Astral Travel / OBE
Out of Body Experience
Recommendations
by David Watkinson
Out of body experiences are frequently random as in a near death experiences, while astral travel refers to a more intentional experience.
I’ve researched the subject for my Sci-Fi novels and non-fiction books where I describe my personal experiences with the phenomenon. For my research, my focus has been on “veridical” OBEs. They are experiences where there is verified evidence that the person was actually out of their bodies.
Since astral travel can be tricky and scary, for those that want to try it, I recommend that you work with a trustworthy teacher to help you. I have two recommendations for teachers. One is at the beginning of the following accounts of veridical OOBs and the other is at the end.
You can jump to any account here: Graham Nicholls (recommended teacher), Dr. Eben Alexander, Irene, Barbara Lamb, Physicist Tom Campbell, Joe McMoneagle (definitions), Rick Pyle (recommended teacher)
Graham Nicholls
To learn about Graham and to receive OBE coaching, please visit Graham’s website.
At a Remote Viewers Conference, Graham told David Watkinson about his very important verified OBE.
Dr. Eben Alexander & Graham Nicholls
This is a discussion with veteran veridical OBE teacher Graham Nicholls and famous neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander, who had an NDE (Near Death Experience.)
Irene’s NDE
Here’s testimony from a member of one of the meetups groups that David organized to investigate metaphysics and quantum physics. While out of body during a surgery NDE, the speaker witnessed various events with family members that were later verified to have actually occurred. The veridical evidence discussion starts around the 10:47 mark.
Barbara Lamb
Author of five books, Barbara is primarily a therapist, but has also had interesting Out of Body experiences
Physicist Tom Campbell
Here’s an excerpt from the book Angels, Awareness and Aliens by David Watkinson about one of the pioneers in OOB work at the Monroe Institute:
…Or, the astral entity may be misinterpreted by the person affected by it. A good example of that was another experience that Tom Campbell had. His friend, the city attorney for the town where Tom lived called him to ask if he could do anything to help a lady who was dying from internal bleeding.
The call came after she had been given “last rites” because doctors thought the lady would die in fifteen or twenty minutes. So Tom went out of body and visited the woman in the hospital to telepathically ask her what was going on. She was a minister who basically thought that she was a failure and had no reason to carry on.
Tom spent about five minutes giving her a list of reasons why she should fight to live. She agreed, so Tom was able to help her coagulate her blood to stop her internal bleeding. When Tom came back to his body, he sent an email to the attorney explaining what he did and what he told the woman. She healed so quickly that she was released from the hospital the next day.
Not knowing about Tom’s help, the woman told the attorney that she healed because God spoke to her and gave her a list of reasons to live. It was the very same list that Tom had emailed to the attorney.
Joe McMoneagle
On the Differences Among OOBs, RVs and Lucid Dreams
Here’s an excerpt from a 2011 email exchange between David and one of the most accomplished army/CIA remote viewers Joe McMoneagle:
From David:
…Tom Campbell’s description of his OBEs where he left part of his consciousness in his body in order to communicate with Bob Monroe, sounds similar in some ways to the process used by remote viewers. As a result, in my lecture, I said that there are two types of OBEs – the classic type where full or partial consciousness leaves the physical body encased in a subtle body and the kind where full or partial consciousness travels away from both the subtle body and the physical body. So that remote viewing could be considered an example of the latter.
From Joe:
Not quite accurate. In RV, you understand exactly where your body is at all times, and at no point is your body where you have put your consciousness. In other words, while you are reporting, you know you are reporting from a place where your body is sitting at a table or lying on a couch and speaking directly to someone. You may even have your eyes open and be drawing specifics about the target, that is where your conscious is currently focused. Your consciousness is wherever it has been focused. So, it is possible to have the perception that your mind is floating around a target, or over a target, or through a target, but you will at the same time understand that your body hasn’t moved from where it is actually located.
In the case of OBE, your mind has the impression that your body was left somewhere else and that you have been totally disconnected from it. You remember where you left your body, and understand very clearly where your consciousness is located at all times. It is possible to be totally aware that you are standing in front of a super-nova star as it is exploding, with the sense that you will be completely vaporized by the force wave when it hits you, and have all the experiences of that that your full senses would provide if you actually were there. You remember that you left your body back on Earth in a bed sleeping and that is a place which you are fully disconnected with except for a very slender silver cord which is sometimes visualized. I, myself, have never seen such a cord, but have felt drawn back to my body as if a cord were attached. In both cases, there is no such thing as partial consciousness.
Within the Lucid Dream state, partial consciousness or a feeling of partial reality is possible. It is also possible to have what is called a false awakening while in a Lucid Dream. That is where one awakens from a Lucid Dream into another Lucid Dream where everything works just as if you woke up and were executing your normal everyday actions. However, eventually you will begin to notice small things which do not fit or which change when you look away and then look back again. You will notice that you are unable to physically interact with the reality you believe you are living. Once that happens, you may then wake up, or again awake into another false awakening. In some experiments we ran at the sleep lab at Stanford University with Steven LaBerge, I had as many as six or seven false awakenings in a single night which was a bit unnerving.
Rick Pyle
I’ve enjoyed listening to many of Rick’s recordings on his YouTube channel of short accounts about his regular astral travels. As a result, I booked a three hour lesson with Rick which I found very interesting.
After the lesson Rick provided a very useful extensive written summary of everything that was covered.
You can see Rick’s videos and get lesson info at Astral Club.