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emphasizes its importance. For example, before bed each night write twenty times, “Now I have an out-of-body experience,” “Now I have a fully conscious out-of-body experience,” or “Now I’m out-of-body.” When you make this exploration a personal priority and incorporate written goals, the intensity of your commitment is magnified. In effect, you begin an almost mystical chain of events—your inner commitment and desire begin to mold your subconscious mind. Often your dreams become more memorable, and increasingly lucid. Dreams involving movement, such as flying, are often reported. These dreams are an indication that your subconscious mind is responding to your commitment to an out-of-body experience. These dreams and the inner signals associated with them are often an effective springboard to a fully conscious experience. Write your goals today and make a firm personal commitment to follow through. WRITTEN GOALS In a class I recently conducted, a woman asked me what single event or experience had most influenced my ability to have out-of-body experiences. After some thought, I realized that more than any other thing, my decision to make a written list of personal spiritual goals had had a dramatic effect. For example, “I easily separate from my physical body” and “I now experience my higher self.” As strange as this may sound, committing my goals to paper had a powerful effect on the results I experienced. During each out-of-body experience, my personal goals seemed to flash in my mind at just the right moment for me to act on them. As I progressed, my goals evolved. Often, after returning from an out-of-body adventure, I would write my experience and realize that now I had several more goals and questions. It’s as if each experience compounded itself. The power of setting firm, written goals is evident; they focus our thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. All things physical and non-physical begin as a thought, and the more specific our thoughts, the greater the probability of their manifestation. During the first seconds of an out-of-body experience, our thoughts are critical to the immediate results we experience. It’s quite common for our first focused thought to propel us into a non-physical environment or situation that is directly related to that thought. Specific written goals create a strong imprint on the subconscious mind and are more likely to be implemented by our nonphysical state of consciousness. If they are used properly, it’s possible to program our out-of-body adventures toward a specific purpose or goal. The importance of this should not be overlooked: it is the first step to effective, conscious control of the out-of-body state. This is the underlying reason why affirmations and visualization are so effective. FEARS AND LIMITS Fears and limits exert an amazing control over our lives. Personal beliefs, limits, and fears create invisible walls of anxiety around us. These feelings of anxiety manifest themselves as the limits we experience in our daily lives. Fear, anxiety, and the resulting limits are the number-one obstacle to success that we must face. Each day we are confronted with decisions and choices that we must act upon. These decisions determine the course of our lives and the results we experience. If you look at the lives of successful people, you will notice that they share one overriding attribute. All of them had to confront and overcome their fears and limitations to reach their desired goals. Examples are the introverted actors, musicians, and public speakers who have conquered their intense stage fright, pilots who were once afraid of heights, and even the child who fears the dark. Each fear and anxiety in our lives is a personal obstacle for us to overcome, a personal barrier separating us from our desired goals. Life itself can be viewed as a series of challenges and obstacles we must eventually confront and overcome. How we react to each challenge will determine the personal accomplishments we experience during our lives. The fears and limits in our physical lives will many times affect our out-of-body explorations as well. In effect, our fears will manifest as non-physical walls and barriers that restrict our freedom and mobility. For example, during the third year of my out-of-body explorations, I experienced a large, heavy object pressing down on me immediately after separation. I perceived the object to be an ornate, gold-leaf mirror; it was so massive that I was pinned under its crushing weight. I began to push against the mirror with all my strength, trying again and again to remove it. An intense despair flowed through me as the weight of the mirror continued to crush me. In desperation, I focused all my attention, all my energy and strength, on moving this pressing weight and screamed out, “I have the power.” Instantly, I felt a surge of strength and easily lifted the mirror and tossed it aside. At that moment, I experienced a powerful new sensation of freedom and mobility. I was as light as a feather and able to go wherever I pleased. For the first time in my life, I felt completely free, completely in control. I was able to move, perceive, and comprehend at an accelerated rate. I somehow knew that I had opened the door to new levels of personal possibilities and growth. Each fear and limit we experience is an opportunity for us to learn and grow. Our recognition of this can assist us in confronting each new challenge. BELIEF As surprising as it may sound, you don’t have to believe in out-of-body experiences to have one. Countless individuals worldwide have reported spontaneous out-of-body experiences. Most of these people possessed no previous knowledge of or belief in out-of-body travel. Several books are currently available by Raymond Moody and other authors detailing such near-death and out-of-body experiences and their dramatic results. Over twenty years ago when I first heard of this strange phenomenon, I didn’t believe out-of-body experiences really existed. I had concluded that so-called out-of-body travel was probably a weird hoax, a drug-induced experience, or some kind of extremely lucid dream. Out of half-hearted curiosity, I decided to investigate these strange reports for myself. Looking back, I realize that belief was unnecessary. Instead, curiosity was my greatest asset when investigating this unique form of exploration. PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AND INDOCTRINATION 37