What Are Out Of Body Experiences?
What IS OBE?
There are two main camps when it comes to astral projection and OBE. Some say that the two are practically identical, while others are adamant that the two are similar but not quite so. I belong in the second group. Let me explain our point of view.
It's true, both in astral projection and out of body experiences, we leave our physical body. So far both camps agree. However what is different is WHERE the astral body gets when propelled out of the physical, sleeping body.
Basically when you consciously leave your body in an OBE, you feel yourself physically detaching from the sleeping body and you remain in the physical realm. Many times you are hoovering over the body, or are walking around in your room, or in the house, or in your backyard. Sometimes you are flying over places that you know in the PHYSICAL.
And this is the difference.
In a regular OBE, you are not leaving the physical realm. In an astral projection you can't even see your sleeping physical body anymore as you are somewhere else completely. You don't even see your house or city. You are in another place, astral traveling.
There are also different techniques to induce an OBE as opposed to inducing astral travel. Many people say that it's boring to leave your body only to see the very same thing (albeit sometimes distorted) that you see in the waking life. This is why they prefer to go to the astral plane.
There is also another pull towards the astral. In the astral you can meet your spirit guides, you can meet some deceased relatives, friends. Once you have made such encounters, you truly realize that your body is only a shell and your life is much more than that, much longer than that. You realize that death is no the end.
And this is big. This goes a long way towards minimizing or even entirely eliminating the fear of death in people.
This is something that a regular OBE can't give because you are still in the physical, it's just like you're out of your body.
It's true, both in astral projection and out of body experiences, we leave our physical body. So far both camps agree. However what is different is WHERE the astral body gets when propelled out of the physical, sleeping body.
Basically when you consciously leave your body in an OBE, you feel yourself physically detaching from the sleeping body and you remain in the physical realm. Many times you are hoovering over the body, or are walking around in your room, or in the house, or in your backyard. Sometimes you are flying over places that you know in the PHYSICAL.
And this is the difference.
In a regular OBE, you are not leaving the physical realm. In an astral projection you can't even see your sleeping physical body anymore as you are somewhere else completely. You don't even see your house or city. You are in another place, astral traveling.
There are also different techniques to induce an OBE as opposed to inducing astral travel. Many people say that it's boring to leave your body only to see the very same thing (albeit sometimes distorted) that you see in the waking life. This is why they prefer to go to the astral plane.
There is also another pull towards the astral. In the astral you can meet your spirit guides, you can meet some deceased relatives, friends. Once you have made such encounters, you truly realize that your body is only a shell and your life is much more than that, much longer than that. You realize that death is no the end.
And this is big. This goes a long way towards minimizing or even entirely eliminating the fear of death in people.
This is something that a regular OBE can't give because you are still in the physical, it's just like you're out of your body.