out+of+body+experiences+mystery

An out of body experience is when a person leaves their body and their spirit travels, often by floating. During an out of body experience, or OBE your physical body and your body double are often connected by a silver cord. People usually have only one OBE in a lifetime. The past holds many secrets. There are many unsolved historical mysteries that continue to interest people today. This paper will attempt to solve the mystery of out of body experiences by examining new and old evidence and resources.

OBEs happen all around the world. "The experience is quite common in [|dreams], daydreams, and [|memories], where we quite often take the external perspective. Some OBEs coincide with [|lucid dreaming]" (out-of-body experiences). Nobody knows exactly why OBEs happen. OBEs are mostly pleasant, happy experiences. Even the famous writer Mark Twain experienced an OBE.

A 1890 British survey asked 1,700 people if they had an OBE. Ten percent claimed yes. Eighty five years later the study asked 1,000 people if they traveled out of body. Fourteen percent of the adults said yes, and twenty five percent of the students said yes. In 1966 Dr. Charles Tart ran a test on Miss Z. Dr. Tart put a 5 digit number on a high shelf. During the fourth night of the test, Miss Z's brain waves showed a new pattern. Could this possibly be an OBE? When Miss Z had awakened, she spoke the correct numbers: 2-5-1-3-2. She beat the odds of 99,999 to 1! But even then, Dr Tart had to admit the test did not provide solid proof.

Some people that "think" they have OBEs may be drug users, the mentally ill and the sick. In most hospitals, there is at least one mentally ill person who "talks" to God. People emerging from surgery can hear voices that other people don't hear as well. Some drug users say that they float in another world. Even the people that run tests may not be trustworthy. If someone believes in OBEs, the data they gather may not be truthful. Many subject may also be lying, they could be telling the tester what he or she wants to hear.

The past holds many secrets. There are many unsolved historical mysteries that continue to interest people today. This paper has attempted to solve the mystery of out of body experiences by examining new and old evidence and resources. After this research, I do not believe in OBEs because I think that OBEs are part of a person's imagination. Science goes against alot of this too. Out of body experiences can happen to anyone, so at least I hope you know what happens if you ever have one. The people that have out of body experiences are called astral travellers. Some people even say that a cat may have the ability to sense an astral traveller. I hope this paper has helped you to better understand out of body experiences.

Some of my references are [|http://skepdic.com/obe.html], the book Exploring The Unknown: Out-Of-Body Experiences, and [|�1�]http://louisobe.homestead.com/files/Big_Picture.htm .http://www.web-us.com/oobe/oobe.htm.