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my first real experience with astral projection
this is extremely long. but the experience was extremely profound. so i feel i have to give a ltitle background information about astral projectoin and my experiences.
when i first started reading about astral projection i thought it was just some new age bullshit. but i've been wrong about this type of stuff before, so i decided to give it a try. i began my research about 8 months ago reading peoples experiences and methods. for months before going to bed i would enter these deep stats of meditation attempting to project myself out of my body. during this time i had a lot of experiences that i would of been satisfied with even if i hadn't ever projected.
the basics of astral projection are simple. you keep your mind awake while your body goes to sleep. it's not easy, but i had many successful experiences along the way that told me i was on the right path. i like to concentrate on my heartbeat and keep my mind entirely clear of thoughts. it's not easy as thoughts will keep trying to creep in. but with practice you can keep them out.
after awhile your body will start to goto sleep. slowly from your feet all the way up to your head you will enter paralysis. it feels like a huge lead blanket is being placed over you. vibrations start flowing through you. this can be kind of freaky at first and you might wake yourself up if you start thinking about it. this next stage is kind of weird. you have to visualize yourself leaving your body. it's not easy. i was stuck at this point until this morning. though i had on occasion gotten half way out of my body, the excitement of the experience always woke my body up though. there are tons of techniques you can use. the one i first went with was visualizing a rope hanging down and pulling myself out of my body with it. many times i would get to the point of feeling the sensation of lifting my hands and seeing a visualization of them, but i could never pull myself out. i also felt my legs detach multiple times. but i could never seem to get myself to entirely detach from my body and project myself someplace.
some other cool things i have been able to achieve while practicing. multiple times i have been able to visualize objects in that dark field of vision with my eyes closed. usually happens while im trying to project. a couple times i have gotten this whooshing rush feeling over my entire body and the darkness opens up into a big room. all very cool and very real experiences. very different from dreaming.
i was told i'd have better luck projecting when coming out of REM sleep. so i started setting my alarm for 5 hours. i'd wake up, turn it off, and attempt to project. more often than not i'd just fall back asleep. but i did start having some crazy vivid dreams. i did become lucid in those dreams a few times. but wasn't the type of projection i had read about. by now my body is used to waking up 5 hours after going to sleep. happens every day without the need for an alarm. i had stopped attempting to project regularly. maybe only a couple times a week now. psychedelic drug use satisfied my yearning to explore the mind, but i still wanted to experience existing as a soul outside my body without the use of any substances.
it finally happened this morning. i woke up about 5 hours after going to bed, as usual. rolled over and planned on going back to sleep. for some reason i was thinking about waves. not like waves on the ocean, but waves of energy and how the mind intreprets them. these weren't rational complete thoughts, real hazey as i was kind of inbetween being asleep and awake. i could hear my roomate on ventrilo in his room. he plays WoW and was on ventrilo. through this entire experience i could hear them talking on ventrilo from his room down the hallway. i think hearing those voices in the distance really kept me conscious while everything shut down.
suddenly a face appeared in the darkness infront of my eyes. i've seen tons of shit like this before, so i wasn't startled or anything. it was just like the outline of a face. but suddenly i could feel a sensation in my own face. i moved forward. quicker than i could register what was happening my arms, legs, and entire body just popped forward and slid backwards. there i was 10 feet or so behind my own body. i watched myself just laying in my bed. i knew right then i was projecting. i kept calm and just focused on what i was seeing. i dont know how i moved. but i made myself move. my body on the bed twisted from the vertical position i was looking at it to being horizontal. i was pretty confused and actually worried for a second that one of my roomates might come in and see my body floating off the side of the bed.
through this entire experience my body stayed in front of me laying the way i was sleeping. my blanket was over me and my head rested on a pillow. my body was leading me. i was connected to it somehow. i slid out of my room expecting to be in my apartment, but i wasn't. i was someplace else. it was familiar, but different. after a few moments swiveling around htis room i realized it was the home i spent 14 years of my life living in. but it was different because someone else lived there now. there was a big christmas tree in one corner. i tried to go upstairs but the angle wasn't right. my body infront of me hit the ceiling trying to go up the stairs. turned around and went out into the dining room and into the kitchen. i knew exactly where i was when i entered the kitchen. it hadn't changed much. i headed for the basement. it looked really dark, i don't know why i decided to continue down. but i did. when i got downstairs it was so dark it scared me and my body woke up. i opened my eyes and i was back in my room.
this was one of the most real and amazing experiences of my life. everything was so vivid. i really do think my soul traveled to and through my old home. im going to swing by the house tomorrow and check to see if they have a big christmas tree up in the corner of the living room. if i was able to gain true information about the (seemingly)physical world it will confirm without a shadow of a doubt to me many revelations i've had about reality and life lately.
i would enocourage everyone to research Astral Projection and give it a try. you will learn a lot.
this is extremely long. but the experience was extremely profound. so i feel i have to give a ltitle background information about astral projectoin and my experiences.
when i first started reading about astral projection i thought it was just some new age bullshit. but i've been wrong about this type of stuff before, so i decided to give it a try. i began my research about 8 months ago reading peoples experiences and methods. for months before going to bed i would enter these deep stats of meditation attempting to project myself out of my body. during this time i had a lot of experiences that i would of been satisfied with even if i hadn't ever projected.
the basics of astral projection are simple. you keep your mind awake while your body goes to sleep. it's not easy, but i had many successful experiences along the way that told me i was on the right path. i like to concentrate on my heartbeat and keep my mind entirely clear of thoughts. it's not easy as thoughts will keep trying to creep in. but with practice you can keep them out.
after awhile your body will start to goto sleep. slowly from your feet all the way up to your head you will enter paralysis. it feels like a huge lead blanket is being placed over you. vibrations start flowing through you. this can be kind of freaky at first and you might wake yourself up if you start thinking about it. this next stage is kind of weird. you have to visualize yourself leaving your body. it's not easy. i was stuck at this point until this morning. though i had on occasion gotten half way out of my body, the excitement of the experience always woke my body up though. there are tons of techniques you can use. the one i first went with was visualizing a rope hanging down and pulling myself out of my body with it. many times i would get to the point of feeling the sensation of lifting my hands and seeing a visualization of them, but i could never pull myself out. i also felt my legs detach multiple times. but i could never seem to get myself to entirely detach from my body and project myself someplace.
some other cool things i have been able to achieve while practicing. multiple times i have been able to visualize objects in that dark field of vision with my eyes closed. usually happens while im trying to project. a couple times i have gotten this whooshing rush feeling over my entire body and the darkness opens up into a big room. all very cool and very real experiences. very different from dreaming.
i was told i'd have better luck projecting when coming out of REM sleep. so i started setting my alarm for 5 hours. i'd wake up, turn it off, and attempt to project. more often than not i'd just fall back asleep. but i did start having some crazy vivid dreams. i did become lucid in those dreams a few times. but wasn't the type of projection i had read about. by now my body is used to waking up 5 hours after going to sleep. happens every day without the need for an alarm. i had stopped attempting to project regularly. maybe only a couple times a week now. psychedelic drug use satisfied my yearning to explore the mind, but i still wanted to experience existing as a soul outside my body without the use of any substances.
it finally happened this morning. i woke up about 5 hours after going to bed, as usual. rolled over and planned on going back to sleep. for some reason i was thinking about waves. not like waves on the ocean, but waves of energy and how the mind intreprets them. these weren't rational complete thoughts, real hazey as i was kind of inbetween being asleep and awake. i could hear my roomate on ventrilo in his room. he plays WoW and was on ventrilo. through this entire experience i could hear them talking on ventrilo from his room down the hallway. i think hearing those voices in the distance really kept me conscious while everything shut down.
suddenly a face appeared in the darkness infront of my eyes. i've seen tons of shit like this before, so i wasn't startled or anything. it was just like the outline of a face. but suddenly i could feel a sensation in my own face. i moved forward. quicker than i could register what was happening my arms, legs, and entire body just popped forward and slid backwards. there i was 10 feet or so behind my own body. i watched myself just laying in my bed. i knew right then i was projecting. i kept calm and just focused on what i was seeing. i dont know how i moved. but i made myself move. my body on the bed twisted from the vertical position i was looking at it to being horizontal. i was pretty confused and actually worried for a second that one of my roomates might come in and see my body floating off the side of the bed.
through this entire experience my body stayed in front of me laying the way i was sleeping. my blanket was over me and my head rested on a pillow. my body was leading me. i was connected to it somehow. i slid out of my room expecting to be in my apartment, but i wasn't. i was someplace else. it was familiar, but different. after a few moments swiveling around htis room i realized it was the home i spent 14 years of my life living in. but it was different because someone else lived there now. there was a big christmas tree in one corner. i tried to go upstairs but the angle wasn't right. my body infront of me hit the ceiling trying to go up the stairs. turned around and went out into the dining room and into the kitchen. i knew exactly where i was when i entered the kitchen. it hadn't changed much. i headed for the basement. it looked really dark, i don't know why i decided to continue down. but i did. when i got downstairs it was so dark it scared me and my body woke up. i opened my eyes and i was back in my room.
this was one of the most real and amazing experiences of my life. everything was so vivid. i really do think my soul traveled to and through my old home. im going to swing by the house tomorrow and check to see if they have a big christmas tree up in the corner of the living room. if i was able to gain true information about the (seemingly)physical world it will confirm without a shadow of a doubt to me many revelations i've had about reality and life lately.
i would enocourage everyone to research Astral Projection and give it a try. you will learn a lot.
