How to simulate an out-of-body experience — YouTube from the CEC Library

Astral projection occurs when consciousness moves into a subtler vehicle, the astral body, traveling to the astral plane. This displacement occurs through the acceleration of the chakras, which causes the physical body to separate from the astral body. To achieve astral projection, it is essential to completely relax the physical body, disable it, and transfer consciousness to the astral body. We work with circulation of energies and techniques to perceive consciousness beyond the limits of the physical body.

Projective catalepsy is a projective sign that can be frightening. It occurs when consciousness, as it moves to the astral body, remains near the physical body, causing a sensation of immobility. Will is what moves the body; when consciousness is in another body, the ability to move the physical body diminishes. This generates the sensation of being unable to move, speak, or breathe, even if the time outside the body is brief.

Understanding this process can make it easier to come out of the body with less concern. Ideally, one should make use of this moment, relax, and become calm. The person can try small physical movements or exteriorize energy, whether through the frontal chakra or another part of the body. This can result in returning to the body or proceeding with the astral projection, which is the goal.

The return to the body can occur quickly. Érica asks: "Is absolute relaxation the only way to reach catalepsy?" That is relative because it is part of a process. When you are lying down, you often unconsciously try to relax in order to sleep. This relaxation can accelerate the chakra, allowing consciousness to charge itself energetically on another plane, which also affects the physical body.

Absolute relaxation can lead to conscious astral projection. Catalepsy can be part of the process, but you may not perceive it. It is a learning process about self-knowledge and limits, allowing detachment from oneself. A listener reported the sensation that he was going to die—a common experience in this state. The same person also said that once they were awake but unable to move. Learning to relax completely can bring this sensation.

A listener mentioned having accidentally come out of the body but being unable to repeat the experience. The good news is that we come out of the body every night. When the physical body sleeps, consciousness migrates to the astral body. The issue is maintaining consciousness and lucidity during astral projection. Unconsciously, we revitalize the physical body through the astral body during sleep. The challenge is to do this consciously and voluntarily, whenever and wherever we want.

To perceive that we are projected and create mental conditioning to awaken lucidity, we can begin with catalepsy. If we perceive that we are in this state, somewhat awake and outside the body, we can observe the surrounding environment. Lucidity increases when we become quiet, avoiding euphoria that can create illusory images. Sensations of lightness, changes in position within the environment, sounds, and changes in the furniture are signs of projection. Tests such as stretching a finger or jumping help confirm the projection.

Sometimes the projection is so vivid that we do not perceive the difference between the physical and the astral, but we feel that something is strange. Mental conditioning, such as asking ourselves several times a day whether we are awake or asleep, helps awaken lucidity. During sleep, these exercises can awaken us. Regarding the body's force of attraction within the range of the silver cord, our aura has a limit that can reach 4 meters, depending on the consciential level. What we consume in terms of culture and behavior influences our auric field. The less dense it is, the greater the possibility of moving beyond the silver cord's pull. Within this field, the attraction is strong, like a magnetic field. Accelerating the energies through circulation can help one move away from this attraction.

The circulation of energy, performed through will, reverberates through the chakras, making it easier to move away. To overcome the body's gravitational or magnetic pull, it is important to perform circulation of energies. Another technique is to focus one's thoughts on a specific location, such as a photograph, to facilitate coming out of the body. This attraction toward the body often occurs without our noticing, but circulation of energy helps overcome it.

Overcoming the fear of being outside the body can also reduce this attraction. A listener asks whether mastering the vibrational state means mastering leaving the body, reporting that an intense vibrational state always expels the psychosoma when leaving with continuous consciousness. This is part of the astral projection process. There are two situations to consider: if a person is very dense because of diet or behavior, they will have greater difficulty moving away from the body and will need to expend more energy. Dense foods, such as meat, and unresolved emotional issues bind the person. On the other hand, an emotionally balanced person with a healthy diet will have greater ease projecting.

Balanced behavior facilitates detachment. People who are more at peace emotionally and at higher frequencies do not need the effort of circulation of energy as much because they have already detached themselves from many emotional issues. Behavior is closely connected to the ability to have astral projections. In addition to ease of projection, the level of lucidity is also influenced by emotional processes. Less anger, hurt, fantasies, and frustration increase the ability to see reality. During astral projection, it is possible to have contact with both the physical plane and the astral dimension, depending on one's evolutionary level and level of consciousness.

To reach astral planes with subtler vibrations, it is necessary to work on the emotional processes that generate dense energies. This opens up a universe of possibilities and experiences. The first practice involves simulating an experience of coming out of the body. We divide the exercise into stages so that each person can perceive their state at each moment. The first stage is to perceive one's relationship with the environment: how you perceive yourself within it, your position in relation to the distances and limits of the space.

The practice involves perceiving the limits of the physical body and performing an exercise in circulation of energies, followed by the experience of having consciousness outside the physical body. The first stage, perceiving limits, can be shorter, while the experience of being in different parts of the environment can be longer. During the practice, pay attention to where you are in relation to the environment: windows, furniture, lighting, and distances from the walls and ceiling. Observe details that normally go unnoticed. Close your eyes and mentally recreate this image, paying attention to distances and breathing calmly.

Release your shoulders, relax the muscles of the diaphragm and abdomen, and align your spine. Feel yourself relaxing and maintain the image of the environment you are in, positioning yourself as you believe you are positioned. Perceive the size relationship between you and the environment. If you wish, touch your arms and legs to feel the limits of your body. With your eyes closed, compare this perception with the one you have with your eyes open: whether the body seems larger, smaller, higher, lower, or tilted. Breathe and make the environment increasingly real within you.