I dicidid to send my spirit for a run,just to see if it would effect me while I was siting in my chair.In my mind I would see my spirit running up the sidewalk.than something began to happen,as i saw my spirit come to the base of a hill,it began to efect me as i was just sitting in a chair,as if it were me myself was doing the running.Than I had to stop because I was out of breath.Is this a way to find if we are connected to the spirit.if it is it means that we really do have a counterpart,that we are much more than our body,what do you think,thank you for any replys.

George:

It sounds more like your imagination was at work rather than your astral body. If your astral body was involved, you probably would've experienced some very noticeable effects, such as the vibrational state, or a swooshing sound.  You probably would've experienced yourself flying around rather than running up a hill.

Plus, you were already running mentally before your breathing changed. I don't know why your breating changed. Perhaps something similar to hyperventalation took place.

In a way this reminds me of Bruce's imagination technique.  When I've used the imagination technique things would start out as if I was just imagining them, but then all of a suddent things would start happening that were quite unexpected, and I'd experience and do things in a place that would be clearly defined, rather than an incomplete mental creation.  Plus, I'd get confirmations of what took place.

George said
Does it means that we really do have a counterpart,that we are much more than our body,what do you think?

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I think yes is the answer to your question. we are much more than we think we are.
Straight out of TMI and Moen's books is the phrase you used, "we are much more than our body." so I think you must have been reading?

I read the same books and do what you have done. even more sometimes. I always knew you could do it, what you did. its exciting isn't it?
the imagination has a double meaning. I have a book in front of me by Neville, called "Awakened Imagination." circa 1954.

He discusses the same principle to use the imagination to a certain point, to enter another dimension of reality, of unbidden image and as well certain focus levels where much can be learned about our world, and whatever we wish to learn. the imagination appears to be just the door to open, then there are some will speak of entering the grid lines and following them to a desired mind location.

also George, Leadbeater of the Inner Light, has this to say about a human's vehicles of mind travel, or spiritual level travel;
I liken this to personal experience also; quote: Take the case of a glass of water; the tumbler (being solid matter) is interpenetrated by astral matter of the lowest subplane, the water in the tumbler (being liquid matter) is interpenetrated by astral matter of the second subplane, counting from the bottom upwards; while the air which surrounds both (being gaseous matter) is interpenetrated by astral matter of the third plane, counting from the bottom upwards.

sounds like a physics lesson, but my point is that your aura extends outward from your body, filled with various particles; in any given time frame, your aura can expand these particles through the doorway of the imagination dimension, which includes stepping outside of linear time reference in some cases.

so you can see, without the body of the physical which is a form of dense matter, we can still gather around us, our being, a type of particle to make ourselves a form. we can also project our form this way, as you did. a thought form is also another type of mind projection. many are doing what is called absent healing these days.
this is to project a thought form, PUL backed, into another's field of awareness, the aura, there the healing can be received or rejected according to the conditions present.

yes George, you wanted the short answer, right? we are much more than our bodies!