Stack - OUT-OF-BODY ADVENTURES: 30 Days to the Most Exciting Experience of Your Life

30 Days to the Most Exciting Experience of Your Life

RICK STACK

NEW AWARENESS NETWORK, INC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stack, Rick.

Out-of-body adventures.

I. Astral projection. I. Title
BF1389.A7S73 1988 133.9 88-28132
ISBN 978-0-9849285-1-4 (pbk.)

Published by New Awareness Network, Inc.

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Copyright 1988 by Richard Stack

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of New Awareness Network, Inc. Printed in the United States of America International Standard Book Number: 978-0-9849285-1-4

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I would like to thank my wife and agent, Anne Marie OFarrell, for her bottomless heart and limitless energy.

I would like to thank my former teachers, Jane Roberts and Seth, for their warm friendship, extraordinary sanity, and wisdom.

I would like to thank the people who graciously allowed me to use their dreams and out-of-body experiences in this book. Pseudonyms have been used for all such experiences.

I would like to thank my editor, Stacy Prince, for her humor and sharp pencils.

And I would like to thank my infant son, Cody, for waiting until the book was finished before arriving.

This book is designed to take the study and practice of out-of-body experiences out of the realm of research laboratories and esoteric mysticism and into the living rooms and bedrooms of the worldwhere they belong. It provides a simple, effective approach for learning how to leave the body consciously that anyone can use. It also provides instruction on how to get the most out of your trip. Out-of-body experiences (OOBEs) are incredibly exciting, spiritually enlightening, and easy to do. If you are willing to start with the assumption that your current beliefs about the universe may not be the whole truth and that the universe is indeed a mystery to be explored with the same excitement and open-mindedness that any child naturally possesses, I can promise you an adventure you will never forget.

But if its so easy to go out-of-body, why is this topic still relatively esoteric? Quite simply, people are largely unaware of their natural ability to leave the body because their belief systems do not allow for the existence of such experiences, or they consider them an idle pursuit at best. For those who do consider OOBEs an area worthy of attention, firsthand experience is the most direct path for exploration.

Those who wish to pursue firsthand experience, however, may find that their own attitudes are the key to progress in learning how to become astral explorers. For that reason, this book provides a step-by-step procedure for creating a mental climate conducive to achieving these extraordinary journeys before presenting effective, uncomplicated techniques for actually inducing out-of-body experiences. This preliminary belief work is designed to alter certain limiting ideas and enable you to overcome fears of, or resistance to, traveling outside your physical body.

For many people, the belief work and the preliminary dream work presented herein will be a crucial element for success. How long it will take you to accomplish the preliminary work will depend on you. If you already have experience working with your dreams, you have a head start. If your belief systems are relatively positive and expansive, then the belief work required may be minimal.

After reading this book, performing the preliminary work, and starting to regularly utilize the OOBE induction techniques presented, you can reasonably expect to achieve your first OOBE within thirty days, though some may take considerably longer. Anyone can do it, but not everyone will, because some people will not agree to loosen their limiting beliefs enough to allow themselves these kinds of experiences. If you really have the desire, though, this book will provide the means.

I have had many out-of-body experiences, and they have added immeasurably to my life. I hope to communicate the importance and value of this neglected area of human potential. You can appreciate the true value of this art form, however, only when you have actually experienced being outside of your body numerous times. The object of this book, therefore, is to enable you to have not just one but many OOBEs and make them a frequent and natural part of your life. Then you will really begin to understand what they are all about.

Someday, in a more enlightened culture, the art of interdimensional travel outside of the physical body will enjoy a more prominent and respected position. Someday people will explore inner reality with the same fervor with which they have explored outer reality (i.e., the physical universe) and thus take a giant step in the evolution of humankinds understanding. As always, such advances will be accomplished by individuals whose energy and curiosity will not be quelled by fairy tales and prejudice and who insist on finding things out for themselves.

When I was a teenager, I became obsessed with understanding what existence was all about. As long as I can remember I was curious about the universe, but at a certain point in my life this curiosity became an unquenchable thirst. Finally, the urge became so strong that I just had to get some answers before continuing with what I thought of as a normal life.

Prior to this, I had tried to latch on to science as a possible source of understanding. It didnt take me long to become disillusioned with the scientific perspective. Ill never forget one day in Advanced Biology 1 during the first term of my senior year in high school. As the instructor unraveled some of the marvels of nature for us, I couldnt resist asking him what was the greater purpose behind what he was describing. My instructor just smiled and virtually waxed poetic as he explained that my question was teleological and therefore inappropriate for discussion. Well, I didnt know what teleological meant, but I was pretty disconcerted that my instructor acted as if my question wasnt even important. He proceeded with his lesson; I proceeded to reevaluate my plan to take Advanced Biology 2. (I finally opted for Sculpture 1, a class with a twenty-to-one ratio of female to male studentsclearly a more fun way to learn about biology.)

By the time I started my junior year in college, the seeds of my discontent had grown to enormous proportions. I found the scientific explanation of how we got here to border on the absurd. To simplify it greatly: Life began in some primordial ocean a long time ago, when, by chance, the right combination of chemicals and elements and conditions got together, and poofthere was life. Even Darwins impressive theory of evolution effectively eliminated the need for a higher guiding intelligence in the equation, suggesting mutations occur by chance alone and only the best of a species survive and thrive.

This by-chance-alone thing was really too much. Were these people serious? Was this really what the greatest minds of our time had come up with? Did they really believe that all the incredibly intricate and ingenious wonders of nature were accomplished without ANY form of guiding cosmic intelligence? I knew that some of the religious concepts that humankind had come up with over the years were rather childish, but this concept seemed just as naive. The scientific perspective was great for making rocket ships and toaster ovens, but when it came to deeper issues, it was turning into a big disappointment.