Getting Out Of The Body

When the unusual becomes ordinary

Sometimes, in the course of conversation, I realize that what is normal to me is actually out of the ordinary for others. 

This happened to me recently when I was telling a friend that I had to get out of my body so I could clear some of the things I had been dealing with.

I was met with a curious stare and a follow up question, “What does that mean, to get out of your body?”

This concept was so normalized in my many years working closely with my spiritual teacher that I forget it’s not generally known. When I was first around him, the idea of getting out of the body must have been new to me, but I honestly don’t remember that any more than I remember learning to walk. It’s something I saw him do, and then at some point, I learned to do. And now it is just a regular part of my life. I don’t even think of it as anything different or weird or special to leave the body and go into another level of awareness. I don’t think anything of it until I mention it to someone and they have no idea what I’m talking about.