One year to get out of my body (part 1)
Posted on August 18th, 2009
That’s right, you read that correctly – it took me one full year to finally go OBE!
Why did it take me so long?
Well, I can assure you it wasn’t from a lack of trying or belief, because I religiously practiced almost nightly and I always kept my spirits high.
And it wasn’t from a lack of resources either… I went out and bought myself a great big comfy reclining chair for doing my OBE sessions, I purchased the full 6-box, 18-CD set of the Gateway Experience Hemi-Sync program from the Monroe Institute, I ordered all 3 of Robert Monroe’s books, I got myself a new portable CD player, and after searching high and low for the perfect eye mask, I acquired the Mindfold – the Rolls Royce of eye masks;-)
OK, so if my slow start to getting out-of-body action wasn’t from a lack of effort, mental fortitude or supporting assets, what… what was the reason for taking so long to break by OBE duck?
Well, I have a few theories…
One theory has to do with a lack of good guidance, and another theory has to do with Synchronicity and Destiny!
Let’s start with examining the element of good guidance…
Although I had indirect mentoring from Robert Monroe through his most excellent books as well as the brain state altering power of the Gateway Experience CDs, I found the guidance for inducing OBEs offered by these two sources to be minimal at best; I consider Monroe’s books to be must have reads among out-of-body explorers, however, of his 3 books, ‘Journeys Out of the Body’ is the only one that offers any sort of instructions for leaving the body – instructions that are basic to say the least and somewhat uninspiring, and though the Gateway Experience CDs are a phenomenal resource of exercises and tools, it’s only the last 3 CDs in the program that are specific to the out-of-body state, but unfortunately, at no point are you actually given any useful techniques to focus on.
It wasn’t until I discovered William Buhlman’s book, ‘Adventures Beyond the Body’ that I felt I finally had the guidance I needed for inducing regular out-of-body experiences… I’ve since come to view Buhlman as the ideal facilitator; always open with his knowledge, and supportive and encouraging through his stories and personal experiences.
However, William Buhlman’s influence forms part of the synchronous element of my second theory – of Synchronicity and Destiny…
Which I’ll be writing about tomorrow!
Filed under My Personal Out-of-Body Experiences, OBE & Astral Projection Books, Synchronicity
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