Virtual Out of Body Experience

August 27th, 2007

Science claim to have found a way to induce an Out of Body experience, using virtual reality headsets. An article being published in journal Science, an experiments carried out on healthy subjects appear to indicate the feeling of a second body. The world-wide media have spread this news and it looks like most people will have already made up their mind on the subject. It’s not conclusive in any form, but interesting none the less.

From what I’ve understood on the experiments, it clearly shows that OBE like feelings can be induced. But is this new? Certainly not. Many scientists have used various techniques to induce second body feelings. In my opinion it’s great that work is still being done and studies being published to the mainstream. I can’t wait to read the full article and see what other make of it.

At the end of the day, it looks like many, if not all, OBE’s are happing only in the mind. I’m not convinced the human spirit can actually leave the body. But I’m fascinated that the human brain can produce such imagination.

I’m still waiting for some real evidence of any actual verifiable out of body experience– can anyone provide details of one? I’ll not hold my breath.

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3 Responses to “Virtual Out of Body Experience”

  1. kenfree10 Says:
    August 29th, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    I agree with you that “many, if not all, OBE’s are happening only in the mind” if you define “mind” as consciousness. Monroe, the author of the Gateway Series, coined “phasing” to describe the awareness shifting that occurs as consciousness moves from one field to another. That is to say that, far from being the only existence, physical reality as we experience it as the world, is really only one frequency on the spectrum of consciousness. OBE’s are turning the dial of the radio, so to speak, to tune into other ways of being and experiencing. Therefore, while it may seem that the soul is leaving the body, in fact, consciousness is simply moving into a different realm.

  2. Kuba Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Hey
    I don’t know if this site is still active or not but just in case it is I would like to add something. I experienced an OBE once in my life. Similar to your it happened during a lucid dream, once I realized what was happening I played around with my dreams a little and then I simply decided to stop dreaming but not to wake up. And there I was, I watched myself sleep and I could “wander” around. The only difference is that it didn’t seem like I was moving from one place to another but rather I was at this place and then another. I was quick to realize what was happening and since I tend to be skeptical I decided to find proof. I took a look at what time it was (I have no clocks in my bedroom) and then decided to come back to my body. I woke up and run to another room to take a look at the time. It matched. Perhaps this is not the best proof but it did the trick to me. If you can exteriorize any time you wish then there are more solid ways to prove your experience, such as someone opens a book to a random page and you take a look at the first sentence or something of that sort.

  3. Ruben Hernandez Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    If you read (my big toe)it explains how the proof
    has existed for a while through Monroes method.I
    think many people find it hard to believe that two people where able to communicate while completely separated (physically) from each other.Kenfrees comment is right on.We live in the matrix of our own reality but maybe out of tune with the big picture.Maybe we are part of a bigger cosmic plan.So lets keep asking questions.

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