. Almost anything could happen right now and I would be able to at least put it in a context and continue to function.”

“I just wanted to say thank you for something your writing has done for me. I had a very good friend die last week from drowning. I am close to the family and his mom asked me to sit with her at the river during the search and recovery. It was very sad seeing her grieve. Knowing in my heart what you've shared about time and manner of death and the fact that his Higher Self is in charge was very comforting. The truth of how things are is better than the myths people use to help themselves.”

“I awoke this AM prompted to write you. I thank you wholeheartedly for your advanced Matrix materials, the lone oasis in a desert of confusion and disinformation. I "awoke" seven years ago, with a sense of falling out of bed on a hard floor, with my heart racing. The new realities felt like a bad dream at first. Could any of this be even marginally true? Everyone in my life encouraged me to go back to sleep, at work and personally. I got continuously ostracized and rejected for my new personna. Who cares? Since I cannot and do not wish to go back to sleep, and, I no longer feel like expending the energy to wake and teach others, I now reside mentally internally with my physical body continuing to maintain some semblance of acceptable normalcy for daily activities. But, boy do I have a great time when I read your materials. Feels familiar and creates a sense of well being for me. I embarked seven years ago on a journey of incessant research and study. Every non- working, waking moment, I have looked at the world’s situation from multiple disciplines: archaeology, physics, math, medicine and alternatives, math, science, ufology, metaphysics.... you name it. What it has all distilled to after so long a search in Earth School, are the "answers/keys" provided in the Matrix materials. Eureka, a confirmation at last! I "found" your materials three years ago and began with the blue Matrix One. I own the Matrix Two books and eagerly anticipate your third book. I can pass on most of my other books; their information having served its purpose. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the continuation of your Matrix project.”

“I have been reading your material for a number of years now. It has been- and continues to be- a very potent resource for helping to decipher not only the game and the players, but also the information and dynamics around me. Just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank-you. the time and effort you put into this work is appreciated beyond a simple thank you- these insights are invaluable .... and it certainly makes for an interesting facet of this heavily weighted game we play!”

“Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you for such a monumental work on matrix V. I read the gold edition in 2004 and wow what an eye opener that was. I recall that night after reading the first few pages of MV, in my dream I saw myself standing with my palm outstretched and a golden beam of light shot out of my palm and went straight up into the sky. The feeling this evoked was a sense of accomplishment of major proportions. One of the primary points in MV for me was the segments dealing with gay sexuality. As a young gay man that was one of the keys I needed to turn a new leaf in my understanding and acceptance of my sexuality. Living the first law of like-attracts-like is truly liberating in ways that is truly astounding. An example of this is a huge increase in creativity. I live in Toronto Canada and everywhere I look, I observe the many truths of the game as stated by the author. Some days I can't wait for it to end, due the heaviness of the game's vibration at this time.”

"I just finished MatrixV Gold. Am starting with M5 II, The Graduation Key. What a fine work you are doing. I'm one of the Key people as you describe in M5, born in 1951. I started spiritual exploration in 1977 in Eckankar, a path teaching soul travel, a living master and sound and light initiations. I left that organization in 1983, as I met another living teacher who is a shaman. I've read tons of books, had several OOBE and one in particular that changed my consciousness permanently, I made a journey on my own, but I was in the company of this shaman. The place I went to was three 'levels' (my own interpretation sensed in the experience) above the Astral where I began. The place was brighter than the surface of the sun and it overwhelmed me so much that I dropped to my knees and shut my eyes under the weight of my being. The shaman opened my eye and had put up shields to protect me from the brilliant intensity of the world. The next day when I awoke my heart and throat where emanating a new energy, I felt inside that I had lost something or someone very dear to me. I can't explain that exactly. That event happened over 25 years ago, but to this day my feelings or emotions are still in my heart/throat area. At the time my teacher told me I had accomplished an amazing thing and that I was done with this world and that in the next 1000 years or so I would go through some major big spiritual changes. I asked him what I had accomplished and he said it would take me awhile to reel it all in. He said if I did not do anything more in this life, that that one event was worth a whole lifetime. 

I'm not sure what I accomplished but I know that I have no use for the Game, have no social friends nor desire for any, have been a detached observer for over 20 years. Although I am married, I required no children and my wife agreed and we have lived 21 years in quiet harmony. So I'm still dealing with het instincts; my wife and I have been platonic for almost 10 years and get along well. 

Your information has filled many gaps and reinforced much of my understanding of the way things work in this world and the next. Many of the Author's testimonials were like reading my own mind (government, Bush fascisim, abortion, reincarnation, lightsiders and darksiders, corporate control, warmongering flagwavers, yuck, etc) My spiritual upbringing was with initiations and sound and light being twin aspects of the returning spirit. I've had many dream experiences and feel positive about my early years, not necessarily mislead. I recently retired so I now have peace, quiet, a modest income and full time to devote to spiritual pursuit. I plan on reading all you have to offer and redoubling my efforts to become an accomplished spiritual traveler in my own right, if theres enough time left here in the endgame. Bring it on I guess, I've only died a million times before. Thank you for your splendid spiritual service to mankind. " 6/1/05

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"During these times, M5 is the only compass in these challenging, troubling, but also fascinating times. WOW! What a privilege to be incarnating during this epoch. I am ever grateful to my higher self for allowing this experience. Thank you for M5, the site, and all of the time, effort and expense you incur to keep it going."

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"I read an interview about two months ago done by Paola Harris with the reclusive Alex Collier. In it he stated that the Andromedans told him that the spiritual doesn't matter, it's our "royal" genetic lineage that counts. I would think that it's a simple process to determine that spiritual advancement is ALL that counts; we only spend a very limited "time" in our physical bodies for each incarnation, so how can this have any relevance at all? The "A"s have it ass backwards, and Collier and the extraterrestrial groupies are buying it hook, line and sinker." 

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"Since my original reading of M5G in May 03 , my spiritual growth and perspective has accelerated at an exponential rate to the extent which I would not have been able to comprehend up to a month prior of the original reading. I am now through my 4th reading of the materials and re-reading all post publication and observation segments up until the present postings. I have bound these as companions to my copy of M5G which also assists in my studies of the materials. Shortly after my original reading of M5G I began to notice more sharply the polarities at work. This began in my own workplace. I [was] employed in a industry which was predominantly female and it was during these [first] few months [as I continued to read M5G and appreciated its sheer power] I observed the Orion DNA commands at work with regards to female dominance and male subservience. This sharpened my observation abilities being employed in such an industry. As time progressed and I studied the materials further , I immediately noticed I was being confronted with what you had discussed in several segments , as I was not subservient - being ignored , confronted for minor things , isolated and the like. Your segment "Changes In You" was one particular piece which I re-read many times over and helped me tremendously to understand the changes [rapidly] taking place within me. In my meditations communing with my Higher Self as the months passed , I would speak and asked my Higher Self to open up a new opportunity for me to enter into as my interest working in this particular industry declined. I also needed a new challenge. Sure enough that particular opportunity arose just two weeks ago and I am now employed in a totally different industry , with a new challenge and the flexibility for my spiritual studies also [which I asked for]. Needless to say , since the incarnational connection has deepened even further my interest in work [as a whole] has also declined. I do understand this is a mainstay of the game , like paying rent , and is only temporary. I read in the Q&A section of M5G that other readers are also experiencing this."

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"I VERY much enjoy reading the M5 Gold Edition. For me, the book is an excellent source of inspiration." 

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"I got M5G last August. All is perfectly crystal clear now!...huge thanks. thanks to MG5 and the Monroe trilogy, I have finally managed to understand 2 particularly significant dreams I've had in the last 15 years, and, to where shim went during an OBE in 1980. I now realise I've twice seen HS from the outside. Interestingly, in the 2nd dream there was a door in front of it which I desperately tried to open. I've have to chuckle when I recollect just how hard I tried to open the door!" 

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"I received your great book 5 days ago and I am currently enjoying the material you have written. It does make a lot of sense. Finally, to discover the real truth about who we are and what is going on in the world!"

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"Five weeks ago, I had a dream in which I was dying, yet I remained awake as my body died, all turned to dark yet I still was fully conscious, than a voice within said to me "I will die in 5 weeks" 5 weeks from that dream, matrix 5 arrived on my doorstep, my life has not been the same again, it has been a sheer eye opening adventure, I am only half way through it, yet things keep getting clearer and clearer, I look all around me and see spiritual dead ends in the polarities, it's almost amusing actually seeing how they work and how people still fall for it! the sheer amount of bullshit that can derail one is astounding! I will take this opportunity to thank you and Val and your higher selves and mine for bringing this material to me, for those who don't have the book, get it! it will change you forever."

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"I am in the middle of reading M5 and have been repeatedly struck by its truth. Often I stop reading for a few days and during that time have been surprised to actually see/experience the truth going on in my daily life as well as the world at large. As I am a married woman it has been both eye-opening and humbling. I am having to admit to a lot of arrogance and impulses toward domination I'd been blind to up till now. These things I am now consciously aware of and working on changing."

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"Thank you once again. Working on my other density travels. It has been a pleasure talking with you. Matrix Gold represents a culmination in a long search for truly meaningful knowledge for me, and already I am able to integrate it into my daily life and enrich it in a wonderful yet straightforward unfolding!! My life is so much more interesting now and I can only (or maybe not) imagine how yours is! Good Journeying!!" 

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"I'm not sure how to begin or what to say. I got your book two days after xmas and have been completely absorbed in it since then. I'm on my second reading and have read two of Monroe's books during this time also. During my first reading of your book, I wanted to write you several times, but decided to wait until I was more calm. Your book has answered so many of my questions and has explained so much about my life...I thank you deeply for sharing this info at this time! I've laughed AND cried several times while reading your words. It's really started a movement within me!"

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"This last days of and game are being very deceptive in nature, and it’s very interesting to see the polarities struggle. I specially enjoy the dark moves when disguised in Light and love crap. I have just finished reading an article meant to get people to defer to alien musings, and its easy to see that they are using some tactics mentioned in MATRIX V,  trying to keep some of us in the box by giving our power to the light. Some of your postings and the GOLD EDITION are being very helpful in revealing this." 

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"Thank you for the continuing postings on the site. They are extremely helpful as usual. I can hardly wait to graduate and yet it seems there is so much yet to do. Some days I wish it would just end and others I feel like I want another 10 years. Your site is very comforting - and when I feel bad it always lifts my spirits to reread some of the postings as well as Gold." 

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"Thanks for all your efforts. With over 30 years of searching, reading, studying, practicing this is the clearest, most resonant information with the lowest bullshit quotient I have come across." 

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"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for Matrix V Gold and the website.  I'd been hop hopping around the globe searching for I know not what, and realizing that I had become spiritually stagnant. After sending my intentions to the universe seeking a way forward, I came across your website and the Matrix books. It was about this time last year. What Incredible Information! Now and then I do indeed shed a tear of joy for finding your material especially the Gold edition. Thanks!" 

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"What can I say? This book is...upsetting, uplifting, original and...beautiful in the sense that it can speak its' peace with such unqualified assurance of the authors innate experiential validity. It matters not that my heart leapt and dropped at the same moment...it is revelatory."

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"M5G is the book of wisdom and keys I've been waiting for for a very long time. It's difficult to put into words just how HAPPY I am that I've got a copy."

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"Just writing in to give some long overdue comments on the Matrix 5 material. I've had it for 3 months now and it is definitely the most important information I have come across on my journey to date. As a gay man I have found the material easier to embrace and all the authors comments are of so much assistance, yet challenge us continuously. It is interesting to see peoples reactions to the book who claim to be after answers to life's big questions and how people around me avoid it like the plague. I have decided not to lend this book out again unless someone specifically shows a burning interest in its content, but the best thing about it is the confidence in myself I am gaining at long last. Having a book as a personal teacher is probably the most empowering aspect of Matrix 5. I know I do not owe anyone anything and can reflect on what I read at any time without approval or disapproval from any source but ME. The ideas that constitute this work alone are unique and will be of use to absolutely anyone who is spiritually searching. A monumental work by far. Thank you Val and author for your brave and bold spirits that have brought this whole endeavor to all those on earth at this time who are wanting to work on themselves....Seemingly an expensive work but having the work in print form was worth every last penny."

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"Thanks for M5. Without it, it would've taken a lifetime if not more to awaken to some of these realities. If the simultaneous experience exponentially accelerates higher self experience and learning in 3d, then M5 exponentially accelerates the potential for learning and experience on the simultaneous path!! Wow!" 

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"M5 the first time around was more than an awakening. The second time around, what I am discovering is the path home. Home to my higher self within, home to the truth of who we really are. After this (M5) and the other Matrix books and Leading Edge journals, other books/writings no longer have a home in my library. M5 is now displayed, the higher self poster (this really did it!) framed so beautifully that I can NOT STOP staring at it. I write this email with tears of absolute joy!! And now to the Library at the Monroe Focus Level 27. Trusting my higher self within, explicitly and without reservation whatsoever, has become the key which unlocks ALL doors. The words within M5 are so simple, the wisdom that resonates from it's words into this incarnation, is like being on rocket with an endless supply of fuel, with the Universes all waiting for discovery, my higher self at the helm... I can not thank you enough. I am quite sure that I am not alone feeling this."  Ed

"Matrix V has quantified all of the disconnects around me that I see. Until I read the book, I felt overwhelmed by the seemingly overwhelming 'superiority' of  oppressors. Only after reading the book did I realize that in the context of "a game",  I have no need to give my power away to them. In all honesty, I need to spend quite a bit of time on my inner work- I have been too interested in the outer "illusion" to spend time working on myself. But I also feel it is important to pass on to others "clues" to pique their interest and to allow them to ask the same questions to themselves that have been asking myself. I know I cannot "show" anyone their own path, but I only hope to pass on a nugget of information which will instill in others the will to continue on their own path- where ever it may lead. I am so taken by your Matrix series, that I often suggest to people I meet to purchase your books- even though they "appear " to be expensive, the amount of material contained within them is immense. "

"I just returned from two weeks at Monroe doing back to back Lifelines and Exploration 27. I took my copy of M5 gold along to dabble in during my spare time. Right. Once word got out that I had a copy of M5 Gold, I never saw it again for the entire two weeks.  Everyone loved it!  A TMI staff member was in our group and was, um... hogging it.  Anyway, thanks to having read M5 Gold, I felt my "discern-o-meter" was functioning beautifully and I would then instantly translate and shift the comments accordingly - picking and choosing that which resonated as true, useful and correct for me. Also, during the breaks, meals, and the late evening "night owl" discussions, I was able to throw in my perspective based upon the years of home study with the M2 through M5 books and other information on Val's site. In retrospect, I could easily have left my M5 Gold edition on the shelf in Bob's living room at RMR. M5 Gold would be an excellent prerequisite reader prior to a Lifelines or an Exploration 27 program. At least at these TMI "graduate" level programs, and perhaps more so with the Exp 27 group, a good number of the participants seem to have it together enough to see through some of the bullshit.  Again, as M5 Gold endures, it does become the standard by which the BS will be exposed and eliminated.  During one of my exercises near the end of X-27, I had forgotten to check out the large flat building at the F-27 Education Center.  Turned out it was the library so often referred to in M5 Gold. I  quickly started poking around and saw the M5 Gold on a stand but had to return before I got a chance to thumb through it. Nevertheless, this was very cool. It was great to experience things you have been talking about up close and personal. Thanks for your encouragement to see for myself what is going on in Monroe Focus Level 27. One of my classmates from Malaysia got a little bit overwhelmed reading M5 Gold. She kept talking about how it kept crushing her belief systems. Yet it was ok somehow as M5 Gold made perfect sense. She ended up ordering it during the week. Once again thanks for you and Val for greasing the wheel. It really helped to prepare me for one hell of a ride! Whoa! " Kent

"I have just finished reading M5 for the second time. (I inhaled it the first time.) Thanks so much for capturing this valuable material and sharing it with others.  I thank you sincerely for what is truly liberating material. I feel a freedom that is at once exciting and scary, but in a really good way. When I first began to read M5, I gasped in excitement, quickly closed the book, and closed my eyes for a couple of minutes; I knew this was it and I was so happy.  My life has been all about discovery, some good, some bad. Mostly, though, I have let myself be controlled by polaric institutions, rules, and dogma. These never registered with my intuition, my Higher Self as acceptable. In fact, I felt like my spirit was slowly dying. I was convinced, however, that I was a bad person if I did not conform. Now, I have begun to smash through the box I've allowed myself to be imprisoned in. I'm so thrilled, as this is only the beginning.  Being a female, I initially had a hard time ingesting some parts of the material, but I gave my psyche a break and went back to it later. I totally get it now. I have been terribly guilty of succumbing to the Orion DNA commands and being a garden-variety, energy-sucking pain in the ass. I am aware now and am fighting those messed up instincts, as I know they are wrong. I have absolutely no clue what incarnation I am and have no desperate desire to know. I just know I want to grow, and M5 landed on my lap in the nick of time." 

I'm a proud owner of M5. I believe you stated in your introduction that M5 would change the life of anyone who read it - a considerable understatement. I am woefully inarticulate so suffice it to say reading M5 (any addition, but the last is the Mother of all Whoppers) is akin to the feeling of "coming home".  Thanks, Georgia

"Hi ! :-)) I'm reading M5 Gold and I am enjoying myself like I never did with any other book ! I've read all CWG's, Bruce Moen's, ROMC's "Cosmic Journeys" and of course Monroe's trilogy so many times ( and tons of others before that, rosicrucians', theosophist's, Alice Bailey, etc...) but this is THE BOOK I have been waiting for." 

"Just a few comments if I may. When I received Matrix V, 2nd edition, I rushed through it because it was what I had been waiting for, for so long. Needless to say I missed a lot! I am now reading the Gold Edition and am taking it slow and easy. Wow! I am not nearly finished with the Gold Edition and have much to learn that I missed in the first Matrix V edition. I cannot explain the incredible calmness that is slowly sweeping over me. I find that a lot of this material I've somehow "known" all along but needed my memory jarred so to speak. One example of this is when I read we should not be concerned with the end of human life. It dawned on me that even if the human race became extinct it would not affect who we really are because our Higher Selves are immortal and eternal. How is it that we seem to forget this from time to time? Ah yes, it's called body ID. Your description of females is dead on. Whenever I catch myself being a "typical" female, I get very angry and upset with myself. When I look back I see I have been fighting the female DNA commands all my life. I'll be the first to admit that some of the material I am not quite ready for YET. I do not worry about it because I know eventually I'll be ready. When I see the incredible progress I made with the 'religious' bull-shit; from being an avid bible-thumper to knowing the only 'god' there is is my Higher Self (before I even read any of this material), all within a matter of a few short years, I know I can progress just as quickly in other areas as well. Thank-you for making this information available to those of us who were/are ready and waiting for it. One thing I will always remember is that there is absolutely NOTHING to fear. Thank-you for an incredible book! " Barb 

"I now have the privacy, the solitude and the quiet time to grow, to work with the Monroe Gateway Series to connect even more with my Higher Self and to actually get to Focus 27. I know these CD's are a tool and I am determined to get to a point where I need no tools. I wanted to especially thank the both of you. Val for his wonderful website, dedication to the truth and for his capacity to publish all of the Matrix works. Also thank you to "The Author" for the Matrix V books, all of them, and of course for the continued updates, which I look for every day online. My journey would not be on this wonderful perfect path if it were not for your "works". Thank you both!!" Chris

"The new Matrix V Gold Edition is amazing! I love it! Thanks." Denise

"Everyday, I am amazed at the info that comes through for me when I read pages of The Gold Edition....It is incredible being in the 'observer's mode'...As you have said, it is going to be really interesting as we observe the unfolding events. Yesterday, when I clicked on to your website, I had an incredible connection to my Higher Self when I saw the new scene...It was incredible, it was like connecting (for lack of true description) to Home."

"I am from Slovenia, former Yugoslavia. Yesterday I've finished reading your book. As soon as I started to read it I could notice a significant impact that it had on me. Everything was the same yet at the same time everything has changed...for good. Thank you. This book was just what I needed the most."

"I received my copy of Matrix 5 on Friday and I just want to say thank you for what you have written."  

"Really enjoyed the Matrix 5 book. I have been successful in getting out of my body recently thanks to your recommendation of the astral travel book."

"I spent some time reading the Gold Edition this weekend. The clarity and focus with which book this is put together is FAR beyond the 2nd edition. Either you were holding back in the earlier editions, or the maturity of your though and writing has increased with time. Bravo! This is THE book I have been waiting for a LONG time."

"I have never written you prior, thank you for the truth within the M5 pages. I read it and I feel as if I already know it, as if you are through M5 reminding us of "things". Talk about mind-blowing expansion and awareness. It feels right, a very natural feeling for lack of english words to really describe how I feel! Since M5 my dreaming has become very intense, and not only that, I have total recall without ever writing it down." 

"I have recently completed Gateway Voyage in Spain and I now understand what they mean when they say that gateway provides the tools for self-exploration and even more about what really means trusting in one’s higher self. I’m thanking my HIGHER SELF for giving me the means to attend Gateway I would like to thank you for your work, because it has affected my present incarnation in an amazing way. I took MatrixV with me and show it to the other participants and it was very interesting to see their reactions to the cover of MatrixV. I have had some major experiences in that weak and it was amazing to be able to experience first hand much of the things that I have read about the Institute and Monroe work, but the greatest of all was being able to see true some lightsider material or complete some “inaccurate” information given there because I had previously been in contact with MatrixV materials. It just puts things in another perspective." 

"The M5 so hits home. I feel jubilant euphoria, calmness, awaremess, silence; let alone the knowledge being imparted resonates, as if, I have always known all I am reading in M5. This piece of work is beyond power, it's like the wise power behind the power. It's very trippy trying to put what I feel into words. A million thank you's."  

"I have to tell you, I have been glued to it since I received it on Friday. Staring at the artwork (I am about to order a lamination) I feel as if I MELT into nothingness yet feel everything. The Author's no holds barred, in your face writing and style is flawless and easy to read. Together with the Monroe Trilogy and the Frosts' Astral book, I feel as if I now have been handed a blue- print,  a map if you will, not only to my Higher Self, but to simultaneous incarnations. Indeed, the Truth is liberating. Thank you and thank you."

"I ordered Matrix 5 about a month ago. Turned out to be a real mind-blower; initially, i.e. the first few days while/after reading it, the changes were so radical and sudden I had to laugh about it. Fortunately, I already had some experience dissociating with the body. Otherwise, some of it may (or may not) have proved a bit too much. In any case, many thanks to you for putting out information of such value. It makes having looked for it for so long completely worthwhile. As a matter of fact, the process of looking for that kind of stuff provides one with the necessary experience to integrate it. I look forward to reading Matrix 2 in which I hope to find an explanation for my former and apparently groundless fear of extraterrestrials."

"I just want to say that I have both the matrix 5 and matrix 5 gold books near at hand always and every time I read them something else pops up for me to examine or I understand something in a different way. I have been aware for sometime that this world is just way out of whack.  No philosophy or religion even barely addressed the mess there is now or has offered a lucid framework for becoming beings to use. Your books fills this void. Thanks again." 

"I've been enjoying M5 Gold. I sip a few pages a day like a fine wine. Very smooth, fruitful, excellent bouquet. The new editing/arrangement and new material resonantly fit me like a beautiful tailor made garment. Many thanks"

"I'm on page 100 of M5 Gold, I read the 2nd edition from November 2001 onwards and the restructure of the Gold edition is superb - thank you so much.  This time I'm reading it slower! Previously, my reader comment on 2nd edition was that it was "intuitionally unquestionable". Depending on what I'm reading in M5 Gold I sometimes get a surge from my tummy/solar plexus chakra up to my eyes or from my heart chakra up to my eyes, it feels good. Reading it is one of my major incarnational missions - for which I thank you. I have no more questions about life. Observation and experience."   

"Matrix V Gold Edition received. My spirit has been doing somersaults ever since I opened it. I think the reworking of the layout and order of the material is a big improvement over the second edition. But it's really like a new work. I will report that about a week before I received it, I had two recurring dreams of "reading" the book in a "library". I am so grateful that you have put out the Matrix V books. The most valuable tool in the box. I embrace it and accept it. The thing about the book is no matter how "off the wall" any of it seems upon first reading, the more one thinks about it and looks around using it as a lens, the more truth I can see in it's position. Matrix V is right on ! Thanks again, Kris"

"Wow! What a trip ... what can i say? Well, I¹ve finished my first read through and ONCE AGAIN want to express my thanks ... this book is fucking outrageous! Many many times I laughed out loud from the pit of my stomach! For the first couple of days I was doing over a hundred pages a day! And the website said "600 pages" it didn¹t say 600 BIG pages!  The first night after getting the book will be forever remembered as "the night of a thousand dreams". Loads and loads of great information that I understand already and some that I will need to really work with and take as I can in my own time.... but for me ... the greatest thing is the section on THE NEXUS OF TIME ...yeahhhhhhh! This segment was a true revelation ......it filled in so many holes for me. You keep on stressing the uniqueness of each HS path....How only you can find out by going within....to enjoy your current incarnation....be pleased with being you....don¹t get hung up on where you are...your HS will make the path known to you....if not now, that somewhere you are your dominants/final...and they are all you....ALL FANTASTIC ADVICE that I really resonate with .I want to concentrate on what my Higher self wants this life to achieve and not some ego based idea of the right path to higher realities ...been there ...done that...surely all that HORSESHIT  is blown away ? All will be revealed naturally...bollocks to the rule book! Trust the HS."  John,  UK

"I have literally just received Matrix V Gold and before I begin reading, just wanted to express my sincere thanks to you both For this work ... I stared at the box for ten minutes before opening it and the energy level running through me is very high!!!"

"Today I received the MV Gold Edition; I would like to thank you for the swift delivery in sending this to me on the day of publication. It is no coincidence that the two MV editions were published prior to two major events in this particular time frame on 3rd Density. Because of the oncoming war, no matter which way one turns the predominant emotion surrounding us is fear! With the knowledge that has been imparted within the MV materials and understood by those it was it was meant for, these feelings of fear are dormant because there is the realization that we are in effect visitors here, that we are NOT our bodies, and this is just one of many incarnations. Knowing this completely frees us from the manipulation surrounding us, the effect being that the feeling is one of being somewhat out of phase or sync with the rest of 3rd Density, yet we are all here, living and experiencing our own specific incarnation, to live here we have to participate, to do what we have to do on a daily basis to survive.  THE MV EDITIONS ARE ‘THE’ MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS EVER TO BE PUBLISHED IN 3rd DENSITY’S HISTORY. This time frame marks the beginning of the end, and in this vein MV in its entirety was published at just the right time.  I am totally indebted to the Author and Val for the volume of collated material, to have amassed this knowledge and chosen to share it, is invaluable! Speaking for myself, all the questions and mysteries regarding ‘life’ that I have had since childhood have been answered. Although I find myself alone in my belief, I am not lonely! The feelings of self-containment and awareness set me apart, yet completely in control, this is a great place to be. It was my destiny to be one of the recipients of the knowledge within the MV editions, and through this with the changed mindset, and all that this entails; I feel that I have evolved to a position whereby I have achieved my life’s purpose to this point." Margaret

"I just wanted to thank you again. I have been reading Matrix V Gold since 3/10/2003 when it was left at my door. I have just finished page 193. I feel such joy and excitement about what is coming that all I can say is, what a mind blower! You must be on a great ride. I know I too will be there and I look forward to the knowledge and experiences to come. Thank you." 

"Received my M5 Gold copy last Wednesday. Thanks so much to all for such an excellent and revelatory work product. Have been reading every page. Wonderful. Change and movement felt deep within and in dreams. I'm sure it will take time to fully integrate; background processing and insight is constant. Thanks"

"I have just received my copy of M5 Gold and the effects on me have been noticeable to say the least. Since I opened the package my pulse rate has increased greatly as well as the overall vibration of my physical form. This has happened even though I have only briefly read some of introductory material I have already read in M5 Blue! Plus my Third Eye sixth chakras areas has been hurting and pulsating all day long giving me headaches. It is obvious SHIM was anticipating the books arrival today even before I knew it was here. I can already tell this book is going to be awesome because I am physically rattled just by having it near me, this is very strange indeed. Its like SHIM is tuning in on me so it can send the info I am reading to all my other incarnations that need it, or at least that is what I sense. My 6th chakra has been throbbing all day long this is obviously a MAJOR incarnational event for me. Are my conclusions valid because this was unexpected by myself. I can see this is a very serious incarnational mission I am on. Thanks." 

“Until I read Matrix V, I had no idea of the true nature of the whole alien issue on Earth. It’s amazing how every UFO related website out there is, in effect, acting as an unwitting extension of the same game that doesn’t want people to know who they are. But, that’s where these people are at, preferring to give their personal power away in awe of beings that are  techno- logically advanced, but comparative simpletons when it comes to who WE really are. Anyone involved with UFO-alien issues who doesn’t have access to Matrix V cannot appreciate what is really happening here. I can see how all UFO websites are unwittingly red herrings, as you have said.”

"I feel intuitively, and its underscored by all events around me that big changes are imminent. Thanks to materials you've provided, I can face anything without fear. And its relieving to know there are at least a few people around that see through the games myriad illusions. Thanks for giving access to what I've come to trust as a fairly accurate road map And a forum of voices of sanity."

"I am having a blast being involved with the M5 project. It gets me off seeing all the observations and comments. I enjoy watching all the different levels of incarnations advancing. It is really true what you say to just enjoy your incarnation. I have had the opportunity to give several M5's to higher self incarnations exposed to me. It's amazing watching their lights turn on exposed to the information. I am having a great time, thanks for keeping it rolling as long as possible. I like the way the website keeps advancing. The truth really gets me high is the best way I can explain it."

"Just want to thank you for the wonderful information in Matrix V. I almost didn't read it. I have a female body in this incarnation and after reading a few pages, threw the book down, thinking that I didn't need information from a female hating male. "Something" made me pick it up again and read it carefully. Matrix V explains so much for me. I understand why I never desired to marry or bear children, I understand the presence of the 3 entities that I have recurring dreams about, I understand why I have always intuitively chosen gold light, even when instructed in guided meditation to use white light. There is much I do not understand, but am confident it will unfold at the correct moment. I still continue some of my light side activities; participating in weekly peace vigils, publishing a peace newsletter, etc. but no longer feel compelled to convince anyone of my position. It's more like I'm putting out information and people can do with it what they will. I have ordered the book you recommended on astral projection (have only projected while asleep) and use your very powerful meditation technique. It's a reversal of my former practice when I started with the base chakra and went up. Your's works better for me. Thank you. By the way, I love the "sum of" symbol you use in Matrix V. It says it all. I will continue to check your site for updates and will order the gold edition in March. Please know that I do NOT consider any of the material to be "female hating" at this point. That was my initial reaction, long since revised." 

" To read Matrix V and to understand it in its entirety life is irrevocably changed. The mindset switches to a new plateau and viewing life as it truly is here on 3rd density with all that this entails - Matrix V is a one way ticket to this! What I have found is that my perceptions have been honed, the inner voice, coincidence, and when I focus on questions, they are answered; your inner voice never lies! To be honest the spin offs have been awesome! And this is inherent in each and every one of us living simultaneous lives. To know that there is no such thing as death is liberating, and at a stroke, fear of this is eliminated!" 

"I've read your material 3 times in order to absorb as much as possible. Since I was a teenager I always had a feeling that there was something wrong with the way reality was being portrayed and found myself in a never ending "search" for real answers. Thanks to M5, I now see the world without blinders. It is however a very lonely path since there's absolutely nobody I know that could relate to this material. I look forward to your latest observations while at the same time sharpening my own observational skills."

"I would like to personally thank you, because through your book, I found Monroe books. After I have read Monroe's Trilogy and reread this excellent Matrix V, I understood what you were meaning by insisting on reading Monroe books before Matrix V. Anyway last December, 2002, I attended my first Gateway Voyage at the Monroe Institute and I have just returned from the Lifeline and I can't wait for the Exploration 27. These last months have been the most exciting of my life discovering and living the game of life." 

"I’m in my second reading of Matrix 5 now, and I'm understanding more and more about myself and how the world really works." 

"Matrix V changed my reality beyond measure."

" Since the time I began to read the Matrix V materials online, my life has gone from mid-turbulent to MEGA-turbulent. Relationships have been demolished. Illusions have shattered. Dreams have blown up in my face, and through no conscious choice on my part, I find myself feeling a greater disconnection with many people. My world has changed drastically.  My opinions of many things have shifted, flip-flopped and the opinions of others towards me has also shifted, as they witness that I am not playing the same game as they play. My relief has been through simplifying my life as much as is practically possible, and through a continual focus on my inner voyage, and tuning into my inner space, which is another way of saying 
my Higher Self. As increasingly, that is the only place I get any comfort. Certainly don't get it externally. I have realized some kind of progress: While I¹m aware of the judgment of others, it doesn¹t bother me so much what they may think about me. Not too long ago, it would bother me HUGELY if someone didn¹t approve of me. I DID go through a period when I suffered at not being understood by those that claim they love me. Now, I say, So be it. Doesn¹t matter. Who cares! I¹m orchestrating my own play now. And choosing the parts I want them to play. And the truth is, they cannot possibly comprehend what these changes in me are or why. And that¹s ok. They don¹t need to. They are in their own play. Its your material that has helped me gain this perspective. So, thanks. "

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“My Matrix5 have arrived on the 24th of December (what better present can a person ask for) and since then I just cannot put it down. I have been reading the materials that you post for a wile now, but it all “pales” to the amazing knowledge contained in Matrix5.  I cannot ind the appropriate words to thank you for this revelation. Now, I can understand the comments made on the website about  Matrix5 - it’s really an “eye opener”.

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“Since I have started to read Matrix 5 I have been analysing much of my previous choices in life, Why did I have chose one particular  road instead of another, why I have all this curiosity, why did I always “feel” marriage is not for me and so on. I can now understand that this was my HIGHER SELF trying to awaken me to the real true of what I really am. I now, more than ever, have a great desire to contact with my HIGHER SELF, meaning ME, and can't thank you enough. This material is so advanced that I don’t know when would be possible for me to have contact with something like this, if it wasn’t for your sharing. I was not a very psychic person, but since the year 2000 I have had a continual interest in all material dwelling with the spirit. I  have never had an OBE but I’m determined to do what ever is  necessary so I can (if that is what my HIGHER SELF wants me to do), get in contact with the real ME, and be able to explore and travel in to  grater realities.  I’m LOVING MATRIX5 and I just wanted you to know about it”.

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"Got M5 a week and a half ago. Haven't put it down. Even more lucky to have read The Monroe Trilogy and The paradigm book by Breton & Largent before getting M5. Having OOBES after reading M5 at night. Just before going to sleep. Last night, it was strange, nodding off after reading M5.  I felt myself lifting out my bed and to the left. Then moving down beside my bed. I was sure I was going to hit the ground. It felt sooo real!! I kept on waiting to hit the ground and eventually opened my eyes. I was positive that I would be out of my bed and on the floor. But I was still in my bed. Wow ,what a cool experience !" 

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“It is now about eighteen months since I initially came into contact with Matrix V .  Reading the book the first time completely took my breath away, at the same time I felt an exhilaration that I have never felt before in my life. As I read page after page it was like a key unlocking doors in my mind. To me personally each piece of information gleaned felt somewhat familiar, I sensed recognition from within which was profound. This material is so life changing.   To find information such as this that is so thought provoking, it is easy to look to the Author of the information as a guru, is this not what we as humans are programmed on 3rd density to do, to look outwith ourselves for masters who pertain to have all the answers? And by doing this, giving our power away to another!  What is and has been important is following a road, listening to my inner self which has brought me to the MV materials. Had I not for the last twenty years or so followed a road that has had many twists, turns and dead ends which has resulted on an ongoing learning experience, then I would not in truth have been ready for nor understood Matrix V. I initially opened the first page of Matrix V without being overly dramatic. My life has been turned upside/down - inside/out. It has been an ongoing learning experience, which shows no signs of slowing down. To participate in a belief and experiencing it for myself by looking within has shown me what is real and true and what is not; because of this it is easy to be an observer of life here on 3rd density. To become aware and resonate with the information within Matrix V is power, which releases forever the invisible shackles that have imprisoned us since birth on 3rd density.  Margaret”

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"Last night after reading the M5 meditation for crown chakra connection I focused on my 18 x 24 Higher Self poster. When I layed down to sleep I visualized the ball of the stream coming down to my crown when I said CONNECT. I felt the surge all the way down to my heart chakra! This was the first time."

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" After considerable thought, I have come to the following conclusion. Waves of vibration make up existence. These waves are in essence THOUGHT (for lack of a better term) waves because existence is mental by nature. THAT is why permanence is an illusion and change is constant (waves do not rest, otherwise it would not be a wave). It is the same principle as waking and sleep states. When a person in third density is awake, they are operating primarily on alpha and sometimes higher frequency beta waves. When sleeping, there are primarily lower frequency theta waves, and in so-called ‘deep’ sleep there are even lower frequency delta waves. These theta and delta waves of vibration (electrical brain waves emanating from the ‘mind’) compose the reality created by the mind of the ‘sleeper’ when in the ‘dream’ state. The ‘creator’ in this case is the sleeping person. The experiences of the characters in the dream (astral realm) are very real and are carried ‘up’ into the subconscious and sometime consciousness of the ‘creator’ and upon awaking, the characters are drawn back into the mind of the creator (the person sleeping). The experiences of the dream characters actually become part of the creator because the creator truly feels every aspect of the experience as if the creator is the character (the characters are simply an extension of the creator). Third density so called reality is another dream state and the higher frequency waves/vibrations (similar principle to higher and lower frequency brain waves emanating from the ‘mind’) of the Higher Selves that chose to incarnate here slowed the vibration of that extension of themselves (the incarnation) to the point that the incarnation believes it IS separate and REAL. In actuality, just like when a person dreams, the EXPERIENCES are real and are carried back to the HIGHER SELF, but the characters end when the dream ends (death/waking up). The Higher Self ALSO eventually ‘wakes up’ and moves on to higher vibrations (new experiences). You are truly your own GOD as your Higher Self is the source of your existence here. However, your Higher Self is not THE SOURCE. THE Source cannot be defined or limited. The Higher Self eventually realizes/reconnects with its source which moves on to realization of its source, in constant movement toward new experiences and toward THE SOURCE which is not definable in words, it simply IS. There is a journey ahead that is infinite when defined in the mind of third density consciousness. It is important to note that the interconnectivity of the various states/rates of vibration are not as simple as a linear number line such as Higher Self vibration, to lower vibration incarnation, to dream state (although that is part of how it works, it’s not the ONLY way that things work)…..instead there is an interconnected matrix of ‘portals’/nexus points between the various rates of vibration. Linear existence and movement is a third density concept. In actuality, even when in a lower vibration Delta state (so called deep sleep dream experiences), one can move to awareness of the higher vibration Higher Self (faster vibration than the waking state physical body/consciousness) and in essence ‘skips’ over the third density dream ‘creator’ body. Various densities can be accessed by instantly traversing the densities via will, with or without apparent movement. These examples serve as an illustration of some of the basic principles on which the nature of existence rests. Is that basically accurate?"

Author: Needs some tweaking, but basically correct.

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"Thank you so much for the information you have brought forward. I have read many books, like Monroe's which are wonderful, but Matrix V, which I've read two and a half times, explains to me why I have never fit in with other females and their groups, could never understand what the hell they were talking about when plotting about guys/men, and had thoughts and feelings I could never share with any of them. Never say never, but that's what fits here. I underwent a transition 6 years ago and am not attracted to anybody physically (lots more to this). My best friend now is a gay male, but not like most gays, and it is your material that helped him realize this. Our paths have crossed for 30 years, but most profoundly in the last 12 in which we have been waking up rapidly (lots of amazing and escalated life as well as "spiritual" experiences). We can, as he puts it, communicate and share "across the gap". He is quite psychic and gifted, and when we talk he sometimes reminds me of you. None of this of course is a coincidence. I am just very grateful for my increased and better understood connection to my Higher Self (got rid of the religious interpretation), for my friend, and for you, Val, and your on-going material. What an amazing and exciting time it is to be here! Thanks again. Judy"  9/20/02

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"I am on my third reading of Matrix V and find new awareness every time" 9/17/02

"Thank you for writing the most informative book I have ever read."  8 Aug 2002

"I have a few things to share in my studies of Matrix V. As I continue to reread Matrix V, I am becoming aware of my purpose on this prison planet. A great transformation is taking place in my life and I have started to see the world entirely different from a few months ago. I view the game from a higher perspective, now,  with the knowledge I have digested." 8 Aug 2002

"Dammit, I never expected any of this to actually work. Since starting to read the read the book, however, things have taken a marked directional shift from where they once were. I find myself torn between two strong emotions - one, incredible sadness (nostalgia for the days of ignorance and bliss - almost as Cypher in the Matrix) at the life and times I've got to leave behind, and two, an incredible amazing  excitement and possibilities within this time machine in which I now reside and within the world which carries this weary traveler to whatever destination he so desperately seeks. Your writings have actually done what they claimed capable of and rubbed more of the sleep from these weary eyes. Your mission has been accomplished at the very least in this lone individual."  June 9, 2002

"Since reading Matrix5 and the Monroe trilogy, I have had some amazing things happen. I had previously written about using the advice of the Author on connecting with my Higher Self and what had happened. This seems to be just the beginning. Now that I have taken that first step towards a more expanded awareness, I have had more intense experiences. What I find even more interesting is that I have ALWAYS been doing this and having these experiences since childhood but because I was "taught" by the Game to focus my attention outward, I forgot about so many of the things I KNEW as a child (the DNA kicking in didn't help either!).    Since having my new expanded viewpoint, I reread Matrix5 and it's ALL there. The more I expand my awareness, the more I will see in the book.  My struggle now seems to be internal. The body is trying to fight for control and I can feel this incarnation is demanding that I identify with it. I sense that it knows it is fighting a losing battle but despite all this I do not view my incarnation as my enemy. To hate this body and feel anger at the Game is only going to add more baggage that I am going to have to let go of eventually. It's all about turning INWARD and TRUSTING yourself and KNOWING that you are MUCH more than your physical body. I knew this as a child (before the Game got its hooks in me) and some of you out there knew it too. It's simply a matter of remembering what you forgot."  

"I ordered M5 on some impulse and I am about 50% through it. It showed up at a curious time in my life because a few months ago I moved out on a woman I was about to marry. The relationship just wasn't working, and everything you write in M5 rings true for me. M5 makes so much sense because it is the only material I have ever encountered that could really resonate with my experiences."   

"It took me a long time to digest the material contained within M5 and I did initially hold a lot of reservations, but as of late I have had experiences which have led me not only to believe but to KNOW. For instance a week ago I got a small bundle of info from my Higher Self telling me this 3rd density reality truly IS a game by the very definition of the word . I don't claim to be a Dominant or a Final (at least not until I know any better) but nonetheless all my fears concerning the future of my existence evaporated in an instant and I kept laughing 'til the next day - the truth really does set you free.   I now have a burning desire to know more and to explore the many regions of myself I haven't yet been acquainted with.  


"Something very interesting happened to me a few hours ago and I thought I would share it with the group. I was feeling very restless today and decided to lay down to relax. While I was resting, I suddenly felt a sexual urge run through me. Instead of giving in to this urge, I thought about trying something. I used the advice given by the author on connecting to my Higher Self and I felt the sexual energy surge upward through my body. I then visualized a cord running up from my head to my Higher Self (like on the cover of Matrix5).  What happened next is something that I can't really put into words. My perspective changed and I had the impression of being surrounded by multicolored lights. I also understood that everything I was experiencing in this incarnation was being processed and sent down to other incarnations and that I was also receiving info from the other incarnations as well. All this sharing was happening at once because all the incarnations were the "same". I felt the impression of a "previous life" in 17th century France. I also felt that one of my goals in THIS incarnation is to experience Endgame. All of this happened in only a matter of minutes. I had read about this in Matrix5 but to experience it is quite a different thing. What I have described isn't even everything that happened because it's so difficult to find words for what I felt. One of the things that got to me was how crystal clear EVERYTHING was. I'm going to keep pursuing this."  


"I joined the Matrix 5 Forum last week and since that events things have happened on the 3d that just cannot be ignored. The narrative of those events is as follows. Monday- I became very ill while I was at work and was not sure If I would be able to make it through the day. I asked a female coworker who I had gotten to know very well to drop me off at my apartment which was just 10 minutes away during her lunch break. She created a bunch of excuses and refused to do it even though I had there for her whenever she needed me. So I had to spend a miserable day at work before leaving on my own accord.  Every day during the week I experienced related incidents. THIS ALL HAPPENED THE WEEK AFTER I JOINED THE M5 FORUM.  I have never been treated like this before by people. This is the vilest that people have ever treated me in my entire life. I can take it that my higher self wants me to experience all of this and that I should just hang in there. I can also see that I am definitely on the right path to make people act like this. They all know I'm spiraling out of the game and they don't like it one bit. I CAN ALSO SEE MY PROGRESS IS MORE ADVANCED THAN I THOUGHT because they came at me with all guns blazing. Doing all they could to deter my progress however I know that shim is awakening me daily and that I CANNOT FAIL and that this is just a bump on the road. My higher self is trying to get my attention that its time for me to advance and that I have some very serious things to do in this incarnation. From now on I will be in observation mode and will not feed the dark polarity by reacting to it. Shim is making me realize that my higher self has serious info to discuss with me but I have to be ready to receive it. My higher self wants to actually communicate with me on a higher level I can FEEL its presence. I just have to be ready when that occurs and this week was a example of that."   

"I want to share an experience I had 2 weeks ago...since this topic of ascended masters has come up, I think it is relevant. I was invited to a 'musical evening' by an old friend and since I enjoy music and singing, I accepted. I was aware that she was a part of this group who believes in as. masters but did not know that the musical evening was solely so called 'ascended master' songs and meditation. Anyway, I decided to sit through the one hour programme. As soon as they  started out their 'love and light' meditation, I was amazed to find that there were a whole bunch of dark entities who converged onto the location...some were openly mocking, some were actually 'feeding' off the energy they created. (I am a Reiki teacher and can see auras and am very sensitive to this kind of thing.) I threw up gold shields around the location and within a few minutes at most, they wandered off as if they could not sense the energy any more. It brought to mind what you had said in Matrix 5: using white light attracts the dark. Very strongly it did."   

"Reading Matrix 5 has cleared up some major issues I have faced while in this incarnation. I have had several bisexual and homosexual experiences in the past few years. During this same time period I have had a furious interest in occult and metaphysical teachings that seemed to start a few years before my experiences into different aspects of my sexuality. Before 
>reading Matrix 5 I never knew how to deal with this because I did not understand how to feel about this. I have dealt with a lot of grief and guilt because I did not know why I was the way that I was. Now I know that these aspects of myself are the benchmarks of a advancing spirit and that I don't have to feel ashamed about anything. I know now that all I need to do 
>is drop the labels that people have placed upon me and reach towards the inner me my higher self. I can see that there is nothing wrong with me but rather it is the game that is improper to a advancing spirit. I am also very curious to find out the level of incarnation that I am currently at in this life."  

"I have always considered books my best friend and guide. I have always been interested in subjects of the spirit, I remember since my childhood memories. Now I have found and almost finished reading MV. Written in MV I believe I have found the Purpose for my life long interest (I am 56) which I believe has been the foundation I needed for this Purpose."  C.J.  

"The Matrix V material lends itself to truth and has answered more questions in the short amount of time I have read and studied the first few hundred pages than all my 44 years of indoctrination of mormon/christian bullshit, newager/lightsider 
coercion, media shovel-fed mass disinformation and mass manipulation by the elitist few. When I saw the attacks on the trade centers I found myself just observing, not shocked at all-thank you. When I hear or read of all the death, violent or otherwise, alien manipulations, bullshit meteors hurtling toward earth, this and that ad naseum, in this wonderful world-I understand 
and observe and I thank you. "Heavy on the heart" is displaced by pertinent observance and allowance, thank you. What one doesn't know that one doesn't know can be found in oneself and can be awakened by the Matrix V template and again I thank you. I do feel I AM making progress. I appreciate your candor and directness. " Erik  

"I could spend a lot of time writing so I just cut to the chase and say: Thank You. In Matrix V I have found my Purpose. Count me in! I am not quite finished with my 1st reading. I am not a joiner, nor have I ever joined a chat club, but I will see you all at SmartGroups soon because the book taught me that in this case we need each others assistance. I understand. I am here & I want to help!! Thank you for MV!"   

"I have had the distinct opportunity to read all such volumes before Matrix V. And they have truly been literary marvels; harbingers for the more intense literary endeavors to come of it's kind. However, no text has had as great an influence upon my every day thinking as this particular piece of literature -- Matrix V. I would venture to say that it stands true to itself as a a "Magnum Opus" of sorts; a "Divine Pymander" without question! Let the "becoming" continue."  

" Gentlemen, I have received my copy of MV on the evening of the 9th - have read through 75 pages so far and what I have found valuable is that many things which have been 'known' and which I have implemented in my life have been listed herein and the blurred edges have become focused sharply. I agree entirely about what you say on genders. Down the years I have tried to tell people who wail about relationships, to try and integrate their male/female energies within and not look to someone else to complete what I used to describe as the circle, and then look for another complete person to move forward with ... you have put focus onto what I tried to formulate and convey. I myself was in one het relationship from '82-'86 (shim had clearly told me that it was better NOT to marry... I ignored the message) and then had to walk away - as my spiritual growth was hindered terribly by the friction. I learned the lesson of allowing another their path, not interfering or trying to 'change' or control. I just did what I had to at the time without the knowledge I have now, and it was not easy but after reading MV, I realise that my HS needed to overcome the programming and it was done this way ..after that I have not been in any relationship...never found anyone with whom I could move forward. It has definitely been a rough ride but I am glad for it. Would not have had it any other way. I agree totally about the female control too and the posturing and manipulation. It is good to know why these things are in place, but once this information is filed away, the most important thing to do is to get on with our progress and overcome the blocks. the very first 70-odd pages of MV have given me clarity on this issue and I look forward to completing my first reading for more inputs, known and new. Thanks once more."  Ketayun  

"After reading the material two very keys incidents have taken place that confirm the accuracy of the material. At my job I discovered that I have a co-worker that has knowledge of shamanism and is willing to share this with me. I also "discovered" that the manager of the health food store I shop at teaches reiki and is willing to instruct me in that as well. None of this was made aware to me until after I read matrix 5. That makes it plain as day to me its time for me to learn these things as began the advancement of my spirit. Its so obvious why these opportunities have presented themselves to me."  Ian   

"I just wanted to say thank you for bringing this information out. I  just finished re-reading the main narrative and Q&A, and already, this work has had a dramatic impact on me, and has put so much into a greater perspective for me. I was amazed at the other works you mentioned in the narrative, because just about all of them came to me in highly synchronistic ways, over the past few years, as did this material. I knew of its existence for a while, but finally, one day, I just knew it was time to get the M5 material into my hands. I've used the Hemisync music for a while, and have had some very seriously profound experiences while in the heightened state it produces. I've had unusual experiences since childhood, and this work has put so much into a greater perspective for me. Thank you so much! All 3 of the Monroe books are on the way, and I can hardly wait to begin reading them. Thanks again for publishing this amazing work. It has had an incredible impact!"  

"I wanted to express my appreciation for your work set forth in Matrix 5. Having received it about a week ago, I'm on my second read-through (except the Handbook which I read a few months back - a very slow read). Wonderful, insightful and your Q&A sessions are very revealing, both in the questions and how you handle them. The last few years I've been on a search for these materials and in the process have learned a great deal of the background on issues you mentioned in M5. In fact, somehow I knew to first digest some of Val's other matrix books and materials before M5. "Waking up in time" is 
the refrain that goes through my mind.  The implications of the insights in M5 are profound and will take me time 
to assimilate. But I know one thing for sure - this will be a year of major change in my life as a result. Already many decisions are made and it remains but to implement them. I have ordered Monroe's three books and Icke's Greatest Secret and need to assimilate these as well. I've not been into astral travel before but am now very interested in learning, and will do so. There is no substitute for knowingness resulting from direct experience, rather than belief and opinion." 
 

"First of all, thank you for writing Matrix V. It is impacting my life daily and I am on my second read through, and, of course, I am picking up things that did not resonate the first read through. I feel as though I understand the "rules" of the universe now, where as before it was a hodgepodge of stuff I had read over the years in which I was never able to put "it" together. All I can say is that I feel centered about the information I have read in Matrix V."   Nancy    

" M5 IS a great aid. It's enabled me to embrace my unique feelings about this life instead of wondering what is wrong with me. Great appreciation goes out to Val and the author for this leading edge work.  Wanda  

" Just wanted to post a note of thanks to all that are responsible for the fabulous information you have made available to those intended to receive. After turning 40, my life took on a major rapid change (now 49). I left the church of many years, my daughter went off to college and independent. Divorced (remain good friends) got rid of all the material baggage. All
this was prompted by several (OBE) experiences non-induced. I learned the usage of the word NO and really like the way I felt after using it bold and strong. In this new found freedom I became a loner by choice and got quiet and went on an inside search. Then I began hearing this voice speak to me telling me things that were so bizarre to my intellect pictures, flashes and, sounds I had never heard. The cover of M5 was one of the pictures I saw two years ago. I even drew the same picture except
my people look liked little oval balls dangling from the cord. I didn’t come here this time to be an artist. Anyway, synchronicities began to happen one right after another and now it’s just my normal way of life. First I get this information from inside of me, even though I never quite have the full understanding I know that it will come so I just continue
and then here it comes. That’s just what happened when I stumbled on Trufax.org.  I saw the picture of M5 I knew that I knew that I knew this was going to be the catalyst of completion of the blurry things I needed clarity on. (After all I saw the picture two-years prior.) I knew all the unusual things that have been occurring in my life where not just coincidences. However, not having anyone that could converse with on such matters kept me going within. It’s so AMAZINGLY true! to find all answer within effortlessly. Just relax go with the flow of the moment in knowing the answer (s) will be revealed to you. Just stay tuned to the voice and you can’t be tricked or at least not for long. Thank you Thank you Thank you I always knew who I was and now why I am here. I am having a good time living the four laws and truly having a grand laugh at the media, and the mass.
I am not hung up on an image, name, body, labels, friends, family, and lonely… what’s that about? Do what you did when you were a kid’s… talk to yourself! Without a doubt, I am sure the masses would label me as a cold non-caring insensitive Bitch, and I don’t care what anyone thinks especially where my life concerns are… I’m doing what I came to do. I will deliver the letter to Garcia. My HIGHER SELF has it all under control I’m just enjoying the adventure, the grand picture show in amusement. Again, thanks Val and Author" 
 

"I look at life here in rather a humorous state and The Matrix V gives me a license to do so. Love the book. When I read it I breakout in laughter and say, "Right on". What a wonderful book to confirm my suspicions about life. I'll laugh my way to the 4th level and beyond. I can't recommend the book enough."  Jude   

" Just wanted to thank you for your presence, your wisdom and the presenting of important information at this critical time in our lives. You are correct---I have begun to see things differently and have deepened my understanding of who I am thanks in part to the emergence of Matrix V and the material therein. We should be in for an interesting ride this year....   

" Matrix V was published at just the right time, with information for people who would be receptive to the truth and reality of life on this planet. Armed with this knowledge, there is a new understanding and awareness that effectively changes life's perceptions forever."  

" This is the first Xmas since coming into contact with Matrix V. And I have never felt more alive, together with being consciously aware of the reality of life on 3rd density."  

"It's been a year since I resonated my way to "Thought Patterns" on Trufax. I  know this from the date on the hard copies I've printed of the entire material. I couldn't afford the risk of it being gone the next day. I instantly knew that this kind of passion, the complex overtones and the hard core honesty of the Q&A interactions were beyond anyone's ability to fake. Besides, almost all the concepts in the narrative had been previously validated by my own life experience, all but one: I've never seen an alien personally, although I have encountered (OOBE) some kind of probing/monitoring device, slightly out of phase with the physical. (I have a feeling these are all over the place). However , this is not the reason I'm writing this message. In my first message to this group, I wrote that when I first saw the M5 cover art, I became dizzy and my heart started to beat rapidly. I recognized it !!!  It turns out that between the years 1993-1996 I've had two direct interactions inside my Higher Self. I just didn't use that name. I called shim my "Headquarters" or my "White Room With The Tower". I had no idea that I was inside my Self, it just felt more "Home" than anything I had previously encountered in this lifetime, in or out of my body. These 'contacts' occurred at two very critical points in my life. They came with no preparation, absolutely no planning, training or intention. They just happened.  The only possible trigger was the fact that at that time I was feeling very scared, very heartbroken, very disoriented and VERY ALONE. Strange things had started to happen to me, like spontaneous Out of Body experiences, powerful dreams, countless synchronicities, and much more. The state of mind I was in at that time was something like: If I die this very moment, so be it. For a short period after the second contact, I even believed that I had actually died. This was far ago and long away, and I have "changed" A LOT since then.  I would like to describe two aspects of those interactions. Of course, there is so much more, but that's another story for another time. First, the visuals were almost identical to the M5 cover (the colors, the texture, the energy pillar etc.) There were two exceptions: 1.I didn't see the energy connection in my upper HS, and 2.I didn't see "heads", only shadowy, humanoid appearing silhouettes, of which two were more prominent. Secondly, I wasn't told anything about incarnational levels, dominant, final or otherwise. Of course, I didn't know those existed (at that time), and I had totally different questions in my mind. Those were clearly answered. I will gladly share more about these contacts with anyone having a point of reference for this specific type of interaction. None of the people I know have such a point of reference. Those two 'events' were followed by dramatic changes of course in my current incarnation. Many of those changes I have later read about( with tears in my eyes) in the M5 narrative. To sum it all up: When I saw the picture on the book cover, I KNEW, maybe for the first time in my life, that I was not alone. Happy new year, everyone. "   

"Several years ago, in December, I found the Leading Edge Website and ordered and read the first four Matrix Books. I also got several books about the Montauk Experiments, which I found fascinating at that time. Now, thanks to Val, the author and Matrix V, I am armed with further knowledge about the game and it's players and about the reality of my Higher Self. This
is the greatest gift I could ever be given."   Sue 
   

"Since coming into contact with Matrix V six months ago, the transformation within me is absolute. Because of this I feel as though I am living on 3rd density on two levels. I realize that I am here in this physical body to fulfill specific experiences in this incarnation. Finding out the truth about where we come from, why we are here, and where we return to after we leave here is priceless information. EACH WAKING DAY, I REVEL IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED IN Matrix V Now that I view 3rd density without the box, the manipulation, deceit and all of it are plain to see. Yet in spite of this knowledge, I realize that as much as I would like to leave this place, this incarnation, I know that I have to fulfill my assignment here - so to speak! If life ends in the next breath or lasts however long, it is of no consequence. So now I find myself outwardly still functioning as before, inwardly I am still me of course, yet the change! (There are no words capable of describing it properly!) there is a 'knowing' Observing everything with a changed mindset and perspective is a world away from where I was six months ago Together with this, the most important change for me is my success in astral projection, which I have found with practice and dedication was my next logical step to take.  To the Author I would like to say. What you have done for me in providing me with the information to help myself is invaluable. For years I have struggled along a road with many twists and turns in my search for truth. The information and advice that you and Val give on this forum is invaluable. Matrix V along with the web site and forum are unique on 3rd density."   

Note from author: Thank you for your comments! (above) You seem to be doing quite well on your own with the M5 materials and THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SEE. You aren't looking for a 'master'. You are your own 'master'. Your level is one of those I've especially written for. The number of whiners, immature (for the M5 level) and pontificating people who have slithered into this Group, and booted out when they are identified by their own hand, is significant. Their demanding, victim/victimizing incarnations are easily manipulated by the Game and Game DNA commands. While this is their stage and they MUST be allowed to progress at THEIR pace, they continually try to attempt to throw road blocks with belief (but totally false information). These are attempts to drag others down to their level or, at least, keep you from Advancing. What they don't get is that when you have reached VERY Advanced levels and Final, you don't fall for these tricks that low thru mid-Advanced levels will believe. That's one of the reasons why it takes HUNDREDS of incarnations to reach Final. The Laws of Allowance are lived, not just understood, by the Very Advanced levels along with their implications. 

"In the months that have followed my connecting with Matrix V, and really absorbing the impact of the work, I have had many definite phases of development.  I don't hold Matrix Five as a bible but I do hold it with reverence. The truth stands up and stands out now. I can spot my old patterns a mile away. What a gift. People continue t