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Summary: Great work on spirituality
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When Robert Monroe began leaving his body decades ago he couldn't just hop on the web to locate others with this ability, or one hundred books that expound on this phenomina. Thus, his experiences here are those of a pioneer of sorts trying to figure things out more or less on his own. Consequently, his terminology and ideas are a bit outdated. And oddly enough, his experiences themselves seem different than those typical of todays astral projectionists(?!).For someone who has read a bit on OBEs I recommend this book for its perspective and for its status as an early classic. But for those new to this topic I'd recommend something more current such as Buhlman's "Adventures Beyond the Body" or Bruce's "Astral Dynamics".
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Summary: A MUST READ FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES
Review: As someone who has direct experience with the out of body phenomenon, this book was invaluable. It is not the best book on this topic but those of us who have these experiences often fear for our sanity. This book lets us know that we are not alone. Unlike many books dealing with this subject, the author is not someone who has a spiritual message to shove down our throats. He gives an honest account of his experiences and all of the accompanying fears and troubles and joys. He is highly credible and one can identify with his very human and normal reactions to a baffling phenomenon. It is important to take into account when reading this book that Monroe wrote it at a time before people had wide spread knowledge of thw out-of-body experience. It took great courage for him to share his experiences with the world. It is also commendable that he sought to try and find a scientific basis for the phenomenon and founded the Monroe institute towards this end.
My only criticism is that his terminology is at times a bit cumbersome, but I think overall this book is worth the read. I think his next book, Far Journeys is actually better.
Finally, after delving into this subject for many years, I think it is important to understand that the out-of -body experience serves as a gateway to perceptual abilities that we consider to be paranormal. These abilities include but are not limited to clairvoyance, telepathy and telekinesis. As such, learning to have this type of experience is part of the Toltec sorcery teachings. For more information about this approach to the out-of-body experience read 1)The Art of Dreaming (Carlos Castaneda), 2)The Path: A Practical Approach to Sorcery (Esmeralda Arana)
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Summary: Finally, some truth...
Review: For those of you searching for the ultimate answer, look no further! Even if you don't believe in all the concepts Monroe puts forth, you will certainly question reality and look at life in a whole new light after reading this book. This book, along with the rest of Monroe's work has become a major defining element in my life. Before learning about Monroe, I felt very alone in this world. I wasn't sure if all the religious stuff I had heard over the years was true, or if there was some greater truth. But after reading this book, it all started to click. I finally started to see the "bigger picture", and have since lived my life accordingly. If you are deeply rooted in religion, this book will be difficult for you; especially if you are not willing to entertain the notion that your religious beliefs may be false. But, if you can put your beliefs aside and read this book with an open mind, you will benefit greatly. Those who dismiss this book as "impossible", "silly", or otherwise are simply afraid to turn back on their society-reinforced beliefs about life, death and God. They will continue to live under blind faith and will never understand what being human is all about. In the end, it's the difference between "knowing" and "believing".
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Summary: I read it years ago
Review: I read this book years ago, when I was only about 12 years old. Monroe's experiences are intriguing, and have influenced me to this day. He writes about mystical experiences (as another reviewer wrote, in a very non-spiritual way). Sometimes, I will admit, Monroe can be somewhat dry, but he doesn't fill his book with pages of unnecessary words like some writers do. Monroe treats what some people would call "lucid dreams" or "astral projections," as if they could really be journeys out of the body in THIS world, almost as if he were a ghost. (Occultists would call this the etheral body). For example, he writes that he obtained knowledge of things in the physical world, that he couldn't have possibly known if his experiences didn't actually take him to real places. Years after reading this book, I experienced some of the things Monroe wrote about were true to my own life. Not until a first-person experience did I understand what Monroe meant by "vibrations" (the first step toward an out of body experience). Monroe is classic reading on this topic, and I recommend "Journeys Out of the Body" to anyone interested in such things.
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Summary: Best out of body book out there
Review: If you are looking to find out what out of body experiences are, this is THE book to get. He talks about his documented experiences that he had and took a very scientific approach in understanding what was happening to him. The stories are facinating to read and they give you a good idea of what to expect if you were to have an OOBE. Robert Monroe's trilogy of OOBE books are an excellent introduction to the subject. If you would like to delve deeper into OOBE, I would suggest that you get his Gateway Voyage program on CD, it is awesome.
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Summary: Altered consciousness
Review: Read the books, buy some hemisync cd's and go for a gateway voyage .. you wont regret it. Well you might but the odds of regret are very low. hehe.
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Summary: A Flawed Classic
Review: This book has been in print for so many years and read by so many people that it should be considered a classic. I also believe that the book is basically a truthful account of Monroe's experiences because several of those experiences he relates closely parallel my own. For example: I clearly remember as a child being sent to bed for a nap and then finding myself under the bed floating a few inches above the floor while resting on my fingertips. This is not the kind of detail that someone else could dream up independently; but Monroe tells of having that identical experience.
However the book does have two major flaws. First: Monroe never seems to have heard of lucid dreams. While other authors, such as Oliver Fox, spend considerable effort to distinguish LD's from true projections, Monroe seem to consider all his nighttime adventures as OBE's. Second: His style is stiff and has a pseudo-scientific air to it. This second criticism is especially unfortunate because, having listened to a number of his tapes, his natural down-to-earth storytelling ability would have made this book more of a pleasure to read. Thats why his book is a flawed classic.
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Summary: A Flawed Classic
Review: This book has been in print for so many years and read by so many people that it should be considered a classic. I also believe that the book is basically a truthful account of Monroe's experiences because several of those experiences he relates closely parallel my own. For example: I clearly remember as a child being sent to bed for a nap and then finding myself under the bed floating a few inches above the floor while resting on my fingertips. This is not the kind of detail that someone else could dream up independently; but Monroe tells of having that identical experience.
However the book does have two major flaws. First: Monroe never seems to have heard of lucid dreams. While other authors, such as Oliver Fox, spend considerable effort to distinguish LD's from true projections, Monroe seem to consider all his nighttime adventures as OBE's. Second: His style is stiff and has a pseudo-scientific air to it. This second criticism is especially unfortunate because, having listened to a number of his tapes, his natural down-to-earth storytelling ability would have made this book more of a pleasure to read. Thats why his book is a flawed classic.
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Summary: A must-read for anyone seriously into OBE
Review: This book is a classic, and anyone interested in OBEs should read this as essential background info.
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Summary: Journeys out of body
Review: This book is great if you already have read several books on the subject, otherwise I wouldn't recomend it! And it's a great plus if you already know how to project, because I think Mr Monroe misses a great deal of important information in the states of projection. The chapter "preliminary exercises" is very thin, and for the "untrained" ones, the information given there seems quite poor. Otherwise i'ts a interesting, inspiering, and enlightnig book.
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