2 Corinthians 12:2-4

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.

When I was 8 years old i was sitting at the deep end of public swimming pool in Baghdad City , suddenly I was pushed into the water by another child and he ran and left me struggling in the pool. I didn’t know how to swim. At that time the stupid government constructed so many public swimming without guards, and without any safety procedures .

I panicked and was trying to do my best to touch the sid of the pool but the water overwhelmed me, i screamed and cried but more water going inside my body . I gave up fighting the water and remembered I was crying silently and my tears mixing with the water looking up and wish that someone can help me.

The last thing I remembered is my Mom ,I missed her so much and I wished God can let me see her again. Everything turned white and I can see my body in the water,abd I am facing myself from above the pool it was so strange yet it was not scary and I had no more burning feeling in my lung from the water.

Soon after that I found myself on the garden side of the pool as one man jumped and saved me and pulled me from the water and other men came to help and turned me on the side and hitting my back and press my chest. Soon I opened my eyes in the nearby hospital and the nurse told me you could be dead if not that man who saved me. She asked me about my family and they told the police and brought my mother to the hospital .

When I woke up my mom hugged me and then slapped me and told me she was going to kill me because I didn’t listen to her. Why you want to kill me mom ? i answered back . I died already, I said. Then she hugged me and cried.

An out-of-body experience (OBE), which some might also describe as a dissociative episode, is a sensation of your consciousness leaving your body. These episodes are often reported by people who’ve had a near-death experience.

People typically experience their sense of self inside their physical body. You most likely view the world around you from this vantage point. But during an OBE, you may feel as if you’re outside yourself, looking at your body from another perspective.

According to accounts from people who’ve experienced them, they generally involve: a feeling of floating outside your body an altered perception of the world, such as looking down from a height the feeling that you’re looking down at yourself from above a sense that what’s happening is very real

OBEs typically happen without warning and usually don’t last for very long. If you have a neurological condition, such as epilepsy, you may be more likely to experience OBEs, and they may happen more frequently. But for many people, an OBE will happen very rarely, maybe only once in a lifetime.

An astral projection usually involves an intentional effort to send your consciousness from your body. It usually refers to your consciousness traveling out of your body toward a spiritual plane or dimension. An OBE, on the other hand, is usually unplanned. And rather than traveling, your consciousness is said to simply float or hover above your physical body.

OBEs — or at least the sensations of them — are largely recognized within the medical community and have been the subject of many projections, however, is considered to be a spiritual There’s some debate over whether the sensations and perceptions associated with OBEs happen physically or as a sort of hallucinatory experience. Study in 2014 tried to explore this by looking at cognitive awareness in 101 people who had survived cardiac arrest.

The authors found that 13 percent of the participants felt a separation from their body during resuscitation. But only 7 percent reported an awareness of events they wouldn’t have seen from their actual perspective. In addition, two participants reported having both visual and auditory experiences while in cardiac arrest. Only one was well enough to follow up, but he gave an accurate, detailed description of what took place for about three minutes of his resuscitation from cardiac arrest.

Still, there’s no scientific evidence to support the idea that a person’s consciousness can actually travel outside the body. The study discussed above did try to test this by placing images on shelves that could only be seen from a higher vantage point. But the majority of the cardiac arrests, including the event involving the participant who had specific memories of his resuscitation, took place in rooms without the shelves.

No one’s sure about the exact causes of OBEs, but experts have identified several possible explanations. A frightening, dangerous, or difficult situation can provoke a fear response, which might cause you to dissociate from the situation and feel as if you’re an onlooker, watching the events taking place from somewhere outside your body.

According to 2017 research trusted source reviewing the experience of women in labor, OBEs during childbirth aren’t unusual. The study didn’t specifically link OBEs to post traumatic disorder but the authors did point out that women who had OBEs had either gone through trauma during labor or another situation not related to childbirth

This suggests that OBEs could occur as a way to cope with trauma, but more research is needed on this link. Experts have linked several medical and mental health conditions to OBEs, including: epilepsy, migraine, cardiac arrest, brain injuries, depression, anxiety, Guillain Barre Syndrome Sleep paralysis a temporary state of waking paralysis that occurs during REM sleep and often involves hallucinations, has also been noted as a possible cause of OBEs.

OBEs might also be induced, intentionally or accidentally, by:

hypnosis or meditative trance

brain stimulation

dehydration and long fasting or extreme physical activity

electric shock, and sensory deprivation

Existing research hasn’t connected spontaneous OBEs to any serious health risks. In some cases, you might feel a bit dizzy or disoriented after. However, OBEs and dissociation in general can cause lingering feelings of emotional distress.

You might feel confused over what happened or wonder if you have a brain issue or mental health condition. You might also not like the sensation of an OBE and worry about it happening again. Some people also claim that it’s possible for your consciousness to remain trapped outside of your body following an OBE, but there’s no evidence to support this

Whether your consciousness can truly leave your physical body hasn’t been scientifically proven. But for centuries, many people have reported similar sensations of their consciousness leaving their body. OBEs appear to be more common with some conditions, including certain dissociative disorders and epilepsy. Many people also report having an OBE during a near-death experience, including electric shock or injury.

To do it you need practise . This method is really simple:

1. Wake up about 6 hours after you’ve fallen asleep. You need a good amount of sleep because if you are too tired- you won’t stay aware during the borderline-sleep state. Some people have recommended not sleeping for a really long period of time but this is not healthy- at least with this technique, you can try it every single night and get better and better at stabilizing the border-line sleep state. Position yourself comfortably either seated or laying down. Close your eyes and become aware of your body.
2. Wake your mind up for a bit – this takes about 3-30 minutes but I keep myself awake for about 5-10 minutes which is best for me or else I can’t get into the borderline sleep state that you need. You can also do this in the afternoon if you’re tired but I found the morning to work a lot more.
3. Go to the bathroom or get some water then use this time to set the intent that you will astral project from this meditation. Affirmations are very important at this step as they increase your chances of working significantly. You can just affirm “I will astral project from this meditation” and just repeat this while you are keeping yourself awake. What also works for me is repeating “My mind stays awake while my body falls asleep.”
4. Now lay back down (doesn’t matter if you want to lay on your back or on your side but I’ve found that I fall asleep many times if I do this step on my side) and all you do is meditate and focus on your breath as you get more and more relaxed. The point is to get so relaxed that you reach the border-line sleep state.
5. Now just stay focused on your breathing (other people like to focus on the natural noise you hear in your ears or the blackness behind the eyes and that’s cool but it just wasn’t something that I liked doing much) but try not to force it too much because it may make you “too awake.” So just kinda breathe normally and observe the breath.
6. You might start to hear a high pitched noise and begin to “see” or feel vibrations get stronger and stronger. If you can “see,” then you are using your astral vision so try to roll over or stand up! If you can’t see anything but the vibrations are really strong, you should still try to roll over or stand up (sometimes when you’re starting out with astral projection you won’t be able to see anything when you pop out of your physical body because your astral eyes are not yet accustomed to consciously seeing on this plane.

Start with your torso and move to each part of your body. The next focus is on your head. Be aware of the weight that it carries and the thoughts that occur there. Concentrate on the area between your physical being and the formation of thoughts coming into your mind on their own While focusing on your astral body, as a question and learn how to communicate with your higher plane of consciousness.

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Steve Ramsey.