Douglas De Long (Colonsay, Saskatchewan) is a spiritual/personal counselor, past life therapist, and chakra master. He has studied and developed his own psychic abilities and spiritual growth for over twenty years.
Man, tree, and flower are supposed to die; but the fact remains that God's
universe is spiritual and immortal… ~Mary Baker Eddy, Treasury of
Spiritual Wisdom, p.270.
The human soul is eternal and linked to God or The Creator. A person on a
spiritual path knows this, and understands that he or she is a soul with a
body and not a body with a soul. Soul travel is a marvelous experience that
allows you to travel anywhere. Some of the places you can visit exist in
either the earthly realm or in the heavenly realm. You can travel to the
homes of friends and loved ones while in your soul form. Soul travel can also
take you to healing temples and beautiful gardens that exist in Heaven. You
can even visit the Akashic Records (or universal library);this is a magical
place where all knowledge, wisdom and information is stored. It is located on
a higher field or plane of the Heavenly Fields.
Everyone soul travels while sleeping. Many people recall these events as
lucid dreams or "flying dreams." These dreams will feel very real
to the individual. Unfortunately, few people can remember their soul travel
dreams. But there are methods available to recall soul travel during sleep.
These same methods or techniques can be used to soul travel while in a
waking-but-altered state of consciousness, or in a near- or light-sleeping
state.
The body, the soul, and magnetism
Before we discuss some of these techniques, let us digress for a moment. The
Law of Magnetism is involved in astral travel and sleep. When you fall
asleep, this natural law takes over. Your body enters into a relaxed mode and
your brain wave patterns slow down dramatically. This changes the magnetic
polarity of the human body. Normally, the body has a more negative charge or
polarity. But during sleep, your body takes on a positive charge.
The human soul, on the other hand, has a naturally positive polarity at all
times. As brain wave patterns alter during sleep, both the body and soul have
a positive charge. Therefore, the soul has a natural inclination to leave the
body at this moment. Under the Law of Magnetism, positive and negative
charges attract while positive and positive repel. This is the same situation
in regards to the soul and the body. The soul (which is naturally positively
charged) and the body (which becomes positively charged during sleep) start
to push or repel each other. This then makes it easier for the soul to slip
out of the physical form.
Prior to attempting soul travel, certain preparations are necessary in order
to give you a better chance of success. These preparations involve diet,
breathing, and water.
Diet
Diet can influence soul travel in many situations. This is especially true
regarding soul travel in altered waking states. Once again, the Law of
Magnetism comes into play. Most foods have either a positive essence or a
negative essence. The consumption of positively or negatively charged foods
can affect the body's polarity.
Vegetables and many fruits tend to have a more positive essence. These foods
should be considered as having a lighter or higher vibration. They are
sometimes referred to as "spirit foods" due to the high frequency
and the more positive essence they contain. Eating these foods will aid in
attempted soul travel.
Breathing
The breath of life is important for soul travel training. When you draw in
breath, you bring Chi (or universal energy) into your lungs. This energy has
an extremely high vibratory rate and can be found in the air we breathe and
the water we drink. It originates from the Heavens above. If you hold this
breath in your lungs for a few seconds, this energy will flow via the
circulatory system to the entire body charging all the organs with this
powerful Chi. This raises your vibrations and allows the body to become
lighter, and to carry a more positive essence.
Deep breathing exercises can be taken one step further when attempting soul
travel. Try taking in deep breaths and holding the air in your lungs for a
period longer than five seconds. The longer the breath is held, the more
positively charged the body becomes. Also, the vibrations of the body become
much higher. Be careful and reasonable, though, and don't hold your breath
for longer than is comfortable.
Water
Anyone considering soul travel should drink a large amount of water during
the day. This has a tendency to flush the body and remove unwanted wastes and
poisons (which carry a very low vibratory rate). The release of these
undesired substances helps the physical form to maintain healthy energy
within.
Additionally, there is an exercise called the "Glass of Water
Technique" that teaches you how to magnetize or "charge" water
in a glass, thereby giving it a higher vibration of energy. (See below for
full instructions on this technique.) This has great potential when used in
soul travel training.
The combination of spirit foods, deep breathing exercises, and the charging
of water can all be used together in the following manner. This will ensure
that you have a better chance of success when attempting soul travel.
For seven days prior to attempting any soul travel, adhere to the following
regimen. (A week is normally the required time necessary for the desired
energy changes in the body and the soul to manifest.) Remember that this is
only a temporary situation and these guidelines are not written in stone. Try
to find a balance that works for you. It is simply easier to learn to soul
travel if you can make these changes during the preparation stage.
During this week, you may need to adjust your diet. If you are a vegetarian
and do not have a sweet tooth, then you probably won't have to make massive
changes in your food intake. However, if you normally eat substantial amounts
of red meat, then you should try to cut down during this week. If you love
sweets, limit your intake of these delicacies for the seven days. Both of
these types of foods possess a more negative essence and a lower vibratory
rate.
Green leafy vegetables have some of the highest vibratory rates of all of the
spirit foods. They possess an abundance of positive essence. This is
especially true of lettuce and spinach. If you can eat large amounts of these
vegetables over the seven days, the benefits may be felt during soul travel
attempts.
You can also practice longer deep-breathing exercises during the preparatory
week. The deep breathing should be done twice a day, in the morning and then
again in the evening prior to sleep.
Begin each morning by taking a deep breath into the lungs. Hold it, and count
to twelve slowly in your mind. As you do this, feel the lungs as they start
to pulse. You will begin to feel pressure in the chest. Avoid the urge to
rush it out. Expel all your air slowly. Then repeat the exercise in the same
manner. Do the same deep breathing a third and final time that morning.
Return to normal breathing and return to your everyday activities. In the
evening, do the deep breathing exercise three times in the exact same way
that you did in the morning. Follow the same deep breathing regimen for six
more days.
As the week progresses, you may start to notice that your body feels as if it
is vibrating. This is a normal occurrence. Your body is becoming more
positive, and allowing your soul to begin slipping out. Actually, your soul
is moving slightly out of the physical body - into the aura and back again.
During the week you should practice the Glass of Water Technique at least
once every other day. If that's not possible, try to do this technique a
minimum of three times during your period of preparation.
The Glass of Water Technique
The right hand possesses a naturally positive essence, while the left hand
has a negative essence. As mentioned earlier, under the Law of Magnetism,
like repels like but opposites attract. Therefore, the positive essence of
the right hand attracts the negative essence of the left hand. When these two
essences are sent through opposing sides of a glass of water, eventually, the
water will be magnetized or charged, and have a higher vibratory rate. The
positive polarity will be the dominant essence in the water.
To begin, fill a glass with water and find a quiet place to sit. Place your
hands in a comfortable position around the glass, making sure that you
maintain contact with the surface. This will ensure that the healing energy
and Chi flows into the water where it will be absorbed.
Now, feel the warmth and energy moving through your wrists and into your
hands. Concentrate on this for a few moments until you feel a pulsing
sensation in your hands, thumbs, and fingers. Let this pulsing get stronger.
Allow your focus to move to the glass of water. Sense your hands pulsing
against the surface of the glass. Feel this pulsing getting stronger until it
feels like a throbbing emanating from the glass of water. The water will
begin to feel different to you. Continue to hold the glass for about five
minutes. When you as if the glass is trying to push your hands away from it,
the water has now been fully magnetized.
Drink the glass of water quickly. You might feel a pleasant warm sensation in
the tummy. This is a sign that the charged water is having a positive effect
upon the body. The vibratory rate of the body has been raised and contains
more of a positive essence within.
The next steps
By the end of the seven day period of preparation, the combination of diet,
deep breathing, and water will give you the necessary changes to your
vibratory rate to allow you to soul travel or astral travel. You are now
ready to begin.
On the eighth day you can attempt the following technique. This exercise can
be used on a regular basis. It is simple and easy.
Situate yourself in a fairly quiet room. Sit down in a comfortable chair with
a full glass of water placed nearby. Make you sure that you are relaxed - all
negative emotions such as anger or fear should be put aside. Take in one deep
breath, hold if for a few moments, and then release it slowly through your
nose. Repeat this a second and third time. Then return to normal breathing.
Pick up the glass and do the Glass of Water Technique again. This time you
might notice an improvement while performing this technique. Your hands may
begin to pulse faster and stronger than previous attempts. As before, drink
all of the charged water.
From this point you can either stay seated or lie down in a comfortable
position. This is up to you. However, if you practice this technique just
prior to bedtime, then the latter position would probably be the best one.
For the sake of simplicity, these instructions will assume you are lying in a
bed.
As you rest on the bed, visualize a white light encircling the inside of the
walls of your bedroom. Then, visualize another white light encircling you and
your bed. You will have an inner and an outer circle of light surrounding you
while you attempt to soul travel. This is a measure of protection that helps
you to keep negative entities from bothering you. These white lights also
attract angels, spirit guides, and other heavenly beings towards you. You
should always ask for your angels and spirit guides to enter into the room
and protect you during meditation and soul travel.
By this time you may be feeling some warmth in the pit of your stomach. You
might also experience the sensation that your body is vibrating either side
to side or back and forth. This is the result of the magnetized water and
indicates that your soul is trying to slip out.
Now, longer deep-breathing techniques will be used. You will do the longer
deep-breathing or breath-holding techniques twice, in the same manner as
before (breathe in, hold for twelve seconds, release). The third deep breath
will be done differently. After releasing all of your breath the second time,
wait for about four seconds. Let your eyes look towards the foot of the bed
and imagine that you are standing here looking back at your prone body. Shut
your eyes and picture this in your mind.
Now take in the third breath and hold it for the slow count of twelve. Then,
release your breath in a forceful fashion. Expel all your breath quickly. As
you do this feel as if you are pushing yourself out of the physical body. If
you're lucky, you might slip out of the body and end up at the foot of the
bed staring back at your reclining form. Or you may not notice any change
when you try this for the first time. You are likely to have some positive
results, even if you don't succeed in pushing your soul out of your body
completely. For instance, you may feel as if you are vibrating within your
body in a very powerful way. Perhaps you might be aware of moving out of the
body a few feet for a second or two. You may even feel pleasant sensations
throughout and some lightheadedness.
The secret to successful soul travel is to keep practicing this technique on
a regular basis until you become more adept. Eventually, you will be able to
consciously soul travel. This can be done in a light altered state or in a
near-sleep state. If you are interested in learning more about these
techniques, check out Ancient Teachings for Beginners
When you soul or astral travel you can meet and work with angels, spirit
guides, and other light beings. Answers you need, knowledge and wisdom you
seek, can be obtained from these beings. You can find peace of mind and
contentment through soul travel. As an eternal soul you can maintain your
connection to the Creator through this process. Allow the light within you to
shine.
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