14a: Out of Body Experiences

Conscious Out of Body Experiences (Astral Travel / Projection)

Every time we fall asleep we have an out of body experience, but it is not a conscious experience. When we fall asleep our monad (self), along with our emotional, mental and lesser causal bodies, leaves our physical-etheric body. Exactly the same thing occurs in a conscious out of body experience (COBE), except the exit point is different:

When we fall asleep, our monad (self) exits through the solar plexus or heart chakra, depending on whether it is going to the lower or upper emotional world. Exiting through either of these chakras causes the consciousness thread (which links the monad to the physical-etheric body) to become detached, hence the physical body loses consciousness. The physical brain plays no part in the out-of-body experience, so has no recollection the event. The memories are, however, stored in our emotional permanent atom, which is part of our subconscious and has a powerful influence on our dreams.
For a conscious out of body experience, the monad (self) must exit through the crown chakra. This allows the consciousness thread to remain attached so the physical body does not fall asleep. The physical brain remains connected to the remote monad, which provides real-time conscious awareness of the out-of-body experience and full recall afterwards. When out-of-body, our waking consciousness is no longer restricted by the etheric web or limited by the physical brain, so we can perceive non-physical beings and environments. The “silver cord” that out-of-body explorers often report seeing is the life thread or sutratma, which carries life energies from the monad to the heart chakra of each subtle body.

When we are awake, all three units of our triad are connected by the consciousness thread. This allows our monad to be simultaneously aware of perceptions from our physical-etheric, emotional and mental bodies. The same is true with a COBE except that the emotional-mental body is remote from the physical-etheric body. The absence of the emotion-mental body causes the physical-etheric body to become paralysed.

Conscious out of body experiences can occur spontaneously or intentionally. The ability of the monad to intentionally leave the body via the crown chakra and maintain continuity of consciousness is called “samadhi”, which is a Sanskrit term. People generally associate samadhi with meditation; however conscious out-of-body experiences are not induced by controlling our consciousness but by controlling the matter of our subtle bodies.

Conscious out of body experiences in the emotional world are only possible when the chakras of the emotional body are fully active, and experiences in the mental world are only possible when the chakras of the mental body are full active. Conscious out of body experiences are impossible for primitive people because their monads are centred in the physical atom (1:7), which is incapable of objectively perceiving the emotional world. People at all the other stages of development are theoretically capable of COBEs, although they are extremely unlikely at the civilised stage because the chakras aren’t all active. Developed people are only capable of experiencing the emotional world (2:1–2:6) in their COBEs. Humanistic people can experience the emotional world and the mental world (3:1–3:4). Enlightened people can experience the emotional world, mental world and causal world (3:5–3:7).

Being fully conscious in the emotional world is far more reliable than clairvoyance or mediumship for acquiring information about the non-physical worlds or communicating with the “dead”. But practitioners should never forget the illusory nature of the emotional world and remember that they are unlikely to learn anything of real value. Various books, audios and videos are available for those wishing to learn how to induce COBEs, but a tremendous amount of dedication is required and most will fail. Anyone who is thinking about learning the technique should seriously consider their motives because the time and effort could be put to better use by actively developing their level of consciousness.

Conscious out of body experiences can be induced with drugs like ketamine and DMT, or plant extracts like ayahuasca. They work by blocking neurotransmitter receptors in the brain, which temporarily prevents the person from utilising parts of their physical brain, which triggers an out-of-body experience or extrasensory perception.