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The Multidimensional Universe

The term ‘Out-Of-Body Experience’ is used as a more broad description which includes all of the different types of conscious experiences that fall under it. It simply describes the perspective of being consciously outside of the physical body. There is however different types of OBEs that can occur, but to explain them we need to understand the concept of our existence on multiple levels. The Universe is not solely the physical realm that we can see, hear, touch, taste and smell. It is made up of different levels of reality.

To different religions and belief systems, these levels go by different names.  In the Buddhist religion, there are 31 distinct realms or planes of existence. To those of the Jewish Mysticism faith, there are the ten Sefirot of the Kabalistic Tree Of Life.  To the Christians, there are the realms of Earth, Purgatory, Heaven, and Hell.  To the student of Occult and New Age teachings, there are the seven planes of existence. 

No matter by what names you call them, they seem to surface in all the major religions. It seems to be a common belief; that of a multidimensional existence.  In this book, we will be looking predominantly at the most common Occult or New Age teaching regarding the planes of existence, which has roots in the Tantric Buddhism tradition.  Remember though that it does not matter that there are differences in names and categorizing of the planes between different religions and beliefs, only that they do exist and are attainable through out-of-body experiences!

As with the universe, the body is also much more than the physical being, and it is the other parts which enable us to interact with the higher dimensions, or planes of existence during life and to continue to survive there after physical death. These levels are connected to each other and to the planes of existence through energy fields or conduits, most commonly called Chakras.  The chakras can be understood as doorways to ascending states of consciousness.

It is known through science that vibration plays an integral role to our universe.  String theory, which suggests that at the tiniest level, everything is made up of vibrating strings of energy, states that quite possibly the only difference between dimensional levels is the base vibration or frequency.

The projection of the consciousness to different planes of existence and interacting using the body’s corresponding nonphysical parts called Subtle Bodies, is what makes up the different types of Out- Of-Body Experiences. Some of the planes are accessible through an OBE, while others are very much above our limit of reach. There is said to be seven steps back to the God Source or creation, and so there are seven (major) planes of existence above the physical, and also seven chakra energy centers.  Seven really IS a magickal number!