What is an Out of the Body Experience?

"Out-of-the-body-experience" (also known as "Astral Projection") is more commonly referred by many as "OBE" or "OOBE". This is actually a unique experience of a certain individual who can maintain his or her physical consciousness while at the state of having a deep sleep. As a result, their consciousness can separate from their own physical body.

People who can induce OBE at-will claims that they can leave their physical body and travel far distant places. This is known as "Astral Trips". In fact, a team of scientists had conducted an experiment to a women who can do it at-will where they had put her into a brain scanner for analysis.

The experiment were led by Andra M. Smith and Claude Messierwere of the University of Ottawa. And as a result, they made a surprising discovery. According to the published report of the Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, they were able to confirm that the patient can really separate her physical awareness while asleep.

An instrument called "fMRI" or "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging" were used by the researchers. A modern technology that measures the brain activity of the subject by detecting any changes from her blood flow. Through this instrument, the researchers noticed a "strong deactivation of the visual cortex" and at the same time, "the left side areas were activated particularly those areas associated with kinesthetic imagery".

The left side of our brain are actually composed of our senses that allows us to interact with the physical world. It's what makes you "feel" that your body is physically alive.

Scientific Findings about OBE

Mystics claim that out-of-the-body experience is a paranormal activity where the person's soul can get out of his or her physical body and goes for an astral trip. But according to the scientists, there is still no solid experiments that can prove this claim by the mystics. So on the other hand, scientists have their own speculation that OBE is a type of "Hallucination" triggered by some neurological mechanism.

Some researchers even claims that the neurological mechanism that allows a certain individual to undergo OBE can be present to everyone. Just like the women mentioned above, anyone can also induce OBE with proper training or methods. Although, the women claimed that she first noticed her strange experience when she was still a little kid.

Simple Method on How to Induce OBE

To test if you have the neurological mechanism to experience OBE, you may want to try this simple method on how to induce an out-of-the-body-experience.

1. Choose a Quiet Place

You have to perform an OBE at a quiet, comfortable and relaxing place. It doesn't really matter if this place is indoor or outdoor, what's really important is that no one or nothing can disturb you on this activity.

Most people who often experiences OBE claims that they usually undergo this strange state of consciousness early in the morning which is around 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM. But most importantly, avoid performing this method at night especially when you are tired because you will simply end up falling asleep.

2. Relax at a Comfortable Position

You may choose to lay down on your bed or sit on your chair. However, laying down flat on your bed is discouraged because this can result into temporary "Sleep Paralysis". Some people who experienced such situation claims that they encountered scary dark figures, ghosts or something that they fear.

It may sound pretty scary to experience OBE but there is no reason for you to freak out because none of those scary figures can harm you in any physical way. They are actually your own mind's creation that you can easily get rid of them at your own will.

3. Put your Focus in Inducing an OBE

The secret or key in inducing an OBE is actually your "focus". You have to concentrate your mind with a goal of having an OBE. Some people find their concentration by repeatedly stating into their mind that they will be able to stay awake from their sleeping body.

4. Empty your Mind with any Other Thoughts

Your mind can go astray thinking of other things such as your day job, friends and other activities. If it happens that you lost your focus, you will most likely fell asleep and forget about your goal. So from the start, you need to empty your mind with any other thoughts except your goal of having an OBE.

5. Fall Asleep but Remain Consciously Aware

You have to allow yourself to fall asleep while keeping your focus consciously aware of your sensations and mental state. If it happens that you have achieved a certain stage of deep-sleep while being consciously aware, your OBE will start to take place. Your consciousness can leave your physical body and travel at any place that you want in an instant.

If you really are interested more about this subject, you should visit the "Monroe's Institute's Nancy Penn Center". They are an organization with complete facility that specializes in inducing OBE into their patients. Other than Monroe's Institute, you may also want to check "The Center for Higher Studies of the Consciousness" in Brazil, "The International Academy of Consciousness" in southern Portugal and the famous "Olaf Blanke's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience".

Moreover, out-of-the-body-experiences still remains to be a mystery. But, it is really quite fascinating that our consciousness can separate from our physical body and has the capability to go wondering around various places.

Real Facts about Life After Death

So far, mankind has yet to discover or prove the existence of life-after-death but with the exemption of various religious beliefs. According to most religions, those righteous people are greatly rewarded for their good deeds once they have died.

If you come to think about it, what if you died (physical death) and you really cease to exist? It's like you have never existed in the first place. Some people may be able to accept it but for most, it gives them a very unsettling mind.

Here are the facts regarding about mankind's current view about life-after-death:

1. Life-After-Death can be Easily Disproved

There isn't actually any strong physical evidence that can prove the existence of life-after-death. It's because no one was able to undergo physical death and came back to life to tell something about it. But when it comes to Christian Religious belief, Jesus Christ was the proof.

How about Near-Death-Experiences or Out-of-the-Body-Experiences?

Those people who experienced NDE or OBE didn't really left their bodies out and wondered around various places of the spiritual realm. In fact, some scientists claim that a person who undergoes physical death can still be revived within six hours period from the time of his or her death. Thus, those NDE experiences probably took place inside the person's own consciousness.

2. Our High Level of Consciousness Suggests that there may be a Afterlife

We humans have reached such a high level of consciousness especially about our existence. Everyone are aware about their mortality that physical death will soon arrive to each one of us. It can never be avoided.

With such state of consciousness, it would be pointless living on this life if there is no life-after-death that awaits us. In short, it would have been much better if we didn't existed in the first place. But if this is what really awaits us, then it is the ultimate form of cruelty.

3. Science cannot Prove the Existence of Life-After-Death

Science has its limits. There are still so many scientific boundaries that can never be explained. The study of "Life" alone is a subject that science could not explain and duplicate with any artificial means. Aside from life is our "Consciousness". Our consciousness didn't simply came out from nothing.

4. A Creator of Ultimate Spiritual Force behind Everything

Many people believe that the universe weren't created by its own natural way. If it did then there is probably no life on it as it does not care about the existence of life. Since the world was created and made perfectly suitable for life to flourish, there's a strong possibility that a certain "Driving Force" or "Creator" is responsible for the design of everything.

5. Most Individuals doesn't care about Afterlife

On this modern age world, most people are too wrap up with their busy daily activities that they don't even have the time for themselves for some self-reflection. As a result, most of them don't believe about life-after-death.

If you are one of them, I suggest that you should give yourself some time and spend it in a silent room with no distractions. You have to do this though when you are not sleepy or tired. Inside the room, what you have to do is to engage yourself in a deep thought about the subject. In most cases, your insight will lead you into the truth.

6. Not Knowing about Life-After-Death is Best for Us

Some intriguing questions about the life are the following:

a. Why are we not aware about who really created us?
b. Where do we go after we die?
c. Do we really have a purpose in life?
d. Why humans and other living creatures exists?
e. Why don't we have direct knowledge about the Creator?
f. Why can't we contact our Creator?

Those are just some of the few questions that most people often asks about our existence. To answer them (based on my own opinion), maybe "not knowing is the best for us".

Let's assume that we already know the answers into those questions above. As a result, everyone will surely get motivated to do the right thing to achieve the reward into their actions.

7. There is Life-After-Death without a Creator or God

Most of us really believe that the universe was designed by a highly intelligent being known as the "Creator". Thus, afterlife is a strong possibility for each one of us. In fact, most religions around the world claims that the Creator have prepared everyone a place to stay after our physical death. Although the settings or restrictions varies from one religious belief to another.

On the other hand, did you know that the opposite can also be a possibility?

The opposite case is that, there could be life-after-death but without a Creator or God.

8. Reincarnation has a Strong Possibility

Each and every one of us has their own unique personality. According to reincarnation beliefs, your personality reflects yourself in your past previous lives. This is probably the reason why some people are much smarter or wiser than the others. It's because they had already undergone several cycles of being reincarnated back to life here on Earth.

9. There is no God

Today, the world offers various sufferings especially injustices, abuses and social inequalities. Due to such unpleasant situation of the world, people tends to believe that there is no God, otherwise why would God allows such unfair sufferings in our lives. Although, some people who sticks in the belief of God that the right time will soon come to the wicked for their punishments.

10. A Sense of What is Right and Wrong

As a human being into this world, we are given the capability to use our own mind especially for the judgment of our actions. It is quite surprising that all of us are aware about "what is right" and "what is wrong". In fact, young children quickly develops these two kinds of awareness.

Our Creator probably gave us the sense of knowing what is right and wrong so that we can self evaluate and regulate our actions or behaviors for a good cause.

Fascinating Near Death Experience of Anita Moorjani

Anita Moorjani claimed that she had experienced the most fascinating NDE (Near-Death Experience) of her life. It's because her life-after-death experience gained her spiritual insights (which she now shares today) and miraculously, her serious illness got completely cured.

Moorjani's early background was that, she was originally born in Singapore. But in just a short period of time, they moved to Sri Lanka and stayed at this place until she reached the age of two. They then moved again to Hong Kong where she and her brother grew up.

Both Moorjani and her brother attended a British School claiming that she was often a victim of bullying.

Since Moorjani's parents are of Indian ethnicity, she is able to speak Sindhi (Indian Dialect). And since she grew up in Hong Kong, Moorjani also learned to speak Cantonese (Chinese Dialect). In addition to her Indian and Chinese dialects, she can also speak English. In short, Moorjani is multilingual.

Lymphoma Cancer

As an ordinary citizen living and working in Hong Kong, Moorjani was diagnosed with "Lymphoma" in February 2002. Professional medical doctors were able to confirm it due to the lump on her neck.

What is lymphoma?

Lymphoma is caused by a certain group of "blood cell tumors" (which are due to the so called "lymphocytes"). And the most common symptoms of this diseases is that, the patient will suddenly develop an enlarge "lymph nodes" at any part of his or her body. Anyway, these lymph nodes are not generally painful but they can be itchy. Fevers, sweating (especially at night), weight loss and stress are other common symptoms of lymphoma.

Is lymphoma curable?

According to the survey that was conducted back in 2012, a total number of 566,000 people were diagnosed with lymphomas around the world. As a result, 305, 000 of them had died. This means that 261, 000 got cured and managed to survive.

Lymphoma can actually be cured with our modern day medical technology provided that the cancer didn't spread to any vital organs of the human body particularly the lungs, liver and brain.

Moorjani had Rejected Conventional Treatment

Upon realizing that Moorjani had a lymphoma cancer, she rejected any conventional (medical) treatment or medicine. It's because she had a strong reason due to her past experience watching people close to her died due their cancers. In fact, she even witnessed the death of her brother-in-law and best friend who died out of their incurable cancer diseases.

So instead of seeking cure from our modern day medical technology, Moorjani had first experimented on various alternative healing practices. Unfortunately, none of them worked. With no other remaining options, she finally underwent conventional cancer treatments. The doctors' examination result came out and it frowned her family because "it's too late" to save her life.

Lymphoma had spread and infected various parts of her body. Her upper part of the body (starting from her neck down to her abdomen) were seriously infected resulting into several lemon-sized tumors. As days goes on, Moorjani's condition became more worse until to the point that her body no longer absorbs nourishment. Her lungs were also often filled with fluid that needs constant draining. And, she stays connected to the oxygen pipe at all times. In short, she was dying.

Resurrection of Anita Moorjani

Moorjani's near-death experience occurred on February 2, 2006 when she was "comatosed". A condition that the patient undergoes a state of deep sleep or unconsciousness due to a severe injury or disease. However, the time that the patient gets awaken cannot be predicted.

The doctors had informed Moorjani's family that most of her vital organs suddenly stopped functioning. This means that she only had a few hours left before she will be confirmed dead. Miraculously, Moorjani remained alive despite of the results speculated by her doctors. Three days under comatose, she woke up alive and live to tell her family about her near-death experience.

According to Moorjani's statement, she both experienced NDE and OBE (Out-of-the-body Experience). Her OBE experience was that, she saw and heard the conversation of her husband and the doctors outside her room. Other than that, she also saw her brother in a hurry to come and see her after he was informed.

As for her NDE, Moorjani came in contact to her deceased father and best friend. They had an interesting conversation and time being together that she no longer wanted to go back into her physical body. But, her father and best friend convinced her to go back.

The most debatable claim of Moorjani's NDE was her lymphoma cancer that got completely cured. And now that she has fully recovered, she now shares her story on the internet and books she wrote. One of her famous book is entitled, "Dying to be me".

Skeptics about Moorjani's NDE

On my further research about Moorjani's NDE, I came across some skeptics claiming that her near-death experience were all made up. It's because according to the skeptics, her story was very similar to the fairytales or in the movies. There's the part that the main character died and then met some kind of spiritual entity telling him or her that "It's not yet his or her time". He or she then goes back into his or her healed physical body. Does it sound very familiar?

Moorjani's weakest part of her story was exactly on how she got cured. There was very little proof about her bad diagnosis regarding about her lymphoma cancer.

Moreover, Moorjani was not the only person who claimed to experience NDE and got cured out of her incurable type of disease. There's also Mellen Thomas Benedict and several others more. But common among them was that, they came back alive to share the complete detail of their story on their own book (which you need to buy).

Remarkable NDE of Mellen Thomas Benedict

NDE stands for "Near-Death-Experience". A serious situation where a certain individual dies for a short period of time then resurrected back to life. There were already numerous individuals who experienced NDE lasting for a few minutes before they got revive. Until, one man has set the record of the longest time of death before coming back to life.

Mr. Mellen Thomas Benedict was the most controversial man when it comes to near-death experiences. According to some sources, he died for over an hour and a half (1 hour and 30 minutes) where the medical doctors had confirmed him officially dead. Miraculously, he later woke up alive but along with him are the knowledge that he acquired at the time that he spent on his death.

Dr. Kenneth Ring was the psychologist who studied Benedict's behavior. And based on his observation, he claimed that the story of his patient was the most remarkable among all other extensive researches that he had conducted regarding about NDE.

How Mellen Thomas Benedict Died?

Benedict had died in 1982 from a terminal cancer but as stated above, he came back to life. As a resurrected individual, he has now a different view on what nearly got killed him. He actually perceive "humans as cancer". It was the human race who brought crisis into this world resulting into various cancerous organism in the planet. This was what led Benedict into his death.

Preparation of Benedict's Death

Benedict had actually spent his time learning everything about spirituality and alternative healing in which he might be able to find a cure to his cancer. He also read a lot of books concerning about life-after-death which include NDE and OBE (Out-of-the-body-experience).

Time was ticking for Benedict's life until the final day of his life finally came. He woke up early in the morning to call his families, relatives and a few of his close friends to bid them farewell. He had also instructed his hospice caretaker to leave his dead body for at least six hours before sending it to the morgue. This was due to the reason that a lot of miraculous things could happen when a certain person dies.

Benedict's Near Death Experience

The feeling and other descriptions that has been described by Benedict at the time of his death were very similar to the scientific discovery or experiments that was conducted by Dr. Sam Parnia of Southampton. This involves the light shining towards him and the magnificent feeling of peacefulness.

As Benedict attempted to follow the source of the Light, he suddenly realized that he will surely be dead when he does. Since he was not yet ready to accept his death, he tried to communicate to the "Light" and there he learned a lot of things that are beyond human knowledge.

To learn the knowledge imparted to him by the Light, you can visit his own personal website.

http://mellen-thomas.com/

Unfortunately, the information is not for "free" where you have to buy his DVD & CD entitled "Spirit of Gaia" - A natural view of Spirit and Oneness.

Denying Benedict's Spiritual Insights

When Mellen Thomas Benedict started sharing his story along with the "new knowledge" of the world that he acquired from his near-death experience, a lot of skeptics started to throw a lot of conflicting questions.

Here are the 10 most controversial and skeptical questions about Benedict's claimed new found knowledge of the world:

1. Why is it that a number of people claims that Benedict is not a reliable person the reason why a lawsuit was filed against him?

The lawsuit that was filed against him was all about his moral flaws regarding about his character and business. Most people's perspective about Benedict's character is that, he seems to have some kind of mental problems. It's because all the basis of his claimed knowledge and doings comes from the Light (which he still communes) that he probably made up.

As for his business, Benedict was charged of fraud products. One of his most controversial fake product was the "Light Helmet". There were other more various gadgets that he marketed (for money) in which he claimed to be the design of the Light given to him. As a result, he was sued by the State of California for fraudulent business practices.

2. Benedict had his NDE in 1982. And on that same year, how was he able to publish his first book?

You can read Benedict's first published book for free on the link provided below. It consists of 9 Chapters in which it covers everything about his NDE and the knowledge imparted by the Light to him.

http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation04.html

3. Why is it that most of his products or inventions are all based on light therapy?

As already mentioned above, the Light Helmet is one among his products.

4. By being able to make connection to the so called "Gaia", Benedict claims that he can see the future for 400 years ahead of our time. If he has such capability then why didn't he stopped the terrorist attacks? Why he isn't a billionaire? and why he doesn't revealed to us the cure for AIDS?

5. Did Benedict really have a terminal brain cancer?

Curious skeptics had made their own investigation about Benedict's alleged terminal brain cancer. They then found out that no one can provide any solid evidence regarding about his incurable disease. His claimed X-rays (of his terminal brain cancer) also suddenly went "missing".

6. If Benedict was cured of his terminal brain cancer and other types of diseases due to his NDE, then why is it that not everyone who also had NDE were not cured out of their diseases?

7. Benedict claims that he discovered that light stimulation can cause the living cells to respond resulting to high-speed healing. In short, the method is called "Light Therapy". Was he really the one who first discovered light-therapy?

The fact is, light-therapy was already discovered way back in 1903 (by Niels Finsen) which means that there is nothing new to his claimed "new-discovery".

8. Most of the doctors and psychological experts that Benedict quoted in his book are people who worked for him. Why not allow other experts to conduct further studies about his NDE?

9. Death is different from NDE?

Benedict claims that he experienced death "not" a near-death experience.

10. Before he died, Benedict claims that he tried all sorts of alternative medications to heal himself from his incurable cancer. Unfortunately, nothing worked but got miraculous healed due to his NDE. Now that he is alive, why is it that he himself promotes alternative medications?

Overall, the main question is "Is Mellen Thomas Benedict a fraud?". I would really to love to hear out your own opinions regarding about this question. Please use the Comment Form provided below.