| There is a lot of talk on Out of Body blogs, forums and | | | | real entities to be encountered in your travels worry |
| websites about the dangerous elements of the | | | | much about any danger. Most will tell you there are |
| experience, and astral travel danger is one of the | | | | many levels of reality, and as you progress through |
| biggest reasons many beginners don't get involved | | | | each you will encounter beings that are unfamiliar to |
| with this exciting experience in the first place! Of | | | | you, and this "ignorance" can lead to fear. |
| course many people are having SPONTANEOUS out | | | | And of course you have to remember that the human |
| of body experiences anyway, so they don't seem to | | | | will and psychology play a large part of the experience, |
| have much choice in the matter. But in the following | | | | if you WANT to return to your body, simply willing this |
| short article I will try to illuminate my own personal | | | | will often result in an immediate return. Most astral |
| thoughts and experiences regarding the safety of a | | | | travelers and OBE practitioners also speak of the |
| genuine projection. | | | | etheric cord that connects your projected |
| Let me be totally clear when I say that never, EVER | | | | consciousness with your physical body, and this too |
| have I heard of someone having a genuinely | | | | seems to serve as a great lifeline if indeed you find |
| dangerous astral projection. I've certainly heard peoples | | | | yourself afraid. And of course this hasn't just been |
| stories of perceived dangers, and encountering entities | | | | reported spontaneously by people in todays day and |
| on their travels that they perceived as "threatening"...but | | | | age, rather, this very same etheric "silver" cord has |
| never has someone NOT come back from an OBE, | | | | been spoken of since the time of Buddha and the |
| or ended up stuck in realms outside of their body for | | | | Bahavagita in Hindu religious teachings. |
| any real length of time while wanting to return. Even | | | | All in all, having been a devotee of the OBE for many |
| the leading mystics today who have had many | | | | years myself, I can tell you, not only is it safe - it's the |
| repeated (and many while being tested in a lab setting) | | | | most fun you can have in your body, or out - I promise! |
| astral projections, and who DO believe that there are | | | | |