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sleep. The goal is to be completely focused upon your desire for an immediate out-of-body experience as you drift to sleep. For maximum effectiveness, when using affirmations during any out-of-body technique, it’s important that you do four things. First, as much as possible, progressively increase the emotional and intellectual intensity of your last affirmations as you drift to sleep. Second, continuously repeat the affirmations until you go to sleep. Make your final thoughts before sleep your most focused out-of-body affirmations. Third, think of your affirmations as firm personal commitments that you fully expect to experience, now! And fourth, as much as possible, feel completely open to receive the immediate results of your affirmations. There are an infinite number and variety of possible affirmations; here are a few examples. • Now I’m out-of-body! • I consciously experience an out-of-body journey. Now! • I enjoy out-of-body consciousness now! • I remain aware as my body goes to sleep. • I remain consciously aware as my body falls to sleep. • I consciously separate from my physical body after it is asleep. • As my body goes to sleep, I am completely aware of my out-of-body experience. • Now I have an out-of-body experience. • Now I separate from my body! Affirmations can be used to: • Affirm your clarity of perception when out-of-body. The clarity technique is basically a strong affirmation for enhanced perception. • Declare your immediate intentions to experience an out-of-body journey. • Reduce fear and increase control. • Enhance the dream-conversion process and memory recall. • Enhance and reinforce any of the other out-of-body techniques. • Control thought, both before and during an out-of-body experience. • Help remove negative or limiting self-concepts and beliefs related to out-of-body exploration. • Reprogram your subconscious for success. • Help you expand your self-concept beyond the physical body. • Enhance your ability to move away from your physical body during the initial seconds of a separation. “I move to the other room” or “I float up and away.” VISUALIZATION WITH AFFIRMATIONS Affirmations can be combined with other techniques to enhance their overall effectiveness. They can also be helpful in focusing and maintaining your conscious attention upon your goal of an out-of-body experience as your body drifts off to sleep. The following is an example. Lie on your back and become as comfortable as possible. Close your eyes, completely relax, and breathe deeply, slowly, and naturally. As you relax, repeat an affirmation such as “Now I’m out-of-body” or “I now separate from my body in full awareness.” Continue this affirmation until you begin to get sleepy. As you mentally repeat this affirmation, begin to visualize a familiar place: a room in your home or any other place you know well and can imagine with absolute clarity. Now begin to picture the room in your mind. As vividly as possible, see the details of the room—feel the carpet under your feet, the fabric of the curtains and furniture. See the patterns in the wallpaper and feel the texture of the furniture. Notice and explore the paintings, the books, all the small details. Become absorbed in the details of the room. Feel yourself walking around the room. Notice how good it feels, how comfortable it is. As much as possible, use all your senses. Select one item in the room. Pick it up and feel its texture, its weight. See and feel this object as clearly as possible. Become completely absorbed in it. Continue your affirmations as you drift off. The key to this exercise is to maintain your interest outside your body until your body falls asleep. The combination of affirmations with this visualization is extremely effective. EARLY MORNING TECHNIQUE One of the best times to induce an out-of-body experience is early in the morning after two or three REM periods (three to five hours) have passed. During sleep, every ninety to one hundred minutes we begin a dream period called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Our eye movement during sleep is physical evidence that we are entering a dream or, in some cases, another altered state of awareness. The scientific correlation between REM periods and out-of-body experiences is yet to be confirmed; however, reports linking the two are commonplace. The following technique is highly effective, but it does require a degree of self-discipline. Many have found the additional effort worthwhile. Set your alarm for approximately three to four hours of sleep. After you awaken, move to another area of your home—a recliner or a sofa, for example. As you become comfortable in your new location, select your favorite out-of-body technique. Completely relax and begin to do your affirmations, alone or in combination with your visualization technique. Repeat your affirmations, first verbally, then silently to yourself. As you become more relaxed, focus your complete attention upon your affirmations and away from your physical body. As you drift to sleep, attempt to boost the emotional and intellectual impact of your affirmations as much as possible. With increasing intensity, make your last affirmations before sleep a firm personal commitment to have an immediate out-ofbody experience. It’s important that your last thought before drifting into sleep be your out-of-body affirmations. As you do this, feel completely open to receive your request immediately. Remember to focus all your thoughts and emotions into the affirmations. Your intensity and personal commitment are most important. Using this technique, many people report an out-of-body experience immediately after they drift to sleep. If you have the time, this technique can be repeated several times before morning. During the first few attempts, you may just go back to sleep; however, with repeated practice, the technique can provide dramatic results. If you are having 48