Out Of Body Experience ---------------------- We are limited on the physical world, we are somewhat trapped inside our bodies. There is still a part of us that can go beyond these limits and thus travel outside the body. There are three types of traveling out of the body. An out of body experience or astral travel is when the "spirit" exits the body, still connected to the body, and then returns to the body after a short while. The spirit is still connected to the body by what some say is a "silver cord" attached to the body and to the spirit. This would explain why the body doesn't die when the spirit travels outside. Many people have reported going out of their body when they have died. Obviously, they returned to the body that was still able to live and report their experience. These are called NDE's or Near Death Experiences. Many people, after having an NDE have changed their ways of life. They live a more peaceful and a much more fulfilling life understanding to some degree what is waiting for them after death. Another kind of experience can be explained, by some, as reincarnation. The body dies, the spirit exits and comes back in another body. Anyone can have an out of body experience, many people have, but just haven't cared to try and understand it. Here is a simple guide to astral travel. ----- Find a comfortable room, dimly lit or even dark. It is best you are not disturbed during this. Lie down and relax, loosen clothes or take them off, and remove anything that is limiting your need to relax. Close your eyes and relax your body and mind. Breathe easy, slowly, and deeply in rhythm, mouth slightly open. Focus on a single image as you begin to fall asleep. When you reach the state bordering sleep and wakefulness, deepen your relaxation by concentrating on the blackness beyond your eyelids. Focus on a point about twelve inches away from your forehead and slowly extend that point to a distance of about five to six feet. Draw an imaginary line parallel to your body. Focus on that plane, imagine vibrations and bring them down into your forehead. Control the vibrations by guiding them through your body, from your head to your toes and back again. When you can produce these vibrations on mental command, you are ready to travel. To leave the body, concentrate on how pleasant it would be to float upward. Concentrate on these relaxed thoughts and your astral body should begin to rise. To return to the body simply concentrate on rejoining the body and the spirit. ----- Astral Pathways - Guidance to spiritual growth - Damon Pike  concentrate on rejoining