In my quest to learn more about other people's  experiences, I came across this article on the Psychics and Mediums Network. It's interesting to know that there are so many similar stories out there. I want to know if anyone has experienced or seen such a thing?

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The Spirit Of A Living Husband

From www.psychics.co.uk

When I was staying in South Africa I woke up in the night and saw my husband's spirit leaving his body. At first I thought that I was dreaming but after closing my eyes and opening them again I knew that it was real.

He was sleeping on his stomach and his spirit was still connected to his legs and feet. I was terrified, thinking that my husband had died. I dug into him with my elbow and he awoke asking me what on earth was wrong. I felt silly and awkward and couldn't tell him until three days later.

My vicar said that what I saw was very unusual. Next time it happens I should watch which way the spirit goes. My husband says that he sometimes sees my spirit standing at the bottom of his bed. Can you explain what happened?

Here's what blog owner, Craig, said:

"Out of body travel is quite a commonly reported experience but it is much rarer to see the spirit of another person leave their body. Nurses often say that they seeing this astral form hovering over patients who are dying. But your husband is perfectly fit and there's nothing to worry about. You both have the ability to leave your body at will."

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Robert Zucker the author of Living Inside Your Dreams tells us more about this phenomenon and a part of our awareness that is often too easily forgotten. So how well do you remember your last dream this morning? Leave your replies in the comment box below.

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HYPNOPOMPIC: Passage into wakefulness

By Robert Zucker from Living Inside Your Dreams

Sometimes, just before fully awakening in the morning, the strange feeling of finding awareness suspended somewhere between the waking state and the remnants of a dream may occur.

The scenes and voices of the dream are still visualized. Consciousness is alert and aware that it is awake... but still dreaming!

This is the hypnopompic period of consciousness. It appears as sleep disappears.

Awareness of this "in-between period" is common for those who get the chance to drift in and out of sleep, usually in the early morning hours, and still dream. Children seem to be able to accomplish this rather easily. By not interrupting the stream of thought during the dream, it can be continued in a semi-aware light sleep.

The hypnopomic is similar to the hypnogogic state, where both experiences occur as the mind passes in or out of sleep.

On a morning you can wake early, let yourself drift in and out of sleep with as much awareness of the process as possible. Consciousness will seem to alternate between two "realities" of being awake and of being in a light dreamy sleep.

Try to control the actions of dreams through this method. It is a profound experience to step into the subconscious consciously. Continuous practice is needed. Less and less attention is usually given to our dream experiences and they soon become alienated from our waking life. The more attention given just before fully waking up, the more lucid they will appear.

Here's a question. How well do you remember your last dream this morning?

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Even before I started studying astral projection or even knew what it was about, I had experienced this thing called the catatonic state. It's different from astral projection, normal dreaming and lucid dreaming. The catatonic state is where your consciousness has moved from your physical body to your etheric body, but not yet to your astral body. An example of this is when you're conscious and are aware of the things that are happening around you, but your physical body is asleep. Can be terrifying!

Now I know better. Here's an article I found that talks explains the catatonic state, or what clinical experts call Sleep Paralysis.

Have you experienced this before? Let me know!

The Catatonic State

There is a state of awareness that most of us encounter at some time or another that is not astral projection, nor is it a dream.

The catatonic state of awareness is when our consciousness detaches and transfers itself from our physical body to our etheric body (but not yet in the astral body). However, the etheric body is still considerably attached to the physical, and has most of the "control".

Clinical psychologists call this Sleep Paralysis, but they are wrong. They define this as a REM sleep state and that the consciousness can not become aware of anything by perceiving it and that it can be aware of nothing except what it "hallucinates". When I read about Sleep Paralysis, I have to smile, because here are some of the symptoms:
- Vibrations and shaking
- The sensation of floating, as in "out of body"
- The sense that other beings are in the room or vicinity
- The ability to see through closed eyes.

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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a vivid dream and astral traveling, and how you can tell the difference between them?

Finding out the difference is the key to having better out of body experiences, as you don't have to worry about whether you did it right or not. A real benefit after learning the basic techniques of astral travel, your psychic abilities will begin to keep picking up as you become more spiritually aware - even if you are the biggest sci fi skeptic of the century!

Here's an excerpt of an article that I found really interesting to read especially for those in the beginners level, as it gives some techniques for astral projection beginners to start creating a record of your astral projection experience successes!

Astral Travel - The Truth Will Set You Free!

When you have those dreams of flight, this is very similar to the experience of astral travel. The feeling of being airborne is much like the way that your astral body travels through the astral plane. All you need to do is focus on the place you want to or on the things which you want and your astral body is there in the blink of an eye. When your physical body and mind are at rest, your astral body is free to roam the universe.

Although we may astral travel while we are asleep, it should not be mistaken for dreaming. Dreaming is quite different, since it happens entirely within your brain as it goes over what has happened that day, placing things into context and allowing you to get past them and awake rested the next day. Your dreams may or may not be remembered after you awake, which is an important difference between astral travel and dreaming.

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When I have vivid dreams and remember it the morning after, I always wonder "Dreams - are they fact or fiction?" and "What do my dreams mean?" Have you ever been in the same shoes?

I recently found a good article written by Jaime Licauco that was published in the Phillipines Daily Inquirer. Jaime is an authority and a renowned parapsychologist in the Phillipines who is the Founder and President of the Inner Mind Development Institute which is a training center for psychic investigation and more.

In Jaime's article, he writes about astral projection and reincarnation.

What dreams tell about previous life

Several times after falling asleep, I could see everyone in the room, but I couldn’t move, speak or scream. I have difficulty breathing. It scares me because the harder I try to move or shout, the more I can’t. I just stay frozen in bed.

“As soon as I become awake, I would instantly fall back into the same state and see everything in the room again. I would try changing my position but it doesn’t help.

“My husband told me after waking up fully from this experience that I was moaning, but he ignored me because I looked like I was only dreaming.

“I told him in detail what he was doing for the past minutes while he thought I was in deep sleep. He was surprised to hear that I was completely aware of my surroundings at that moment, even the television show he was watching and the commercials.

“Is this normal? Or am I just having bangungot [nightmare]?” (name withheld upon request).

There’s really nothing you should be worried about. You’re just having spontaneous astral projection or out-of-body experience (OOBE) during sleep. This is a fairly common and natural occurrence. It happens to a lot of people. It has happened to me, too, but not as frequently.

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When we are sleep we leave our physical bodies in bed and travel to the astral world (or dream world).

This takes place so that the vital body (or aura) can “recharge” the physical body, which has been drained of energy in the normal daily activities.

Due to this, it is impossible for a person to remain without sleeping for a long time. The physical body needs to be revitalized in order to keep working. A very commom example of this necessity is when people who, due to the undelayable requirement of revitalization of their physical bodies, fall asleep while they are driving a vehicle, consequently causing, sometimes, serious accidents.

When we are in our astral body, we can go anywhere and learn about many things, including things about the past and the future.

This happens because in the astral world, which is governed by other laws, time does not exist, but rather only eternity.

Also, when we are in astral bodies we can fly and move as fast as thoughts. Who has never dreamt they were flying? Or, that one moment they were one place and the next in another entirely different one.

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