Blogpost 5: Insidious Chapter 2 & Astral Projection Myths

Insidious Chapter 2 is an American supernatural horror film and a sequel to the 2011 movie Insidious. It's still about the husband and wife who seek for a way to reveal the secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. This movie was a box-office success, grossing nearly 26 times its' production budget. After the movie's success, more speculation about astral projection came out because it was still a big part of the movie just like in Insidious.

I've read and heard so many things about this movie and astral projection but just like others, it left me with so questions again. Although I'm really curious about it, I kept wishing before not to experience such thing because I always hated the feeling of being alone and helpless, that's why just thinking of how astral projection happened in the movie just scared the crap out of me.

While surfing the internet about astral projection, I came across this article entitled The Movie Insidious Misrepresented Astral Projection by Astral Jerry in the site called Astral Projection Guides and I was amazed about what I read. The author discussed about a few myth about astral projection in the movie. The first thing he discussed was when leaving the body, you cannot get lost & not return. According to him, we never leave the body alone or as an empty shell. A complete copy of our energy stays with our body and another complete copy goes out to explore. There is also what we call an Astral Cord or a Silver Cord, as what others call it, which binds the two bodies together and provides a quick return when needed. So, it's not possible to get lost. He also discussed about the already existing fear which many people had been concerned after watching the movie, astral projection possession. This is also not possible because just like what he said about the Astral Cord, we never actually leave the body, a portion of our energy stays behind with the body the whole time and if something malevolent gets near you, the energy will pull you back in a split second and within moments, you will be wide awake.

"If astral projection is openly discussed among the masses; I believe progress was made. The fear created from the movie can easily be transcended through a little inquiry into the subject."

I totally agree with the author about this. Even though astral projection or it's portrayal in the movie is incorrect, the movie really made the people wonder or believe that we our more than our physical bodies. Some may still find astral projection impossible but a lot of people became interested about it and some even believed it because of the movie.

I also found an article entitled Astral Projection Myths also by Astral Jerry from the same site like the one above. In this article, he shared more myths about astral projection as what the title states. Here are a few more myths from the author that were not discussed in the first article:

You have to be healthy to astral travel.
Your diet doesn't affect astral travel. You do not have to be in good shape to be able to travel out of the body. A lot of people even report that spontaneous out-of-the body experiences happens more when sick or in poor health.

Astral travel is not safe.
Remember that astral travel is a natural process that may happen every night to someone. It is not dangerous because it's just like going to sleep and having a dream.

Is astral projection a sin?
Astral travel is not evil. Again, it's a natural process. Most people are just not aware of it. It has nothing to do with good or bad.

Only a master or an enlightened person can astral travel.
Astral travel can happen to anyone. Any gender, age, race, rich or poor, good or bad, it doesn't matter who you are.

I've learned more a lot about astral projection through this article. It also made me realize that I shouldn't be scared of it because it's not harmful at all. I actually got enlightened from what I researched and it's nice to know that it's just something that may happen to anyone. Some may gain control and become lucid in an astral projection experience with a little training though. Now, I just really think it's awesome to experience an astral projection.

After reading the articles, I realized that we should keep in mind that movies are really just for entertainment. If you're interested in astral projection or if you want to experience it, don't let the movies fool or mislead you.