I have just read Robert Monroe's first book -- Journeys Out of The Body.
While I find that the book is fascinating and believable, I have a hard time with his categorical rejection of his experiences as dreams.
In his view, dreams are not existentially real or concrete enough to account for his experiences, especially in "Locale II." Having had limited experiences with lucid dreaming, I feel that on the contrary, they are extremely real and indistinguishable from reality and sound very much like what he describes as Locale II or III. That being the case, clearly something is going on in his description of out of body journeys in our every day reality (Locale I) that defies current understanding, and in my mind, clearly represents clairavoiance (sic).
Any experienced astral projectors or lucid dreamers out there care to comment?
While I find that the book is fascinating and believable, I have a hard time with his categorical rejection of his experiences as dreams.
In his view, dreams are not existentially real or concrete enough to account for his experiences, especially in "Locale II." Having had limited experiences with lucid dreaming, I feel that on the contrary, they are extremely real and indistinguishable from reality and sound very much like what he describes as Locale II or III. That being the case, clearly something is going on in his description of out of body journeys in our every day reality (Locale I) that defies current understanding, and in my mind, clearly represents clairavoiance (sic).
Any experienced astral projectors or lucid dreamers out there care to comment?