By Peter Perkins
Hello everyone, my name is Peter. I have been interested in the Out of Body experience for years. I started to truly, consciously explore OOB (or OBE) when I was in my late teens. Originally I did not do this as a form of spiritualism or enlightenment, but as a form of escapism. Like many, I believed I didn’t belong here. I didn’t feel a strong connection to this earth and subconsciously remembered other lives elsewhere.
Initially when I attempted astral travel I was inevitably drawn to these other lifetimes of mine. Some had settings that looked like the past, but as I came to understand them, each of these other lives was occurring co-currently with my own one here.
I was quite flustered that my out of body experiences were not the same kind described in many of the technical journals in which they described each step of the process: sleep paralysis, the loud humming and vibrations etc. – even though I have felt these things in my attempts to do things following the books. I did not feel them when I started.
I have learned to accept that everyone has their own way of experiencing these altered forms of consciousness.
The great thing is that there are a large number of methods to try for those interested in this. In addition to these methods, one can find, create or even intuit their own way to have out of body experiences.
Mary is one of my spirit guides, she appears to me here as an elderly woman with a shawl. Her eyes are gray and hold great wisdom and kindness. I state this here so you can understand my surprise later.
I tried one of the older methods of astral travel that I learned a long time ago. I imagined a line through me connecting me to the earth and extending into space where I envision it connecting to a star. This ribbon of light may be similar to the often described silver cord; though when I am actually out of body I perceive no such connection.
In the past I have flown out along the line into the corona of the star enjoying the feeling; the experience and energy of moving through the corona often left me feeling cleansed and energized. After this I would often end up in a spiritual realm.
This time was different.
I moved out along that line and entered a white light, pure white. It was then that I perceived other figures; many, many other glowing white figures. When I say many, I mean more then can be counted or computed. I just floated there in awe watching all the glowing figures.
For some reason I wished to see things differently – not so human centric. Suddenly all the figures were spheres; millions of spheres of light moving about.
I thought about it and willed myself to be so.
I became one of these orbs of light also. I just kind of enjoyed that a while. Then I turned back to my human form, and perceived a brighter white, huge sphere at the center of this nebulous white.
I moved toward it and just gazed at it. I felt bathed in love. I thought to myself should I send love back? The feeling of love was overpowering coming from the sphere.
Then I felt a hand on my arm and felt a voice “That is love.”
I turned to see who had addressed me and beheld a glowing female, her hair suspended in the air…glowing strands like a mantle about her head.
I was at a loss really. Suddenly she thought to me “You did wish to go on a spiritual trip did you not?”
I suddenly knew it was Mary, I had asked her to take me on a spiritual journey (to me she feels kind, caring and safe).
I thought “Mary?”
She thought back in the affirmative.
She thought to me “Where is it you wish to go?”
I thought about it and then thought to her, “A place with plants untouched by people so we can walk in nature.”
I kept thinking about how amazingly different she looked, and though I didn’t think to her directly she picked up my thoughts about how different she looked here; almost angelic.
She thought to me “You too glow with white light here, back home they would say the same of you.”
Then we were off, near some evergreen like tree’s surrounded by nature but there was a path. I turned to ask her about the path because I had said a place untouched by humans.
She looked different again more distinct and human but still glowing. She was younger maybe 30 or so. Her hair was blond her eyes gray. I remarked about her changed looks.
She told me it was the nature of where we were, and that I too had changed in appearance. She explained that we perceive things through the minds eye and through our own personal experiences and memories.
I again thought of the path and she thought back to me. “You did say you wished to walk did you not.”
It is funny – the realization that dawned on me then. I did indeed ask for a place where we could walk; the Evergreens about us were exactly what I pictured when I asked for a place of nature where we could walk and talk with one another.
So we walked for a bit among the evergreens in this still place. I realized we had created this place. It was a calm still world though it fit with what I said when I spoke with her, it was a very literal interpretation of what I had desired. Things were very literal; nothing was added that I did not conceive of, when I had said to her where I wished to go.
I don’t know why I thought this but I asked about Esther Hicks and Abraham and if it is true that we can have, do, or be anything.
She responded, “Yes and No”, which sunk my spirits a little. I guess she sensed that so she explained.
“Yes we can certainly be, do or have anything if we allow it. Most humans though don’t allow themselves this.”
I understood and nodded.
Then I thought to her, “I need to write this down. I don’t want to forget any of this.”
She thought back “We are in no rush, if you wish to do so you may. We will be able to speak again.”
Thus ended the first part of this journey into the astral.
Continued next week. Part Two
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