Re: Bob Monroe

Robert Monroe & The Monroe Institute

Back in the 1950s Robert Monroe was a very successful businessman who owned and number of radio stations and was a rather well known person in the media world. He was a very down-to-earth rational and had no interest or experience in anything esoteric.

His first OBE

Spontaneously, one night he had what at first appeared to be a very strange dream. In this “dream” he found himself floating above his physical body and looking down on his sleeping body below. He got such a fright that he literally “swam” his way back to his physical body & almost immediately was inside it again.

Strange Vibrations

This was Bob Monroe's first out-of-body experience. This experience began to reoccur so often that he thought that he must be seriously ill, perhaps with a brain tumour. These out-of-body experiences were always preceded by a strange vibration sensation that would begin at the feet and work it's way up his body. As he unable to control these sensations and experiences he became convinced that he was going to die. He visited numerous doctors and had many tests carried out on him. These tests proved nothing out of the ordinary was wrong with him.

Eventually, while discussing these experiences with a friend, the friend excitedly informed Bob that what he was experiencing sounded like Astral Travel. He told him that only Mystics, Yogis and Shamans of the East had the ability to leave their physical bodies temporarily to achieve indescribable mystical insights.

Understandably, Bob certainly did not share his friend’s enthusiasm, but finally he had an explanation that at least made some sense. Later, he decided to experiment and see to what use he could put his new talents.

Journeys into the Afterlife

His remarkable voyages of discovery in the non-physical states of existence are documented in his three books:

Journeys Out of the Body, Far Journeys and Ultimate Journey.

Robert Monroe decided to set up a research organisation called the Monroe Institute. Initially this organisation was dedicated to studying this strange phenomenon that was occurring to him. It later evolved its scope into a potent research organisation for studying and experimenting with human consciousness.


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