Lessons Out of the Body

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Also by Robert Title Page Copyright CREDITS Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART ONE: LIFE LESSONS 1: THE NEXT STEP 2: PERSPECTIVE 3: THE WOLF'S LESSON 4: MEETING WITH A MASTER 5: ASTRAL LYNCH MOBS 6: THE SOULMATE EXPERIENCE 7: THE JOANN LESSONS 8: PEGGY'S GIFT 9: ON SOULMATES 10: CATHY 11: THE EDGE OF THORNS 12: CATHYS AND KATHYS 13: A PARTING GIFT 14: HELPING 15: THE TEST 16: CHASING GOD 17: THE OBE OUTLOOK ON LIFE Life Is a School Conclusions PART TWO: TWENTY YEARS OF OUT-OF-BODY RESEARCH 18: EXPLORE YOUR WORLD … AND OTHERS! Advantages of the OBE over Space Exploration OBE Disadvantages 19: THE CONTINUUM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: DISTINGUISHING OBES FROM OTHER PHENOMENA Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) Astral Projection Hypnagogic/ Hypnopompic Imagery Near-Death Experience (NDE) Robert Monroe's Focus Level Experiences Soul Traveling Dream Visits Remote Viewing Traveling Clairvoyance Almost-There Experiences Bilocation Scrying Sleep Paralysis/ False Awakening Autoscopy Depersonalization Schizophrenia 20: OBES AND ORGANIZED RELIGION Christianity Islam Buddhism Hinduism Shamanism Witches' Sabbat Other Out-of-Body Folklore 21: THE PROBLEM OF OBTAINING PROOF 22: HOW OBE IS LIKE TIGHTROPE WALKING Equipment and Setup Location Technique Mind-Set How to Be Successful 23: OBES AND PSYCHIC PROTECTION Are OBEs Dangerous? What Are People Afraid Of? What Are the Real Dangers? How to Handle Malign Entities 24: ARE ALIEN ABDUCTIONS OBES? Features Common to OBEs Other Symptoms Common to Both Alien Abductions and OBEs The Features of Alien Abductions According to Mack So What Are the Differences? Conclusions and Theories 25: OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES VERSUS LUCID DREAMS More Real Than a Dream Differences between Lucid Dreams and OBEs 26: KEYS FOR INDUCING AN OBE State of Mind Realism Motion Receptivity Passivity The Importance of Letting Go 27: USING DESIRE TO ACHIEVE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES 28: THE STATE OF MIND REQUIRED TO INDUCE AN OBE Variables Involved in States of Mind Analysis of Variables Represented in Figure 1 Analysis of Variables Represented in Figure 2 29: A SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR INDUCING AN OBE 30: IMPROVING YOUR OBE ABILITY Falling Asleep Noises, Itches, and Distractions If You're Not Good at Visualization 31: OVERCOMING PROBLEMS DURING AN OBE Getting Stuck to Your Body Maintaining Consciousness Problems Traveling Overcoming Other OBE Problems 32: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WORKS CITED INDEX About the Author Hampton Roads Publishing Company