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Personal Observations

Having had some fairly vivid and intense experiences, and through some personal experiments with OBEs, I have been able to make some observations concerning the phenomenon:

Observation 1
We Are Beings Of Energy And Light

On the evening of October 16th, 2001, I experienced the most devastating night of my life. I watched my Father pass away right in front of me. It was sudden, and due to an illness and it was unexpected. My Mother and I stood by his side in the hospital as he slipped away.

I was distraught and every last bit of my soul wanted some sort of proof that death was not the end. I had started to doubt my experiences with OBEs, and starting imagining that death ends with everything going black. I was scared at that thought of our imminent destiny. In my quiet time alone, the day after he died, I asked him for some proof that he was ok. I needed it.

The full days after my Father passed away, we received a 2.5 minute long message on our answering machine. It was garbled, and sounded like static. The voice that could be barely made out under all the distortion, sounded almost electronic. The machine I should mention was a digital machine, and had no tape. Since I am somewhat good with audio, I managed to clean up the message and to my awe, there were things said in it that answered questions I had asked when I was completely alone, the day after my Father died! There was no way it could be a fake!

I can’t prove this to anyone of course, without being accused of forging the message myself, but at least I know. I have proof for myself. He heard me. He answered me.

Getting back to the topic of OBEs, something he had said in that message prompted me to think. He distinctly said “Remember the light”. That flooded me with memories of the exact point of separation during an OBE. In the section about signposts, you might recall reading about static-like sounds. Those sounds always reminded me of energy, and it’s the only way I can describe them. They were always there when I was either separating from my physical body or returning. It was like when I was leaving the physical, I was changing into a form that was pure energy.

I don’t believe that we currently know all there is to know about energy, and how it behaves and interacts with the universe. I believe that we are somehow a part of it, like a drop in an infinite pool. In that moment between physical and nonphysical I felt connected to everything and at the same time a part of everything....

I believe I got a small glimpse into our true nature. You might be familiar with the words “As above; So Below” This phrase comes from the Emerald Tablet, a revered magickal document in the western occultism. It suggests that this world, the microcosm, is created in the exact image of the world above, the macrocosm. The universe is God, and God is the universe. God is the light, and we are all a part of that light. We are separate but we are one. Our ultimate journey is back toward the light, toward God and our true identity.

I think this is what my father meant in his message.

Observation 2
The Electromagnetic Connection

I have always believed that there was some sort of connection between OBEs and electromagnetic energy. This is due to several reasons. The static-like rushing sounds that occur at separation seem to sound exactly like electricity, and electromagnetic energy has been proven to interact with the universe at an intrinsic level. I have actually had the chance to test my theory! I have to tell you a little bit about my career in order to explain how.

I am in the Navy, and serve on board a ship. Ship’s have a metal hull which over time accumulates a magnetic signature from all the stored up energy that the metal picks up. If left as is, this electromagnetic signature would allow enemy nations to easily detect and classify a warship. And even worse, the signature could set off a magnetic mine if the ship sailed over one. In order to rectify this problem we need to periodically erase the magnetic traces in the hull.

It’s a long drawn out process where the ship is wrapped in large electric cables fore to aft, and then electricity is passed through the cables in timed bursts. At first the bursts are stronger and last longer, and at the end the bursts are weaker and sorter in duration. Essentially this turns the entire ship into a large electromagnet. (They even tell us to not have credit cards etc within a few feet of the outside of the hull) We stay inside all the time this happens, over a period of a few days.

While off watch the first night, I decided to try an experiment. I tried to have an OBE. Specifically I tried to Astral Project. I was not only successful with minimal effort on my part, but it was also the most vivid OBE I have had to this day!

As you recall, astral projection can sometimes be confused with a dream, because of dreamlike qualities. To put this in perspective, try imagining that you can see sound and hear color. That’s really the only way I can describe it. Everything emanated with a colorful glow. Inanimate objects had bright auras. The colors affected you inside, and you could see vibrations all around, like music was in the air.

I also was able to contact my Father who passed away. I still remember vividly how he looked. He took on the appearance of a much younger man, about 30 years old (He was 53 when he passed away), and in his eyes could see energy sparkling about. I was able to get out one sentence before I realized that I was really there and pulled back. I remember yelling “No! I don’t want to go back yet!” and then I awoke in my bunk on the ship.

That experience has led me to conclude that electromagnetic energy acts as a catalyst for inducing Astral Projection (quite possibly etheric projection as well), and help to maintain conscious clarity during the experience. Even though I have projected many times since then, I have not been able to have as vivid an experience as that one.

With regards to electromagnetic fields and etheric or real-time projection, I know of a friend who during his OBE, decided to put his etheric hand through his computer while he was out. When he later checked his computer, he found his hard drive had been badly damaged with many files missing, to the tune of about 10 gigabytes of data. It was as if a magnet had been passed over it.  

It seems that our etheric body gives off a rather strong electromagnetic field itself!

Observation 3
Duality During An OBE : An Experiment With An Empath

I remember an experiment I once did with a close friend of mine who confided in me that he has empathic abilities.  Basically he can sense the emotions of anyone he comes in contact with.

One afternoon, I lay down on the living room floor in his apartment, and tried to induce an out-of-body experience.  During this time, he tried to focus on anything he was receiving empathically from me. 

The OBE was successful, and after I returned, he explained to me that he had felt a distinct separation of me, like there were actually two of me in the room.  He described it as a shockwave in the room that was me, and he could sense me in two distinct locations at one time. 

Here is what he had to say about the experience:

“It's like this enormous wave of everything I had come to associate with you emotionally exploded out of you and filled the room. Then you were in two places at once for a moment. Then it was gone. Like a rocket blasted off right next to me...

From the moment that I sensed a duality, it was like there were two centers that were you; two distinct centers of emotions that were you. One was a concentrated cloud, the other much larger, but more vaporous.”   -  M. Campbell

For me, this experiment was proof that the etheric body can in fact be sensed by a person with some degree of psychic ability.  But beyond that, it gave me in words, an explanation of the duality that exists when you are out-of-body. 

We already know that during an OBE, we are still connected to the physical body through the silver cord.  But even more than that, I believe that we actually exist in both places at once.  This is a bit contradictory to the traditional thought that our consciousness leaves the physical and is only connected with enough energy to maintain autonomic functions and to respond if the physical body is disturbed. 

I find myself understanding the idea that we actually exist as a single point of consciousness, existing in multiple places at once.  After all, our subtle bodies are always there even though we can not always perceive them.  We only seem able to maintain an awareness of one vantage point at a time however.  So when we talk about separation from the physical, it’s purely within that sense of shifting awareness but we are still fully in the physical as well.