The Out of Body Experience (OBE) is one of the key components
of expanded spiritual awareness and is becoming a more common
occurrence for many people. Though the rare few have such experiences
out of the blue during their daily routine in their normal waking
state, the majority occur during the fantastic and oftentimes
chaotic world we know as sleep. (OBEs) serve as an intangible
training ground for uniting subconscious and conscious awareness
while simultaneously adapting to interdimensional realities
through a vast array of unpredictable scenarios. (OBEs) is an
invaluable learning aide for increased experiential knowledge
about the capabilities of your soul and your greater potential
as an individual.
Whether you realize it or not, each night
when you sleep, you visit the nonphysical realms of life. You
have been engaged in this activity all of your life thus far
and you will continue to do so in the future. In fact, you have
no say so in the matter because your soul governs the process.
The nightly journeys your soul takes you on are continuous and
revolve around a central theme. The central theme is to enhance
your conscious perception, awareness, beliefs and experience
the existence of life above and beyond the material arena of
life.
Through films and books, we are bombarded with
fantastic stories of strange and mysterious worlds, but since
they are largely fiction, we tend to discount their reality.
OBE’s provide ample opportunity to venture throughout
interdimensional realms of existence. Once you begin to personally
identify with life elsewhere, your mind opens further and becomes
more accepting of such reality. Another bit of magic also happens.
Your fear of the unknown begins to fade. In fact, the further
you progress on the path of self-discoveries, your nightly experiences
will become commonplace, even more profound, and hopefully,
you will come to understand them more deeply as a direct result
of regular experience. Nightly travels are just another aspect
of the great number of surprises ahead for the one who seeks
higher truth and spiritually oriented conscious awareness.
The greater majority of people have not made the connection
between the dream world and the OBE. In other words, credence
is certainly given to the wonder and excitement of dreams, but
the experience is normally written off as something ‘manufactured’
and occurring only in the mind. The possibility of actually
experiencing the scenario remains foreign territory and many
tend not to believe in such nonsense. This nonbeliever syndrome,
as we might call it, begins at a young age. For example, when
a child awakens and tells his or her parents about the strange
place and people encountered while sleeping, the parents usually
write it off as an imagined fantasy conjured up in the child’s
mind. When the parents inform the child that the experience
is not real, the child begins a slow process of being conditioned
to not believe in magic. Such muggle beliefs are carried through
to adult life.
In case you are still puzzled as to why OBEs occur, let’s
address the topic in greater depth. There is a handful of reasons
why OBEs occur. First and perhaps most significant, OBEs help
to diminish the fear of the unknown. The central theme of OBEs
is to enhance our conscious perception, awareness, beliefs and
experience of the existence of life above and beyond the material
arena of life. Many people believe in the existence of life
elsewhere, however, belief in life elsewhere and an actual encounter
with such life is a completely different scenario. If it came
down to it, many people would be fearful of actually encountering
‘alien’ life. The media is partially to blame for
instilling the negative side of extra terrestrial life, but
even if that was not the case, humans have been conditioned
for eons to believe that the Earth is the center of life and
intelligence in the universe. Such beliefs are certainly changing
for the better, but a hard core fear still resides in many.
If one is to evolve as a human the fear of extra
terrestrial life must be erased and OBEs serve an important
role in this respect. OBEs bring us face to face with people
in a strange environment and while the people we encounter are
not necessarily extra terrestrial in the fear laden sense of
the word, it is the encounter with something completely different
that is most important. OBEs provide us with opportunities to
see how we will react in a strange environment and this is the
first step toward actually being in a strange environment.
Incidentally, fear of extra terrestrial life
is not countered through weapons. In fact, weapons of any kind
have no role if you expect to make progress in matters of spirituality.
Removing all fear is something the spiritual initiate works
toward. It matters not what the fear is. There is an expression
with which we ought to become familiar.
There is nothing to fear
but fear itself.
We would also point out something else along
these lines. In regards to the term ‘alien,’ the
only thing alien is the extent to which the human being has
become alienated from his or her spiritual essence. In other
words, we are alienated from our spiritual roots as children
of God. When such alienation is realized, the continuity of
life is also realized and both the fear of the unknown and the
fear self-preservation becomes negligible.
The second reason OBEs occur is to provide us
with the opportunity not only to meet other people, but to learn
to function in an environment unlike that which we are acclimated.
The realms we visit are intangible in the material sense to
which we are accustomed, yet the realms carry aspects of tangibility.
The OBE or dream environment is lucid and the manifestation
of thought often happens instantaneously. We often find ourselves
zipping from one scenario to the next in rapid succession. For
the most part, we still perceive the experience from a tangible,
objective standpoint.
Once we get past the initial shock of accepting
the dream environment as a tangible yet intangible reality to
which we are visiting, the next step is learning to better function
while dressed in a different set of garments. Our ethereal or
solar body does not function the way our physical body does
and this can often be downright annoying and stressful. Oftentimes
we do not see much of ourselves during an OBE because our perception
is preoccupied with fear and unfamiliarity with whatever scenario
is in our line of sight.
Along those lines, we are also faced with learning
the art of non-verbal communication. You may or may not have
access to your physical senses. Even if you do, in all likelihood,
it will be limited access because as our solar body does not
function like we want, neither does our speech. Nonverbal communication
or non-sensory communication is the mode used when interfacing
with the numerous “spirits” you’ll encounter
in nonphysical realms of existence. Besides, in your normal
waking state of mind, you’ll be learning to communicate
with your higher self or soul, which necessitates assimilating
and deciphering light energy directly through mental application
through your auric energy field, thought, feelings and awareness.
In turn, leaning to communicate via the nonverbal mode will
not be completely foreign territory.
The third reason OBEs occur is to provide us
with the opportunity to encounter departed friends, relatives
and loved ones. Not only do we meet and interface with many
people while traversing the dream worlds, we know or have known
some of them. Have you ever encountered a person or ‘spirit’
with whom you were closely acquainted that has passed through
the portal to the other side? Did the encounter stir emotions
of forgiveness, love and a heightened sense of calm? Such an
encounter is an important step for the newcomer to spirituality
because it opens new doors of understanding concerning what
is perhaps the greatest mystery that as yet remains unsolved.
The great mystery spoken of here
is the continuity of life.
It is the mystery that each person must come
to terms with and eventually solve in his or her own way. We
all want to know what happens to us when we lose our physical
body and pass from the Earthbound plane of existence. Passing
through the portal to the other side is the single most greatest
fear that we all have, regardless of whether or not we chose
to admit it. It is a fear that is imbedded deeply within us.
An encounter with a departed friend or relative provides confirmation
that those whom we have known on the physical plane of existence
are alive, well and continuing on with life. And, since we come
to realize that our loved ones are ok, we realize that we too
will be ok. This is an awakening of grand per portion because
the great mystery becomes clearer and our fear of the unknown
begins the slow process of melting away.
The forth reason for OBE’s is to climb
higher heights, so to speak, which is accomplished through absorbing
higher energy frequencies (light) into the physical body for
purposes of healing injuries and other vulnerable areas of the
body which dark energies have accumulated and clotted. Healing
of the physical body occurs anyway directly through the power
of the soul, but OBEs tend to expedite the healing process.
In other words, if we were to remove the OBE as an integral
component of the spiritual development equation, we would still
receive healing, but the process is extremely slow. Higher frequency
energies are disbursed through the body by the soul. The soul
is a thumbnail sized flame within the heart whose iridescent
sparks of light slowly permeate every fiber the human auric
energy field. As wonderful as this gift is for us, a problem
exists in that the physical body is dense, heavy and doesn’t
easily acclimate to higher energies. During an OBE, the solar
body separates from the physical body and traverses the nonphysical
realms of existence. Although the solar body is by no means
purified, it consists of a more refined substance than the physical
body. It is therefore lighter, so to speak and can more easily
absorb higher frequency energies. Healing energies are still,
as always, disbursed by the fire of the soul flame through the
auric energy field, but since the physical body is detached,
healing energies can spread more rapidly because of the finer,
more conducive substance of the solar body. When the solar body
returns after its nightly excursions and reenters the physical
body, healing energies are transferred not only more rapidly,
but in greater amounts. Think of the healing process, at least
in the respect of OBEs, as two dry sponges. The physical body
is one sponge and the solar body is another sponge. After slipping
out of the physical body, the solar body traverses the nonphysical
realms. We might also think of this as an analogy of swimming
more deeply in the spiritual waters of higher dimensions. Hey,
‘spirit is the water of the universe,’ and spiritual
waters become more and more pure and cleansing the higher the
vibratory frequency. The solar body ascends higher and higher
with each successive OBE. As a result, the purer the energies
the solar body absorbs and brings back to be integrated into
your physical body. The solar body or in this case, the solar
sponge, becomes literally saturated with these higher energies
or, should we say, a higher frequency of love. When the solar
body slips back inside the physical body, the two sponges mesh.
The solar sponge transfers its spiritual water to the physical
body, thereby helping to nurture each and every dry spot with
a drop of love.
The soul is the guiding light in all matters
of life existence and this is especially apparent in OBEs. The
soul takes us on nightly journeys to expose us to greater things.
Our soul encourages us to believe in our potential and consider
possibilities outside the box. The soul does not want us to
continue shuffling in and out of physical existence. IT wants
us to graduate from the earthly class experience and move on.
The only thing holding our soul back is us and our unwilling
ness to open up and allow our self to experience greater potential.
Open mindedness and receptivity of the gifts that God has for
us are the keys.
For some prospective students, we ventured far
into unchartered territory. The reality of OBEs is indeed difficult
to believe and equally difficult to prove. The only prove required,
however, is that which you prove to yourself. OBEs, like spirituality
itself, is a quest to satisfy the individual. No one is going
to prove anything for you. No one else can because there is
no one other than you existing within the framework of your
reality. Proving the reality of OBEs and for that matter, anything,
is an integral component of the spiritual maturity process.
Another thing we can suggest concerning the area of self-prove
is to discount what the so-called experts say and for that matter,
what anyone says about the world of sleep, dreaming and OBE’s
because it is all based on speculation, guesswork and inexperience.
Strangely enough, please feel free to discount what we have
said as well. In case you are wondering why we said this, it
is not that what we have given you is based on speculation,
guesswork and inexperience, because it is not. We have done
nothing more than paint a picture for you. Our picture is one
of Truth, but it is still a picture. Besides, you have to make
sense out of your experiences and find the truth that satisfies
you. Perhaps the most important thing we can teach you here
is this:
The perception you experience
is individually yours
The reality you experience is individually yours
The experience you experience is individually yours
It is your individual system of belief and perception.
In all likelihood, you will probably be very
skeptical yourself for a while, at least during the initial
stages of embarking upon your spiritual trek, but as you continue
to progressively experience your nightly excursions, you will
come to not only believe, but accept and know that what we have
said is True. Emphasizing once again, the most important thing
we can teach you here is that your experiences are yours and
by drawing your own conclusions through your own experiences
helps no one other than you to balance and transform your energies
and acclimate your awareness to new heights. This is all that
counts.
Robert Monroe is a pioneer in the area of Out of Body Experience.
He often journeyed out of his body while sleeping and wrote
of them in “Journeys out of the Body,” along with
a few other books. He also created “The Monroe Institute,”
a school that teaches various techniques to help students stimulate
within themselves the optimal conditions for OBE’s. Mr.
Monroe’s story is quite extraordinary. He is a rare exception
of an individual who was allowed to clearly remember his nightly
experiences and through many years of practice, developed the
ability to function effectively while traveling in his ethereal
body.
Many OBEs that we have closely model the environment
in which we regularly function while going about our daily business.
We know all to well that life experience has its ups and downs
and the dream world is no exception. We might find our self
wandering through an illumined forest interacting with magic
folk one night and the following night we are being hunted by
something in the same forest. We might find our self flying
over the ocean one night and the following night we are struggling
for our life in the same ocean. The dream worlds give us the
opportunity to scale the heights of potential freedom to sinking
to the demon filled dungeons laced with nightmares.
Lets move onto the good stuff and why we are
here. OBEs are one of the primary methods used for students
to receive the higher teachings of God. This particular method
of teaching has occurred for thousands of years, but has been
known only to those who have been chosen and have actually participated
in the experience. Students are escorted by angelic messenger
to the inner halls of the University of Spirituality during
their sleep while in their solar body. Here, students engage
in higher learning that becomes implanted in the subconscious.
The method of teaching students while they are
dressed in their solar body is a full prove system of checks
and balances that is truly amazing. Such a method insures that
only those who are pure of heart and ready to pursue the higher
mystery schools are granted access. As an added precautionary
measure, the student is permitted to remember only teachings
that are relevant for a particular moment while in conscious
awareness. In other words, the student might not remember attending
school while sleeping at all. And, even if the student does
recollect some minute portion of being in a strange place of
learning after awakening, for he most part, he or she is not
going to remember what lessons were taught. This remembrance
usually surfaces later at a time when it is needed and even
then, the student might not ever even make the connection that
such information was learned while attending night school. It’s
all quite bizarre to most people which is why there are a limited
number of students. We aim to increase enrollment.
On another enlightening note, you may also visit
the University of Spirituality Library where you’ll read
the book of your life. You will discover things in your past
that need tending to and possibly things in your future that
you need to prepare for. Whatever discoveries you make a visit
to the Library is much more than a reading experience but a
total connection with your life. The Library is also referred
to as The Great Hall of Akasia where the Akashic records are
kept. Every single soul in existence has a book on file. The
Great Hall of Akasia must be very large to house such volume
of books, but considering it exists beyond the boundaries of
the third dimensional space is not an issue. You can visit the
library at any time. It is always open.
The ability to function in a cognizant fashion
while out of the body comes more easily for some than for others.
Some can learn to function effectively through a limited number
of experiences, while for others it takes many years and many
experiences to receive greater meaning from their experiences.
The trick is really according to your individual gifts. The
ability to function coherently while engaged in OBE’s
is troublesome for most because it is an unnatural environment.
You are not a permanent resident of the nonphysical realms.
You are just a visitor. You are a permanent resident of the
physical realm. The physical environment is where your perception,
sense awareness and overall reality is anchored. You have what
is called a “silver cord” attached to your soul
and one of your bodies. Whatever body your soul incarnates into
along with the respective realm in which it inhabits is where
your perceptual awareness is anchored. For those residing in
physical embodiments, the physical environment is the natural
because the silver chord is attached to the physical body. For
those who have departed the physical realm, this is the natural
environment because the silver cord has detached itself from
the physical body and has become attached to the ethereal body.
OBE’s are an invaluable experience and
preparatory measure for expanded conscious awareness. If you
sincerely desire to learn about the great mysteries of life,
a great mystery shall you seek to solve. The mystery is solved
only through a devout commitment to knowing God more fully combined
with great patience in allowing the learning process to take
place. Everything occurs through an inward search and not an
external one. Out of Body Experiences are a fantastic way of
learning to interact and communicate above and beyond the conventional
means that we are used to. OBEs bring you face to face with
a great variety of people, places and scenarios through which
to learn to function. OBEs also bring you to face to face with
yourself. We’ll leave you with the following.
