The OBE in Taoism
Mirrored from Ballabene's OBE and Astral Pages
The taoistic mystic methods have developed from Asian shamanism and are very similar to the kundalini yoga and hatha yoga practices in the indian himalay regions.
A main feature of taoistic mystic exercises is an inner alchemistic process. In combination of a special lifestyle and body exercises a type of meditation is performed, in which the different forms of inner energies are melted to form a new spiritual immortal body. For a part it seems like the state of pregnancy, because in the abdomen first is formed a golden ball (called pearl, poetical a peach), which later develops to an embryo.
The three substances, which are melted together, are Ching = sexual energy (located at the base of the body), Chi = may be translated as ether (has ist source in the heart) and Shen = is a spiritual light substance/force (ist source is located in the head).
As the taoism is many thousends years of age, traditions and dogmatisms additional to the alchemistic thoughts have accumulated. It is not necessary to perform the exercises as complicated as teached in taoism. Below you have a very simplified meditation, which resembles very much to the taoist meditations and which will be sufficient for the first. The accumulation of chi, which is very important in taoism, you will best learn by chi gong. A degenerated goal of taoism is to prolong life; this is not included in the folowing exercise neither.
Imagine a stream of light flowing upwards your spine and leaving your body through thy mystic port of the fontanella (top of the head). A hand span above the top of your head the stream spreads and myriads of pearls of light fall down, so as you had a fontain of light at the top of your head.
(In mystic tradition it is thought that the pearls of light again enter your body at the base of your spine).
An other exercise, not just adequate as well.
Sit comfortably and relax. Direct your awareness within your body; feel the warmth of your body and feel the blood circulate in the vessels. As you feel life pulsate in your body, let your awareness become finer and try to feel the finer inner energies. Do not tell yourself that this is "only your imagination." It works nevertheless. You will feel light encircling your body.
Feel that light rises up your right arm, beginning at the palm hands, and as it flows into your chest. (Here you may pause, holding your awareness here, while breathing in and out.) Then feel that the light that entered your chest from your right arm crosses your chest and continues down your left arm to the palms of both hands.
You may do this to the rhythm of your natural breathing. Feel yourself cleansed and filled with peace.
You may also perform this kind of meditation by letting your vital energy circulate in the same way as shown above. Why? Well, the stress of our daily business lives brings some disorder to our energy balance; f.i. energy is accumulated in the head while different organs in the body are under-nourished by vital energy. You may be full of vital force, but if this force is not balanced, you are in danger of becoming sick.