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xx Preface&nbsp;



relaxation sessions for my efforts. A powerful&nbsp;

dream I had one summer in college led me&nbsp;

to explore lucid dream-induced OBEs, but I&nbsp;

was discouraged by this method's hit-and-miss&nbsp;

results and how often dream elements imposed&nbsp;

themselves on the experience. Since then I have&nbsp;

explored dozens of books and recordings&nbsp;

promising an out-of-body experience, yet I'd&nbsp;

only advanced a few steps toward a true understanding&nbsp;

of larger realities.&nbsp;



After all this, I achieved noticeable results&nbsp;

the first time I tried the techniques in Robert&nbsp;

Bruce's book about out-of-body experiences,&nbsp;

Astral Dynamics. The aspect I loved most about&nbsp;

the program was that, from the beginning, I&nbsp;

received daily validation that there is something&nbsp;

to astral travel. I learned very quickly that&nbsp;

one does not need to have a full-blown out-ofbody&nbsp;

experience to develop a profound understanding&nbsp;

that we are spiritual beings inhabiting&nbsp;

physical bodies.&nbsp;



When I finished Astral Dynamics I immediately&nbsp;

organized a comprehensive, progressive&nbsp;

program that I could more easily learn&nbsp;



and implement. I e-mailed what I'd done to&nbsp;

Robert Bruce and, with suggestions from him&nbsp;

and his friends, I created an electronic version&nbsp;

of the program, which was an amalgamation&nbsp;

of a day planner, journal, and Astral Dynamics&nbsp;

reference manual. Robert posted the program&nbsp;

on his website, which allowed me to receive&nbsp;

even more feedback. Before long, Robert and I&nbsp;

recognized that a guidebook was evolving,&nbsp;

something that might help many other people&nbsp;

experience the out-of-body state. This book is&nbsp;

the result.&nbsp;



This book is the guide I wish I had had when&nbsp;

my interest in out-of-body exploration started&nbsp;

all those years ago. The amazing journey that&nbsp;

awaits you is something you must experience to&nbsp;

understand. I promise, if you follow the blueprint&nbsp;

laid out in these pages, you will know a&nbsp;

great deal more about yourself than when you&nbsp;

started—but like any great journey, it all begins&nbsp;

with that first step.&nbsp;



BRIAN MERCER&nbsp;




without the memory of an OBE after the fact,&nbsp;

it might as well not have happened. Everything&nbsp;

that helps students retain their precious&nbsp;

OBE memories must be recognized and used.&nbsp;



An unavoidable side effect of this program&nbsp;

is that it can cause the development of psychic&nbsp;

abilities. This is understandable, as learning to&nbsp;

induce an OBE requires training that can be&nbsp;

applied to any other metaphysical pursuit.&nbsp;

Our program contains extensive energy body&nbsp;

stimulation work and, combined with deep&nbsp;

relaxation, mind taming, and induced altered&nbsp;

states of consciousness, dormant psychic abilities&nbsp;

will begin to manifest.&nbsp;



I wish you the very best luck as you begin&nbsp;

our ninety-day training program. Astral projection&nbsp;

might seem a giant leap for you now,&nbsp;

but taken one step at a time it is not nearly as&nbsp;

daunting as it appears. I suppose this is a bit&nbsp;

like eating an elephant. If one looks at a whole&nbsp;

elephant, the task of eating it all seems preposterous.&nbsp;

But once the elephant has been&nbsp;

reduced to frozen TV-dinner-sized portions,&nbsp;

such a task would seem far more achievable.&nbsp;

One might be eating elephant for a very long&nbsp;

time, but success will always be in sight at the&nbsp;

bottom of one's proverbial freezer.&nbsp;



ROBERT BRUCE&nbsp;



It can be easy when going about mundane,&nbsp;

everyday tasks like working, eating lunch, and&nbsp;

driving to the store to be lulled into thinking&nbsp;

that the world we can see and touch is the only&nbsp;

thing there is. On this planet of exponentially&nbsp;

evolving science and technology, the notion&nbsp;

of having a soul—of life after death—seems&nbsp;



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almost anachronistic. Healthy skepticism is a&nbsp;

good thing; it is essential. Yet occasionally&nbsp;

something very personal happens to make us&nbsp;

ask questions. Is there more to my existence&nbsp;

than I can readily observe? What happens to&nbsp;

people when their bodies are used up? Is there&nbsp;

a greater purpose for my being here?&nbsp;



We can have complete faith in our belief&nbsp;

system, whether that is science or atheism or&nbsp;

some form of religion or spirituality, yet in the&nbsp;

end they are only beliefs. What do we really&nbsp;

know? In the absence of the known, we are left&nbsp;

with its poor cousins assumption and conjecture.&nbsp;

We can say what we don't know, perhaps,&nbsp;

but for want of tangible answers we are only&nbsp;

left to ponder.&nbsp;



Even when we read about competent,&nbsp;

respected people having out-of-body or neardeath&nbsp;

experiences, it can still seem a little&nbsp;

implausible. If we accept these accounts, in&nbsp;

the final analysis, it is still just a belief. With&nbsp;

something like this, you can't really know&nbsp;

until you've experienced it yourself, and that's&nbsp;

what this book is all about.&nbsp;



This is the moment to lay beliefs aside and&nbsp;

to do—to find out for yourself who you truly&nbsp;

are and what this reality is all about. This is&nbsp;

the time to not just read about it, not just hear&nbsp;

people talk about it, but know it and do it. I&nbsp;

am talking about the survival of the soul. Are&nbsp;

we more than these fragile, fleshy shells?&nbsp;



The exercises and techniques in this book&nbsp;

work. I've always been interested in astral travel,&nbsp;

and since high school have tried dozens of&nbsp;

methods for fueling an out-of-body experience.&nbsp;

At first I experimented with hypnosis recordings,&nbsp;

but received little more than pleasant&nbsp;




What you hold before you is a hands-on, stepby-

step manual for learning how to have an&nbsp;

out-of-body experience (OBE). It provides a&nbsp;

systematic approach for astral projecting out&nbsp;

of your body in a fully awake state.&nbsp;



The exercises in this program are largely&nbsp;

based on the New Energy Ways (NEW) system&nbsp;

of raising and stimulating personal energy.&nbsp;

This method uses body awareness movements&nbsp;

for conscious and direct manipulation of one's&nbsp;

energy body. The NEW system is easy to&nbsp;

understand and learn; anyone can do it.&nbsp;



The CD that accompanies this book is a&nbsp;

supplementary aid for this training manual. It&nbsp;

contains a PC program called the BrainWave&nbsp;

Generator. The BrainWave Generator is an&nbsp;

advanced artificial aid for inducing deep physical&nbsp;

relaxation, stimulating altered states of&nbsp;

consciousness, and creating the perfect state&nbsp;

for inducing an OBE. Using it is not essential&nbsp;



for this program's success, but is an added&nbsp;

extra.&nbsp;



The version of the BrainWave Generator&nbsp;

included on this CD includes twenty-five custom&nbsp;

presets designed especially for this ninetyday&nbsp;

program. You will be introduced to at least&nbsp;

one new preset per week, including seven presets&nbsp;

specially developed for astral projection.&nbsp;



We designed this ninety-day program so&nbsp;

that it was:&nbsp;



• specific and easy to understand;&nbsp;

• comprehensive and goal-oriented;&nbsp;

• flexible and easy to apply;&nbsp;

• fear-eliminating through small, gradual&nbsp;

steps;&nbsp;

• progressive with measurable results.&nbsp;


&nbsp;Introduction&nbsp;



In short, our program makes the OBE more&nbsp;

accessible to those uninitiated in the process.&nbsp;

This book represents our continued efforts to&nbsp;

hone an ideal astral projection program, one&nbsp;

that will help newcomers understand the keyelements&nbsp;

of the process while avoiding common&nbsp;

pitfalls. The idea is that for ninety days&nbsp;

you will commit to spending a set amount of&nbsp;

spare time applying this program. We supply&nbsp;

the tools and you supply the enthusiasm and&nbsp;

stick-to-itiveness.&nbsp;



Achieving a conscious-exit out-of-body&nbsp;

experience is not as complicated as it may&nbsp;

seem at the outset. It is primarily about focusing&nbsp;

your thoughts, harnessing your will, and&nbsp;

overcoming your fears. It is also about learning&nbsp;

to relax your body to new levels, honing&nbsp;

your ability to remain awake and lucid as your&nbsp;

physical body falls asleep, and balancing all&nbsp;

this to achieve the desired result. Perhaps most&nbsp;

importandy, it is about cultivating your ability&nbsp;

to remember altered-state experiences. OBE&nbsp;

memories are just as elusive as dream memories.&nbsp;

Because of this, it does not matter how&nbsp;

quickly you learn to have an OBE or how&nbsp;

often you have one. If you do not remember&nbsp;

it, it is as if you never had it.&nbsp;



Learning to project out of body is also&nbsp;

about courage and mastering one's natural&nbsp;

fear of the unknown. It is one thing when&nbsp;

OBE is just theory, something you read and&nbsp;

talk about and would like to try. But it can be&nbsp;

altogether different when you start experiencing&nbsp;

what can be rather intense OBE exit symptoms&nbsp;

and find yourself suddenly slipping out&nbsp;

of your body. All at once OBE is not just theory.&nbsp;

Early experiences can be quite intimidat





ing if you are not completely prepared and&nbsp;

know what to expect. It takes courage to go&nbsp;

that final distance, but the rewards of facing&nbsp;

and overcoming your fears can scarcely be put&nbsp;

into words.&nbsp;



Learning conscious-exit astral projection&nbsp;

takes persistence. Like learning a sport or playing&nbsp;

a new instrument, it takes time to master the&nbsp;

fundamentals before you are good enough to&nbsp;

perform well. Some people manage to project&nbsp;

during their very first effort. For others it takes&nbsp;

more perseverance. Sometimes ultimate success&nbsp;

requires dogged, long-term determination.&nbsp;



In this course we will be primarily focusing&nbsp;

on the skills necessary for having an out-ofbody&nbsp;

experience, with less emphasis on theory&nbsp;

(unless it is necessary for understanding and&nbsp;

applying the daily exercises). There are a number&nbsp;

of fine books on the market that attempt&nbsp;

to explain the complexities of OBE theory.&nbsp;

Because there is so much ground to cover, this&nbsp;

program focuses on training students to&nbsp;

achieve the actual OBE exit.&nbsp;



We have included a recommended reading&nbsp;

list for astral projection in appendix A. We&nbsp;

suggest you read at least one of these books&nbsp;

while you are following this ninety-day program,&nbsp;

especially one containing case histories.&nbsp;

In addition to helping you better understand&nbsp;

OBEs, it is important to saturate your brain&nbsp;

with the subject matter. This helps program all&nbsp;

levels of your mind and body toward achieving&nbsp;

an out-of-body experience.&nbsp;



What you read prior to falling asleep affects&nbsp;

the theme and content of your dreams. For&nbsp;

example, read a horror novel and you may&nbsp;

have bad dreams; read about romance and&nbsp;




you may have romantic dreams; read about&nbsp;

OBEs and you may have OBE flying dreams.&nbsp;

All dreams aside, presleep reading can generate&nbsp;

out-of-body experiences because you have&nbsp;

OBE on your mind, consciously or subconsciously,&nbsp;

while you are falling asleep.&nbsp;



Everyone has some type of out-of-body&nbsp;

experience whenever they sleep, even if the&nbsp;

projected double just slips out and hovers,&nbsp;

mimicking the sleeping physical body. If the&nbsp;

dream mind is infused with thoughts and tales&nbsp;

of OBEs, waking consciousness will sometimes&nbsp;

return to the projected double. You may&nbsp;

find yourself waking up already outside your&nbsp;

physical body or having a false awakening. (A&nbsp;

false awakening is where you believe you are&nbsp;

awake in the real world but are actually having&nbsp;

an OBE.) For these reasons, it is advisable to&nbsp;

read about OBEs during this program, especially&nbsp;

before sleeping.&nbsp;



A word about skipping ahead and prematurely&nbsp;

trying some of the later exercises in this&nbsp;

program: don't! If you have read other books&nbsp;

on OBE, particularly Robert Bruce's Astral&nbsp;

Dynamics, you will already have been exposed&nbsp;

to some of the exercises and techniques contained&nbsp;

herein. But there is definitely an effective&nbsp;

order in which this program should be&nbsp;

followed. Early attempts at advanced exercises&nbsp;

before mastering the basics may create mental&nbsp;

blocks that can grossly interfere with the ultimate&nbsp;

purpose of this program. Brian discovered&nbsp;

this firsthand in the following experience.&nbsp;



I had for some time been trying to have&nbsp;



an OBE, using a mishmash of techniques,&nbsp;



Preliminary Instructions for the Ninety-Day Program



when I first stumbled across Robert's&nbsp;

book, Astral Dynamics. I skipped ahead&nbsp;

and read some of the more advanced&nbsp;

exercises on my lunch hour and couldn't&nbsp;

wait to experiment. As soon as I returned&nbsp;

home, I lay down and tried an OBE exit&nbsp;

technique without even relaxing properly.&nbsp;

I immediately felt my body turn to&nbsp;

liquid as huge waves of my energy ran up&nbsp;

and down from my head to my feet and&nbsp;

past the borders of my physical body. I&nbsp;

suddenly found myself instinctively holding&nbsp;

on, trying with all my power not to&nbsp;

project. I had tried the exercises too soon;&nbsp;

I simply wasn't ready. In all the collective&nbsp;

years that I'd been experimenting with&nbsp;

different processes, I'd never experienced&nbsp;

anything so powerful so fast. The effect of&nbsp;

this failed experiment and its resulting&nbsp;

trauma was that I developed a gut-level&nbsp;

response to abort the projection process&nbsp;

once it started. It took me years to undo&nbsp;

that simple, five-minute experiment.&nbsp;



There is a lot to this program. It has been&nbsp;

designed to be consumed in small bites so as&nbsp;

not to overwhelm students with too much&nbsp;

information at one time. For best results,&nbsp;

focus all your efforts on each week's material&nbsp;

and exercises. This is not to say you cannot&nbsp;

peek ahead to see what is coming, but only&nbsp;

that you should avoid getting too involved in&nbsp;

what's ahead. Please do not let your enthusiasm&nbsp;

go to waste, however. Pick up something&nbsp;

in the reading list from appendix A and&nbsp;

immerse yourself.&nbsp;




&nbsp;Introduction&nbsp;



How the Ninety-Day&nbsp;

Program Develops&nbsp;



This program is divided into thirteen chapters&nbsp;

called Weeks; one new chapter of material&nbsp;

should be read per week. The first half of each&nbsp;

week's chapter contains information necessary&nbsp;

for completing that week's exercises. This&nbsp;

includes special instructions, background information,&nbsp;

diagrams, and relevant tips. Each week's&nbsp;

chapter also includes directions for using the&nbsp;

BrainWave Generator, the computer program&nbsp;

on the CD that accompanies this book.&nbsp;



The BrainWave Generator is a computer&nbsp;

program that generates sounds to induce altered&nbsp;

states of consciousness. Use of the BrainWave&nbsp;

Generator is optional; it is definitely not required&nbsp;

for this program to be effective. However, it can&nbsp;

help enormously. When used with headphones,&nbsp;

the BrainWave Generator is capable of helping&nbsp;

users relax, meditate, and induce altered states&nbsp;

of consciousness ideal for having an OBE.&nbsp;

When used with light and sound machines,&nbsp;

which add light goggles into the mix, the BrainWave&nbsp;

Generator becomes an even more powerful&nbsp;

OBE aid. For more details on the BrainWave&nbsp;

Generator, see appendix B.&nbsp;



The second part of each week's chapter&nbsp;

consists of a day planner-style calendar that&nbsp;

includes the following:&nbsp;



• Daily tasks: A list of OBE programrelated&nbsp;

activities divided into morning,&nbsp;

daytime, and evening "to do's."&nbsp;

• Affirmations: Short, present-tense, positive&nbsp;

statements help program you for&nbsp;

OBE success. Daily affirmations are used&nbsp;

during waking hours. Nightly affirma





tions are used as you drift off to sleep.&nbsp;



• Daily exercises: Step-by-step instructions&nbsp;

on how to complete each day's&nbsp;

exercises (mind taming, breathwork,&nbsp;

energy work, OBE exit methods).&nbsp;

• Author comments: Advice from both&nbsp;

expert and novice perspectives.&nbsp;

• Journaling space: A place to write down&nbsp;

your progress, make observations, and&nbsp;

catalogue your OBE-related experiences.&nbsp;

The ninety-day program itself is divided&nbsp;

into two distinct parts. Part 1 (Weeks 1-6)&nbsp;

focuses on learning core skills associated with&nbsp;

the OBE. Primarily it's about learning to relax,&nbsp;

how to breathe, and how to keep your mind&nbsp;

clear of intruding thoughts. It's also about&nbsp;

developing your energy body, which greatly&nbsp;

aids the OBE exit process. Key, too, is training&nbsp;

your ability to recapture what we call shadow&nbsp;

memories, those dreamlike OBE memories&nbsp;

that you bring back with you from your astral&nbsp;

travels.&nbsp;



Part 2 (Weeks 7-13) focuses on OBE exit&nbsp;

training. During this part of the program we&nbsp;

will introduce you to a number of proven&nbsp;

techniques for achieving an OBE. We also&nbsp;

introduce ways of overcoming key fears and&nbsp;

how to adjust your mindset for best results.&nbsp;

More importantly, we give advice for setting&nbsp;

up conditions that are most favorable for&nbsp;

having an OBE, discuss common roadblocks,&nbsp;

and offer solutions. We also provide some&nbsp;

advanced projection-inducing techniques for&nbsp;

the OBE challenged.&nbsp;




The idea is that you will be spending the&nbsp;

next ninety days eating, sleeping, and breathing&nbsp;

this training program. You might have&nbsp;

noticed that the title of this course refers to a&nbsp;

"90-Day Guide," whereas there are ninety-one&nbsp;

days (thirteen weeks) listed in this book's daily&nbsp;

pages. You should consider this course flexible.&nbsp;

Do not feel constrained by its weekly schedule.&nbsp;

If you need to take longer for a given day's&nbsp;

exercises, you can always take more time. The&nbsp;

weekly format and the task schedule are guidelines&nbsp;

only. It can be reworked to accommodate&nbsp;

your needs. You can extend the 91 days into&nbsp;

100 days or 110 days or 120 days. The important&nbsp;

thing is not to feel rushed so you learn&nbsp;

everything well. However, the reverse does not&nbsp;

apply. You should not take less time than the&nbsp;

prescribed ninety days unless you already have&nbsp;

the prerequisite basic skills.&nbsp;



What to Expect in Part 1&nbsp;



Part 1 of this book focuses on basic training—&nbsp;

teaching the core skills necessary to achieve&nbsp;

conscious-exit projection. Each day there will&nbsp;

be an exercise or a series of exercises that will&nbsp;

take you through one or more of the core&nbsp;

skills. The steps for an entire technique are not&nbsp;

always given all at once. For example, on Day 1&nbsp;

you will learn the first few steps of a deep&nbsp;

physical relaxation routine. On Tuesday you'll&nbsp;

learn the next few steps, and so on, until by&nbsp;

the end of the week you are well-versed in the&nbsp;

entire routine. This lets you get comfortable&nbsp;

with each part of an exercise before moving&nbsp;

on to the next part. It also allows you to memorize&nbsp;

a few small steps each day, rather than&nbsp;

trying to digest the whole thing in one sitting.&nbsp;



Preliminary Instructions for the Ninety-Day Program



The first six weeks of the program will cover&nbsp;

the following core skills:&nbsp;



Breathing: An ancient way to increase&nbsp;

the flow of subtle energy and vitality&nbsp;

through the body is by using breathing&nbsp;

techniques. The breathing exercises&nbsp;

employed herein have been designed&nbsp;

to start simply and continue in small,&nbsp;

incremental steps. If the core OBE&nbsp;

skills were a tree, the breath would be&nbsp;

the trunk from which the branches of&nbsp;

all other skills grew. Deep physical&nbsp;

relaxation, clearing the mind, energy&nbsp;

body stimulation, and the trance state&nbsp;

are all intimately associated with the&nbsp;

proper flow of breath and energy.&nbsp;



Deep physical relaxation: Deep physical&nbsp;

relaxation involves more than just sitting&nbsp;

back and willing your body to relax. The&nbsp;

method given herein involves contracting&nbsp;

and relaxing specific muscle groups&nbsp;

to progressively relax your whole physical&nbsp;

body. Without deep physical relaxation,&nbsp;

all the core skills that follow are&nbsp;

useless. In order to project you must be&nbsp;

deeply relaxed, physically and mentally.&nbsp;



Shadow memory recall: This is key to&nbsp;

having a successful OBE. You will need&nbsp;

to be able to "download" your OBE&nbsp;

memories in order to recall and realize&nbsp;

them. The ability to remember your&nbsp;

dreams is the first step toward remembering&nbsp;

your out-of-body experiences.&nbsp;

We give techniques to help you remember&nbsp;

dreams and to capture the shadow&nbsp;

memories from your projectable double&nbsp;




Introduction&nbsp;



so they are successfully transferred&nbsp;

to recallable levels of your physical&nbsp;

brain/mind after an OBE.&nbsp;





Energy body stimulation: Some of the&nbsp;

most profound exercises for discovering&nbsp;

that you are more than just physical&nbsp;

matter are the revolutionary methods&nbsp;

for stimulating your energy body that&nbsp;

are given herein. Throughout one's life,&nbsp;

due to a variety of factors, one accumulates&nbsp;

energy blockages. The energy techniques&nbsp;

provided here allow you to heal&nbsp;

these and increase your flow of personal&nbsp;

energy.&nbsp;



Quieting the mind: Where your attention&nbsp;

goes, so, too, does your energy. The ability&nbsp;

to clear your mind of internal dialogue&nbsp;

and maintain a calm perspective&nbsp;

is critical to astral projection in order to&nbsp;

remain composed and in control during&nbsp;

and after an OBE exit. For the average&nbsp;

person, stilling the mind can be quite a&nbsp;

challenge, but the techniques provided&nbsp;

here are introduced in easy, progressive&nbsp;

steps. Anyone can learn how to do this&nbsp;

with a little regular practice.&nbsp;



Primary energy center stimulation: Primary&nbsp;

energy centers (also called chakras)&nbsp;

can be thought of as gateways between&nbsp;

the physical body, the energy body, and&nbsp;

the projected double in the OBE state.&nbsp;

The main purpose of energy body stimulation&nbsp;

exercises is to prepare you for the&nbsp;



higher flow of energy that both allows&nbsp;

and accompanies the OBE exit. The purpose&nbsp;

of stimulating the primary centers&nbsp;

is to open the floodgates through which&nbsp;

that higher level of energy can flow.&nbsp;



The trance state: Trance states are altered&nbsp;

states of consciousness. The basic trance&nbsp;

state occurs when your physical body&nbsp;

goes to sleep while your mind remains&nbsp;

awake and lucid. There are varying&nbsp;

degrees of sleep, with corresponding&nbsp;

levels of trance. Deep physical relaxation&nbsp;

and the ability to hold your mind awake&nbsp;

and clear are prerequisites for entering&nbsp;

trance states.&nbsp;



Energy body loosening: There are ways&nbsp;

to stimulate your energy body that prepares&nbsp;

it for projection. Energy body&nbsp;

loosening is one of the final steps in&nbsp;

preparation for employing OBE exit&nbsp;

techniques.&nbsp;



By the end of the first six weeks of this program&nbsp;

you will be reasonably comfortable with&nbsp;

these fundamental skills. Along the way you&nbsp;

will no doubt come to understand a great deal&nbsp;

more about your nature as a spirit inhabiting&nbsp;

a physical body. Do not think of Part 1 as&nbsp;

being just a set of tasks required for having an&nbsp;

OBE. Learning these core skills is a journey in&nbsp;

itself that opens doors to just about everything&nbsp;

metaphysical and spiritual.&nbsp;




What follows are the results of my first night of energy work.&nbsp;



I've had sporadic instances of involuntary projection throughout my life. I've tried&nbsp;

gaining control of it for many years hut nothing has ever worked.&nbsp;



I've always thought that energy work for astral projection was a waste of time. It was&nbsp;

annoying to he hogged down with silly "New Age" energy rituals, when all I wanted to do&nbsp;

was project.&nbsp;



Then I read Robert Bruce's tutorial. Maybe there is something to this! This was the&nbsp;

first time I'd ever read anything that spelled out the mechanics behind this type of energy&nbsp;

work, why it's needed, and what it does at a core level. Posts on Robert's online forum further&nbsp;

reinforced the validity of doing the energy work. Over and over I was running across&nbsp;

postings from people who were getting very measurable results.&nbsp;



I went to bed thinking that this would never happen to me and started doing energy&nbsp;

work. For a few minutes I felt an ache in my heart center. I kept "circling" there between&nbsp;

passes up the legs and down the arms and in a few minutes it stopped. Then I felt a lot of&nbsp;

activity and itching in my brow center, then something like electricity going through that&nbsp;

area, as if the blood vessels had been shut off, then suddenly opened.&nbsp;



After that I must have woken up thirty times during the course of four hours of sleep.&nbsp;

Every time I woke up it was like another memory was being restored, and each time I was&nbsp;

still on autopilot, doing the energy exercise. By now I can't remember what I was remembering&nbsp;

specifically, but I do remember that every memory that surfaced served to connect&nbsp;

me to something else I had long forgotten. One by one I kept remembering connections to&nbsp;

things, people, places, experiences. Life became a lot bigger than I ever thought it was.&nbsp;




What to Expect&nbsp;



• Setting up your meditation space

• Learning to relax

• Breathwork

• Body awareness exercises

This book emphasizes goal-oriented action&nbsp;

rather than just sitting and reading about&nbsp;

OBEs. Just enough information is given at the&nbsp;

start of each week to guide you through the&nbsp;

coming week's activities, building on what has&nbsp;

come before.&nbsp;



This week we'll show you how to organize&nbsp;

a place for your daily energy work and teach&nbsp;

you a deep physical relaxation and breathing&nbsp;

technique. We'll also give instructions for this&nbsp;

week's energy work, setting up a dream journal,&nbsp;

and using affirmations. Finally, for those&nbsp;

using the optional BrainWave Generator to&nbsp;



• Energy body stimulation&nbsp;

• Your dream journal&nbsp;

• Affirmations&nbsp;

• Optional: BrainWave Generator instructions&nbsp;

supplement your OBE program, we'll offer&nbsp;

instructions for the current week's preset.&nbsp;



Now that you have read all the instructions&nbsp;

in the introduction, let's waste no time getting&nbsp;

started.&nbsp;



Setting up Your Meditation Space&nbsp;



First on the list is to select a suitable place to&nbsp;

practice energy work, meditation, and other&nbsp;

OBE-related training exercises.&nbsp;



There are several desirable qualities for an&nbsp;

ideal meditation space. It should be quiet and&nbsp;




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allow you to practice undisturbed. Lighting is&nbsp;

also important. There will be exercises requiring&nbsp;

full lighting and those requiring low lighting&nbsp;

or darkness. A room with a curtained window&nbsp;

or a variable illumination lamp will suffice.&nbsp;



Headphones or earplugs are ways to eliminate&nbsp;

sound, but you also don't want to be&nbsp;

unexpectedly disturbed by others. People in&nbsp;

busy households may need to innovate to create&nbsp;

suitably private spaces. One aspiring projector&nbsp;

partitioned a large walk-in closet and&nbsp;

turned half into a small private area. Another&nbsp;

rigged a makeshift tent in her bedroom. Others&nbsp;

have found useful areas in attics, basements,&nbsp;

and garages. Think creatively.&nbsp;



Depending on its size, your private space&nbsp;

should have a bed, cot, or easy chair or some&nbsp;

place where you can lie down comfortably. A&nbsp;

hard-backed kitchen or desk chair will also be&nbsp;

required for some exercises. Your space should&nbsp;

be big enough to accommodate this chair,&nbsp;

with the option of placing it against a wall for&nbsp;

exercises that require head support. Ideally,&nbsp;

your space should be somewhere you feel&nbsp;

comfortable and safe.&nbsp;



Try to avoid using the room in which you&nbsp;

normally sleep. If you must use your bedroom,&nbsp;

it is best not to use your bed for the daily exercises.&nbsp;

We are all conditioned to start falling&nbsp;

asleep when we get into our own beds. The&nbsp;

purpose of the exercises in this program is to&nbsp;

learn how to achieve a deep level of relaxation&nbsp;

without falling asleep. If you must use your&nbsp;

bedroom, find a comfortable place on the floor&nbsp;

where you can do your exercises using a folding&nbsp;

bed, small mattress, or a combination of&nbsp;



pillows and blankets. An easy chair, deck chair,&nbsp;

or beanbag chair are other good options.&nbsp;



Another handy item is an illuminated clock,&nbsp;

preferably analog with a second hand. Many of&nbsp;

the coming exercises need to be timed, so a&nbsp;

clock that's easily visible from your practice&nbsp;

position will help. A countdown timer, such as&nbsp;

those used for baking, can be used to supplement&nbsp;

the clock. You can set and forget this, so&nbsp;

you won't have to keep looking at the time to&nbsp;

see when an exercise is over.&nbsp;



The atmosphere of your meditation space&nbsp;

is also important. It should feel comfortable,&nbsp;

safe, and friendly. Atmospheres are affected by&nbsp;

decor, as well as by how a place smells and&nbsp;

feels. Burning incense and essential oils is one&nbsp;

of the most efficient ways of changing an&nbsp;

atmosphere and giving it a spiritual quality.&nbsp;

For the purposes of this program, it will help&nbsp;

if you select a particular incense or essential&nbsp;

oil that you do not normally use elsewhere.&nbsp;

Use this during every training session. This&nbsp;

will set the mood and help program your&nbsp;

body/mind to respond to your daily exercises&nbsp;

more quickly than you otherwise would. In&nbsp;

time, tension will begin oozing out of you the&nbsp;

moment you smell your special OBE training&nbsp;

scent.&nbsp;



Your daily exercises don't all have to be&nbsp;

done in the same location. Some techniques&nbsp;

will be practiced numerous times during the&nbsp;

day wherever you happen to be. These mainly&nbsp;

consist of reciting affirmations, doing short&nbsp;

concentration and mind-clearing exercises,&nbsp;

energy work, and so on. Put daily travel and&nbsp;

waiting time to good use for these.&nbsp;




Learning to Relax&nbsp;



One of the first tasks is to learn how to make&nbsp;

yourself so comfortable that your mind and&nbsp;

body will almost disassociate. We say almost&nbsp;

because a slight body/mind connection is crucial&nbsp;

for straddling that fuzzy edge between&nbsp;

sleeping and waking. Deep physical relaxation&nbsp;

is the foundation upon which everything else&nbsp;

in this program will rest. If you do not thoroughly&nbsp;

learn this essential skill, you could&nbsp;

waste a lot of time and effort making projection&nbsp;

attempts with little chance of success.&nbsp;

This program contains an excellent routine&nbsp;

that, once learned, will progressively take you&nbsp;

to the deeper levels of relaxation that are&nbsp;

required to induce trance and an OBE.&nbsp;



Deep physical relaxation is the one OBE&nbsp;

preparation skill that is most commonly overlooked&nbsp;

or poorly done. Being relaxed enough to&nbsp;

fall asleep does not mean that you have a sufficient&nbsp;

level of relaxation to induce an OBE. Even&nbsp;

though you may feel deeply relaxed, your body&nbsp;

can still possess significant levels of physical&nbsp;

tension. For example, you can still fall asleep&nbsp;

while you are tense or in pain. Physical tension&nbsp;

can prevent you from projecting, even if all the&nbsp;

other skills required for having an OBE have&nbsp;

been mastered.&nbsp;



The purpose of this first week's relaxation&nbsp;

practice is to learn the steps of the routine.&nbsp;

Staying awake and lucid in a state of deep&nbsp;

physical relaxation takes practice. With this in&nbsp;

mind, try to avoid doing the relaxation exercises&nbsp;

when you are overly tired. Falling asleep&nbsp;

during this routine will condition you to fall&nbsp;

asleep every time you perform it, in much the&nbsp;



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same way as you habitually start falling asleep&nbsp;

when you go to bed.&nbsp;