Astral Projection
October, 1999
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*** Exploring Other Dimensions
Through Astral Projection***
by Sandy Jones
*** Humans have always longed to fly, t o be weightless, to soar in the heavens. From Icanus who melted his w axen wings, to modern missiles, we’ve sought ways to defy the boundaries of gravity.***
In fact, we don’t need all that technology. The out-of-body experience allows all of us to leave our cumbersome bodies and travel in the spirit world... our true home.
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J erry Gross began having spontaneous out-of-body experiences in early childhood. As he grew older, he developed ways to court these experiences, to invite them with greater frequency. So powerful was their impact on his life that he funded Search and Prove, an organization dedicated to bringing the out-of-body experience to mass consciousness. He feels that the ability to leave the body is "one of the gifts we are all given at birth, but most of us have forgotten that we have this beautiful ability."
** Jerry has been involved in the exploration of the hidden chamber under the Sphinx, and uses his special skills to detect unseen stress fractures in airplane structures for a major airline.**
** Jerry is grateful for the benefit of non-physical guidance that has been both instructional and inspirational.**
** In the following article, Jerry Gross discusses the out-of-body experience with freelance writer and former workshop participant Sandy Jones.**
Sandy: What is astral projection? How would you describe it?
Jerry: Astral projection is the ability to leave your body. Everyone leaves their body at night, but before they do leave, they have to put the physical mind to sleep. Most people don’t remember this, but when the physical mind is asleep, the sub-conscious takes over, and this is usually when you do your astral projection. In other words, everybody does it, but they just don’t remember doing it.
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Sandy: What is your earliest recol-lection of doing this? What was it like?
Jerry: I can remember doing this clear back to when I was about four years old. I never lost the ability to astral project, and kept it throughout my whole life now. Everyone is born with this ability. If you think back, you can probably recall having dreams of being somewhere: but as you got older, you lost the ability. What I’m trying to teach is that you can do this at will.
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Sandy: In those days, astral projection was almost unheard of. Did you ever tell anyone about it? How did they react?
Jerry: It was strange for me because at that age, I thought every-body did it. I used to talk about it, until it kind of got out of hand, and when I started getting into trouble with it, I went to my Grandmother, who could do it too. She told me not everyone could do it, so it would be best not to talk about it, and to come to here if I wanted to talk about it. So throughout all my life, most of my experiences with astral projection were kept a secret, except for her.
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Sandy: These days, with the many publications on near-death experiences and related topics, the concept is not so unusual. Is this experience the same as what is described in the NDE?
Jerry: It’s not quite the same, because when you astral project, you don’t have to go through the white light, or a tunnel. When you project, you usually go right where you would like to go, right away. Remember this, when you’re out of the body, there is no time or no distance. Everything is right here, now. Astral projecting is a little different than the death experience, because in the death experience, you are getting ready to leave the body for the last time. During the death experience, a person sees the white light, and there is usually someone there that you know, waiting for you. When you astral project, you decide where you want to go.
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Sandy: When you leave your body, what happens to the physical body?
Jerry: The physical body remains in a state of deep sleep, with reduced breath rate, blood pressure and temperature. The physical body vibrates at a certain rate, almost like a radio frequency. When the spiritual body is separated from the physical body, its vibrational frequency is much higher. It is this higher vibration that allows connection with non-physical realities. The astral body leaves, the physical body just rests and no harm can come to you through this process.
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Sandy: What do you do when you leave the body?
Jerry: When you first leave your body, you may not perceive it as a spiritual experience right away. You will probably just float around the room. Soon, however, your sub-conscious mind will start directing you where to go. You may find yourself in places that make no sense at all. After a while you realize these places and things have profound relevance to you and your personal evolution.
I personally go to the astral plane and communicate with my teachers. I also visit other places and other dimensions, and visit my loved ones who have left the earth plane. There are many things you can do once you develop this skill.
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Sandy: It has been said that there is a silver cord attached to the body, and that this cord could be severed when you astrally project, thereby making it impossible to come back to your body. Is there any real danger of this happening?
Jerry: Absolutely not. The silver cord is connected to you when you enter the physical body for the first time, and is not cut again until you leave for the last time. It is infinitely elastic and the least little disturbance will bring you back to your body whether you plan it or not. Thus, there is not danger in this; it is a gift given to us to learn how to use.
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Sandy: Are there any dangers people should be aware of?
Jerry: When you do this con-sciously, there is no danger in it. One thing I’ll say — you must develop your thinking skills, and know what you want and where you want to go. The only dangerous part of it, is if you practice it while you are taking drugs or alcohol. Remember back in the sixties when people were taking the drug called LSD, and they had some bad trips? They ended up in the lower astral. I’m trying to teach that you can have full control of what you are doing. I would suggest if you like to drink or take drugs that you not try it.
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Sandy: What else can you do when you leave the body?
Jerry: That is entirely up to you. You must know where you are going. You cannot just leave your body and have no destination, because you’ll bounce around like a rubber ball. Remember, you are controlling yourself with your thoughts, so if you think California, you’ll be there. One of the most important things I teach people is how to use their minds to astral project. The best thing I can say is to learn to control yourself, so you’ll go where you wanted to go. When you first start out this might happen for awhile, but after you get full control of it, you’ll realize someone else is watching you, a teacher or guide. They’ll contact you then and let you know it’s time for you go on, and learn.
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Sandy: How would the average person know if this is for real? Is there a way to prove it, and have you ever been asked to prove it?
Jerry: In my workshops, I teach you to astral project by having you sit in a chair and go out and turn around and look at yourself. If you are lying in bed, you can rise up, turn around and look at yourself lying on the bed. You’ll have proof enough when you are able to look at your physical body, from outside of it. I’ve been asked to prove this many times, in radio shows, and at the Whole Life Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center where I traveled astrally from St. Paul, Minnesota to Los Angeles and moved a box they had set up on the stage for me. Once you learn how to do this you’ll have proved this to yourself, and that’s why I call my little group, Search and Prove. I want you to prove this to yourself for that’s the ultimate proof. Please don’t take my word for it, prove it to yourself.
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Sandy: Are certain kinds of people more inclined to develop this ability than others?
Jerry: I would say some learn faster than others. I had one lady who took two years before she finally succeeded. The most important thing is to keep a positive mind and know you can do this, because as soon as doubt comes into your mind, you won’t be able to do it. The negative is taking over then. So it’s important to keep an open, positive mind that you can do this. It might take a little time, but it will happen. I like to think about people going on a diet. They get real enthused about it at first when they’ve lost a couple of pounds. All of a sudden it gets hard to lose, and they give up. It’s the same way with astral projection. If things don’t happen right away, some people give up.
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Sandy: If people have the inherent ability to do this, why is it so few can actually do it?
Jerry: As I said earlier, they lost it when they were young. They must learn how to bring the ability back again because everyone can do this. We all do it when the physical is asleep. So you must learn to do it while you are sitting in a chair, awake, or lying on a bed. You must learn to allow the subconscious to take over, and not let the physical mind control you.
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Sandy: Some people have dreams of flying. Were they actually out of their bodies? How can you tell the difference between dreaming and actually being out of the body?
Jerry: Usually when people dream of flying they are out of the body because this is the way you get around. If you ever wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning with a jolt, this is the astral body returning to the physical. Usually your dreams are in the beginning of your sleep cycle at night, and those dreams are nothing more than an accumulation of your thoughts during the day. If you wake up in the morning and remember your dream in detail, it is usually an astral body experience; so keep track of these clear dreams, for they are lessons for you. It might not make much sense at first, but later on down the road, it will all come together for you.
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Sandy: Is this religious?
Jerry: At its essence it is a personal spiritual experience, but it is not religious.
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Sandy: Besides the fun aspect, what can I learn from having out-of-body experiences?
Jerry: You will know absolutely that you are more than you physical body and that you will survive physical death as a spiritual being. It will also confirm for you the reality of a non-physical universe and non-physical beings.
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Sandy: Is there potential for spiritual exploration?
Jerry: When you have left your body at will and been successful in reaching other planes, you return to your own sense that the earth plane is nothing more than a stepping stone into a larger reality. You will find out just how much help there is for you — there is a solution for every problem that you have. You learn the absolute value of positive thoughts and how powerful the mind really is. You change your relationship to time as well as to death. When you come to see that physical death is a natural transition, you can live more fully and without fear.
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Sandy: Are there any other practical benefits?
Jerry: Stress reduction is a by-product of doing the training discipline on a daily basis. Stress has been identified as a primary factor in disease, and profound states of relaxation will allow the body to heal itself. The potential also exists to receive information on your future life and affairs. When you astral project and meet your spiritual teacher or guide who has chosen to "walk with you" in this life, you will receive information to assist you in working through your karma. Fears you may hold will diminish because you will have a more perfect understanding of events and the larger reasons why they are happening.
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Sandy: If you could give one piece of advice to people who are astral projecting, what would it be?
Jerry: The main thing is to start remembering your dreams and have a pencil and paper next to your bed, or a tape recorder. Another piece of advice I’ll give you is, right before you go to sleep at night, say to yourself three times, "I will remember, I will remember, I will remember." From that point on, within about two to three weeks, you are going to start remembering everything that happens to you while the physical is sleeping.
J erry Gross holds workshops on astral projection in the United States and abroad. A workshop is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 12-14 at the La Quinta Inn. For further information call 651-436-8505; write Search and Prove, Box 311, St. Paul Park, MN 55071; or send e-mail to [email protected] -- website is: http://www.oesi.com/searchandprove
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