It may be of interest to note that we humans do go quite often into the next level above us, the so-called astral level. In fact, we appear there during our dreaming episodes every night, especially during the REM periods4 of active dreaming, which occur about five times a night. In these periods, we are pursuing activities that are often emotionally charged. (We often find that in REM dreams we encounter people and animals, which means that they do reach into that level of consciousness, as the energy-exchange curve shows. They act either as props or are actively participating in our dream
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