I have another question.
Once you are projecting do you "forget" that you have a physical body?
Do you dissociate yourself completely from this realm?
Because I feel that my big difficulty is to forget about this realm and fully enter into the other realm.

It's like I'm "overly aware" (if there is such thing), which makes the experience less real?

What d you have to say?

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Realizing your dreaming, then being able to consciously move about, i would classify as lucid dreaming. I've projected once so far and it only took me a couple months from my initial attempt. Fear and/or too much anticipation/excitement will hinder your progress. You have to be in the "silent observer" state before you can 'get-up'. Light as a feather, stiff as a board. That is, when your body is 'asleep' and doesn't want to move-stiff. When you feel buzzing, vibrations, tingling then your on the right track and don't freak-out( very important). Feelings of expansion/contraction and motion are normal. So is falling asleep. Beware not to play off your thoughts because that's how the dream cycle begins. Visualization is good for that. Meditation and Practice.

Its also important to get used to the feelings associated with projection so you do not feak out and ruin it.

Spend some tome just getting used to the feelings before actually projecting.

Originally posted by stevedel0
Great posts. The astral realms are probably not only the most interesting and complicated experiences humans can have, but also the most repressed in todays society.

sad but true, many people today only believe in what they can measure.

Originally posted by mblahnikluver
Thank you for this! I was just talking to a friend today about how to achieve this. She is very spiritual herself and knows more about this anyone I personally know. .I told her I felt like it was happening as I was getting to sleep. It doesnt last long at all, I usually wake right up. I told her I didnt know how to do it at will and wanted to know and your thread is exactly what I was looking for. S&F!!

hehe perhaps it was destiny for you to read this thread then, hope you have luck in your astral journeys

yes, it is similar to hallucinagens, which shows you the power of the mind.

Very appealing I will be staying tuned for more info

Ok, I'm just post-last-attempt so I'll give a run-down while it is fresh in my mind.

Something I found was a real issue with not wanting to initially experience my body in the 3rd person. I don't really feel a great fear but rather some excessive attachment to the body. Perhaps I am equating that with death and perhaps in the most common experience it is death. It seems a bit silly right now especially since I had a recent involuntary experience and did OBE quite often as a child, but still more or less out of my control.

It almost seems as silly as being unwilling to get out of your car because you think it's you.

I am having what feels like memories of being wheeled around on a stretcher, unable to move or communicate while hearing voices around me.

I feel like my awareness starts to move slightly in front of my face and awarness starts to diminish from the body itself as if I were forming a bubble that is about to break off and float free.

Do you have any suggestions on this one other than to just confront the issue when it arises?

I ask that people please read this post and respond to it, advice would be really great.

I have just tried meditating and using these methods for the first time. I focused on my chakras opening starting from the root and working towards middle. This was actually suprisingly easy i found. I had about 5 tingling sensations each time i focused enough and visualised them opening. When i got to around the solar plexus area it became harder, and i was having a hard time at the chakra in the head(not sure the name) and the crown chakra. I still felt energy and started to use the sinking method. I felt very heavy and almost fell asleep. While continuing to do this i felt like i was both moving in a direction and falling, it was strange. I then snapped out of it, because i really was about to fall asleep.

This whole time was about a half hour, and it was my first time meditating. I am really intrigued now that i have realised my potential and i would like to thank the OP for letting me know how easy this is. I always have been very spiritual but never actually gave astral projecting a shot, and i bet once i get better at it i will be able to do it. I think i will be meditating a lot more now.

I found focusing on the Atma, the soul, the eternal self to help as well. THank you once again for making me realise the potential. I want to try to use maybe a different technique next time i try this, because i felt like if i continued for a little longer i definitely would have fallen asleep. Like you said is this simply because i am inexperienced?

also its about 20 minutes after i did this and i feel like i just woke up from a very deep sleep. My body and mind is very tired. Drowsy would be a good word. And i was wide awake before i tried this.

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Just wanted to thank you for all the info. Great post!

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I have been having Astral projections for long time, as of late I seem to nolonger have astral projections that I am aware of.
I have noticed that some seem to elaborate, on their astral experience and want to one up someone else, it would seem their egos were still involved.
I will say I do not lie, or elaborate, the reason being I do not want to clog my mind with such, plus there is no need.
There is one exception being my wife who is stuck on the physical plane, when she ask me if I had emptied the dishwasher, which I have many times and in my minds eye I can see it is emptied.

Now days I can go full Lucid very easyly, I will be lucid but not full dream control, munipulation.



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Originally posted by micpsi
There are not five but seven planes of consciousness.

i dont know if you are correcting me or not, but i said 5 tingling sensations because i was having a hard time getting the other 2, not because i thought there were 5. But very interesting post.