1) What is Astral Travel?
Astral Travel is letting your spirit travel without your physical body. It is a very useful skill, which can be learnt scientifically.

2) What is the Astral Plane?
The Astral Plane is another dimension, or a parallel universe, as a scientist would say. The Astral Plane is the dimension where each one of us go every time we sleep, with our Astral body.
We may sometimes wake in the morning, recalling dreams of places we've never been before. It is very likely that we visited the astral counterpart of that Physical place, even if it was in a hazy, dreamlike state.
Within the Astral Plane there exists all that exists in the Physical Plane. However, there is much in the Astral Plane that we could never find in the Physical: sacred temples, divine beings, amazing phenomenon...But sadly, those unconscious thoughts and feelings, many of which we are unaware during the day, are recollected by the subconscious and projected into the Astral realm at night, either making our dream experiences too vague or blocking out the reality of where we are all together. This is one of the reasons why spiritual masters teach in-depth about Awareness as it intensifies our astral experiences.

3) What are the advantages of learning astral travel?
In the Astral the sky is not the limit! One can fly way beyond the blue sky, into deep space exploring the planets. One can consciously project to any part of the world through concentration. We can fly through the air, having a birds eye view of what is below, traveling across the surface of our huge planet… Imagine being able to glide over the ocean like a seagull, or being able to penetrate into it and breathe beneath it like a fish!
We can meet enlightened beings, even of distant ancient traditions, who can help guide us along the Spiritual Path. Or we can even attend true esoteric schools and temples to learn much about the mysteries of life and death. There are all sorts of hidden knowledge one can acquire through Astral Projection, knowledge that can not be acquired in every day life, from other people or books.
Exploring astral realms is safe and very rewarding. The knowledge you gain from your travels can be used to enhance the quality of life now and it also gives you greater understanding of the underlying reasons why things happen as they do. Many of your existential question (Who am I? What am I here for on this planet earth? What is my life mission? etc.) can be answered through astral travels. When you astral travel, you will infinitely expand your knowledge of the cosmic realities in which all exists.

4) How do I know or prove that I have astral traveled?
For the beginner, Déjà vu (having been here before) experience is a common way you can prove to yourself that you have genuinely had astral travel experiences. As your awareness of the astral realms expands, the question becomes irrelevant!

5) What is the difference between dream state and astral travel?
Astral Travel is very different to normal dreaming. It is an extraordinary experience! All who have experienced it can testify to its lucidity and magical quality.
It is interesting to note that conscious Astral Travel is experienced as clearly as we experience our daily life! In fact it is even experienced more clearly at times. Our senses seem sharper and the environment somehow more real. It is often considered that Out-of-body experience is only encountered by people that have had a near death experience after an accident or on the operating table. But astral travel is a natural possibility that anyone can develop through practice.
The biggest difference between dreams and the astral travel is that in astral travel the scenes you observe are real. They have actually happened, will happen or are occurring in other planes of existence.

6) Is it possible to form Astral Relationships?
Yes! Relationships can be formed on the astral. They are more fulfilling then those in the everyday world as the barriers to honest relationships (like imposed morality, guilt etc) are non-existent in astral realms.
In fact our relationships with our loved ones who have departed, some times continue through astral links. This is the reason many times we get very clear messages in our dreams (actually astral visits!) about various aspects of our life and issues concerning our family, relationships etc.
Expert Astral Travelers can establish relationships in astral plane with Astral Masters of various traditions and can learn a lot through these links. Astral relationships are truly rewarding experiences!
It is possible to learn, in systematic scientific manner, about astral travel. This is exactly the purpose of Astral Travel classes at TAO. If you are interested in attending these classes, you must meet following criteria.

1) An open mind.
2) Positive self concept.
3) Thirst for new knowledge.
4) Well developed Intuitive ability.
5) Intense desire to learn & grow spiritually.
6) Willingness to take command of our lives.
7) Knowledge and capacity to do 49HB Kriya.
8) Ability to see aura with naked eyes & knowledge of interpretations.

Course Contents and Schedule of Astral Travel Classes:

No. DATE DAY TIMINGS TOPICS S-1, 2 & 3 18/09/05 Sunday 9pm to 6pm Astral Travel - Introduction Advantages of Astral Travel / O.B.E., Astral Travel - Step-by-step S-4 22/09/05 Thursday 6pm to 9pm Astral Travel - Overcoming Fear & Keys to control S-5 24/09/05 Saturday 6pm to 9pm Astral Travel - Special Insights S-6,7,8 25/09/05 Sunday 9am to 6pm Conscious Astral Travel, Astral Relationships - Part 1, Astral Travel - Meditative Approach S-9 29/09/05 Thursday 6pm to 9pm Astral Relationships - Part 2 S-10 01/10/05 Saturday 6pm to 9pm "Walk-in" phenomena: Part - 1 S-11, 12 &13 02/10/05 Sunday 9am to 6pm Walk-in phenomena: Part - 2 Astral Travel: Anytime - Anywhere S-14 03/10/05 Monday 6pm to 9pm Astral Travel & Spiritual Evolution ENERGY EXCHANGE Rs. 8000/- per participant (Includes Training, course material, stationery, Tea & Refreshment during evening sessions, lunch on Sundays and Celebration dinner at the end of 13th session.)