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3. Real-time projected double (first true mind-split) One completely exterior mind-split has also occurred between the physical/etheric body and die real-time projected double. All three copies are energetically interconnected, and all three are capable of functioning and thinking completely independently — although in the case of the physical/dream mind, on a more internalized level of consciousness within die dream environment. The natural purpose of this multiple mind-split effect is, I believe, to allow the essential animating spirit to strip away the layers of gross matter that hold it fixed within the physical body and physical universe. This process progressively exposes the more refined spiritual aspects of the central animating core of spirit consciousness. This enables it to temporarily exist in higher dimensions, to reflect a part of itself there, during sleep or OBE. A solid base inside the physical/etheric body remains behind throughout this process, however, safely holding the original, or master, copy of its earthly consciousness and memories for its current incarnation. I suggest that shifting the base level of consciousness from the physical/etheric body directly into higher dimensional levels, in a single step, is way too big a leap. This shift appears to require a gentler series of multiple reflections into progressively higher and more refined subtle bodies, via multiple mind-splits. The conscious essence held and maintained within any projected subtle body is not just a mere energetic reflection of mind and memory, but a fully functional copy of its essential animating consciousness and spirit, plus all of its conditional and influential energetic modifiers. More on this later. My overall impression is that this process is designed to provide the central animating spirit consciousness with regular and direct exposure to the refining and adjusting influences of living karma and universal law, as they exist at vastly higher and more rarefied dimensional levels. This, I believe, is how karma and universal law actually work: the higher subtle bodies filter up and down through the dimensional scale — from the gross physical body to its highest energetic slate — whenever the physical body sleeps. You can find many clues showing the mind-split at work by examining some of the enormous numbers of case histories available today — if you know what you are looking for. Projectors often experience and make note of symptoms of the mind-split, but these have never been fully accounted for. The most commonly felt symptom is the sensation of duality — of being aware of the physical body while also being aware of existing in a subtle body at a different location. For example: "I was flying through the clouds when I suddenly became aware of feeling my phy sical body back on my bed, and of hearing the clock Licking in the room and traffic noises drifting in through the open window". Duality sensations are an occasional side effect of the mind-split, caused, I believe, by the silver cord, which is the two-way energetic linkage connecting the physical/etheric body with its projected double. Shadow Memory Shadow memory is my term for all memories not gained during normal waking consciousness by the physical body — memories gained through OBE, Fig. 2. Mind-split effect, showing subtle bodies. including lucid dreams and dream experiences. Shadow memories are downloaded into the physical brain after an OBE, and appear to exist in inaccessible levels of memory. Full waking consciousness completely overrides and hides shadow memories, making them extremely difficult to access and thus remember under normal circumstances. A very light trance or near-daydreaming state encourages shadow memories to surface inside the conscious mind where they can become real memories. During this relaxed state, the conscious mind tends to wander through events, ideas, fantasies, and memories, which causes associations to be made with fragments of shadow memories. Associations trigger the upsurge of shadow 19