Thread: Why is there some controversy about OBE/AP being real ?

Originally Posted by shadowofwind

I'm fairly sure the 7 planes stuff was made up by Theosophists. Or more precisely, similar ideas were invented by Vedic and Greek mystics, and Theosophists adapted those into their present form. Now other people repeat it because they want to believe that somebody understands what's going on.

I've never encountered or read of anyone who experiences 7 planes who also shows a willingess to examine how their beliefs shape their experiences. If someone out there does in some objective sense experience 7 planes, and not 6 or 8 or some other arrangement, I'd love to hear from you, because I have a lot of questions.

So true. People want to believe that everything can be written down in a nice orderly way. They are reassured by a structure in their universe. The nature of what is going on could be very flexable, and the very nature of existance may actually change based on who is experiencing it. I listen to claims made in books that list everything neatly and keep it in my mind as some one's experience, but not the only way it may be. I will go as far as to say Heaven may actually exist for some people and for others a different after life may await, based on their own expectations and beliefs.