Astral Projection

Astral Projection
Imagine this scenario: your physical body becomes paralyzed and you enter into a hypnotic trance; you blackout for a few moments; a second body rises above your physical body in a horizontal direction and finally uprights itself; you now look back and observe your physical body on a chair or bed; a pulsating silver cord connects these two bodies; and finally you return to your phys­ical body, reversing the above steps. This is called astral projection, and trips that this astral body undertakes are astral voyages.
The previous description is most commonly reported, but there are other possibilities. For example, the astral body may simply rotate out of the physical body in a spiral-like fashion, and return the same way. The voyager may experience a vibrating or rocking motion, accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness and a sensation of flying or falling. Suddenly, the astral body rises quickly, the phys­ical body now feeling cataleptic and paralyzed.
This second body not only appears to be weightless, but it may radiate a glow that can illuminate a dark room. The astral body floats to the ceiling, glides around the room, or just appears to take a walk down the street. Trips encompassing great distances may also be experi­~ by this second body. You could travel to foreign countries, or end up hundreds of miles above the Earth during one of these voyages.
As we shall explore in this book, an astral voyage can lead you to an etheric or unreal environment characterized by shadowy figures moving through a fog-like mist. This environment may take the appearance of a heaven with vivid colors and a brilliant white or gold light. You may even travel back or forward in time.
Throughout history there have been many terms used to describe this phenomena-among them: astral projection, out-of-body experiences (OBE), remote viewing, soul travel, astral travel, near-death experience (NDE), and traveling clairvoyance.
The second body to which I alluded has been referred to with various terms: a double, the subtle body, the desire body, the soul body, the astral body, or the light body.
We will discuss these terms in greater detail in chapter 3. For now, let us assume it is certain that we have a second body that can safely leave and return to our physical body. While out of our physical body, it is quite possible for this second body to travel to other places, even other dimensions, and experience the most unusual and spiritually uplifting voyage we will ever undertake.
Many astral voyagers have described this phenomena as a "state of ecstasy:' Ecstasy literally means to "stand outside one's self." Others have used such terms as "beside oneself with joY:' Working with thousands of individuals in training them to leave their bodies, I can testify to the fact
that most of my patients relate their experience as a fascinating, pleas­ant, and even joyful trip. The great majority of them want to do it again and again.
Those of you who are concerned about safety need not be fearful of
an out-of-body experience. Not only have none of my 11,000 patients ever been harmed by this experience, there has never been a report by the metaphysical and scientific literature in this field of any injury. What they do report is a spiritually uplifting experience that can result in ther­apeutic growth of all kinds.
Astral Projection
Characteristics of a typical astral voyage include:
+ The physical body becomes immobile and rigid (this effect can be neutralized by white light protection and other techniques in my tapes). The voyager is unable to move his or her limbs. This response ends once the two bodies separate.
+ A pulsating silver cord connects the astral body to the physicalbody. This cord appears to become thinner as the distance between the two bodies increases.
+ The astral body is weightless, but possesses very acute perceptive abilities, especially toward sounds and bright and vivid colors.
+ It is the physical body that now appears as an empty shell. The focal point of consciousness is from the astral body.
+ Awareness of being out -of-body is usually due to the inability to move objects on the physical plane.
+ We see some portion of the environment that could not possibly be perceived from where our physical body is known to be at the time.
+ We know at the time that we are not dreaming or experiencing a fantasy. Although we may deduce that this cannot be happening, we are in possession of all of our critical functions and later can state with absolute certainty that the astral voyage was not a dream.
+ Voyagers commonly describe a sensation of moving through a dark tunnel and entering a white light. + The senses of perception are more acute in this new dimension. + The soul commonly leaves the physical body at the solar plexus or stomach area for those individuals who are relative novices at astral voyaging. When you become more adept at leaving the body, other exit points are: the third eye region between the eyebrows, the back of the head, the heart chakra, and the 7th chakra, located at the top of the head (some studies report this as the most common exit point).
+ When beyond the physical body, there are no physical laws as we know on the Earth plane. All time is simultaneous, so that you can view any past, present, or future activity on the physical plane.
. The presence of spirit guides, other departed souls and fellow astral voyagers are reported.
. Distances are traveled at the speed of light. All the astral body has to do (when properly trained) is think of a location and arrive there in an instant.
. Some astral voyagers remain in the same location with the physi­cal body, while others travel thousands of miles away.
. Sensations of "tugging" at the back of the head are felt when the OBE is too long in duration. This precedes the return to the phys­ical body.
. A common fear is that the unattended physical body will die-the most common trigger for the astral body to reunite with its physi­cal counterpart. A loud noise can also bring about the end of this metaphysical sojourn. This final step occurs in an instant.