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that if you went to bed very thirsty, your subconscious will sometimes "sleepwalk" astrally toward a
source of water. In other words, your subconscious detects the thirst, and tries to satisfy it subconsciously
because you refuse to do it consciously. I've never tried this method.
Reading
Reading OBE books does influence my ability to have OBEs. When I read a book about OBEs, I focus
my full attention on the topic while I'm reading, and that sends a message to my subconscious: Let me
out! And it does.
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Direction
In Journeys Out of the Body, Robert Monroe recommended pointing your body North when trying to
induce OBEs. I've tried to have OBEs facing all directions, and I've been successful in all directions.
Strangely enough, I have my best luck when my body is pointing West. I have my worst luck when my
body is pointing North. When I induced the vibrations the first time, my body was pointing West.
Perhaps it's more effective to point the direction you did during your first successful experience.
Practice
By far, the biggest influence on my ability to have OBEs has been the amount of time I spend practicing
it.
EXERCISE 23
A High-Pitched Whining
During your OBE practice sessions, you may have noticed a high-pitched whining noise in your head. If
you listen closely, you will notice the noise I'm referring to. We all hear this high- pitched sound
constantly, but normally the sound is drowned out by constant distractions and sounds all around us.
Most people don't notice it, but some people have a disorder called tinnitis, which causes this sound to be
unusually loud and distracting. You can use this sound to induce OBEs.
For this exercise, relax and focus your mind as before. Then start listening for this whining sound in your
head. Once you find it, use your imagination to try to increase the pitch and volume. Increase the pitch
until the sound is almost out of the range of your hearing. This can cause the vibrations to sweep in and
free you from your body.
Personally, I think the sound has nothing to do with the vibrations. This exercise is effective only
because it can teach you how to properly focus your mind.
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CHAPTER 24
How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience
Many people try to induce OBEs without success because they don't know what to do. Unfortunately,
most books on the subject don't contain instructions. The few books that contain instructions are typically
vague and incomplete. In the exercises given with each chapter, I have already suggested many things to
try. In this chapter, I want to fill in some of the gaps, and also provide a detailed description of my most
successful method. Of course, I can't guarantee positive results. Your success depends on the amount of
effort you put forth.
Conditioning
Most OBE authors agree that your subconscious takes you out of your body every night. With practice
you can use this to your advantage: You can train your subconscious to "wake you up" after it has left the
body. I have used many methods for impressing this idea on my subconscious: affirmations, reading
books, listening to subliminal OBE suggestion tapes, playful visualizations and listening to music that
has OBE-suggestive words.
The first method, affirmations or self-suggestion, is to tell yourself, "I want to have an out-of-body
experience," "I want to leave my body" or similar suggestions. The best times to do this are right before
you fall asleep and especially right after you wake up in the morning. At these times you are in close
contact with your subconscious. I wake up very slowly. For about a half hour I'm in contact with my
subconscious mind. When I give myself suggestions then, they are very effective. Make these
affirmations several times a day.
The second method is to read OBE books. I usually have more OBEs when I've recently been reading a
book on astral projection. Reading about OBEs and thinking about them as you read makes an
impression on your subconscious mind that can often be more effective than self-suggestion.
The third method is to use suggestion tapes. The Monroe Institute now has sets of "Gateway" tapes to aid
the would-be astral traveler. Valley of the Sun Publishing has a set called "Astral Projection" which
contains one hypnosis tape and one subliminal suggestion tape. Other tapes are also available.
The fourth method is to use playful imagination. Affirmations that use visualization are even better than
verbal affirmations. Visualize yourself separating from the body. As you do, think to yourself, "Yes, I
can do that." Imagine elaborate scenes where you are either flying through valleys like a glider, or
shooting away from your body into outer-space. Again, this should be done frequently throughout the
day, and especially right after you wake up in the morning.
The fifth method is to listen to music with words that suggest OBEs. I made a tape for myself, full of
such songs by various artists. The songs might not be about OBEs, but they still remind me of them
enough to make an impression on my subconscious mind. Some examples are: "Kashmir" by Led
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Zeppelin, "Astral Traveler" by Yes, "The Wall" by Kansas, "Lights" by Styx, "Fly By Night" by Rush
and "Backwards Traveler" by Paul McCartney.
Physical Preparation
The best time to attempt an OBE is in the morning, after you have woken up naturally (i.e., not from an
alarm clock.) Since most of us work during the week, it's easier to try on the weekends. Give your body
plenty of rest. Each person needs a different amount of sleep. The trick is to make your body tired
enough to stay in a relaxed state, but not too tired. If I don't sleep enough, I'm too tired and fall back into
a deep sleep while practicing. If I oversleep and then practice, I am too wide awake and can't focus well.
The body should be well rested but relaxed, and the mind must be alert.
When the time comes to practice, try to detect how tired you are. If you're too tired, stretch a little in bed
or shake the sleep off. Some people may want to get up first and have a cup of coffee first. This will
usually keep you from falling back to sleep during practice. It is better to wake yourself up completely
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