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Yet, it seems there are many individuals who do believe in the ability to soul travel.
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While the medical world at least accepts the sensation of unintentional OBEs, it remains on the fence about its intentional counterpart. ‘Rather than being medical like OBEs, they are considered more spiritual.’ People who practice astral projections go into a super calm state, where their heart rate slows down and they report a sense of separation from their body. ‘In contrast, astral projections are intentional like a form of meditation. They are very much involuntary as triggers come without any warning. As they are very painful, they cause the brain to protect itself by shutting down. ‘Dissociative episodes are caused by unresolved traumas which are then triggered by things around us. ‘The difference is that normal OBEs are involuntary and can be caused by epilepsy, or a dissociative episode,’ says Lyni Sargent, a trainee art psychotherapist. They don’t last very long but can leave people confused.Īnd there is a significant difference between the planned and unplanned types. Unplanned OBEs are often described as feeling like you are floating outside of your body or looking down at yourself from above.
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The idea infers that the soul is separate from our physical bodies and so is able to travel outside of its universe.Īstral projection isn’t as scientifically sound as lucid dreaming and in actuality, lots of out-of-body experiences are a bit of a mystery.