How to have out of body experience

There are two schools of thought about what happens with an Etheric projection. The first states that what separates from your physical body is your astral body, which is charged with Etheric energy and then goes on to explore your physical surroundings (the world around you).

The other school of thought states that it is your Etheric body that separates and while projected, it inhabits the Etheric plane ( a plane of existence very close to the physical one). Both of these amount to the same thing though, which is that you can explore the world around you with a certain degree of freedom and without physical constraints such as gravity and oxygen.

During Astral projection, your Astral body inhabits the Astral plane (a plane above the Etheric) and while there, objects take on a reality similar to what you would experience in waking life. In addition to this, colors may seem more vivid and you may find your senses heightened.

Unfortunately you can get lost. During Etheric projection it's perfectly possible to find yourself in an unfamiliar location, and even more so in the Astral plane due to its unique properties. The thing to do is to remain calm and remember where you are.

If you are projecting etherically, then you may see a cord that leads from your head back towards your body. This is the silver cord and you can simply follow that back to your physical body. If you can't see the cord, don't worry, just concentrate on moving a part of your physical body (a finger or toe usually does the trick). If that doesn't work then, since travel whilst projected is closely linked to thought, just thinking about returning to your body will usually see you back there.

If you get lost during astral projection then you can do a number of things. Firstly you can wait. The physical body has certain inbuilt functions which must be taken care of (hunger, thirst etc.) and these will set up a pull that will eventually get too strong for you to resist. However, prevention is usually better than cure, so you can set up a trail from your body that you will be able to follow at all times (a line of glowing arrows for example).

Yes you can, and this is often a good time to compare notes and experiences. During Etheric projection, it is possible to interact with beings at your own level of existence, and this includes ghosts as well as other people who are experiencing Etheric projection.

Astrally, it is a lot easier to meet people, although you might find that you do so completely by accident. Arranging a meeting is more difficult though, because unless both parties know where to go exactly, you might find that you end up in slightly different representations of the same place and miss each other.

Able to visit decesed ones is also possible, although be aware of entities posing as your relatives to trick you. Use your judgement, as with all things, and you should be okay.

There are many techniques to achieve an OOBE, so i'll just put a link here to download the technique collection in PDF format.

http://rapidshare.com/files/5085291/Technique.pdf.html (copy & paste this in a new browser)

The one of the easiest technique for me is called "The Rope Technique" Its mentioned in one of the monroes books