Astral projection – you must have heard this term before. You probably have a vague idea of what this means, and you think of it some unique way of meditation that allows you to leave your body. Sounds supernatural? Well, it’s more than that! But it’s also very real.
The amazing Bustle team watched a Udemy course on astral projection and they found out that the term is used to refer to an “out-of-body experience (OBE) during which the astral body leaves the physical body and travels to the astral plane.”
The entire concept is based on the belief that something called “an astral plane” exists, and it is one of the seven planes of beings. Us humans live on the material plane and in a material world, so there is no wonder our souls want to escape to another plane. The astral plane is not just the home for souls trying to find their way to their next life or their resting place, but it is also the home for spirits and angels that are more than human. Even though the astral plane sounds like something mythicized, it is rooted in modern, new age mythology and spirituality.
If you’re thinking that this is all too supernatural and impossible to exist, let us give you a more reasonable definition. According to Anima Mundi Herbals, “Astral projection [is] basically just conscious sleep, aka lucid dreaming. When you start to fall asleep but wake up right before it happens, you can literally feel your soul coming back into the body. That is why you sometimes feel like you’re falling.” See? You’ve already experienced an astral projection, sort of!
The goal of lucid dreaming and astral projecting is to transcend your physical being with the power of your mind. So, your soul won’t be leaving your body (at least we don’t have a proof for that); this is just the easiest way to describe astral projecting to people who are not familiar with the term.
Still sound impossible to you? Well, we even have a scientific backup! The Frontiers of Human Neuroscience published a paper which explores this soul-leaving-the-body experience. Researchers studied the brain of a subject who claimed to be able to achieve the state of astral projection. They used an MRI on her during the phase in which she claimed to be in a state of astral projection. The results were stunning, and the researchers were able to identify the parts of the brain that were activated during this journey. So, astral projections do not have to necessarily refer to your soul leaving your body; it can simply refer to something that is happening in your head.
If astral projections sound interesting to you, then keep reading. We are going to answer some frequently asked questions that might have popped in your head as well while you were reading our article.
Published~ May 9, 2020, Tommy P.