From: Harvey@NZ   
      
   "Anima Rising"  wrote in   
   news:1158461644.371563.197790@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Lucid Dreaming - you know you're having a dream while you are in the   
   > dream state.   
   >   
   > Astral Projection - was an older name for OBE.  Charles Tart coined the   
   > term Out of Body Experience when he began working with Robert Monroe at   
   > the University of Virginia sleep lab.  They wanted a scientific   
   > sounding term instead of a metaphysical one.   
   >   
   > Out of Body Experience - "Classic" OBE is one in which the participant   
   > looks down at his body from above, and then goes about having   
   > experiences outside of the physical body such as flying through space,   
   > making non-local visits etc.  OBE can also be any experience in which   
   > the participant experiences a separation from the physical body.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I always viewed 'astral travel' as being a legtimate experience, however   
   Eckankar followers rate it lower than their 'soul travel' which just   
   seems to be a dream experience - but I would rate astral travel being of   
   more value than a dream experience.   
   However a dream experience can be an astral travel, in which it has all   
   the qualities of an Out of Body Experience - namely the clarity, which   
   makes it stand out beyond all other dreams, ie. you can remember it as   
   being something special, and not just another dream.   
      
   Harvey   
      
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