Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, September 19, 2010

Understanding Projection Of Astral Body

By Michael Kranyk

Projection of Astral Body refers to separation of one's inner soul or spirit from that of his physical body and projection of the same outwards from the latter into other astral planes or higher realms of consciousness.

There are two models reflecting two different thought process or beliefs where projection of astral body is concerned. These are the Phasing Model and the Mystical Model which are two distinctly different school of thoughts regarding what projection of astral body is all about.

According to the Mystical Model, astral planes are believed to be located at higher ethereal realms external to one's physical body and the projection of one's astral body takes place from the physical body, outwards and upwards to these higher levels of consciousness. Thus, this model believes in the externality of the entire phenomenon.

Projection of astral body according to this model starts with the creation of a subtle energy form within an individual after which this energy body is projected outside the physical body to higher realms of consciousness remaining connected to the latter with the help of a illuminated, silver energy umbilical cord.

The main works on the Mystical Model approach of projection of astral body can be found in the books of 'Out of Body Experiences' by Robert Peterson, 'Astral Dynamics' by Robert Bruce and 'Projection of Astral Body' by Carrington and Muldoon which go on to explaining the phenomenon as an external out of body experience thereof.

Projection of astral body, as a concept also has its explanation in the Phasing Model of astral projection. According to this school of thought, the projection occurs in a phase and not external to the physical body as propounded by the Mystical Model. In simple terms this line of thinking is all about considering the physical body and the astral plane as two extremes, or in other words, two phases of the entire spectrum of consciousness.

Defined by Robert Munroe, this model gives the view of projection of astral body as an internal phenomenon where the projection occurs to a different phase of consciousness and not to an externally located plane of existence. Thus, the phasing Model is more in line with the belief that the external reality of an individual is an internally created state of his.

It must be said at this point that clarity regarding the validity or effectiveness of either of these two above mentioned models still remains to be proved. Moreover, discussions and debates regarding whether each and every physical aspect has its corresponding astral counterpart or whether spirits reincarnate in physicals bodies resulting in the entire phenomenon of astral projection are still some things that mankind is involved in while some believe that projection of astral body is due to something entirely different from all this.

As a conclusion it can be stated that the exact causes behind projection of astral body remains to be unearthed and proven by science. However, it can be safely said that the journey of astral travel is something that provides an individual a spiritual bent of mind through which he develops a matured and spiritual outlook towards life, death, reality and relationships.

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