The ability of a person to leave his physical body and travel in unknown worlds - one of the most mysterious and at the same time inspiring mysteries.

To describe this mysterious ability invented countless number of terms. Religious people would describe it as "the release of the soul from the body". For people more rational closer terms such as "astral exit", "astral projection", "out-of-body experience (WTO), etc. the Description of such phenomena today are numerous. And, with all the diversity of their interpretations, these phenomena are clearly say that our physical reality is not the final point...

However, despite their widespread phenomenon WTO serious study and has not received. Representatives of the classical science though not reject the validity of these phenomena, to undertake the study also did not hurry. Therefore, the issues of out-of-body experiences were farmed out of religion and occultism. There is this ability was considered a mysterious destiny of the elect. Everything changed when studying the WTO have connected the man is not hung scientific and religious dogmas. Was the name of this man Robert Allan Monroe.

In fact, the value of those materials, which gathered American Robert Monroe during his long research out of body experience, is a fair description of the actual facts. He wanted to record "exactly what is"and not its interpretation of the phenomena.

Perhaps played a role here two circumstances. The first is initially mind R. Monroe was deeply
rational, and on issues such as the WTO, he even did not think. Second - Monroe never tried to out-of-body experience, and this experience, so to speak, he was caught by his...

Staggered

The first Chapter of his famous book "Journeys out of the body", where Monroe describes familiarity with the phenomenon of the WTO, he called a "staggered". Indeed, a better name for what happened not think!
By the time of the described events (1958-1959) Robert Monroe was considered very successful gentleman with an active lifestyle. After graduating in 1937, the State University of Ohio, where he studied the basics of medicine, Commerce, engineering, drama and English, Monroe asceticised in the field of newspaper and radio journalism. Asceticised, I must say, very successfully-regularly wrote articles for magazines and Sunday Newspapers, new York, led a column on aviation in a monthly magazine, radio was the first leading daily program staging of rail travel, which he invented and was for several years. After the war Monroe founded his own company, which became one of the largest manufacturers of mass radio programs. I.e. no mysticism in the life of this man it just didn't go!

Therefore, when in 1958 Monroe regularly began to feel a strange vibration, spontaneously covering his body before going to sleep, nothing mysterious he is not even. thought. The first reaction was an address to doctors. But they are no abnormalities were found. Realizing that harm these sensations he was not applied, Monroe gradually became accustomed to them. And all would be nothing, if one night during this vibration is not found himself hovering over his own body...

This is how Robert Monroe himself describes it: "I smoothly flew above the bed. When I want to stop, and the rise was stopped as I hovered in the middle between the floor and ceiling. The feeling was pretty good, but I was nervous, fearing unexpectedly fall. After a few seconds, then I sent her down, and a moment later was again in bed with all the usual physical senses fully functioned. From the moment I got into bed, and as long as I stood at the end of the vibration, no break in consciousness." From this moment such experiments Monroe have become regular.

Long journeys

Being a man, is not susceptible to the ideas of mysticism and religion, Robert Monroe was greatly shocked by this phenomenon. "What is it? the reality? hallucination? a dream?.. In psychiatric hospitals are thousands of people facing the same problem," he wondered aloud. But gradually the study of spiritual literature (especially Eastern) convinced him that this phenomenon is not the result of inflamed imagination. This ability is inherent in the human being from birth.

Convinced him of this and your own travel experiences outside the body. Numerous cases when Monroe, in a state of astral projection, watching what you are doing at that time, his friends and family, or have examined some places where it never happened. In subsequent audits his knowledge was almost always true.

Often he was seen in places from which it was located at a considerable distance. For example, daughter Monroe recall a few instances when during his studies at the College saw his father or felt his presence. These moments coincide with out-of-body experiences Monroe, in which he for the sake of the experiment visited her. Physically the same time they were divided over two hundred miles (320 km)...

An interesting case, when in the process of WTO Monroe had a conversation with someone from the "representatives of the Supreme Mind". This entity is indicated Monroe in his last incarnation. Last time, in her view, he was a monk in Coshocton, Pennsylvania. Some time after this one friend Monroe, a Catholic priest who has taken the trouble to find out the probability of monasticism in a past life. To the surprise and joy Monroe, close Coshocton and in fact there was a provincial monastery...

Such examples in the books and articles by Robert Monroe countless. Since opening in 1971, the research Institute of the mind under the guidance of Robert Monroe, conducted laboratory experiments on the WTO involving a significant number of volunteers and independent experts. Thus, at the moment, besides the certificates of the Monroe, the phenomenon of WTO recorded in numerous documentary reports.

Not limited to experimental activity, the Monroe Institute has done a lot of theoretical work in the field of research of the WTO. Have been carefully researched thousands of letters from all corners of the globe where people talk about their experiences astral travel. Conducted hundreds of sociological research (surveys, interviews) on this subject.

From Ancient Egypt to Kansas

All this gave the opportunity to Robert Monroe to formulate a few ideas about an out of body experience that is as free from religious bias.

First. The WTO is a universal phenomenon, inherent human, regardless of religious belief or ethnic origin. According to Monroe, "the message of the WTO, closely resembling the description, known in the literature of Ancient Egypt or from other Eastern sources can be found, for example, Housewives from Kansas."

A second. The WTO is at least one time in the life of most people, and by accident (during sleep, illness, stress).

Third. The WTO is among the deepest personal experiences experienced it person and radically changed his views. On a place of religious faith comes Knowledge.

Fourth. For experienced the WTO, as a rule, extremely pleasant event. By estimation Monroe, 90-95% of the people during the WTO felt deep joy, and only 5% were much frightened, as the only explanation that came to them in the head, was reduced to the fact that they die. So in fact, the interpretation of the WTO official religion as "the wiles of the devil" is just an attempt to stop people in their knowledge itself and its real possibilities.

Thus, Robert Monroe and development of the Institute allowed hundreds of people to expand the horizons everyday reality, to lift the veil of secrecy...