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Whatever is comfortable and easy to picture in your mind will work. Flow with the sensations and pictures in your mind; have fun with the visualization and allow your imagination to take off. As you remain focused upon the internal imagery, repeat to yourself, “Now I’m out-of-body.” The result of this technique is identical to other out-of-body methods. You will either fall asleep, awaken in the vibrational state, or awaken floating above or near your body. The key is to remain calm and direct; maintain complete attention away from your physical body. At first glance this technique may appear difficult, but in practice it’s simply a matter of remaining aware as long as possible as we slowly drift into sleep. Our natural ability to recognize and direct our consciousness is limited only by our preconceptions. Many of us have never attempted to extend our awareness beyond waking consciousness; as sleep approaches, we simply surrender to its sensations and slowly lose consciousness. I hope that from now on, as you drift off to sleep, you will view the process of “falling to sleep” in a different light. As you experiment with the hypnagogic state, you’ll find that it becomes preferable to direct your attention instead of just allowing your mind to fade into unconsciousness. In addition, as you begin to pay close attention to the imagery you see, you will gain some interesting new perceptions into yourself: your motivations, passions, fears, and abilities. When recognized and used properly, the hypnagogic state can be a powerful and creative tool for extending our perceptions beyond our physical limits. Just as Edison used this state of consciousness to obtain inspiration for his many inventions, we can use it to expand our awareness beyond the physical. The following visualization can be effective for individuals or groups. In my classes, it is often used as a relaxation and preparation before an out-of-body technique. PREPARATION TECHNIQUE Take several deep breaths and completely relax. Close your eyes and begin to visualize the top of your head opening and a stream of shimmering white, liquid energy flowing into the top of your head. The liquid feels warm and soothing as it slowly flows through the top of your head and past your forehead, eyes, and mouth. Completely relax and feel all your tensions release into the warm shimmering liquid. Feel the liquid absorb your tensions and your fears. Feel the warm liquid slowly flow through your head and down your throat. Feel this warm energy flow through your heart and spread throughout your body. Feel its warmth and energy as it flows down your back. Feel it absorbing your tension, your pain, your fears, and your limits as it fills every part of your arms and legs. Feel your entire body filled with this wonderful, white liquid energy. Feel every cell, every tissue, organ, and muscle bathe in this warm white liquid. Now feel the liquid energy become even warmer. Feel it vibrate and become a liquid sponge, a liquid magnet. Feel it begin to attract and absorb your negative vibrations. Feel it absorb your feelings of fear and anger; feel it absorb all the attachments to your body. Vividly feel all your fears, anxieties, limits, and anger being absorbed into this warm, vibrating liquid energy. Feel the flow; feel it draw your negative vibrations from your body, your emotions, your mind. Feel it at every level of your being. See and feel the glowing, warm liquid begin to darken as it absorbs all your negative vibrations. Feel every cell, every tissue and organ, every energy system in your body releasing its impurities, releasing its negative programming, releasing its limits and fear. Vividly feel all your negative vibrations let go and release their energy into the warm white liquid flowing through you. Feel this at every level of your being. Feel your emotional walls dissolve. Feel your attachments to your ego and your body begin to release to the warm liquid energy. As your negative energies are released into the warm liquid, see the liquid become darker and darker. Feel it draw the impurities from your body, your emotions, and your mind. Feel all your impurities released to the liquid. Now visualize valves at the base of your heels and the palms of your hands. Slowly open the valves and let the warm brown liquid begin to flow out of your body. Feel all your negative emotions—your fears and your limits—draining out and away from your body. Vividly see and feel your negative emotions and vibrations completely drain from your body. Feel every part of your inner being, your inner self, become cleaner and clearer as your negative energies and thoughts flow from your body. As clearly as possible, see and feel your individual fears, limits, and negative energies release from your physical, your emotional, and your intellectual body. Feel all your negative energies flowing out through your heels and hands. Clearly see all your anxieties, limits, and attachments flowing from your body. Feel how good it is to be purified of your negative energies. You have never had a complete inner cleansing before, and you feel totally fresh and pure. You feel light as a feather, free from the dense negative limits and thoughts that hold you to matter. Inwardly acknowledge that all your negative energies are flushed forever from your body, flushed forever from your physical, emotional, and intellectual body. Feel the pure power of this cleansing as your body and mind are reenergized and completely purified of all negative programming, limits, and fears. Absolutely know that all of your negative energies are washed away forever. Deep down, feel your vibration rate increase; feel how light and airy you are. Feel the joy as you experience your new, higher vibration, your higher self. Relax and enjoy your higher, finer vibrations as you grow lighter, and lighter, and lighter. Feel yourself becoming light as a feather, just floating, floating effortlessly, as light as a cloud, floating up and away from your body. Separation Much of the current literature on out-of-body experiences indicates that we automatically float or lift out of our bodies like some form of magic. Based on my experience and information obtained from more than two hundred people, I believe this perception is inaccurate. It’s quite common to enter the vibrational state but not separate from the body. This occasionally happens even to experienced out-of-body explorers. It’s unclear why, during the vibrational phase, we sometimes cannot or will not separate from the physical body. Any number of reasons could be mentioned: energy or psychological attachments to the physical; fears; vibrational misalignment; or simply lack of information concerning how to react to the experience. 41