From: mathew11@zoominternet.net   
      
   Part 7   
   Robert Bruce   
      
       *   
         OOBE & Duality   
       *   
         Mental/Visual Feedback   
       *   
         Double Trouble   
       *   
         Projection Stages   
       *   
         The Incredible Mind Split   
       *   
         Mind Split Effects   
       *   
         Notes On Projection & Reintegration   
       *   
         Purpose Of Mind Split   
       *   
         ULTRA Short OOBE   
       *   
         Projected Double Contact   
       *   
         Energy Raising During OOBE   
       *   
         Improved Relaxation Technique   
      
   This part expands on some material given in volume #1 but not covered in   
   volume #2; as well as giving new subject matter. For those interested, my   
   book, "Astral Dynamics", is now available. See the "Books" section of this   
   website. RB.   
      
   OOBE & Duality:   
      
   If you read the enormous number of case histories available on out of body   
   and near death experiences; you will find many accounts hinting at   
   perceptions of duality which indicate symptoms of the mind split effect at   
   work. It is fairly common, during an OOBE, to be aware of the physical body   
   while also being aware of existing in the projected double, or less   
   commonly, vice-versa. This effect appears to indicate the existence of   
   telepathic and bio-energetic links between the physical body and it's   
   remote projected double (possibly via the silver cord). This link appears   
   to serve the purpose of providing the projected double with the necessary   
   energies it requires whilst operating out of body, while also maintaining   
   an unbreakable connection with it's physical body. This connection also   
   allows the physical body to be, in many ways, monitored (or sensed) so that   
   no harm can come to it during an OOBE.   
      
   During an OOBE, at the moment the projected double is generated and   
   projected from the physical body, the projector's mind effectively splits   
   into two identical parts (mirror images) each containing a complete copy of   
   thinking mind and memory. One copy always remains firmly locked inside the   
   physical body (original hard copy) while a mirror image is reflected into   
   and maintained in the exterior projected double.   
      
   The splitting of consciousness into two (or more) separate but identical   
   copies happens during sleep or any kind of OOBE. I call this effect "The   
   Mind Split Effect":   
      
   Mental/Visual Feedback:   
      
   If a mentally awake physical mind happens to observe (with real time or   
   astral sight) it's projected double at close range during a projection, a   
   strong visual and telepathic connection can form between them. This can be   
   a very disturbing experience and I don't recommend this be tried for more   
   than a few seconds at a time. The awake physical mind (whilst a projection   
   is in progress) must see and be seen by it's projected double for this type   
   of connection to occur. Vision, seeing each other at the same time, appears   
   necessary for this type of connection to occur. Once this happens, each   
   side of the mind split, physical and projected, connect and begin to see   
   out of each other's eyes at the same time. Each becomes aware of each   
   other's vision and perspective as well as that of their own.   
      
   Once the visual side of this connection occurs, each side of the mind split   
   instantly becomes aware of each other's thought's as well, simultaneously   
   and compounding. This appears to be something like telepathic feed back,   
   much like holding two identical 'mental' mirrors facing each other. This   
   gives an unnatural glimpse of mental infinity - a mental reflection of a   
   mental reflection of a mental reflection, continually compounding.   
      
   When two identical minds connect, while separated during an oobe, the two   
   identical sets of vision and thoughts create something that can best be   
   described as a visual and telepathic loop, compounding and feeding back   
   upon itself in a never ending loop. This is an unnatural, incomprehensible,   
   disturbing and possibly dangerous event for any mortal mind to experience.   
      
   This uncomfortable and confusing state appears to only occur at close range   
   and can easily be avoided by not looking too closely at each other   
   (physical and projected double) and by not thinking at each other at close   
   range (within approximately twenty feet) during a real time projection.   
   Note: this can only happen if both sides of a projector, physical and   
   projected, are awake and become visually aware of each other during a real   
   time projection.   
      
   This all goes a long way towards explaining why dreams and projection   
   memories can sometimes appear so chaotic. The mind splits for a very good   
   reason and the separated copies are meant to function separately.   
      
   I have experimented with this phenomena many times during real time   
   projections, after discovering it accidentally during a powerful real time   
   OOBE. I recreated the original 'accident' and studied it because the   
   original experience raised so many questions. I had always been curious of   
   the way I could often feel my physical body while close to it, and this   
   mind split effect appeared to hold many of the answers I had been searching   
   for. Like many other projectors, I had often experienced confusing   
   anomalies during projections: of being aware of events and noises near my   
   physical body, in and around my house, plus being aware of my remote   
   existence during a projection. This sense of perceived duality, of having   
   two different sets of perception, one physical and one remote, has been   
   reported by many other projectors but has never, I believe, been properly   
   studied or understood.   
      
   Double Trouble:   
      
   Here is an account of one of the first times I experienced the mind split   
   effect and mental/visual feedback:   
      
   I had been meditating in my chair by the fire and returned to normal   
   awareness as the rain started drumming on the roof. The weather was pretty   
   wild and the wind was starting to shake the windows and doors. I looked at   
   the clock, it was almost 3 AM. This was not unusual for me, as sometimes I   
   will meditate all night. I felt well rested and full of energy and thought   
   to myself "I've never projected in a storm before, I wonder what it's   
   like?" Closing my eyes once again, I relaxed back into myself and soon   
   projected out of my body, using the 'point shift' method, as given in Vol 1   
   of the Treatise. This method is very similar to the method given by   
   T.Lobsang Rampa in his book 'You Forever'. While this method is more   
   difficult than the Rope method, given in Vol 2, it is very effective and is   
   the original method I learned when I first taught myself conscious exit   
   projection. I have been projecting since the age of 4 or 5, but this was   
   always spontaneous and I had little control of when I would project. I   
   taught myself to project deliberately at the age of 21, and found Rampa's   
   books a great help?   
      
   (As a side note: many people have claimed that Lobsang Rampa was   
   discredited, that he was 'exposed' as being nothing more than an English   
      
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