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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
For everyone, there is a door that opens into a realm where physical laws,
and physical dimension loose all rational meaning. This door
is a gateway to another world. One of pure thought, pure consciousness
and pure being. On the most part, out-of-body experiences have
been around since the dawn of time.
It is a natural function of the soul which moves in a
non-linear multi-dimensional fashion.
More often than not, it is a door less traveled by our
waking consciousness.
When ever I introduce out-of-body experiences to someone, the most important
factor of
the experience that I stress is this: You all ready have them, you
just don't remember. Our
waking consciousness is fairly absorbed
by the mechanical linear reality that it is designed
to function in.
It is no wonder that our waking mind lacks the interest and
motivation to remain
awake while the body rests because
it is seldom heard of that such a thing is possible.
Most of our journey's into the non-physical worlds of the soul generally
come back faded, distorted or not at all when we return to our bodies to
awaken. The most common effect of re-entry into the physical body
is caused by a sudden jolt sometimes accompanied by
falling in the dream. This is
normal and nearly everyone has had an experience where
such a sudden
re-entry into the physical caused the massive jolt. Yet most awake
with little
or no foreknowledge
that the major factor for the jolt was caused by their own soul re-entering
their body.
From my personal observation, this jolt is the effect caused by something
triggering a panic
alarm in the physical body creating a sudden need to wake up. The
non-physical us literally
gets ripped away from what ever social gathering they may be attending
in the out-of-body
state and is catapulted at top speed to the physical body. And like
lightning striking
home, we wake startled and sometimes our heart races to add a little dramatic
effect to our new morning.
Why do most of us not remember? Where is the need to? In today's
society most people
look at the out-of-body experience
as being occult, or satanic. Very few have the
educated appreciation
that this is a very naturally occurring phenomena. And a vital one
at that.
There is so much
misconstrued information surrounding the out-of-body experience
that most
just choose not
to accept it as a part of themselves. But whether you remember
or not,
the moment you
close your eyes to sleep is the moment you begin to transform and
phase into another state of consciousness.
The missing element for all of us is one basic thing. And it
is so simple and obvious. It's our waking self. Instead of
turning ourselves off mentally, we have to learn to modify our
sleep so that we have a state known
as mind awake, body asleep. Where the body embraces
a nice, natural pattern of sleep. But the mind now fully awake and
alert follows the
natural process of phasing into the
non-physical state or OOBE.
The technique and practice I use embraces the natural sleeping patterns
we are born with, and
incorporates a slight modification to that pattern so that my waking self
can participate in the
once normally unconscious states. All the time keeping the whole
procedure simple, basic
and natural. So no drugs, funny
rituals, tokens, prayers to some guru or mystical
being. It's
just like when you wake up, you know
you are awake so you go about the normal
business of your
waking day. Except this time you are awake and your normal business
day now includes
flying, creating, playing, adventuring
and so much more.
TWO-TYPES
OF OOBE
For simplicity, I have broken down the "waking conscious" OOBE into two
categories. Spontaneous
and self-induced.
SPONTANIOUS
OOBE
This is a more classical example of an out-of-body experience. Not
everyone, but quite a large
number of people will experience at least one spontaneous out-of-body experience
in their life.
Such common examples include floating over your body, or bouncing against
the ceiling.
But generally most people are consciously awake for this experience and
have enough
awareness to realize something out-of-the ordinary has just occurred.
Here is an example of my
first out-of-body experience which was in every way a spontaneous OOBE.
When I was 16 years of age. This first OOBE left such
an impression on me that it changed me forever. It was 4:00am
in the morning, I was fast asleep then sudden I just woke
up. I felt weird. Like
something had happened to me. I sat up at the edge of my bed and
tried to shake off the cobwebs in my
head. Being completely clear of mind, the nagging
feeling that something was wrong prompted
me to get up and turn on the light. I walked over
to the light-switch and moved to turn
it on. Nothing happened, I stood in near darkness.
The light of the moon was the only thing that created enough illumination
for me to see. The switch had not moved. I shook my head thinking
I was still tired and tried the switch again.
Still no light. Puzzled I take become more observant. I touch
the switch again, and my finger passed right through it I still remember
the shock. It felt like a train just missed the station but hit me.
Frantically I tried to turn on the light, the switch untouched by my ethereal
touch. Fearfully, I turned my head towards the bed. For the
first time in my life, I saw my physical body asleep on my bed. Shock-wave
after shock-wave or realization hit me. Was I dead? If so,
what now?
The fear was just because this was the first time. You learn to appreciate
that fear because
it goes so quick with time and practice. The first time made it's
point. Something did
happen to me, and it was too real to
be a dream, to real to be a hallucination. And before
I knew
it, I was suddenly catapulted back into my body and woke up fully alert.
I was never more
grateful for waking up in my life.
Waves of spontaneous out-of-body experiences would soon follow this one,
fortunately for me, I would embrace
them rather than fear them. It is quite normal to be frightened the
first few times this occur. The experiences are real, they are tactile,
visual and it feels like we are actually awake an in our normal physical
body. We can sometimes mistake this
for a waking dream where we get up, go to shower and get ready for work
then we wake up
again only to realize that we have to start all over.
I used to have waking dreams so much in my life that I would get as far
as my school and class before I woke up. This frustrated me because
I felt I already spent the time and effort to get ready for the day, and
I had to repeat it all over again. When I started to control my OOBE's,
that is when all the fun began.
SELF-INDUCED OOBE
This form of OOBE is where you take charge and place yourself in the driver's
seat. This is
the main objective of any exploration of consciousness is to knowingly
move comfortably into
these states in a manner that is natural for you. When you get to
this stage, it does require
practice and discipline. There is much to cover in the way of relaxation,
release and what
to do once you have achieved this state.
To induce an OOBE, a person must have a basic understanding of themselves
as a consciousness
rather than a physical body. This process requires a little more
work than just falling
to sleep at night because it is a process of following techniques for maintaining
your "waking conscious"
when the body falls asleep.
At 17 years of age, I had so many lucid dreams, spontaneous OOBE's that
it was only natural that I would start to recognize certain patterns in
my sleep where by I could willingly exit
my body when the certain patterns formed. The process for me was
simple. I would just
lie in bed, let my body fall asleep
normally, but instead I would just try to stay awake. Nothing more
simpler than that. And it worked great, but not all the time.
I would feel certain
changes and I would let them occur.
I would direct my attention to the changes and
soon my body
would fall asleep. Seconds after, I would release.
The first self-induced OOBE I had was very limited. I would walk
around my room and check
my body. For the first few months, I just examined my physical body
and learned to identify with myself as something other than the body I
inhabited. The second body was an exact
replica of my physical one except it was translucent with a light blue
tinge around the edge.
It felt textured, but without the solidity of the physical body.
I could stretch it, change it
and modify it. I never found a silver chord attaching me to my body,
so I have always passed
that off as either a myth, or a psychological security blanket constructed
by the conscious
mind.
MORE
THAN ONE BODY
If it were not complicated enough, we have more than one "body" type while
in the out-of-body
state. If we break it down, we have our physical body, then we have
an identical twin
that is mirrored in the non-physical state. The third body looses
all form, but becomes more
light orientated. I have seldom ever achieved this third body to
my knowing because I am
still learning how to move into it. From beings that I have seen,
they appear as small balls
of light, some brighter than others when in this form. This form
seems to be less restrictive of
the laws of time and space, and further
travel is open to us while in this third form.
It is my understanding that we soon loose the belief that we are a physical
body and start to
understand that we are a consciousness system which has a reality all to
it's own. And it is
evident by this third body that we approach a closer view point of who
and what we are as a
conscious entity. When ever I have been in this body, I have experienced
psychological time
being stretched. I have met other intelligence beings who have aided
me in my search for
answers to myself. And I have
moved out of time and space. It is always my goal to
achieve this
third body for the research that I am now conducting since it appears to
me to be the most
optimal form to travel in as it becomes
one of more pure consciousness than one of physical
form.
THE
LAYERS
When you begin to start to explore these altered states of consciousness.
The first thing you may notice is not overtime you go out-of-body, your
in your room standing by your physical
body. It is quite common to move out-of-body and shift away from
our physical layer
because we are not bound by the laws which govern physical space anymore.
The best source
on these layers in my opinion is from the Monroe Institute. I feel
they have pretty much
mapped it out in the most professional and sincere manner.
RECOMMENDED
READING
"Journeys Out of the Body",
by Robert A. Monroe
Robert A. Monroe,
Founder of the Monroe Institute in Faber Virginia is a pioneer in the scientific
and rational way of observing the out-of-body phenomena. This wonderful
book illustrates
his earlier experiences and some of what he has experienced here is later
clarified in his
later books.
"Far Journeys", by Robert
A. Monroe
Far Journeys is an
excellent read. It probably is the best of his three books as it
explains much of
the human experience, the different layers in the out-of-body experience
and some data from
the research of the Monroe Institute.
"Ultimate Journeys", by Robert
A Monroe
This third and final
book by Robert A. Monroe further captures his experiences is the
previous books. It is a nice
wrap up for his life experiences and pushes us further into the
realities we face as consciousness.
I highly recommend reading all three of these books as
they are an excellent resource for
learning and reference.
"Seth on Dreams and the Projection
of Consciousness", by Jane Roberts.
Jane Roberts
has written a large number of books which are channeled material from an
entity known as Seth. This book
is another great read as it covers a lot of what I have
experienced in my life with dreams
and out-of-body experiences so that is why I also highly
recommend this book as well.
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