O.B.E. the book
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Out-of-Body Experiences
This page is here to help guide those in their journeys with Astral Projection and Out-Of-Body Experiences.

I. About OBE's

What is an out-of-body experience? What is its purpose, its function, and how does it apply into our lives?

To be honest there is no real way to fully explain an OBE. The only way to know what it is is to experience it first hand and without judgement. But here is the best description I have at the time. An out-of-body experience is the simple yet profound experience of raising your vibrational level higher than that of the physical level. In other words, it is to see the universe beyond the material realm.

What do you mean by raising your vibrational level?

Everything in the manifested world exists on a certain vibrational level. The more dense an object the lower the frequency and the less material an object has the higher the frequency. And all things and forms are objects in the physical, meaning everything from rocks to thoughts! In order to raise our vibrational level we must become less dense by becoming less attached to the material realm. And this all starts within (Also see A Guide Within)

What are the Vibrations?

The Vibrations are a sensation many feel as a prelude to an out-of-body experience. They come in heavy right at that stage because of the shift in energy frequency. Your consciousness is expanding to a new realm and the shift is sudden. Often this is accompanied by a strange noise, one might describe it as a UFO sounding phenomena. The Vibrations are often heavier to people who are new to these experience and seem to ease with practice.

What is O.B.E. A Journey Into Pure Consciousness about?

It is the story about a young man's journey to find freedom. He stumbles into an out-of-body experience and is taken to an astral world where his thoughts feelings and emotions have a direct effect over the reality in which he inhabits. The astral world, which is different from the OBE realm, is raw energy that can be molded to our thoughts and wishes. However, like the main character in O.B.E., if your thoughts dominate your reality, like most people's, your world be crazy and and full of fear.

What is the difference between Astral Projection and an OBE?

The main difference is an OBE usually takes place in the "real time world" where we sleep, eat, and drive. Only you are witnessing all of this without any interaction. Though thoughts can manipulate your perceptions here too. The Astral dimension is far more unstable and constantly fluctuating. We can create environments and sustain them for any duration of time and travel in and out of other created astral worlds. This is the place where mental influence has the greatest effect. In the Book "O.B.E." The main character must figure out how to stop creating a world that constantly changes. And to make matters worse he changes too. He becomes identified with his thoughts and becomes other people. This is a metaphor for what happens in waking reality. We identify with our thoughts and become something we are not.

What is it we think we are that we are not?

Most people think they are their mind and this is the furthest from the truth anyone can ever get. Only when we shut our minds off and feel our being (who we are) can we know who we truly are.

Who or what is our true self?

You, me and all of reality are consciousness manifested in different forms. And the reason why consciousness is such a great description is because it implies that all things in existence have some form of intelligence even if only rudimentary. The molecules and atoms somehow know to bond together and form what we perceive to be wood and even more so to design and execute the growth and life of a tree. This is the same with everything ranging from the stars to plants and animals. All things are consciousness living in what could be considered an elaborate and often chaotic video game. However, though the universe is consciousness continuously manifesting in an endless number of different forms it is not conscious of this process. What makes humans different is our ability (though the ability is not really used) to become conscious of our true being. Whereas most other beings and entities are unconscious of this.


II. Techniques and Exercises

A Cool Exercise! (Try this with a friend to see if you can meet in the same location)

Imagine you are on the rooftop of the tallest skyscraper in a city. Don't focus so much on what's around you but the skyscraper itself. Grasp a full view of the endless sky around you and the full moon emanating its light through the clouds. There is a heavy wind but not too much to knock you off your feet or take up your attention. If you are doing this exercise with a friend imagine and feel his or her presence next to you! Remember, the details of this experiment will naturally fill in on their own. Don't force a particular thought in because you might find yourself walking on a skyscraper that has already been created!

Here are a few techniques to help you in having an OBE?

First and foremost FEEL WITHIN YOUR BODY. Make this a common practice in your day to day living. The more in touch you are within the stronger the connection you will have with the non-physical world. Also, better conditions produce better results. It is far easier for most people to have an OBE after a long period of sleep (say around 6 am) and several hours before you have to go to work or get up. It is best to attempt an OBE when you have nothing scheduled for the morning ahead. That way your mind is free and clear of any anticipation or anxiety. Some have said that  using affirmations will help you out and I do feel that it works on some level, however, I have found that feeling sensations are far more effective. Here are a few techniques:

1. Before bed and when attempting to have an OBE relax and begin to feel within your body. It is often easier to start with your hands and feet first. Then feel throughout the rest of your body. Usually you will feel a tingling sensation as if your body is becoming alive and you are directly connected with it. This is also raising your vibrational level.

2. Once firmly rooted within your body imagine as of you were moving it back and forth, side to side, first starting within a small radius and then gradually expand your movement. This will help to loosen your Energy body from the physical. And you might just pop right out. However, and this applies to all techniques, you will often dose off and enter a dream like state before entering the OBE state so don't worry if this happens.

3. Try imagining you walking around your home or familiar surrounding. Feel everything you come into contact with, like the floor beneath your feet or the water you run from the facet. This will help to improve your vision. The world of OBE's is a finicky world and sometimes your vision or other physical like sensations do not seem to work properly. This is because you are not using your physical eyes and ears but hearing and seeing on a much "truer to reality" level.

These are just and sample of some great techniques that will improve your chances of having an OBE. More will become available on this page over time but I recommend picking up a how to book. My current favorite is "Astral Projection and the Nature of Reality" by John Magnus or visit http://www.monroeinstitute.com/ for some great reads including Robert Monroe's Journey's Beyond the Body. If you would like an in depth and detail book about what happens in the Astral or OBE world check out "O.B.E. A Journey Into Pure Consciousness" by Marquis White, Available on this website!


III. The Purpose of OBE's

What benefit, if any, can come out of having am out-of-body experience?

Ah ha! The question every human shall ask in some point in their life "what is the purpose?"
There are many reasons one might seek to travel, explore, observe or whatever you wish to call the process that is out-of-body travel but perhaps the most universal reason is simply to find out what's really going on out here, or better put, what is reality. Now this is certainly not to say that we all need to explore the astral dimension because that is the truth beyond reality, no, the benefit of exploring these dimensions is to see that there is INFINITELY more to existence than what we are brought up to believe. My personal experience with obe's has been a constant reminder to not take physical or "waking" life too seriously. When you realize that your purpose in this life is awaken beyond the rigid confines that society wants us to believe in you get a sense of awe and wonder in everything that you do. And when you travel beyond the physical limitations you feel and see that reality is in everything that happens and not just what is tangible by means of science.

What is the purpose of living a physical life if we can learn everything without a physical body?

As most everybody will agree with living out this life can be HELL! We constantly face obstacles, there is always the threat of death in one form or another, and quite often we suffer because of this. And as we have discussed, most people are lost in their identities, they don't remember who they really are or where they really come from. But it is from this point that we can evolve and rise beyond all the limitations that are presented to us. This is not to say that once you awaken out of identification your physical body and situation are useless, no, you can still explore this world and truly enjoy it only when you have awakened to the truth. Not being attached to the physical will certainly make your time here much easier. You can laugh at the perils that once seemed so important, when someone dies you will know that they are not annihilated and they are free from all of the torture (a wonderful place to be) and when you are working at a goal you are free to enjoy the process instead of focusing on the end result only to find out that the point of going through anything is to be aware of what you are doing at that moment!

Table of Contents:

I. About OBE's
II. Exercises
III. The Purpose of OBE's