Astral Travel, Myth or Reality?

Astral Travel, Myth or Reality?

Author: Monique Lindner February 13, 2025 Duration: 53:08

In this week’s episode of Everyday Spirituality, Monique and Colin explore the fascinating world of out-of-body experiences, astral travel, and the nature of consciousness 🌌✨. Together, they explore Robert Monroe’s groundbreaking work, the CIA’s remote viewing experiments, and personal experiences with near-death states to unravel the mysteries of the mind-body connection.


Monique shares her first-hand experience of clinical death and the stark contrast between involuntary and intentional OBEs, while Colin reflects on the power of expanded states of awareness. This deep and thought-provoking discussion challenges the definitions of reality, perception, and what it truly means to “leave the body.”


💡 Key Topics Covered:

🌌 The work of Robert Monroe and Journeys Out of the Body

🌀 The Monroe Institute and The Gateway Experience

👀 The CIA’s secret remote viewing experiments

🕊️ The difference between near-death experiences and astral travel

💭 The mind as a tether—what really happens when we disconnect?

🌿 Consciousness, meditation, and expanded states of awareness


✨ Resources and Wisdom Shared:

📚 Journeys Out of the Body by Robert Monroe

🌐 The Monroe Institute and its consciousness research

🔎 CIA’s remote viewing projects and psychic spying experiments

🎥 Soul (Disney Pixar) and its depiction of the afterlife

🧠 Insights on meditation, lucid dreaming, and altered states of awareness


🌟 Quotes:

"If you leave your body, you’re going to die—because the mind-body connection is what keeps you here." — Monique

"I consider myself a spiritual explorer. I love playing with these ideas—what if there’s more to our existence than what we see and feel?" — Colin

"Robert Monroe could feel his body while astral travelling—so was he really ‘out’ of it? Maybe what we call ‘out-of-body’ is actually just out of our minds, in the best possible way." — Monique


💭 Have you ever had an experience that made you question reality? Do you believe in astral travel or remote viewing? Share your thoughts in the comments—we’d love to hear your perspective! 💬👇


👉 Subscribe for more deep conversations with Monique and Colin as they explore the mysteries of consciousness, spirituality, and everyday awakening.


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Monique Lindner and her co-host Colin guide Everyday Spirituality from a place of hard-won perspective. While acknowledging their own privileged backgrounds, they don't shy away from the gritty realities of modern life-the chaos, the systemic pressures, and the personal struggles that can make traditional spiritual practices feel distant. This podcast digs into what it means to cultivate a spiritual life not in retreat from the world, but right in the middle of it. Each conversation is grounded in their own journeys through what they call spiritual dark nights, those periods of profound doubt and hardship that reshaped their understanding. You’ll hear them explore how concepts of resilience, justice, and inner peace translate into daily actions and reactions. It’s less about prescribed rituals and more about finding threads of meaning and connection in ordinary moments and difficult conversations. Tuning into this podcast feels like joining a candid, necessary dialogue where spirituality is examined as a practical, sometimes messy, force for navigating inequality, personal challenges, and the quest for a more grounded life.
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