he was now more serious than most kids his age, but a lot happier:"I don't feel like partying and drinking as much as my friends do or doing a lot of stupid stuff," he said. "I know that there is a better reason for living." A teenage girl echoed those feelings:"I see things differently than most people," she said. "Little things that bother others don't really bother me. I feel calmer and more in control (Duncan 47)." A study conducted by Bruce Greyson, a doctor of emergency psychiatry at the University of Connecticut, showed that almost all people who have NDEs during suicide attempts never again try to kill themselves. In contrast, a high percentage of those who attempt suicide, but do not experience NDEs, make further attempts to take their lives. The NDE has such a positive effect that desperate people who feel their lives have no meaning return from an NDE with a renewed sense of purpose (Duncan 47).So it must be said: the different overview that is beginning to be considered can be at most only a belief until it begins to be tested for validity within ongoing experiences during a life as an active human mind. As small beliefs convert to Knowns, perhaps larger different overview beliefs will follow the same path--until the mind is free (Monroe 15).Astral projecting, just like any other skill, requires discipline. Unlike other skills learned here in the physical world, the factors that underlie one's ability to project are primarily psychological. Factors such as intelligence, personality, emotional make up, social upbringing, and belief systems are all going to be determinants in how hard or how easy projecting is (DeGracia).There are two main methods of inducing an OBE: becoming lucid in a dream, and by putting yourself into a trance. A third method involves visualization exercises (DeGracia).Every one of us dreams every night. We may not remember our dreams the following morning, but this does not mean that we did not dream. It...
