to cris re. obe.
I can't address your question in regard to the specific
neurological correletes of obe's. But Early out of the
body experiences led me to a life long study of
"psycology" and healing. I once did an informal survey
of folks in my melieu of the time. and found that many
of them were able to remember having obe experiences
often as small children and sometimes as teenagers (as
I did). There has been a lot of writeing on the
question. One Investigater was robert monroe an
electrical engeneer and business man who wrote several
books and created an institute for study of the
phenomina. I stopped doing it because I percieved it to
be somehow dangerous. I had no access to information on
the subject and was unable to discuss it (in the 50's)
with anyone for fear of being labeled as crazy. It
seems to be well within the range of normal experience
and can be taught. What is the nature of the out of
body perspective? I don't know and I've thought about
it a lot and discussed it with quite a few people. Some
research by an english psycical society lends some
credence to the notion that information gathered in
that state can be accurate. (calle remote viewing)As to
the mind, body, spirit queustion Science has yet to
find the mind in the brain. Bits and pieces at best. I
have run into a number of apparent previous life
experience memories in "session" with clients and
fellow experimenters. Usually on the genetic track.
Subjects usually percieved these as memories of a
previous incarnation. I can imagine other expainations
but the memories are subjectively real as is your
externalized perspective.
I have often Used guided deep relaxation as a hypnotic
induction technique and found it effective in produceng
altered states of conciousness for the purpose of
assisting people to heal themselves. I could go on
about the subject indefinitely. But It is a normal
experience altho a culturally taboo one.
