First published 2009
by Aeon Books
118 Finchley Road
London NW3 5HT
© Alan Guiden
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the publisher.
British Library Cataloging in Publication Data A C.I.P. is available for this book from the British Library.
ISBN-13: 978-1-90465-833-7
Printed and bound in Great Britain.
CONTENTS
STEP THREE: VISUALIZATION-DESTINATION
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ME
THE PRESENT
My informal how-to ‘travel’ book will provide you with the previously scattered and absent answers to the questions of leaving your body. All of the important nonphysical information is here.
You may believe that the out of body experience is just a delightful dream. I welcome that notion. I’ll be speaking specifically about my knowledge of being ‘out’ and will address how ‘nonphysical’ feels and behaves, but this doesn’t dictate that you must buy into my conclusions. Try some of the suggestions and formulate an opinion that’s correct for you. Enjoy the scenery. Interesting discoveries will be yours regardless of your direction.
I’m sure you’ve heard about out of body experiences before. You may have heard slanted, angled, lopsided, believe-it-this-way-or-that explanations. Well, we’ll have none of that here. Sit back and get comfortable. I’ll fill you in on my story and, if you feel like it, you’ll soon have your own to tell.
Alan Guiden
MY FIRST TRAVELS
I was an average child living an average life until sometime during my eighth year. After that point I was an average child living two lives. The second life was beyond my comprehension or ability to control. Waking up in that life was a terrifying attraction.
If you’ve read my short opening statements, before you arrived at this page, you’ll know a little of my past. But if you bypassed that part you’d best go back and read it now, or you’ll fall behind. Meanwhile, I’ll tell you of a typical night’s adventure when I was a child. You can read it when you get back.
AGE EIGHT
It was just before dawn when I awoke to find myself on the floor of my pitch-dark room. I was concerned that I couldn’t recall the apparent fall from my bed and I began to flail in the dark for signs of the familiar. It was as if I was grasping at water. My short unsuccessful search elevated childish concern to a panic. In desperation, I screamed for my mother. It was a strong scream, the most powerful of my life. It was also the most silent. Immediately, I shot back into my bed like a rocket. I was still screaming but there wasn’t any voice. My fear was locked behind frozen lips. My body beneath the covers was paralyzed. An electric deafening roar rumbled through me. It shook my body with aviolent grip. And then, it suddenly subsided. The vibrational roar eased off and my catatonic state simply faded away. Movement returned to my body. I was back.
DISCLAIMERS TO YOU
There are no long-term side effects to ‘traveling’ out of your body, aside perhaps from an obsession to understand this strange phenomenon. Of the possible short term side effects, most of them are fun.
SOAPBOX
I hate professional jargon. I’m referring to the numerous buzzwords and phrases that can clutter an otherwise understandable conversation. Jargonjunk makes it that much more difficult to grasp the concepts being presented.
In this book, I’ll be fixing the out of body dictionary. I’ll use only easy words and phrases that fit the concept, and I’ll be denoting them ‘like so’, while you get the hang of thinking ‘nonphysically’. You may have caught on already that I’ve been denoting since the start of this book. If so, you have a good eye for detail and will make an excellent ‘traveler’. In understanding that this book is about ‘getting out’ you will soon have a full grasp of how to do it without all the confusing claptrap.
A good example of my out of body dictionary is the word, ‘traveling’. That’s mine. When I realized years ago that I should share my work, I chose that jargon-free word because it describes exactly what you’re doing when you’re doing it. You are ‘traveling nonphysically’. You could be anywhere, from your bedroom to another town or on the moon. And although your bedroom is not far away, you’ll soon learn that even a short jaunt is a ‘nonphysical travel’ you’ll be proud of. Too bad you can’t take along a camera.
TABLE OF OUR CONTENTS
I’m just some guy with an odd talent. In the beginning my ‘travels’ just happened on their own. I was an unwitting subject. After many years of ‘traveling’ I’ve figured out how it works and how it sometimes doesn’t work. Learning to ‘travel’ doesn’t require you to believe any differently from how you do now. You can be any type of person, with any background, and still find what works most of the time. You assemble your specific combination of ‘pieces’, which results in a nonphysical travel for you, the individual.
ME