| Astral projection studies have revealed that one out of | | | | a person's state of consciousness. In other words, |
| ten people experience an out-of-body experience | | | | drug intake puts a person in a state of consciousness |
| (OOBE). Most of these OOBEs are spontaneous. This | | | | favorable for astral traveling. However, these drugs |
| means that they happened without the subject trying | | | | can also induce hallucination and make you feel that |
| to induce them in anyway. There are many factors | | | | you are outside your body when you are actually |
| such as illness, sleep, meditation, and others that can | | | | hallucinating. |
| trigger an astral travel experience. Some of them are | | | | 4. Sleep Paralysis |
| mentioned below. | | | | Robert Monroe, the avid astral travel practitioner, |
| 1. Trauma | | | | simply called sleep paralysis "Mind Awake, Body |
| Some people experience an OOBE when they are in | | | | Asleep." Sleep paralysis is a condition in which the |
| the jaws of death. Such OOBEs are usually reported | | | | physical body is fast asleep and unable to move, but |
| by people undergoing a major surgery or those who | | | | the mind is wide awake and active. It is the most |
| have met with an accident. | | | | common astral travel trigger. Students of astral |
| The most famous report of an OOBE triggered by | | | | projection consciously and willingly enter this state in |
| trauma (also known as near death experience of | | | | order to experience an astral travel. Sleep paralysis |
| NDE) can be found in a fictional tale written by Ernest | | | | also happens spontaneously when a person is sick or |
| Hemingway. The story is based on the writer's | | | | under stress. |
| experiences during the First World War. He writes: "I | | | | 5. Meditation |
| felt my soul or something coming right out of my body, | | | | Meditation puts a person in a state of consciousness |
| like you'd pull a silk handkerchief out of a pocket by | | | | favorable for astral travel. It is the safest astral travel |
| one corner. It flew all around and then came back and | | | | trigger that you can use. |
| went in again..." | | | | 6. Binaural Beats |
| 2. Lucid Dreaming | | | | Binaural beats is the latest gift of technology for |
| People are said to be lucid dreaming when they are | | | | people who are struggling to have an OOBE. When |
| completely aware that they are dreaming. Most cases | | | | people listen to binaural beats, they get into a state of |
| of lucid dreaming are really cases of astral travel, | | | | mind that is ideal for astral travel. Several practitioners |
| where the astral body leaves the physical and goes | | | | claim that binaural beats are the best astral projection |
| wherever it chooses to. | | | | triggers around. |
| Practice lucid dreaming and make a note of your | | | | Most astral travel techniques are built upon these |
| experiences. Do you really "dream" that you have | | | | triggers (except drugs). The best astral projection |
| stepped out of your body? Or have you really | | | | techniques out there are a permutation and |
| stepped out of your body? | | | | combination of meditation, relaxation, visualization, and |
| 3. Psychedelic Drugs | | | | concentration. |
| Psychedelic drugs (not really recommended) can alter | | | | |