Be forewarned. The following may come across as harsh. My Aries nature forces me to be direct. However, above all else, take this as an open invitation to participate and interact. If we are to truly change our world, we must be willing to share of what we know and cooperate with others in an atmosphere of openness where we are not competitors in a WIN/LOSE battle, but where we are cooperative participants creating a life in which there is abundance for all.

Just over three years ago, I was moved to begin writing some of the metaphysical works that you find at this site. Within a couple of years I had devoted nearly 2000 hours to this endeavor. Ten months ago, I was moved to create the Beyond Imagination page as a place to make this work public. Several attempts to disseminate the works through more traditional means had failed -- miserably in fact.

Anyway, I converted writings to HTML as quickly as I could and by Apr 96, everything I had written from the time the metaphysical writings began in Mar 93 was available from the Beyond Imagination Page. All told, there are roughly the equivalent of 2000 single spaced pages of text available now. Yes, that is a lot. Further, it is all non-fiction, and it covers a wide spectrum of topics. The focus is clear though ... knowing thyself and expressing spirit in flesh.

I had incorporated four counters in key places to give me an indication of what "works" were being accessed. The home page counter went over 2000 just this week. The briefings, Notes, and Beyond Imagination: Foundations for Creating a New World book had far fewer hits.

I was most amazed at the lack of feedback overall. Effectively, I have shared three full years of my life during a time when amazing spiritual transformations were occurring. My intent in sharing was many-fold.

• First, I was compelled to express what I was experiencing. It was as if I was FORCED to record it all.

• Second, I wanted to assist others who might be going through similar experiences by providing a documented example that they could relate to. Twenty years of metaphysics, including reading over 1000 books and attending various seminars and classes did not come close to preparing me for what I experienced in the last half of 1993 and first part of 1994.

• Third, I wanted to find others who had gone through similar experiences so that together we could better understand what was happening. I had essentially been a Hermit all of my life. I literally had no clue regarding how others experienced anything.

Obviously, I did record my experiences and make them available. From the number of hits, at least I know that some people are accessing the material. However, even though a feedback section inviting such is right there on my home page ... the total feedback I've received in ten months would easily fit on a dozen pages. Further, with maybe one exception, I have not yet encountered others who have had similar experiences.

This I don't understand. Yes, I may come across as egotistic at times (perhaps even highly so). Grandiosity is by no means foreign to me. And yes, I can be a bit pig-headed and stubborn. But, I am open and honest and sincere. Albeit, I may also be CRAZY, clearly eccentric, and definitely NOT normal. My ideas are non-traditional to say the least. I am an optimist to an extreme and my VISION definitely smacks of being another UTOPIA.

Please don't let any of this overwhelm you and keep you from making contact. I am very approachable, non-judgmental, and open to new ideas even though it may take some time for such ideas to be integrated into my reality frameworks. It is virtually impossible to convince me of anything on the spot. However, if you offer your knowingness and give me time, I will find a way to enlarge or modify my reality framework to encompass what you know.

I spent 20 years reading over 1000 metaphysical books. During that time, never once did I write to one of the authors about anything. However, I don't ever recall any of the authors INVITING me to do so. Maybe I missed it, but I don't think so. Every page at the Beyond Imagination site has my e-mail address. It is there for a reason. Please use it. Your feedback is definitely encouraged and appreciated. I truly mean that. Without it, I have no clue from the universe as to how valid and useful the material is.

This one way transference of information will not do for the times ahead. We need to start working together more than ever before. We do this by establishing relationships with one another and sharing what we know ... propelling one another to greater and greater understandings and more importantly finding practical means for applying those understandings to create infrastructures that truly allow spirit to be fully expressed. This cannot be done by individuals operating in a vacuum. People cooperating and working together is essential. This can only occur where there is mutual sharing among equals.

Earlier this week, I spent nearly half a day massaging and evaluating a log of the page hits from 1 May - 2 Jul for all pages at my site. I was blown away by how much activity there was. Don't worry, the site names for the requestor are generally cryptic ... but some reveal companies and offices and countries and other interesting information. The key observations that I made were:

• The Ideas of Society, Government, Education, and Economy briefings are getting far more activity than I had thought not just in the US but throughout the world and in many cases from organizations or people in the government. [.gov locations] The Education briefing alone was accessed over 150 times, the Government briefing over 240 times including an access from "gateway.senate.gov"

  With this many hits and the controversial nature of the ideas expressed, why has there been no feedback? Am I that far off base that comments aren't warranted? Or is the expression as intuitively obvious to you the readers as it is to me?

• A few people have downloaded ALL of the Beyond Imagination works. I assume this means they found them interesting enough to want to have them locally.

• Several people have accessed all of the chapters of the Beyond Imagination book, including someone in Japan. But again, why no feedback?

• Various webcrawlers have found most of the Beyond Imagination pages.

I am friendly and approachable. If you relate to the ideas expressed in the Beyond Imagination works, please take the time to introduce yourself and identify what ideas move you or ring true to you or even are downright wrong if that is how you feel. All it takes is to click on my name below and send an e-mail.

Wayne Hartman [beyond@redshift.com]

Beyond Imagination

© 1996, Wayne Hartman [last modified: 5 Jul 96]