Robert A Monroe has been a pioneer in exploring out-of-thebody
experiences, and Journeys OUT OF THE BODY, his first
book, has become the undisputed classic in the field. He had
a long and distinguished career in the broadcasting
industry, as a writer, director of programs, and creator and
producer of some four hundred radio and TV network programs,
and eventually as owner and operator of a radio network and
cable TV system in Virginia. He is the founder and executive
director of the Monroe Institute, interna. tionally known
for its work on the effects of sound wave forms on human.
From "Journeys Out of the Body"-
Chapter 15. Sexuality in the Second State
..."
Throughout the entire experimentation, evidence began to mount of a
factor most vital to the Second State. Yet in all the esoteric
literature of the underground, there is no mention of this, not so much
as one word of consideration or explanation. This factor is sexuality
and the physical sex drive. If the Second State data is contemplated as
fact, this business of sex among humans has somehow become thoroughly
confused, distorted, and badly misunderstood..."
(long sort of drawn out lengthy comment...) See free pdf- Journeys out of the Body, by Robert Monroe.
9/16/59 (Sexual experience on the etheric domain)- by Robert Monroe
Upon deciding to "see" I became aware of my position in the room. The
office was dimly lit and I was above the table and some eight feet away
from the couch, where I could make out my physical body half-visible in
the dark. Then, near the door, I saw a form, certainly humanoid, moving
toward me. Immediately, I "knew" that this person was female. I was
still cautious, but I was fighting the sex urge, which was rising in
spite of any self-will.
"I am a woman." It seemed to be a low, woman's voice.
I said that I knew she was, trying to hold back. The sexual overtones in
her voice were unmistakable. She came even closer.
My mind translated that she was indeed a woman, and the epitome of
sexual attractiveness. I backed away, torn by desire and the fear of
what might happen if I actually did have a sexual relationship while in
the Second Body, and the possible "disloyalty" to my wife. Finally, my
fear of possible unknown consequences overcame the desire, and I hastily
dived back into the physical body, reassociated, and sat up. I looked
around. The room was empty. The moment I thought about the event, my
physical body reacted and became stimulated. I went outside for a walk
before returning to make these notes. Maybe I am a coward!
It took a number of these meetings at varying levels of intensity before
I began to assess the "wrong" of it that held me back. There seemed to
be a direct relationship between what I interpreted as the sexual drive
and this "force" that permitted me to disassociate from the physical
body. Was it a redirection of this basic drive that I actually felt as
"vibrations?" Or was it the other way around? Was the sexual drive a
physical and emotional manifestation of the force?
Perhaps there is a way to examine this under very strictly controlled
conditions-that is, if there is a society mature enough to undertake the
experiments. Certainly ours is not. All that can be done here is to
attempt to bring certain points under scrutiny. Recently, in scientific
studies of dreams and sleep, it was noted that during REM (Rapid Eye
Movement) sleep, male subjects evidenced a penile erection. This
occurred irrespective of the dream content. A non-sexual dream still
produced the effect. This is about as far as science has experimented to
date. It is mentioned here only because the most consistent physical
reaction noted when returning from the Second State is a penile
erection. It is a clue, no more.
Whether through redirection or purification, Second State sexuality is
not the same as its physical echo, even once the habits and
preconceptions of the latter are discarded. The barriers created and
continually reinforced by social conditioning are but half of it. The
physical-mechanical elements themselves no longer seem to apply. For a
long time, the mind will continue to translate the attraction-actionreaction
sequence as a similar function occurring non-physically. As
perception and control sharpen, the differences become more noticeable.
First and most obvious, there is no evidence of the male-female
interpenetration. Attempts to express the need in such a functional
manner become pathetic in retrospect. One discovers in frustration that
it just doesn't happen that way in the Second State. Next, sensuality
produced by the physical form of the sex counterpart is entirely absent.
There is no distinct pattern of physical shape, either visually or by
touch.
How, then? What then? The analogy of the opposite magnetic poles still
holds. There is an acute awareness of "difference," which is like
radiation (as it may well be) from the sun, or a fire as felt by one
shivering with cold. It is dynamically attractive and needed. This
attraction varies in intensity with the individual. (Define what makes
one person more sexually attractive than another; it is more than
physical proportions.) It can be like magnetic lines of flux.
The "act" itself is not an act at all, but an immobile, rigid state of
shock where the two truly intermingle, not just at a surface level and
at one or two specific body parts, but in full dimension, atom for atom,
throughout the entire Second Body. There is a short, sustained electron
(?) flow one to another. The moment reaches unbearable ecstasy, and then
tranquillity, equalization, and it is over.
Why this takes place, why it is needed, I do not know, any more than the
north pole of a magnet understands its "need" for the south pole of
another magnet. Unlike the magnet, however, we can perceive objectively
and ask "why." One fact is certain: as in the physical state, the act is
equally needed in the Second. In some part of Locale II, it is as or......
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