[Radarlove]

davedes,

I found the Monroe trilogy of books quite mind-blowing. They greatly helped me to understand other dimensions in time and space. Have you attended the Monroe Institute? Also, his former pupil, Bruce Moen, whose books are wonderfully enlightening.

"Simply, the consciousness takes on the form and shape of what it already knows and understands."

My understanding is that the vast majority of people will initially take on the physical body shape after passing over. But as the person evolves in this next dimension, he/she realises that a body is not necessary and will eventually discard the humanoid shape and move into other forms - often an orb or spark of light. Robert Monroe mentions this in his second book "Far Journeys".