William Buhlman on Out-of-Body Trips into the Afterlife
William Buhlman teaches at the venerable Monroe Institute how to have out-of-body experiences (OBEs). Privately, he has been having them for about forty years, so it could well be said–he has seen it all. I have only one quibble about Buhlman’s interpretations of his experiences and that is that we earthlings are in some sort of training ground for higher spiritual development. I don’t agree. In my next post, I’ll tell you why. And I’ll tell you why I think we chose to be in material reality and what its purpose is. Just a hint for now–the experience of material reality is a rare one in the interdimensional universes. In the meantime, Buhlman is a well-seasoned, highly talented interdimensional traveler, who, fortunately for us, never left his intellect behind.
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Dave Montague
2014-01-21 @ 7:47 PM
I had a couple of experiences with this. I first became aware of the OBE through a navy buddy who told me he left his body every night and went home. Half skeptical I tried his recipe and something did happen but it was only a brief expansion. I felt really frightened by it and given my religious background associated the experience with evil. Years later I tried again to induce an OBE and followed Robert Monroe’s technique. I had two very strange but brief experiences which left me a little disturbed the following day. The feeling I had the next day was one of disconnection from my body and reality which made me feel like I was going crazy. I experienced that sensation in 2008. Recently, following the death of my son, I have been toying with trying it again. I know what to look for but feel I am so far away. I remember the breathing techniques and intention setting. I remember how I was controlling my fall into sleep and reaching the “static” or “vibration” level which is something you let go into and then you experience a detachment. Again I had a lot of fear about it all.
Julia
2014-01-21 @ 10:55 PM
Dave, thank you for your willingness to expose this. Is there any way you can locate exactly what it is you are afraid of? It may not be just your religious background. It’s a shame to let fear stand in the way of an evident talent. In the meantime, have you tried communicating with your son. You do not have to leave your body to do it!
Dave
2014-01-25 @ 9:38 PM
Julia,
You ask “What am I afraid of?”. Anything in the dark…lol. Seriously I have given much thought to this. I have wandered upstairs in the middle of the night half anticipating running into my Son as I round a corner. 99% of the time I profess no desire to see anything in the dark that would be associated with something not of this realm. Too many movies or a deep-seated religious upbringing that instilled in the fibers of my being and unwavering belief that satan is real and desires to sift me as wheat…something like that. My God, if I could shed this fear the possibilities would be endless. I will share with you that I did try last night to reach the vibrational state of transition between my awakened and my sleep state. I did reach the vibrational state with some ease. I couldn’t hold on to it through the transition but it is there and I am on a mission to punch through it. I have a constant ringing in my ears that I have had for 20 years. Last night I became conscious of complete silence for a moment. I have associated this with the fact I was semi detached from my physical form and in my energy body could not hear the ringing associated with the damaged nerves deep in my ears. I have now decided this menace will now be my gauge for determining my departure from physical form. My life partner Cindy is totally supportive of me exploring OBE’s which is so awesome. My former wife was against the idea…labeled evil as I had done. I will keep you apprised as to my progression. I personally believe this is indeed another “frontier” and perhaps a gateway or ushering in process to the awakening we see worldwide.
Thank you Julia for all you are doing in this most important work!
Dave
Julia
2014-01-26 @ 11:22 AM
You are making enormous progress, Dave. Enormous. Jurgen Ziewe, another great OBEer notes in his book Multidimensional Man, that there is a difference between OBEs entered consciously awake and those entered through lucid dreams. Like you, I am trying the conscious route that Robert Monroe favors. You will get a lot out of Jurgen’s book. I’ve posted a blog on him if you want to get to know his thoughts. It is important for all of us who are beginning this adventure to read as much as possible about the experiences people have. Although we leave our bodies every night in sleep, doing it deliberately can still be frightening. “Things that go bump in the night,” and all that. As far as I know, no one has been hurt during these experiences. Instead, the benefits are enormous. And nothing can expose us more to the richness of the universe we all inhabit.
Mark
2014-01-22 @ 3:57 PM
Great interview. Big fan of William’s work. Have learned alot from his experiences and he has some great advice in his books on how to have an OBE. I had a spontaneous OBE during my sleep state. Thought it was a dream at first until a week later I got information that verified something I couldn’t have known unless I had actually been out of body and at a different location that night. Needless to say it made my hairs stand up. Would love to be able to do it consciously as William and others have done. Look forward to your next post on why you disagree with the “training ground” concept.
Julia
2014-01-22 @ 6:47 PM
Thanks Mark. I am coming to the opinion that the OBE crowd have more to teach us than any other. I’ve been looking at Buhlman but also Jurgen Ziewe, Monroe of course, Moen and Phinn, and they all seem to be remarkably intelligent, remarkably alert and open to much wider perspectives than others. As you know, it takes at least 30 days of daily practice to have conscious OBEs. So keep going!
I’ll get to that promised post now.
Mark Hobbs
2014-01-23 @ 1:25 AM
Hi Julia,
I believe the training ground idea, so often used to support the notion of the of the need for the soul to develop and somehow become more than it is already, is quite erroneous. Like various types of teaching on the idea of karma, it emerges from the old paradigm that time is happening linearly. The ideas of balancing karma/ energy and developing the soul become increasingly difficult to integrate when it is accepted that all time is actually happening in the moment of now. Another version of that idea is that since our lives are all happening at once, we may be negatively affected by the way other of those lives are unfolding. I would go no further than to say we should only choose to access information from those other lives if we see it as helpful to expand and enhance our current life. Why connect and contend with negative energies? Simply intend that nothing that is not for your highest good shall enter your domain and it will be so. The interesting thing about any idea that promotes the idea of incompleteness/separation/ less than, is that you can have experiences that reflect these ideas back to you by believing them to be true, both here and in the non-physical. If you believe you need to return to earth to work off karma, you are free to come back and do so. I would even go so far as to say your appointed guides may be of a similar view. It goes to the notion that all experiences chosen are valid from the point of view of “All that is”. Your own truth is respected and reflected. (I should copy write that one!) They are all just stories and we get to experience the ones we attach to. My understanding is that ‘All that is’ is choosing to experience the eternal now moment through as many perspectives and experiences as possible. One of which is by allowing individualised expressions of itself (us) to temporarily, with our consent, experience ourselves as separate and apart from ‘All that is’. When we cross back over we quickly remember who we are in essence, collectively and individually. We ARE the one. The all that is. Even so, the story we have just vacated may still be something we wish to continue exploring. We may choose to continue exploring the story on the other side by recreating earth like scenarios and collective social settings to further work through the life theme recently vacated. We may also do this to create continuity for those who soon arrive from the earth plane and need support to re-assimilate. Or we may quickly allow the story to dissolve and pursue a new type of experience altogether. Further still, we may choose to remerge with the loving, blissful consciousness at the centre of all that is and forgo the experience of exploring thought altogether for a time. The ‘story’ that we have created for ourselves in this human life is a version of reality that is individual to ourselves, even though it is played out through a collective agreement involving countless others. I believe the non-physical is also in essence just another type of story we each continue on with. We are each multidimensional, and that has huge implications for how we interact with each other in the playing out of the infinite numbers of stories that are always happening in the now moment. In our individual stories (linear human lives now) we meet up with various versions of others that essentially reflect the experiences we have chosen to explore back to us. In that sense our story is completely about us, as theirs is completely about them because we serve the same function for them. The others in our lives do of course exist but in our stories we are are interacting with multidimensional versions of them that best dovetail with our own unfolding story. I would put forward that it’s not only the earth experience that can be considered a dream. The afterlife is made of the same stuff. Whether we are incarnate or not, the experiences and stories continue whilst ever we wish them to because they, like the ” All that is” are both infinite and infinitely available to explore. To summarise, At our very core I believe we are already complete and perfect in every sense. There is nothing to learn because all is already available to be remembered. Every thing that ever will exist already exists within us. To the degree that we attach to our stories we minimise the full experience of who we really are, both here and when not incarnate. Finally, every thing is unfolding perfectly. Exactly as All that is intends. This is a hard saying for those of us, myself included, who have suffered much in various ways through out our lives. All I would say to that is- change what you can to your own favour and seek diligently for help when you need it, but beyond that, know that at a much higher level of your multidimensional self, you have planned your life to unfold exactly as it does. Soon enough you will find your way home.
Mark Hobbs
Julia
2014-01-23 @ 1:10 PM
I agree with everything you write here! Wonderful. In the promised blog, posted today, I am looking at the question from an entirely different angle. Hope you enjoy it.
Derek
2017-02-02 @ 8:44 PM
Wonderful post and I could not agree more with Julia and Mark.
Hey Mark…..very old post, I know. Really love your perspective. Would love to chat more with you about this stuff. You and I see things in the exact same light. Anyway I can get in touch with you?
-Derek
STEVE KALINOSKI
2014-12-14 @ 10:26 PM
What is William Buhlman’s contact info, email address? Please.
Steve
Julia
2014-12-19 @ 11:31 AM
Look him up at the Monroe Institute where he works.
Erica
2016-06-09 @ 12:33 PM
I had a few OBE experiences around the age of 16, but never again after that. I remember the first time it happened, I was laying in bed about to fall asleep, and then suddenly I felt as if my body was floating off the bed towards the ceiling. I was afraid to open my eyes, and thought I was being abducted by aliens or something. Then I concentrated on floating back down onto my bed and when I eventually did, I held onto my bed with my hands to prevent myself from floating away again. The next few nights was the same, except I felt myself starting to float out the window, so I became more afraid. Then it all stopped. I never had another one again after that. Which book would you recommend for me to read regarding my experience and how I can again put myself in that state?
Julia
2016-06-25 @ 1:50 PM
Wonderful story, Erica. Look at the Monroe Institute material. They are the best. Currently, there is a trend to call where people go in OBEs the afterlife. This is not true. So watch out for that. There are a lot of good books out there. One of my favorites in the field in Jurgen Ziewe. He does OBE through lucid dreaming, which produces different experiences.
Good luck!
Julia