M.J. Rose

OBEs, or Out of Body Experiences, are indeed, mysterious. Are they a function of our brain’s neurons? A mystical transformation? A result of otherworldly spirits guiding us to an experience of the other realms? A “near death”? A lucid dream? An astral projection or soul trip to inner space or outer space?

In the following piece from The Daily Grail, some enlightenment on the subject is offered. Enjoy!

How to Have an OBE

The following is a modified excerpt from Paul and Charla Devereux’s book Lucid Dreaming: Accessing Your Inner Virtual Realities (Daily Grail Publishing, 2011).

The techniques used for inducing out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are essentially similar to lucid dream inductions, but with a different emphasis. The power of place (spatial programming) takes on special importance, and ways of developing a dual awareness can be helpful. Most OBE practitioners agree that when inducing the experience, physical relaxation is most important. A state of relaxed alertness is the ideal to be sought.

There seems to be no special dietary advice for OBE induction, though pioneering ‘astral projector’ Sylvan Muldoon recommended fasting and a reduction in the taking of liquids on days when induction is being attempted. On the other hand, dream researcher Patricia Garfield found that she had her strongest (and most frightening) OBE when she had been “inordinately stuffed with food”! As far as posture is concerned, there are likewise no universal rules. Muldoon felt that sleeping on one’s back was best, and failing that, the right side. Garfield felt that lying on one’s back or left side best facilitated OBEs. Robert Monroe, one of the most prominent OBE proponents of the last half century, said that the aspiring OBE practitioner should lie with his or her head towards the north, but Garfield argued that it made no difference what direction one slept in. Perhaps the only golden rule is to simply experiment! You have to find what works for you…

For the complete article, click here to go to The Daily Grail.

For some reason nothing gives me the shivers more than ghost ships. Imagine suddenly finding yourself wandering alone on a ghost ship in the middle of sea…

The Unsolved Mystery Of ‘Ghost Ships’

(CNN) — It’s been described as one of the greatest Victorian gothic horror stories of all time. Two ships with 129 men on board and fitted with the latest technology, vanish with barely a trace left behind. One hundred and sixty years of searching — one attempt as recent as last month — have failed to find “HMS Erebus” and her sister ship, the somewhat appropriately named “HMS Terror” — the two vessels lost in the Arctic.

In 1845 British Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin set out with some of the finest sailors of the time on a mission to map the Northwest Passage. Franklin’s expedition wasn’t the first to the region, but it is the most infamous.

“Why did this fail when all the others didn’t,” asks author William Battersby. “There was something jinxed about the expedition.” Battersby is one of many to be transfixed by the mystery of Franklin’s last voyage. “We love adventure stories, of daring do, win against all odds, but in this story they don’t and we still don’t know why.”…

For the complete story click here.

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An idea! If You Blog:  Why not write a post about the mysteries you have encountered recently?  Send a trackback to this blog and leave a comment below so we can share the mystery!

My friend Lily over at the fantastic blog Green Mother Medicine has shared a remarkable story with her readers, and I’d like to pass it along to you…

“We are all angels in each other’s eyes.”

From the blog Green Mother Medicine –

“Every month I go to The Blue Flag Dare’ where we gather on behalf of all living beings for healing and harmony. We have a council circle, held with the idea that solutions to what we are facing personally, in our local communities and globally require the participation and perspective of all.  So, a “question” is posed, which in not meant to have an “answer” but rather is a touchstone for discussion.  People are asked to speak from the heart and to tell a story from their lives that relates.

Sunday’s question was to address the ways in which Beggars Appearing as Angels which is part of so many spiritual traditions has appeared in your life…”

Read the complete story here.

About Green Mother Medicine:

Living “in the story” of the transformation of our world from a place where we have a choice to be in denial that all things have consciousness and worthiness into living in a world where there is reverence, gratitude and awe for THE WEB OF LIFE and an understanding that we are part of it.