Astral Travel, Lesson 4

Some define astral traveling as the consciousness leaving the physical body and flying around the astral realm. Others believe that using one’s imagination to achieve astral travel or while in the astral realm makes the experience less “real”.

Not true. The imagination can work great feats for the traveler in the astral realm. Liken it to creating your own reality and then bringing much of that “imagined” reality back here to the physical realm.

We will go into this further in future assignments, but for October we are going to focus on how to work in the astral to achieve communication with someone you can’t/don’t/won’t communicate with physically.

Angie was my best friend in high school. When we graduated, we each had to explore the new adult world in our own ways and our decisions separated us. Almost ten years past without a word between us. I thought of her from time to time and hoped she was well but didn’t really feel the need to contact her again just yet.

One day I started thinking about Angie a lot. I had moved to Michigan and then California from our native Colorado in those ten years and had no idea how to reach her. When I last knew Angie, she was living with her parents so I wrote a letter to that address, knowing they could have moved in the past decade. I called every person with her name in the phone book from the area she was in when I last saw her.

All attempts failed. She could have gotten married and changed last names, she could have moved to a different city or state. There was no way for me to know what had happened to her.

I had joined the aforementioned OBE group by then and someone suggested to me that I reach Angie in the astral. What the hell- I thought. Far less embarrassing than calling strangers and asking if we went to high school together. I remember quite clearly that it was a Wednesday night. I lay down, did my meditation method and used my imagination to visual Angie as I last knew her.  The visualization took awhile because my mind wanted more to do than just recreate this person from memory, so I had to work hard at focusing.

I saw Angie sitting on my couch in California. My imagination made her smiling and laughing. My imagination made us best friends again. I told myself I was talking with her spirit and she was talking with mine. Sweep the humanity (and that darn ego!) away, I said, because right now we are just souls. Talking. Laughing. Being friends as I remembered us.

I told her that I was sorry for how things ended, sorry for not trying harder to understand what she was going through, sorry that I was so caught up in my own early-adult drama that I forgot to be a good friend. Then I told Angie that I forgave her for every thing I was angry or hurt about when we last saw each other. We were both so young, dumb, and immature.

My imagination made Angie say that she forgave me. We laughed more, smiled more, and hugged a lot.

Then I let her go; thanked her for being there, thanked her for the conversation, and I released her. That was Wednesday night.

Angie called me on Thursday. She had received the letter I sent to her parent’s house about a week prior. During that call we laughed, talked, apologized, and forgave.

Your assignment is to think of someone you are out of touch with. Someone you need to or want to talk with again.  It can be someone who has passed on, a long lost friend, relative, whatever. Clear the air! Apologize and forgive. Say “hi- how are you?”. Get that hug you’ve always wanted or tell someone that secret you’ve been carrying for far too long.

Use your imagination to make this a positive experience. That is the key. Many times we have to cross through the pain to get back to happy so use the astral and the power of your mind to finally make the journey.

As for turning this in, you are welcomed to share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. If you would rather keep this experience private, just turn in a small statement that the assignment has been complete. J No questions will be asked if that is how you prefer it.

Here is the basic formula to follow:

Go into a meditative state (don’t fall asleep for this one!)

Create the meeting room

Decorate it is you wish to so long as it is comfortable and happy

Imagine the person in front of you. Really see them: their clothes, hair, wrinkles, height, weight, and mannerisms. Take your time.

Say what you need to say. This person has no choice but to listen because you are creating them to listen.

Be brutally honest. Cut open those old wounds that never fully healed, if applicable, and clean them out once and for all. Or remember the good times you had together and how your person laughs. Laugh together, if for no other reason than because you can. My youngest brother was killed in a car accident when he was 20 years old and oh the joyful conversations we’ve had since! J

Remember that you are in control. You are always safe.

This process can be done more than once. You know what and how much you need.

Release the person. This is so important. Let them go. Say goodbye and close the door. Let the person and yourself know without any doubt when it is over. Remember, you can always go back and do it again later, but make sure to end each session properly.

Be brave and take this journey. You can do it and I’m always here (or in the astral) if you need me. Be well, my friends.