The goal of this book is not simply to give certain individuals a new practice for their repertoire. The goal of this book is to open the eyes of everyone who reads it to the reality that the world is many times broader than it may seem. Friend, we’re talking about you. You are able to do much more than you think. Once you understand this and experience this, your world will change. You’ll become different. There will be a fundamental change in how you relate to the world. I’m not afraid to say it: you’ll be born anew. Your life will become happier and richer in every respect.

Now let’s imagine what it will be like when there will be many people like you. And then more. And even more. The world-wide propagation of the practice of astral travel states will hail a singular revolution in human consciousness. We’re not only talking about the maddeningly-vast practical applications. We’re not only talking about how incredible this experience is in and of itself. To a greater extent, we’re talking about the evolution of thought and human consciousness. It will be no laughing matter when each of us comes to understand that there is a world of normal physical reality, with its own rules and limitations, and yet also there is another world, with completely different rules, limitless and offering incredible possibilities. And, it’s accessible each and every day, and it can be used to obtain everything that is lacking in the here and now! When everyone, not just you and I, come to know this, life will become easier, more pleasant, and much more interesting.

Not a bad dream, is it? Start with yourself and the world will become like that, friend.

That will be the evolution – the transformation of conscious awareness to another level of perception, and even being! We’ve become so accustomed to simply talking and dreaming about it, but here it is, right in front of us. Just take it and learn it.

Not only that, the evolution itself, at least as far as it concerns the propagation of astral travel states, is a totally inescapable event. With our culture and mode of existence, it’s as if we have occupied a single basin in an endless valley, built a dike around it, and lived quietly thereafter. But a stream of endless development has started to fill the entire space of our isolated basin. And the moment has come when the water has simply gushed over the side of the dike and into that immense expanse beyond it. That expanse is the astral plane, which has only one limitation – your desire. And we cannot but be swept up into it. We’ve simply no other frontier for development.

As amazing as it may be, independent practice, which is dealt with by the book that you are holding in your hands, is but the first link in a more global development. Conscious awareness will be followed into the astral plane by technologies. They will master this phenomenon and the world will behold the appearance of the Mindnet – the very Matrix itself. The foundation is already laid – the astral plane space, and the very existence of the phenomenon. In fact, you can already plug yourself into there, and already experience the incredible future.

"Where has the astral plane been all this time?" – you ask. "Why have people not been interested in this phenomenon, if even under its many different names?" The answer is simple. It has been obscure to the average person, and the relevant technique-based technologies have not been available until now. The stranglehold of occult terminology has been a barrier to the phenomenon reaching the general public. The approach that you will find in this book is so universal that it will bring those very occultists to the table with absolute materialists. It now no longer matters which world-view you profess. All that matters is practical experience, which, unlike theory, is indisputable. And this practice is like the magic that we all stopped believing in when we grew up. But the magic is real. Here it is.

All who have experienced the astral plane state in its deepened form unambiguously assert that it has been the most powerful experience in their lives. There’s nothing to compare it to.

You don’t have to walk far to find it, my friend. Take me for example. Do you know why I’ve devoted my whole life to this phenomenon after having encountered it in a totally accidental way while still an adolescent? Because I simply recognized that this is the most incredible thing that there is. Simply put, I’ve never encountered nor experienced anything more interesting or extraordinary in my life. Nothing else is so emotionally meaningful or offers so many incredible opportunities in the practical realm. Believe me, I’ve no desire to make a fool of myself. I only engage in what brings me pleasure and satisfaction. And I’ve never encountered anything better or more intense than this in all my life. You’ll soon understand what I’m talking about…

Humanity expects the next scheduled end of the world in 2012. We’ve simply got a habit of doing so. A characteristic of human thought. There hasn’t been a year over the last century for which somebody somewhere hasn’t predicted the end of the world. But now there are far more reasons than ever to do so.

Having monitored the speed at which a secular approach to the practice of separating the conscious awareness from the body is becoming widespread, I can precisely state that this very phenomenon will be the cause of the end of the old epoch and the start of a new era of human existence. There are several reasons for this, all of them difficult even for a stubborn materialist to dispute (in fact, I am a stubborn materialist myself).

First of all, that very same secular, technical, and pragmatic approach to this long-known phenomenon has put it within reach both intellectually and in practice for absolutely each and every person. Naturally, esoterics have always been interested in it. But now more people are becoming interested in it who not only do not believe in God, but who even do not especially believe in the existence of the soul. This is even though beforehand they considered all of this to be nonsense, and labeled people who indulged in it as crackpots. But something beneficial is to be found for everyone in the phenomenon. All of these factors combined make the astral plane’s propagation on a planetary scale merely a question of time. And a short period of time at that. The breakthrough is due right for 2012.

The second reason is that in addition to its global propagation, this phenomenon brings with it a principally new form of existence. We’ve gotten used to living in just one flat world. And it now turns out that that flat world is just a small cross-section of what we are capable of experiencing, and the most limited one at that. This is not the type of empty conjecture that I myself cannot stand. This is real, and, most importantly, within the reach of each and every practitioner, as proven by countless ordinary people. Now everyone will know the world in a completely different way. Everyone will live in two worlds – something we could only have dreamed of earlier. And once this happens for everyone, it will be a revolutionarily new epoch of existence, reverberating on all the hypostases of the physical and parallel world.

Dear friend, it would be possible to discuss at great length why the topic of transformation to a new level of existence in 2012 is directly tied to the practice of the astral plane. But that would be superfluous. In a short amount of time, you will not only understand the astral plane, but also take the step yourself into the new era. Perhaps that step is a bit unexpected, as everyone thinks that this leap will happen by itself. As it turns out, however, it’s necessary to put in some effort. Well that’s reality. Of course, it’s up to you to decide whether or not to remain in the old world, or become a member of the new civilization. However, I must say that I cannot imagine how you would be able to resist such a temptation. We’ve all been waiting for this all of our lives. It only remains to take that step forward.

And here I have good news to raise your spirits: this phenomenon is within everyone’s reach. Yes, it’s easier for some and more difficult for others. But it can be achieved by each and every person, without exception. It is simply necessary to perform the right techniques at the right moment.

I didn’t put accessibility in the same section as types of techniques on a whim. The point is that the use of the wrong techniques at the wrong time has made this phenomenon such a rarity that many don’t even believe in it. To put it roughly, people have been trying to get into the next-door room by banging their head against the wall. For some people that wall was paper thin, and some had foreheads of steel, but the vast majority have been wasting their time and energy. And all the while, they could have simply opened the unlocked door and just gone inside… It is mainly the knowledge itself that such a door exists that has unbound those age-old shackles on this practice and made it known worldwide.

However, I’d like to state upfront what this book will be dealing with: autonomous techniques – that is no external influences will be discussed. Special devices, pills, and work in pairs – not to mention peyote, magic-mushrooms or drugs – are all out the window. I believe that growth occurs only when you do everything yourself. Moreover, no matter what the producers of all kinds of beeping devices may try to hard-sell, I’ve never met a single serious practitioner who would use such external devices. While chemical substances may allow one to experience vaguely similar sensations, as a rule they offer no control over the experience. Moreover, they’re simply bad for you.

And so, friend, what will we be discussing? We’ll be investigating the three primary types of astral travel entrance techniques: indirect techniques, becoming conscious while dreaming, and direct techniques.

Indirect techniques are actions performed while waking up, immediately upon gaining consciousness. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve slept before employing them, be it an hour, all night, or five minutes. The most important thing is that you’ve already woken up and immediately started doing cycles of indirect techniques. These are the easiest techniques and the ones that are most likely to work. This is that very door to the other room.

Many associate dream conscious with a completely different practice, but actually it’s still entering the astral plane, albeit not through the conscious state, but through the process of dreaming. The mechanism at work is that while sleeping, you suddenly clearly understand that everything going around you is merely a dream, and your conscious awareness becomes the same as it is now: fully and lucidly aware. These indirect techniques may not be the most controllable, but they are accessible and easy to employ.

Meanwhile, reliance on direct techniques is exactly what made the phenomenon inaccessible for such a long time. People have simply been banging their heads against the wall by trying to exit the body using direct techniques. Direct techniques are based on entering the astral plane from full wakefulness, and not from interrupting the process of falling asleep. That is, a practitioner lies down and immediately starts performing actions in order to enter the astral plane. It is ill-advised for novices to start from such techniques – it’s a road to spending tons of time and effort without achieving anything. And if anything is achieved, it is achieved rarely, only once every couple of months. These techniques need be approached only after having mastered the indirect techniques. Friend, when I said that people have long been trying to enter a neighboring room by banging their heads against a wall, I had just these direct techniques in mind.

Case Studies

February 2001

I awoke at night and thought of the astral plane. That thought evoked strong excitation bordering on fear, thanks to which I fell right into the astral plane. I began experimenting with vibrations, but was still afraid to separate. The vibrations gradually became so powerful that they simply threw me out of my body. After having overcome my fear with great difficulty, I then floated about the room. As my sight returned, night turned to day. I then came back down and stood on the floor, extremely frightened by the realness of everything going on.

However, there was a table at the window of the room that shouldn’t have been there. But I didn’t even stop to think about that, as I was nevertheless still in shock over what was going on. Concentrating on the situation at hand, I noticed a glass with some kind of liquid in it on the table. I got the idea of testing out how real the sense of taste would be. Still totally surprised by the realness of everything, I went up to the table, picked up the glass, and held it up to my eyes in order to get a better look at it. I then hesitantly brought it to my lips, and took a sip. My God! I didn’t expect it to be that realistic. It was a glass of tomato juice. I could feel its texture with my lips, tongue, and palate. By the time it hit my throat, I was already savoring the taste. I felt the cold from the glass on my hands and lips – everything was indistinguishable from real life.

Relishing both the taste of the juice and my triumph in entering the astral plane, I quietly thought about the new frontiers opening up before me while quenching my thirst. However, I completely forgot about the need for concentration, and had a foul. I was in a great mood all the next day after having discovered this experience.

In this case, the deceased person behaves in the astral plane as if he regrets what had happened to him in the physical world and brought about his current situation. This is expressed in constant complaints, tears, and a reminiscing about what had happened. This kind of behavior is most often seen in those cases when little time has passed since the subject’s death.

For some, such behavior will be normal and not require further action. However, if this does not suit the practitioner, as looking at everything in this way may be unpleasant, then the best solution would be to try to convince the subject that nothing terrible has happened, and that everything is fine, as all is as it should be. It is also advisable to offer consolations befitting such a situation. Perhaps the subject will be able to collect himself quite quickly. This is better than re-summoning the person all over again.

Another widespread problem is incomplete performance of the techniques. No less than 75% of practitioners who are learning using my techniques suffer from this. It’s interesting to note that 75% of them do so deliberately. Friend, you’ll see later on that you need not perform superhuman feats in order to achieve the astral plane state. As far as the indirect techniques are concerned, you just need perform a simple algorithm of actions upon awakening. Just complete everything that you are required to do in full. And perform everything just as it is described.

Let’s observe a few examples of incomplete performance of the techniques. We’ll start with cycles of indirect techniques – the one universal astral travel entrance technique-based technology. It entails the completion, upon awakening, of no less than 4 cycles of techniques for a total of 9-15 seconds each, until a technique works. For some reason, many think that the proscribed minimum of 4 cycles does not apply to them. And so they do 1 or 2 cycles…. Like the time at one of my seminars when two men of about the same age sat next to each-other, both in the neighborhood of 45 years old. This was the second session, and they spoke about what they had been doing, and how things were going for them. The first man said that he had started by doing 2 cycles during one attempt, but then seeing as nothing was working, he decided to stop right there, even though I had said the previous afternoon to do 4 cycles. I had repeated it again and again… The second gentleman had also started by doing two cycles and nothing worked for him either. But he then started to do a third cycle, just like I had said to do. Then, one of the techniques worked like a charm during the fourth cycle, and he was able to leave his body. However, if he had done everything like his neighbor in the classroom, then nothing would have happened for him either… I have introduced this example only because I remember it quite well, as two people sitting next to one another sharply contrasted in their approach to what they were told to do.

People also very often forget when performing indirect techniques to first try to separate, and only then do cycles. With direct techniques, people also tend to forget about the free-floating state of mind, though without it there’s no point in expecting anything, as I always point out early on.

Sometimes incomplete performance of techniques happens not because of a person’s psychology, but out of an inability to complete a task. For example, with indirect techniques, it’s very important to awaken without moving. Many are simply unable to keep themselves from moving. However, achieving this only requires practice. Not only that, but many also forget that if they wake up to their body moving, then they should nevertheless still make an attempt at separation. Sure, their odds are lower than usual, but are still quite high.

By and far, we could go on forever about the different ways in which people fail to fully perform techniques. I only wanted to tell you, friend, to try to fully implement all of the techniques. Each sentence and every word in the sections on techniques has been vetted by years of classroom instruction and has much more weight than a cursory glance would imply.

You see, in taking this book into your hands, you may mistakenly assume it be yet another work on some-odd occult or esoteric practice, in which everything is vaguely described and the majority of details are literally left up to the reader. Do not take such an approach to this book under any circumstances. Everything here is already well known, there’s no reason to shroud this practice in a cloud of secrecy. You have clear instructions right here in front of you. Just follow them.

Oksana Ryabova, Moscow. Student.

I seemed to me that my deep morning slumber had been interrupted by the discomfort and mild pain of numbness in my left arm, which my head had been lying on while I slept. The desire arose within me to get rid of that discomfort. I moved my numb arm in front of me and opened my eyes. But I couldn’t see the physical arm in front of me, even though I clearly felt it there and could curl and uncurl my five fingers and bend the arm at the elbow. This all made me somewhat confused. I clearly understood that something like this could not happen in the normal physical world. I decided that this was a very realistic dream, and that in order to wake up, I would simply need to close my eyes and strain my brain with the desire to awaken. That thought was followed by action. I opened my eyes shortly thereafter, thinking that I had finally woken up.

Before me was the daily reality that I always observe upon awakening: a large window through which sunlight pours onto my bed in the center of the room, a desk and chair, a bookcase of academic literature, and a wardrobe with clothing in it. Just like always. I decided to spend this weekday-off (I had a lot of days off that week) getting calm, easy rest.

I sat up Indian-style in bed with my elbows on my knees. I squinted, enjoying the rays of May sun massaging my face. It was warm, and the air was fresh. And I felt a sense of peace pour through my body like a sort of unearthly sweet nectar. I turned to look around. And suddenly, that state of relaxation abruptly changed into cold and shivering, the sense of peace transformed into terrible fear – my body was lying behind me! Panic. I glanced at those hands in front of me that I could feel but not see. They were lying peacefully on the bed alongside my body. I touched them and felt their velvety skin, yet not feeling the sensation with my physical hands. I tried to return to my body. I lay down into it, closed my eyes, straining in an attempt to wake up. I opened my eyes and got up, but the body was still lying there. Fear, otherworldly mortal fear. Tears. Perplexity. Incomprehension. The question, “what next?” And all around me was that bright and sunny day.

I became more and more afraid. The desire to leave that state grew exponentially. All of my attempts to return to my body brought no result. Frightened and scared, I sat on the bed like a figurine. Suddenly, out of the silence, I heard steps in the room. But I couldn’t see anybody. The fear grew worse and worse. I began to scream at that invisible man wandering in my room, bidding him to stay away from me. I then asked the question, “Who is he and what does he want here, and why can’t I see him?” I got an answer: “Don’t be afraid, this is all normal”. He appeared a moment later, standing beside my bed. He was about 6 feet tall and a little over 30 years old, with a stocky muscular physique. His hair was dirty-blond and cut short, his eyes were gray-blue. He was wearing only a black bathing suit. Around his neck was a thick gold chain. He began to explain something to me about a certain city, calling it a transfer point. Then he said that many go through such a state and that it was a normal thing. He took my hand and said, “let’s go.” A moment later, we found ourselves on some sort of old-town street. The house that we stood in front of had a blue rectangle on its corner with the name of the street and house number. I was easily able to read everything, and was surprised at what I saw.

We stood almost naked in the middle of the street, but passersby paid us no attention. I realized that they didn’t see us. I didn’t stop looking around, shocked and scared by what was happening. My head was filled with what was at the time a terrible question: how to return?

The young man abruptly ran towards the corner of the house in front of us. Entering through its wall, he said that it was time for him to return, as his friend was due to arrive. He disappeared. I stood in same place for some time, watching people pass me by. I didn’t know how to get back to my room, because the place from which we entered the street turned out to be a wall. What a bad break, how was I to go through the wall? I closed my eyes thought about my room, and recited, “whatever will be, will be,” stepped forward, and found myself on my bed.

Sweeping my eyes over the room, I discovered that nothing had changed in it. The sun shone into it just as it had before. Breathing in a sigh of relief and closing my eyes in great hope that I would wake up, I rushed to open them. To my horror, I instead found a table with medical instruments on my bed. Waves of fear swept over my body with renewed intensity. I gulped that I would not make it through if they put me under the knife. I closed my eyes once again, and started to pray. The fear gradually receded, I calmed down….. and finally woke up. The first thing that I did was to make sure that the table with the medical instruments was not there. I jumped up and started knocking on the dresser, the wall, and on the window in order to make sure that it really was all over.

Mistakes:

Upon awakening, one should immediately try to separate.

No deepening was performed immediately upon exiting the body.

Going along with an unplanned storyline.

Lack of maintaining techniques.

Lack of a preprepared plan of action.

Intentional return.

Unrecognized false awakening.

No attempt to separate again or employ indirect techniques.

Comments:

The errors are hypothetical, as the young lady did not intend to have this experience at all, and it was her first one ever. It should be noted that an uncommonly large number of adventures for one’s first time befell her: invisible arms, unrecognized separation, a stranger, travel, and false awakening… And all this occurring amid a backdrop of terror. Her case clearly demonstrates once again how incredibly realistic the astral plane experience is. People often cannot even distinguish it from reality. One cannot ignore the fact that prayer served to help bring the negative experience to an end. The key factor is, of course, not the prayer itself, but the calming effect that it brings. Any kind of relaxation or turning one’s thoughts inward allows one to bring an astral projection to a halt. It should also be stated that despite the whole nightmare, this experience motivated the young woman to become a very advanced practitioner, as it served to pique her interest.