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- MONROE TECHNIQUES FOR ASTRAL PROJECTION
-
- Note: After having studied many methods of Astral Projection, I have
- found that this is the easies to do. Monroe teaches these techniques
- in a week, but they can be easily done in a day, with proper devotion.
- I feel that this technique is superior to others because it doe not
- require intense visualization, which many people cannot do. enjoy!
-
- (Taken from Leaving The Body: A Complete Guide to Astral Projection,
- D. Scott Rogo, prentice Hall Press)
-
- One of the chief barriers people learning to project face is fear.
- Many are afraid that they may die, or be harmed in some way as a
- result of their projection. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
- The Cantebury Institute, reknowned for its occult studies, executed an
- experiment in projection involving over 2,000 people. None of them
- were hurt in any way by this, and now, three years later, none have
- complained of any newly arising problems.
-
- Once you are aware that you cannot be harmed by projecting, you should
- begin monroe's techniques, step by step.
-
- Step one:
- Relax the body. According to Monroe, "the ability to relax is the
- first prerequisite, perhaps even the first step itself" to having an
- OBE. (out of body experience) This includes bothe physical and mental
- relaxation. Monroe does not suggest a method of attaining this
- relaxation, although Progressive Muscle relaxation, coupled with deep
- breathing exercises (inhale 1, exhale 2, inhale 3.... until 50 or
- 100) are known to work well.
-
- Step two:
- Enter the state bordering sleep. This is known as the hypnagogic
- state. Once again, Monroe doesn't recommend any method of doing this.
- One way is to hold your forearm up, while keeping your upper arm on
- the bed, or ground. As you start to fall asleep, your arm will fall,
- and you will awaken again. With practice, you can learn to control
- the Hypnagogic state without using your arm. Another method is to
- concentrate on an object. When other images start to enter your
- thoughts, you have entered the Hypnagogic state. Passively watch
- these images. This will also help you maintain this state of
- near-sleep. Monroe calls this Condition A.
-
- Step three:
- Deepen this state. Begin to clear your mind. observe your field of
- vision through your closed eyes. Do nothing more for a while. Simply
- look through your closed eyelids at the blackness in front of you.
- After a while, you may notice light patterns. These are simply neural
- discharges. They have no specific effect. Ignore them. When they
- cease, one has entered what Monroe calls Condition B. From here, one
- must enter an even deeper state of relaxation which Monroe calls
- Condition C-- a state of such relaxation that you lose all awareness
- of the body and sensory stimulation. You are almost in a void in
- which your only source of stimulation will be your own thoughts. The
- ideal state for leaving your body is Condition D. This is Condition C
- when it is voluntarily induced from a rested and refreshed condition
- and is not the effect of normal fatigue. To achieve Condition D,
- Monroe suggests that you practice entering it in the morning or after
- a short nap.
-
- Step Four:
- Enter a state of Vibration. This is the most important part of the
- technique, and also the most vague. Many projectors have noted these
- vibrations at the onset of projection. They can be experienced as a
- mild tingling, or as is electricity is being shot through the body.
- Their cause is a mystery. It may actually be the astral body trying
- to leave the physical one. For entering into the vibrational state,
- he offers the following directions:
-
- 1. Remove all jewelry or other items that might be touching your
- skin.
-
- 2. Darken the room so that no light can be seen through your
- eyelids, but do not shut out all light.
-
- 3. Lie down with your body along a north-south axis, with your
- head pointed toward magnetic north.
-
- 4. Loosen all clothing, but keep covered so that you are slightly
- warmer than might normally be comfortable.
-
- 5. Be sure you are in a location where, and at a time when, there
- will be absolutely no noise to disturb you.
-
- 6. Enter a state of relaxation
-
- 7. Give yourself the mental suggestion that you will remember all
- that occurs during the upcoming session that will be beneficial
- to your well-being. Repeat this five times.
-
- 8. Proceed to breath through your helf-open mouth.
-
- 9. As you breath, concentrate on the void in front of you.
-
- 10. Select a point a foot away from your forehead, then change
- your point of mental reference to six feet.
-
- 11. Turn the point 90 degrees upward by drawing an imaginary line
- parallel to your body axis up and above your head. Focus there
- and reach out for the vibrations at that point and bring them
- back into your body.
-
- Even if you don't know what these vibrations are, you will know when
- you have achieved contact with them.
-
- Step five:
- Learn to control the vibrational state. Practice controlling them by
- mentally pushing them into your head, down to your toes, making them
- surge throughout your entire body, and producing vibrational waves
- from head to foot. To produce this wave effect, concentrate of the
- vibrations and mentally push a wave out of your head and guide it down
- your body. Practice this until you can induce these waves on command.
- Once you have control of the vibrational state, you are ready to leave
- the body.
-
- Step six:
- Begin with a partial seperation. The key here is thought control.
- Keep your mind firmly focused on the idea of leaving the body. Do not
- let it wander. Stray thought might cause you to lose control of the
- state. Now, having entered the vibrational state, begin exploring the
- OBE by releasing a hand or a foot of the "second body". Monroe
- suggests that you extend a limb until it comes in contact with a
- familiar object, such as a wall near your bed. Then push it through
- the object. Return the limb by placing it back into coincidence with
- the physical one, decrease the vibrational rate, and then terminate
- the experiment. Lie quietly until you have fully returned to normal.
- This exercise will prepare you for full seperation.
-
- Step seven:
- Disassociate yourself from the body. Monroe suggests two methods for
- this. One method is to lift out of the body. To do this, think about
- getting lighter and lighter after entering this vibrational state.
- Think about how nice it would be to float upward. Keep this thought
- in mind at all costs and let no extraneous thoughts interrupt it. An
- OBE will occur naturally at this point. Another method is the
- "Rotation method" or "roll-out" technique. When you have achieved the
- vibrational state, try to roll over as if you were turning over in
- bed. /do not attempt to roll over physically. Try to twist your body
- from the top and virtually roll over into your second body right out
- of your physical self. At this point, you will be out of the body but
- next to it. Think of floating upward, and you should find yourself
- floating above the body. Monroe suggets you begin with the lift-out
- method, but argues that both are equally efficacious.
-
- If, after all this, you still can't project, I recommend purchasing
- Leaving The Body, by R. Scott Rogo. It only costs $7.95 and contains
- another eight or so techniques. Not all techniques work for everyone,
- but chances are you'll find one that works for you in this book. Good
- luck!
-
- Thich Van.
-