Monday, November 1, 2010

What Is Meant By The Projection Of Astral Body?

By Michael Kranyk

Projection of Astral Body refers to separation of one's inner soul or spirit from that of his physical body and projection of the same outwards from the latter into other astral planes or higher realms of consciousness.

The two models which explains the underlying belief in the phenomenon of projection of astral body, are those of the Mystical Model and the Phasing Model. Both models are distinctly different school of thought regarding the same.

According to the Mystical Model, astral planes are believed to be located at higher ethereal realms external to one's physical body and the projection of one's astral body takes place from the physical body, outwards and upwards to these higher levels of consciousness. Thus, this model believes in the externality of the entire phenomenon.

Projection of astral body according to this model starts with the creation of a subtle energy form within an individual after which this energy body is projected outside the physical body to higher realms of consciousness remaining connected to the latter with the help of a illuminated, silver energy umbilical cord.

Numerous books have been written on the basis of this Mystical Model of projection of astral body, and the immensely popular ones are those of 'Out of Body Experiences' by Robert Peterson , 'Astral Dynamics' by Robert Bruce and 'Projection of Astral Body' by Carrington and Muldoon all explaining the underlying concept thereof and practices and tips to successfully attaining it.

According to the Phasing Model, projection of astral body is not about projecting one's inner self to an externally located astral plane as given by the Mystical Model. Rather, it talks about the physical existence and the astral body as the two extremes or two distinct phases on the same consciousness spectrum.

Defined by Robert Munroe, this model gives the view of projection of astral body as an internal phenomenon where the projection occurs to a different phase of consciousness and not to an externally located plane of existence. Thus, the phasing Model is more in line with the belief that the external reality of an individual is an internally created state of his.

It must be noted that though both the above school of thoughts exists, with a fair amount of popularity and belief for both, it is not very clear as to which one actually holds good in case of projection of astral body. While on one hand it is unclear as to whether every physical object has a corresponding astral counterpart, it is also not known whether spirits reincarnate into physical bodies which makes astral projection feasible. For all one knows, the explanation to this phenomenon may be entirely something else.

It can be concluded that identification of the philosophies that good in case of projection of astral body still remains to be seen but an undoubted fact remains that astral projection is an experience of a lifetime and thereby develops an individual's outlook or mindset forever, towards aspects such as life, death, his true potential, relationships and reality.

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