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Fox, Oliver - Recognising the OOB state: the sit-up test
Identifier
005670
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
How do you know if you are in an out of body state?
Well, Oliver Fox used a test where he tried to sit up out of his body, that is not try to move his physical body by any muscular effort, but make a purely mental attempt. If it fails, the state has not yet been reached .
The only exception to this is the case when the ‘door’ is passed when you are unconscious – in this case you will arrive somewhere and never actually see your body as you leave it.
A description of the experience
A Record of Out of the Body Experiences – Oliver Fox
The student can learn to recognise [the out of body condition] by using the gentle ‘sitting up’ test to see if the ‘door’ has been passed.