Astral Travel or Outer Body Projection?

One of the members of our local Gratitude Group, *Beverly, has been interested in experimenting with Astral Travel, or Outer Body Projections, for a while. She experiences nightmares regularly, so was really excited to have the following dream last week:

Beverly said she became aware during her sleep that she was 'up off the bed, like floating above the bed'. In her dream she was fascinated and wondered how Astral Travelers moved about, and then she floated higher until just below the ceiling. She said she noticed yellow stains there and that she'd never noticed any yellow stains there before. As she was hovering there, her brother *Ron, who shares her apartment and is also interested in Astral Travel, came into the room and they exchanged greetings. She said he appeared three dimensional, but was not solid, more like a hologram. As he left the room, she wanted to stop him to exchange a sign so they would know without doubt that this was not a dream, but in fact an out of body experience. But she was unable to control her movements and her brother left the room. She then floated off into the night sky and alighted on a rooftop, of which she recalled the concrete being very cold.

In the morning, Beverly, wanting to prove that she'd been Astral Traveling, asked her brother if he remembered coming into her room during the night, but he had no recollection of.

There were different opinions among the group to explain Beverly's experience and as nobody knows the answer for sure, any of these explanations may serve Beverly. One was that she was dreaming a dream of desire. Her desire to Astral Travel is so strong that she achieves it in her sleep. Another idea was that she had in fact had an ethereal experience that none of us were qualified to judge. She left her body and went into the sky. The fact that her brother didn't remember it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

At the Gratitude Group, we often delve into deep topics such as this. It's all about increasing our awareness of ourselves as spiritual beings in temporary physical bodies. The group is open to everyone and all are welcome, however only a small group of people are vibrating at the level that makes them want to search for 'the answers'. We can speculate and theorize as much as we like, but until we die, we won't have all the answers.

A famous Aussie, Kerri Packer, who experienced a near death experience, said he went to other side and there was nothing there. He should have qualified his statement by saying that 'he was not aware that there was anything there'.

*Names are changed for privacy reasons.

How Can We Really Forgive Others?

One of the members of my local Gratitude Group, *Helen, is struggling with her relationship. Her man had sex with another woman, but she says she wishes to forgive him and make the relationship work. She said her boyfriend feels guilt for his actions to the point that it's really eating him up and he sometimes appears suicidal.

All members present gave their thoughts, advice and hugs to her, but somehow I'm not sure she heard what she wanted to hear.

When we forgive, we release the past and are able to move forward in a loving, non-conditional way. This is easier said than done because we are emotional creatures. What may sometimes hold us back though, is our own pain. Notice what those words say? Own Pain. You own it.

True forgiveness requires the non-attachment to the deed. Helen owns the pain because she is attached to the deed. I'm wondering if perhaps Helen is making her man feel guilty for his actions by going through the motions of the pain. Hmmm, let me rephrase that tricky concept.

Helen is angry. Who wouldn't be? Her trust has been betrayed. Does she want to remain in the anger state because it makes her feel better? Anger feels better than sadness, because it's further up the vibratory scale. By making him feel guilty, she is getting acknowledgment of the betrayal. Constantly. She's not going to let him forget this and go do it again. To forgive doesn't suggest that it's ok for him to betray Helen's trust, but it releases them both from the past and allows them to start over and move forward.

It was suggested to Helen that she might be trying to hang on to this relationship because she gets something from it that she can't provide herself at the moment. Maybe this relationship serves her self esteem? If she doesn't keep this man, maybe no other man will come along? Of course that's not true, but in Helen's emotional state she doesn't like the truth. Of course there are men out there who would never stray from her gentle loving arms, given the chance to be held by her.

Helen needs to work on her own self, to make herself emotionally, spiritually, financially, physically and socially complete. Once she's complete, people can enter her life as a complement and leave when they please without hurting her.

Find Your Passion - Live Your Dreams!

*Real names have been changed for privacy reasons.