Out-of-Body Experiences: What You Need to Know

By Marilynn Hughes

OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - In the modern world, man has begun to seek a higher calling. And what he seeks in an age of technological development and massive advances in human science is of all things - an age old experience. Out-of-Body Experiences have been happening throughout time, though many seem to perceive them as something new. In reality, the great masters of our faiths have laid out the path for us to achieve such states in very explicit writings. the great teachers in our many faiths attained realization and liberation. They achieved the highest mystical states known to man: Samadhi, Ecstasy, Nirvana and the Absolute. Most of all, their journeys were filled with knowledge-seeking, the kind of wisdom that can only be known through the experience of it energetically by the hand of God.
For those who have been seeking prudently the path to achieve Out-of-Body Experiences, this is how it's done . . . and it will not be what you expect.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Oct 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781105275029

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Out-of-Body Experiences: What You Need to Know

Out-of-Body Experiences: What You Need to Know

Compiled By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

www.outofbodytravel.org

Out-of-Body Experiences

What You Need to Know

Compiled By Marilynn Hughes

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!

www.outofbodytravel.org

Copyright © 2009, Marilynn Hughes

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Having worked primarily in radio broadcasting, Marilynn Hughes spent several years as a news reporter, producer and anchor before deciding to stay at home with her three children. She's experienced, researched, written, and taught about out-of-body travel since 1987. 

Books by Marilynn Hughes:

Come to Wisdom's Door

How to Have an Out-of-Body Experience!

Out-of-Body Experiences

What You Need to Know

The Mysteries of the Redemption

A Treatise on Out-of-Body Travel and Mysticism

The Mysteries of the Redemption Series in Five Volumes

(Same Book - Choose Your Format!)

Prelude to a Dream

Passage to the Ancient

Medicine Woman Within a Dream

Absolute Dissolution of Body and Mind

The Mystical Jesus

GALACTICA

A Treatise on Death, Dying and the Afterlife

THE PALACE OF ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE

A Treatise on Ancient Mysteries

Touched by the Nails

(Watch and Wait)

A Karmic Journey Revealed!

Principles of THE WORLD BEYOND Death

Near Death and Out-of-Body Experiences

(Auspicious Births and Deaths)

Of the Prophets, Saints, Mystics and Sages in World Religions

The Voice of the Prophets

Wisdom of the Ages - Volumes 1 - 12

At the Feet of the Masters

Miraculous Images:

Photographs Containing God’s Fingerprints

Suffering:

The Fruits of Utter Desolation

We are all Shadows

Mystic Knowledge Series:

Out-of-Body Travel

Ghosts and Lost Souls

Spirit Guides and Guardian Angels

Reincarnation and Karma

Spiritual Warfare, Angels and Demons

Death, Dying and the Afterlife

Heaven, Hell and Purgatory

ExtraTerrestrials

Destiny and Prophecy

Initiations into the Mysteries

Visions of Jesus and the Saints

Ascension

Suffering and Sickness

Mystical Poetry

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Teaching Stories of the Prophets in World Religions for Young People!

(Ages 10 to Adult)

World Religions and their Prophets for Little Children!

(Ages 2 - 8)

The Former Angel! - A Children’s Tale

(Ages 2 - 8)

The Mystery of the Key to Heaven!

(Ages 2 - 10)

Streams in the Willow

The Story of One Family’s Transformation from Original Sin

Compilations

Out-of-Body Travel and Near Death Experiences: Compiled Works through 2006

World Religions and Ancient Sacred Texts: Compiled Compiled Works through 2006

The Voice of the Prophets:

Abridged Lesser Known Texts

The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation Journals

Journal One:  The Importance of the Seven Virtues and Vices in Understanding the Practice of Out-of-Body Travel!

Journal Two: My Out-of-Body Journey with Sai Baba, Hindu Avatar!

Journal Three: The History of 'The Out-of-Body Travel Foundation!'

Journal Four: A Menage of Wonderful Writers and Artists!

Journal Five: The Stories of Cherokee Elder, Willy Whitefeather!

Journal Six: Discerning your Vocation in Life by Learning the Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing!

Journal Seven: When Tragedy Strikes

Journal Eight: Comparing the Buddhist Avalokiteswara's Descent into Hell with that of Jesus Christ!

Journal Nine: Huzur Maharaj Sawan Singh - Sant Mat  (Sikh)  Master Guru and Grandson Maharaj Charan Singh - Sant Mat  (Sikh)  Master Guru

Journal Ten: The Great Beyond

Journal Eleven: Ghosts and Lost Souls: Our Responsibility

Journal Twelve: The 800th Anniversary of Jalalludin Rumi, and the True Spiritual Heritage of Afghanistan and the Middle East

Journal Thirteen: Pensatia – Forgotten Rosicrucian Mystic

Journal Fourteen: Reverend John Macgowan – Forgotten Protestant Mystic

Journal Fifteen: A. Farnese – Forgotten Mystic Amanuensis (to Franchezzo)

Journal Sixteen: Comte St. Germain – Forgotten Immortal Mystic of the Mystery Schools

Journal Seventeen:  Franz Hartmann – Forgotten Mystical Adept

Journal Eighteen:  SA’D UD DIN MAHMŪD SHABISTARĪ –Forgotten Islamic Sufi Mystic

Journal Nineteen:  Dionysius - Forgotten Christian Mystic of the Early Church

Issue Twenty: Acvaghosha - Forgotten Buddhist Mystic of the Mahayana Path

Issue Twenty One: Bishop Shelemon of Armenia – Forgotten Nestorian Christian Mystic

Issue Twenty Two: Abú Sa‘íd Ibn Abi ’l-Khayr– Forgotten Islamic Mystic

Issue Twenty Three: Rev. G. Vale Owen - Forgotten Christian Mystic

Issue Twenty Four: Swami Abhedânanda- Forgotten Hindu Mystic

Issue Twenty Five: Moses Maimonides - Forgotten Jewish Mystic

Issue Twenty Six: The Bab - Forgotten Baha’i Mystic

Issue Twenty Seven: Shinran Shonin – Forgotten Mystic of Pure Land Buddhism

Issue Twenty Eight: Bustan of Sadi – Forgotten Persian Islamic Mystic

Issue Twenty Nine: John Bunyan – Forgotten Protestant Christian Mystic

Issue Thirty:  Ixtlilxochitl and Nezahualcoyotl – Forgotten Aztec Mystics and Myth Bearers

Go to our Web-Site:

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www.outofbodytravel.org

CONTENTS:

ALL SELECTIONS ABRIDGED AND EXCERPTED

Introduction - By Marilynn Hughes

Chapter 1 - Hinduism

Hindu Mysticism

Yoga Mysticism

Yoga Vashisht or Heaven Found

Suragho

Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings

Relax with Yoga

Sankya Yoga - Yoga of the Mind

Whispers from Eternity

Chapter 2 - Judaism

Jewish Mysticism

Some General Features of the of the

'Zohar' Mysticism

The Ten SephirotThe Soul

Chapter 3 - Buddhism

Self Realization of Noble Wisdom

The Mind System

The Fruit of Self-Realization

Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Discourse on the Dyana and Samadhi

Chapter 4 - Native American

Vision Quest

Chapter 5 - Christianity

The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite

The Mind's Road to God

The Mendicant's Vision in the

Wilderness

Of Mental and Mystical Elevation

Chapter 6 - Islam

Studies in Islamic Mysticism

Chapter 7 - Baha'i

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the

Kitab-I-Aqdas

Lawh-I-Karmi (Tablet of Carmel)

Kalmita-I-Firdawsiyyih (Words of

Paradise)

INTRODUCTION

By Marilynn Hughes

In the modern world, man has begun to seek a higher calling. And what he seeks in an age of technological development and massive advances in human science is of all things - an age old experience. Out-of-Body Experiences have been happening throughout time, though many seem to perceive them as something new. In reality, the great masters of our faiths have laid out the path for us to achieve such states in very explicit writings.

But these writings have often been set aside, forgotten and replaced with modern day techniques and ideas which do not encompass the whole and true path which Out-of-Body Experiences actually take.

Seeking to achieve Out-of-Body Experiences is, in essence, looking to reach for the highest mystical states.

But these states are not reached by techniques alone. In fact, the preparatory things we may do in meditation and contemplation to prepare for such states is such a small portion of the actual achievement of Out-of-Body Experiences regarding their substance, endurance and meaning, that it seems modern man is looking to the 5% rather than the 95% which is absolutely essential to the progression of the spiritual path in a tangible and real way.

This book recaptures the true path to Out-of-Body Experiences by tapping into ancient sources from World Religions. This path involves a completely different approach than most people have been willing to consider.

Traveling this road will be more difficult, because it involves intrusive self-examination and a willingness to see the truth even if that truth ends up being different than what you previously thought it to be.

Human beings can get so caught up in wanting to prove to themselves the reality of what they believe, they don't realize that this need to preserve a delusion can, in of itself, prevent the realization of that which they so desperately seek.

And what you are about to read involves absolutely no techniques. The methods you will read about - irregardless of the religion from which they come - will invariably lead to similar conclusions.

It is by studying the path that the great Masters used, in every World Tradition, that my spiritual experiences began, continued, grew and evolved. Because Out-of-Body Experiences are not meant to be a scientific inquiry alone, but rather, an inquiry into the true person of God.

For those who would say I have no interest in religion or what anyone in any of those religions might have to say, I would respond that you must judge a religion by its God, rather than the people who choose to follow it.

When it comes to Out-of-Body Experiences, following the great masters who actually attained to the perfection of the Out-of-Body Travel Experience rather than those who dabble with techniques is wise.

The great teachers in our many faiths attained realization and liberation. They achieved the highest mystical states known to man: Samadhi, Ecstasy, Nirvana and the Absolute. Most of all, their journeys were filled with knowledge-seeking, the kind of wisdom that can only be known through the experience of it energetically by the hand of God.

But these experiences were not generated by techniques, alone. What you will find is that they are all generated by a profound yearning to know God as He really is, and to attain to  a divine union borne of surrender, sacrifice and the narrow path to God.

And in reading these different studies and accountings of such means, you'll find there is a key to Out-of-Body Experiences - but it is not held in the words. And you will begin to seek it in a non-verbal way because it will become known to you.

For those who have been seeking prudently the path to achieve Out-of-Body Experiences, this is how it's done . . .

Chapter 1, Hinduism

Abridged Excerpts From:

Hindu Mysticism

By S.N. Dasgupta

1927

LECTURE III

YOGA MYSTICISM

THE last lecture dealt with the ineffable intuitive experience which the sages of the Upanishads regarded as absolute and ultimate in nature. The Upanishads, however, indicate no definite method for arriving at the perception of this truth. It is made clear that the pathway consists not in erudition or scholarship, and that it is not traversed by any sharpness of intelligence. The truth is such that it cannot be conceived by the human mind or described by language. One of the fundamental conditions of attaining it is the complete elevation of the moral life, including the absolute control of all passions and desires, the abandonment of worldly ambitions and hopes, and the attainment of an unruffled peace of mind. But the dawning of the supra-consciousness which can reveal this truth does not, even so, depend entirely on our own efforts; there is something like divine mercy that must be awaited. This self can only be realized by those to whom it reveals itself. The perfecting of our moral life is a prerequisite; but no method deliberately and consciously pursued is sufficient to bring us all the way into the full realization of the highest truth. In at least one or two of the Upanishads indications of a different line of thought and method of realization are to be found. Thus in Katha III, our senses are compared with horses which are always running after their respective sense-objects. He who is not wise but is without control over his own mind cannot control his senses, just as a bad driver cannot control his horses. If anyone wishes to make his way to his highest goal, he should have wisdom for his driver and his mind as the reins of the horses of the senses. In Katha VI, it is said that there is a state in which the five senses, thought, intellect, and mind all cease to operate, and this highest stage of absolute sense-restraint is called Yoga, or spiritual union.

There are ample literary evidences that from very early times--from at least 700 or 800 B. C.--people were in the habit of concentrating their minds on particular objects and thereby stopping the movement of the mind and the senses and achieving wonderful, miraculous powers. It is difficult to say how the ancient Indians discovered this mode of mental control. But it seems very probable that as at first practised it did not form a part of any metaphysical system of thought but was simply the practise of mental concentration and breath control for the sake of the resulting peace and quietness of mind, as well as of the miraculous powers which could be achieved thereby.

But let us turn to a consideration of the principal use of the yoga practices for the spiritual enlightenment, the ultimate and absolute freedom of man, as described by Patanjali, the great yoga writer of about 150 B. C. Patanjali not only describes the principal yoga practices, but he gives a philosophical basis to the whole system and indicates, for the first time, how yoga may be utilized for the emancipation of man from the bondage of his mind and senses. It was explained in the last lecture that the sages of the Upanishads believed in a supra-conscious experience of pure self-illumination as the ultimate principle, superior to and higher than any of our mental states of cognition, willing, or feeling. The nature of this principle is itself extremely mystical; many persons, no doubt, are unable to grasp its character. It has been shown that, even in the days of the Upanishads, it was recognized to be obscure, and that the sages were never tired of saying that it could neither be perceived by the eye nor conceived in thought; but that, nevertheless, the sages believed in its existence as the ultimate being and not as an experience of ecstatic feeling or any other kind of transient psychological state. It was regarded as the real self and the ultimate reality. It is this view of self that is the root, as it were, of Indian mysticism.

If we ask ourselves what we understand by I, we shall all find that, though it is in the most constant use, it is also the obscurest word in all our dictionaries. About the meaning of the word, in one sense we can never doubt; for there is no person who can ever doubt whether he is himself or another person. But when we try to understand what it definitely and actually means, it appears to be