Astral Projection - Travelling

Purposeful travel within the Astral Body is not unlike sleepwalking. Somnambulism is commonplace and readily observed. Astral travel is more complex. To move, whether waking or sleeping, is to animate the body with thought. Motivation to move is an unspoken thought process. During sleep, the soul lifts away from the physical form and remains at a distance of a metre or two in order to allow the physical form to proceed to rejuvenate cellular structure etc. Sleep can be interrupted by thought processes which can be caused by concern, anxiety, or physical pain or discomfort. The body will naturally react as the necessity arises. However, there is a part of the nature of the somnambulist that strives to motivate the physical body but remains in part, distant from the material life it has to sustain in order to fulfil its purpose and experiences it must overcome, enjoy, endure and achieve.

Astral travelling is a more advanced form of somnambulism, whereby, the soul, utilising the astral counterpart, which incidentally is an exact replica of the life created in the world of matter, is animated in the astral form in the same way as its identical form in matter. Thought then conveys the soul in its astral vehicle to its imaginative projection. Imagine you have entered a car, you ignite it with a swift movement of the key, release the break, and depress the accelerator. My simple comparison demonstrates the mind activating the will to motivate and compel the soul in the vehicle of the astral body to journey to its destination. Harry Edwards, the famous healer, was often 'seen' at the bedside of a patient.

Often the soul is motivated by concern for a loved one and will 'visit' them in what they consider to be a dream. Is it a dream? It depends on whether the soul has journeyed to an incarnate being or a discarnate soul.

As I read through the words that Sister Theresa and her friends had penned, I realised how important it was to my spiritual growth that I was a Somnambulist and I had been since childhood.