My Library

MANAGING EXPERIENCE
THE
OUT-OF-BODY
CHAPTER 6 – DEEPENING
THE CONCEPT OF DEEPENING Deepening refers to techniques that induce realistic perception and awareness in the phase state.
The phase is not an exact, fixed state where a practitioner is either present or not. It is a realm of states characterized by a transition from the usual perception of the physical body to a complete alienation from it, while maintaining consciousness and reality of perception, albeit in a different frame of space. The transition begins with perception of the natural, physical body followed by a moment of ambiguity where a clear experience of body is intermingled with a sense of the perceived body. Afterward, the perceived body enters the phase space, while the physical body becomes a memory. At this point, the perceived senses