An early Valentine's Gift: the Soul Travel technique.

[Mystress]

  Someone asked about astral travel, it is a waste of time.  Soul travel, is easier to learn and much more useful.

  I used to teach soul travel as a paid chat class, and occasionally have taught it in response to some question in an FST chat.

http://kundalini-teacher.com/lessons/chattopics.php

  I have not done the series in years, considering resuming it. Also considering adding a lesson about the Soul to FST... but soul travel itself is so useful and anyone with decent grounding can learn it so it, soul travel instructions might end up on k teacher.   
   In the meantime, here ya go.

  It has changed little over the years (since the late 90s) except using observing the breath to establish the soul presence, instead of the soul meditation you can find on k teacher.

  Someone once told me my biggest failing is a teacher is expecting people to know stuff that seems obvious to me, but is not obvious to others who do not have my gifts. Observing the breath is one of those things, that fell through those cracks in writing FST. The most ancient meditation, so instinctive to me that I thought was common  knowledge and didn't need to be taught, except as a reliable way to come back to the body for the few who had problems with that. 

  I like to do a bit of work anonymously- random acts of kindness, plus it keeps me fresh. If I cannot quote myself I have to come up with new ways to teach things. I started teaching people to observe the breath (instead of grounding) and soon discovered, its not common knowledge and the few who had heard of it, were doing it wrong.
  Doing both is even better, grounding then observing the breath until the soul energy fills the body.  (get shiny!)  It was one of the lineage fellas who dubbed the combo "ground & spark" in 2009. Soul energy dissolves karma and decreases unwanted empathy.

  In a way, soul travel speaks to the very heart of mysticism: defined as the search for the Divine, within. Learning to see through the eyes of the soul is essential mysticism, and using it to clear blockages is amazing.
   The state is similar to Witness, in being a bit apart from ego but soul travel has feelings. It is not the same separation. You are there, seeing  through the soul eye lens of truth, having emotional reactions to what you see and feeling those reactions dissolved by the soul energy and replaced with another layer of truth. Lens is not accurate, too mechanical... it is more like, being there, hanging with your best friend soul spark and getting downloads of insight and comfort, through its radiance. Soul is Dharma.

  Time stamps show this chat was more than an hour long. For best benefit, go through the post that slowly, trying out each step for yourself before reading the next lines. It has been edited for clarity and anonymity and breaks have been added where you stop to follow instructions. 

   If you don't have an hour to spare atm, bookmark it and come back when you do. No spoilers!

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[13:38] Mystress: observe your body as it breathes, without trying to control the breath, just watching and feeling what happens naturally

( Detailed instructions for discovering the soul spark through the practice of observing the breath, are at this tearoom link. 
   If it is new to you, go spend at least 10 minutes on that, getting a feel for the presence of your soul,  before coming back and continuing with the soul travel lesson. )

[13:38] Seeker: I do that a lot. Recently, my body started doing pranayama spontaneously.
[13:39] Mystress: yes that is the natural next stage
[13:39] Mystress: Goddess breathing you and giving your energy body a tune up
[13:39] Seeker: I've been observing the breath since 2010. Brought me back to sanity after a psychotic episode or two.
[13:39] Mystress: it is excellent
[13:39] Mystress: the joy comes from the soul spark
[13:40] Mystress: the practice makes you more aware of the presence of the soul
[13:40] Seeker: It's intense. Really clears up the energy.
[13:40] Mystress: small bright spark
[13:40] Seeker: blockages, that is
[13:41] Mystress: yes I do it quite spontaneously at this point
[13:41] Mystress: few times a day, calms me
[13:41] Mystress: it is good

---  (Start of the soul travel training...)

[13:41] Mystress: now see your soul spark
[13:42] Mystress: imagine it travelling to hang out on a beach in Hawaii at sunset
[13:43] Mystress: look at the beach, observe... people, palm trees, scent of coconut from sunscreen
[13:43] Mystress: the colours of the setting sun, the tropical breeze


[13:44] Mystress: feels like being there eh? observe the breath and come back to the body
[13:45] Mystress: report?
[13:45] Seeker: the body is much more peaceful and the soul spark moved from the solar plexus to the heart chakra
[13:47] Mystress: and being on the beach?
[13:47] Mystress: did you lose all awareness of the body while "away"
[13:48] Seeker: Yeah
[13:49] Mystress: that is basic soul travel and we do it all the time unconsciously

(Next we explore the various uses and benefits of soul travel)

[13:49] Mystress: what part of your body has pain atm?
[13:49] Seeker: my back and shoulders
[13:50] Mystress: focus to find the center of the pain and move your soul spark there
[13:51] Seeker: it's putting my body into surrender positions
[13:51] Mystress: again you can be in there and observe, it may appear medical or symbolic like objects in a room... imagine you are there and look


[13:52] Seeker: Ha, I did that and it showed me a 'red room of pain'
[13:52] Mystress: immediate information eh?
[13:52] Mystress: look around the room, what is there?
[13:53] Mystress: seek to know and you will know, soul knows everything but rarely speaks in words. Getting a "soul's eye view" is insightful.
[13:53] Seeker: it looks like a dungeon
[13:54] Mystress: explore it. Wonder about it. When was it built and by whom?
[13:54] Mystress: keep the soul in the point of pain
(maintaining some focus on the location of the soul helps to stay connected to soul insights and not drift into ego fantasy like can happen with astral travel or imagination alone. )
[13:55] Seeker: I'm getting some insights
[13:56] Mystress: if you feel intuitively moved to change the room then flow with it (not from ego judgments)
[13:56] Mystress: often, getting the insights makes it change, and that is best
[13:58] Seeker: I'm picturing turning it into a physiotherapy room. DB is there.
[13:58] Mystress: excellent
[14:00] Seeker: My energy feels much clearer now.
[14:00] Mystress: good. Check back on the room in a few weeks.
  (Turning a hurt into a place of healing is good: but it persists a belief of needing healing. No arguing with what Is- but keep revisiting every so often, (weeks) to see if it evolves.)
[14:00] Mystress: so that is soul travel within the body, for healing and resolving blockages The radiance of the soul energy is powerful even if you imagine the spark there, and do not observe for insights.
[14:01] Seeker: Nice. I'll have to keep doing that.
[14:01] Seeker: thanks for teaching the technique

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[14:01] Mystress: Not done yet.   send your soul to the moon, where the lunar landing was
[14:02] Mystress: take a look around, dusty footprints, find the dune buggy they used
[14:02] Mystress: american flag bleached white by the sun...


[14:03] Mystress: notice the absence of pain
[14:04] Seeker: Yep. Totally. Until I open my eyes and re-focus on my body.
[14:04] Mystress: if you go looking for the pain, you will come back to your body, keep your attention on the moon and your soul there
[14:05] Mystress: so that is soul travel OBE as short term anaesthesia. My chiro calls me the "moon lady" because I ask him to give me a few seconds to leave my body before each adjustment. They happen without resistance, if I am not there
[14:06] Mystress: I am snapped right back to my body after, but there is no tensing up before if I go to the moon for it
[14:06] Seeker: I used to spend a lot of of time up in my head and in my fantasies because it distracted me from the pain. Since I took up mindfulness and grounding, it feels better to breath into the pain. But there are times when this technique will be effective.
[14:07] Mystress: very useful for uncomfortable medical procedures like the dentist.
[14:07] Mystress: good, I hope it benefits. You are right, staying grounded and embodied is better. It is not good to be OBE, in the long term, the body is stressed by your absence and becomes frail.

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[14:12] Mystress: think of a memory that still triggers, direct your soul to the moment just before the event happened and relive, watch the memory play out like a movie


[14:14] Mystress: it looks really different eh?  Soul's eye view instead of ego story
[14:16] Mystress: Insights into purpose change the story
[14:16] Seeker: Yeah. I'm getting the insights about my responsibility for the situation, how I could have handled it better.
[14:17] Mystress: is that connected to the intrusive thoughts you mentioned earlier?
[14:17] Mystress: sometimes things haunt us, until we accept responsibility. We cannot surrender what we do not own. Personal responsibility, is taking ownership and very important for resolution.
[14:18] Seeker: I projected a lot of things I couldn't accept about myself, onto another
[14:18] Mystress: that is a big insight. Shadow stuff like that can be hard to see, but the soul eye sees truth without judgement.
[14:19] Seeker: I thought I was a goody-two shoes when I was younger...but I was so judgmental and mean-spirited.
[14:20] Mystress: me too before having to accept my sadistic nature ... seeing the excuses it used while still in shadow
[14:21] Mystress: the sort of humiliation that leads to Grace
[14:21] Mystress: owning the shadow
[14:21] Mystress: so that is soul travel for resolving the past
[14:22] Seeker: Pretty powerful

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[14:22] Mystress: now lets go back to Hawaii, stand on the edge of the largest volcano, you are holding a bouquet of hibiscus flowers and a bottle of fine rum
[14:23] Seeker: I can smell the flowers
[14:23] Mystress: soul travel but now the idea of a spirit body too
[14:23] Mystress: Respectfully, ask Goddess Pele to please accept your offerings
[14:23] Mystress: She shows up
[14:24] Seeker: She's beautiful
[14:24] Mystress: give Her the flowers and rum, say you are honoured to meet Her. You can chat a bit, she is gregarious, warm and friendly when approached correctly (with respect & gifts)
[14:25] Mystress: the other trick I do at chiro is go there and ask Her to hold me tight hugs, it is needed if pain is intense
[14:26] Mystress: Her hugs are awesome
[14:26] Seeker: Yes, they are.
[14:26] Mystress: when you are ready to come back, thank Her respectfully and observe the breath
[14:27] Mystress: so that is soul travel to alternate dimensions to meet Divine beings
[14:28] Seeker: Pele was pretty neat. Great hair too.
[14:29] Mystress: yes Her sweetness is why I choose Her, for first contact with old Gods for this lesson.

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[14:30] Mystress: that is the soul travel lesson, with your consent I would like to use the text elsewhere.
[14:33] Seeker: Sure.
[14:35] Seeker: Happy to help.
[14:43] Mystress: soul travel is amazing
[14:44] Mystress: the soul is quantum and can go anywhere... there are a few places where your consciousness cannot follow until after ascension, you wont be able to retain the memories of access in duality, but that is not a big limit
[14:46] Seeker: I see.
[14:48] Seeker: Thank you so much for the chat and the soul travel. I feel very good now.
[14:48] Mystress: don't use it to observe your mitochondria and stuff like that
[14:48] Seeker: LOL I wouldn't have even thought of it. How would one locate one's mitochondria anyway?
[14:49] Mystress: I dunno, it is a thing silva type people do and as the observer affects what is seen, they seem to end up getting strange mitochondrial disorders
[14:50] Mystress: silva is a sort of brain optimization training, it is not soul travel
[14:50] Seeker: I'll just use it for pain and blockages. I really don't need to know what my cells are up to.
[14:50] Mystress:
[14:50] Mystress: that is the right attitude
[14:51] Mystress: have a good evening
[14:51] Seeker: You too. Bye Mystress.
[14:51] Mystress: thanks again for use of your words
[14:51] Seeker: np.

   Edited, adding:

   Do not use soul travel to jump into someone else's body. Their body is a vessel for their own soul, not yours. Respect that boundary.  Body-jumping is very invasive, rapey unless you have their clear and conscious consent: then it can be quite interesting to feel a different body from your own. For a few moments only! 

   -- I have had a few people try to cheat a leg up, steal my power by parking their soul in my body and it caused me a lot of problems, chaos in my body, some permanent damage.  I don't think it did them any good either, karma of theft and harm plus insanity but maybe already insane to think of it in the first place. Do not try it.

    - Some years ago I had an imperative to work with someone who had a trauma based tendency to get stuck out of their body in a cold place where there was no love, and become unreachable. I had both consent and imperative to jump into their heart chakra (symbolism of working with the energy body, not exploring the physical) and sort them out from the inside, melting the ice around it so they could return to themselves.  As the ice melted it would release info about what karma triggered the lockdown.  Extreme emergency measure, act of mercy for insanity, and shaman imperative -  not something I would do casually.

   Using soul travel to explore your own chakra system is very insightful! I provide an example in the chakras lesson.
   *  Take a ride down your central channel...
  ** Slide down your lower grounding cord and spend some time inside the fiery crystal heart of the planet, floating like a fetus in the womb. Surrender, allow the love in. I used to go to sleep there sometimes , if I had a very hard day.

  Soul travel becomes less relevant after ascension. Quantum beings, potentially are already everywhere. Location follows thoughts with no sense of movement because without time and space, every where is here and now.