Lewis AK, Osborn IP, Roth R (February 2004). "The effect of hemispheric synchronization on intraoperative analgesia". Anesthesia and Analgesia. 98 (2): 533–6, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000096181.89116.d2. PMID 14742401. S2CID 25176260. As science conquers the physical world there leaves only the quantum, or 'spiritual' realms left to explore, and until we advance in sufficiently our 'tangible technologies' it may only be studied by the 'psychonauts' brave enough to go there. Monroe developed Hemi-Sync which he claimed could facilitate enhanced brain performance. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Tuve mi primera experiencia astral hace ya como un mes atrás, y todo se volvió confuso desde ese punto. Fue una sensación demasiado peculiar e inefable de una u otra manera. Y lo que es aún más raro es el hecho de que yo no lo busqué. Recuerdo que una vez escuché hablar del tema, pero este me pareció tan inalcanzable. Por más de que fuera real, en mi mente siempre me decía que este tipo de situaciones solo les pasarían a un determinado grupo de personas, las cuales poseen un don. Every experience was written in his detailed journal no matter how absurd they were. He made sure to even include journeys that didn't make sense at the moment, assuming their interpretation might be easier later on.

Monroe provides extremely detailed accounts of many of his OBEs. The book contains much, much more valuable information on the subject than I have touched on, including preliminary exercises and advice on how best to exit the body. For me, Moody's book was a convincer. As I read the accounts of people who had died and then revived, and the profound emotional effect it had on them, notably in changing their values to be much more concerned with the welfare of others, I felt sure that their experiences were authentic, and I wanted to let their experience change my life as it had changed theirs. It was a major motivator in my decision to seek out training in the Buddhist teachings, which I did soon after reading Moody's book. He presents many accounts of specific "trips" he made from his body, taken directly from the notes he made right afterwards each time. I don't want to say too much about what he found, in case I spoil the experience of reading this book for yourself, but I was intrigued with certain aspects of his experience. One aspect was that while he was in his "Second Body," in the disembodied state, his emotions were especially powerful and hard to control, and his conscious mind was relatively weak and ineffective. Another aspect was that his experience out of the body appeared to be divided between 3 separate realms or, as he terms them, "locales." Locale 1 is the physical world that we know, which the disembodied person can move through at will (with some interesting exceptions). Locale 2 is a vast, nonphysical realm that appears to be the usual habitat of the disembodied person; it is filled with all kinds of other beings in all kinds of situations. Monroe suggests that it is in this locale that we might find the "places" we call heaven and hell. Such places are defined not by location, but by the emotional state of those who are in them. Locale 3 is a separate realm that is much like Locale 1, except that its geography, technology, and societies are different from the ones we know: they're like "alternative history" versions of our world.

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SÚPER INTERESANTE aunque un tanto retorcido de leer, en el sentido de que está all over the place y que es un tanto complicadete. Aún así eso me gusta, porque me hace sentir que es un testimonio sincero y que entonces está cerca de la realidad, que también es retorcida y compleja. Otra cosa que me gusta es que el autor, Robert Monroe, hoy en día conocido como el gurú de los viajes astrales y con centro de especialización propio, empezó su camino místico casualmente un día cualquiera, desdoblándose sin querer. Era un hombre de negocios sin interés especial por investigar el tema, cuarentón, casado, un american man cualquiera de las series antiguas... y le pasó todo lo que le pasó. Eso también me hace creer que es cierto, porque muy inesperado. no es como algo que estuviera buscando. Locale 1 is the Here-Now, which consists of people and places that actually do exist in the material, well-known world at the very moment of the experiment. Visits to Locale 1 generally do not contain strange beings, events, or places. The Monroe Institute ( TMI) is a nonprofit education and research organization devoted to the exploration of human consciousness, based in Faber, Virginia, United States. [9] Upwards of 20,000 people are estimated to have attended TMI's residential Gateway program during its first thirty years. [10] TMI claims a policy of no dogma or bias with respect to belief system, religion, political or social stance. The institute is housed in several buildings on 300 acres (1.2km 2) of land south of Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

To me, this guy seems to be telling the truth. The possibilities and experiences that he talks about excites me and makes reality more mystical and unknown. Somehow that feels better than telling to myself that he is full of shit, just because some scientists said that OBEs are not possible. I enjoyed this early account of Robert Monroe's "discovery" of astral projection=remote viewing=out-of-the-body phenomena and his description of his own experiences, but I wouldn't confidently recommend it to anyone not already committed to and seriously interested in the phenomenology of such things. The book is seriously flawed insofar as it intends to provide any sort of proof, it being constituted primarily by a bunch of personal anecdotes and stories. Like a good first person ghost story, one can suspend disbelief and go for the ride as I did, but, on reflection, it boils down to how willing you are to believe the storyteller. Munroe talks about going to an alternate dimension in his explorations. He quotes a college professor about the possibility of this: “Dr. Leon M. Lederman, professor of physics at Columbia University, has stated: “Basic physics is completely consistent with the cosmological conception of a literal antiworld of stars and planets composed of atoms of antimatter, which is to say negative nuclei surrounded by positive electrons. We can now entertain the intriguing idea that these antiworlds are populated by antipeople, who antiscientists are perhaps even now excited by the discovery of matter.” pg 100 If you are interested in more information about OBEs, you may want to read Soul Traveler: A Guide to Out-of-Body Experiences and the Wonders Beyond or Multidimensional Man.In this environment there are no cars, boats or other means of transportation. You think movement, and it occurs. No telephones, radio or other communication aids exist, communication being instantaneous. There are no farms, gardens, etc, since no food energy needs are indicated. Thought is the force that supplies any need or desire. Like attracts like. The book is somewhat like a lab report for the various astral projection experiments while still maintaining a personal tone. US Patent 5213562: "Method of inducing mental, emotional and physical states of consciousness, including specific mental activity, in human beings" Since the 1950s, Monroe researched the effects of various sound patterns on human consciousness, including the feasibility of learning during sleep. He often used himself as a test subject for this research and in 1958 he began experiencing a state of consciousness separate and apart from the physical body. He described the state as an “out of body experience”. This led to much more research into human consciousness. He chronicled his early explorations in the book, Journeys Out of the Body (1971).