Astral Body
The astral body is your connection with the spiritual realm, higher dimensions, and is your entry to the astral world. Here you are making the shift transition from physical to subtle perception. Astral projection, out-of-body experiences, near death experiences, and many psychic abilities originate from the astral body. It is the home of your dreams, which are thought energies of possible future realities. The astral body is unique in that it can function independently from the other subtle bodies. You are able to travel in your astral body, with your consciousness shifting from the hard wired fixed time and space of your physical brain to the limitless realms of the astral plane. In astral travel you experience time and space differently than in the etheric/physical planes. It is fluid and timeless. There are no boundaries - only influences from personal experiences that have not been fully processed. Every time you go into deep sleep and dream, you astral travel. You are released from that fixed consciousness you live in when awake, and free flow with the astral energies. It is when you are in this state of consciousness that spirit, via your higher self, can communicate with you through symbols and visions.
Near death experiences occur when the shift in consciousness from fixed to fluid occurs abruptly and traumatically. It's commonly thought that when the physical body dies, the etheric body also dies and energetically returns to the cosmos. The remaining subtle bodies continue on, ready for the next incarnation. Increases in spiritual enlightenment as well as karma are stored in these bodies. In the near death experience you exit your physical/etheric body and enter your astral body. From that vantage point you can observe your physical body. If physical death is not your option, you then return to your physical body. Many people who have experienced the near death experience can remember floating above their body and seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. Some have reported having the option of returning to the physical or going into the light.
Psychic abilities originate in the astral body. We all have the potential to develop psychic abilities, but some individuals are born with one or more psychic abilities already developed. As you become aware of your astral body and consciously connect with it, you can develop an understanding of the messages and experiences that occur there. Through meditation and conscious dreaming you can make this connection stronger. Psychic abilities become stronger through this connection.
Near death experiences occur when the shift in consciousness from fixed to fluid occurs abruptly and traumatically. It's commonly thought that when the physical body dies, the etheric body also dies and energetically returns to the cosmos. The remaining subtle bodies continue on, ready for the next incarnation. Increases in spiritual enlightenment as well as karma are stored in these bodies. In the near death experience you exit your physical/etheric body and enter your astral body. From that vantage point you can observe your physical body. If physical death is not your option, you then return to your physical body. Many people who have experienced the near death experience can remember floating above their body and seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. Some have reported having the option of returning to the physical or going into the light.
Psychic abilities originate in the astral body. We all have the potential to develop psychic abilities, but some individuals are born with one or more psychic abilities already developed. As you become aware of your astral body and consciously connect with it, you can develop an understanding of the messages and experiences that occur there. Through meditation and conscious dreaming you can make this connection stronger. Psychic abilities become stronger through this connection.