Astral Projection & Out-of-Body(OBE) Experience.....

An out-of-body experience occurs when a person temporarily feels like their spirit or soul has left their physical body. It's often the unintentional result of an accident or near-death experience. Astral projection, on the other hand, is an intentional out-of body experience in which the subtle body travels outside the physical body at the whim of the individual. Some say astral projection is very much possible, while others say it's not. We dug into this mysterious spiritual phenomena to learn more about what its believers have to say and if they could ever be validated by science.

What does an OBE feel like?

It’s hard to nail down what an OBE feels like, exactly.

According to accounts from people who’ve experienced them, they generally involve:

a feeling of floating outside your body
an altered perception of the world, such as looking down from a height
the feeling that you’re looking down at yourself from above
a sense that what’s happening is very real

OBEs typically happen without warning and usually don’t last for very long.

If you have a neurological condition, such as epilepsy, you may be more likely to experience OBEs, and they may happen more frequently. But for many people, an OBE will happen very rarely, maybe only once in a lifetime.

OBE & Astral Projection same..?

An astral projection usually involves an intentional effort to send your consciousness from your body. It usually refers to your consciousness traveling out of your body toward a spiritual plane.

An OBE, on the other hand, is usually unplanned. And rather than traveling, your consciousness is said to simply float or hover above your physical body.

OBEs — or at least the sensations of them — are largely recognized within the medical community and have been the subject of many studies. Astral projection, however, is considered to be a spiritual practice.

Medical conditions

Experts have linked several medical and mental health conditions to OBEs, including:

Dissociative disorders, particularly depersonalization-derealization disorder, can involve frequent feelings or episodes where you seem to be observing yourself from outside your body.

Sleep paralysis, a temporary state of waking paralysis that occurs during REM sleep and often involves hallucinations, has also been noted as a possible cause of OBEs.

Research suggests many people who have OBEs with a near-death experience also experience sleep paralysis.

In addition, 2012 research suggests sleep-wake disturbances may contribute to dissociative symptoms, which can include a feeling of leaving your body.

The problem when it comes to say astral projection "real" or "fake" is that much of the information about it is anecdotal. Pointing down human consciousness within the realm of modern science has proved a very difficult and even potentially impossible task.

Why it's so hard to prove one way or another...?

There is no real way to definitively measure astral projections or compare them to a control group. Not to mention, studying these things requires someone with funding to have interest. These are some reasons why, this has been said, "There tends to be this split between science and spirituality."

So‚ is astral projection a real thing?

Well, we may never know for sure. "I don't think you can prove or disprove astral projection or out-of-body experiences," Namavar says in closing. Whether you choose to believe in astral projection or not will ultimately come down to your own experiences and beliefs in the potential of human consciousness.