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   "MikeH"  wrote in message   
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   >I am looking for practical advice on achieving OOB. I am reading Robert   
   >Monroe, atm.   
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   > MikeH   
      
   Hi Mike,   
      
   Hoping I'm catching you in time.  Please ask your questions.  Perhaps your   
   interest might revive this once thriving group.   
      
   Monroe was also my first book - but it sounded a bit odd for me.  Still, I   
   think those books are collectors items.   
      
   Many of the sensations he describes are similar to my experiences.  His   
   techniques are exactly that - "His" techniques.   
      
   It is best to develop your own and get familiar with the experience.  For   
   instance, I use solid rubber earplugs. relax, look inward, and watch the   
   images that flow across my vision until I notice the falling feeling that   
   usually wakes people up with a jolt.  I've learned to get past that fear of   
   falling and heavy vibrations, loud sounds, or both, and I know I've made a   
   shift in consciousness.  Still, it is good to test with a jump in the air to   
   make sure you aren't about to fly through a window in your physical body...   
      
   I know one can reach an altered state of consciousness without drugs, but I   
   would hesitate to say that you will see the physical as it really is.   
   Obviously, Monroe had many fuzzy efforts and eventually seemed to give up on   
   the desire to see the location near his physical body - as did I.   
      
   Just the act of reading on this stuff will help you maintain focus as you   
   fall asleep.  Good luck!   
      
   Ask more questions, you will get more answers...   
      
   Bart   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)