Floating Beside My Body

This was one of my most interesting Astral experiences. It was early evening and, as I was home alone, I decided to take advantage of the quietness and go for a practice.

I went to bed and did a nice relaxation concentrating on my breathing and, as I felt my body getting relaxed, I started noticing the sound of my pineal gland growing very strong as did my heartbeats. I knew that, in fact, it was not the sound and the beats that were getting stronger and deeper, but it was my concentration level. I decided to focus on my heartbeats and, after some minutes, I felt as if my whole body was sort of beating - it seemed to shake in the rhythm of my heart. I was curious to know if my body was really shaking, then I moved the focus of my attention to my physical body without loosing my heartbeats and could notice it was completely static.

Soon after that, I felt my arms and legs moving up - I knew those were not my physical limbs, but I checked my physical body anyway without losing the sensations, just to be sure. The interesting part was that I could, at that point, move my attention alternately to my astral body and to my physical body without difficulty. I knew that was the time to get up by moving my astral body very slowly (paying attention not to move my physical body). I decided to roll over to get out of bed and, as I rolled, I felt very light and vaporous - an amazing sensation for sure. When out of bed (and also out of my physical body) I was floating in the air laying down just beside my bed and physical body. I was so excited with the sensations and all the experience that I came back instantly to my physical body, though.

Personally, I think we can read lots of books and do plenty of courses on the Astral world and on Astral experiences, but we really start to learn about them when we have our own experiences.

~ Daniel
Lages, Brazil

Conscious Projection Technique

After you're settled and ready to go to sleep, tell yourself that you are going to catch yourself in the act of going to sleep and then lift up out of your physical body. You must be very clear about your intent. You're going to let your body sleep, you(mind) will remain alert throughout the entire method. Tell yerself you will retain consciousness even while your body going to be in the "trance" of sleep. Now you will have to watch yourself go to sleep.

Trying to stay too alert may interfere with your efforts, so a smooth sort of alertness is what is going to work the best. Just let yourself relax into sleep and watch the process. You must learn to recognize the rather strange, distinctive sensations you feel as your body moves into the sleep state and must stay aware as this unfolds. At a certain point, you'll realize that you're in a hypnogogic state.(state between waking and sleeping)

Instead of watching yourself going to sleep, you could give yerself the suggestion that you will pay attention as soon as you start feeling your body to get numb, and then just let your mind drift. Your suggestions could be anything that you are comfortbale with.

Mine is I will become alert and aware in the middle of falling asleep and I will lift out of my physical body.Once you succeed in catching yourself in the hypnogogic state, you will still be in body and to get out all you'll have to do is will yerself out. Its that simple, it seems like a lot but it is easy once you get the hang of it. It took me almost to days to get very good results.

Tips by Forest Dragon

How To OBE Almost Every Morning

This is a very easy and effective technique that doesn't involve any mental skills or discipline. When I first began trying it, it was 80% effective to send me out of body over a two week testing period.

Rhythm napping is basically the 'wake-back-to-bed' or 'interrupted sleep' methods on steroids. All you have to do is confuse your body into the "mind awake/body asleep" state by alternating falling asleep and waking up in the morning. The morning is the best time to do this because your melatonin/DHEA ratio is optimal.

It is important to follow this technique to the letter! The times when I didn't exit were when I was trying to tweak something. The 4/8/12 minute, etc. intervals below are crucial.

The biggest difficulty people have doing this method is in either not being able to fall asleep again once they get up, or in not being able to wake up when the timer goes off. However, if they are able to get past those two hurdles they almost always have some kind of unusual experience,ranging from feeling the vibrations for the first time, on up to having their first OBE.

Using Movement To Get Out Of Body

I am always constantly reading books about projection, and other methods, that I may use to further develop my ability to leave my body at will. One method that I have come very close to getting out of body with, on numerous occasions is the movement method. The trick is to imagine that something is moving you either in a swaying motion, or some type of motion that you can easily get used to the feel of. Once you can easily imagine the feel of that motion, let yourself drift off to sleep, and think of nothing but how that motion feels. A good example would be the swaying sensations that Bob Peterson induces in his book. Swaying is very effective, especially if you are someone who lives by the ocean and you are out in the waves a lot. Being in the waves for a short time can cause a sort of after-effect after you have gotten out of the ocean.

Later when you go to bed you can focus on the effect, and induce the sensation all over again,and make it as strong as you like. This method is very powerful, and can nearly throw you out of body if it is directed correctly. Another good movement is jumping, or going up and down. I find that a trampoline is a good example of movement that if concentrated on long enough while going to sleep, it will cause you to get out of body. I usually start out by imagining that I'm jumping on a trampoline and with ever bounce I imagine myself going a little bit higher. After a while your consciousness gets farther and farther away from your body and you begin to feel more separated. If you focus on jumping or swaying movements long enough, I'm sure they could lead to a projection. I've gained the paralysis and vibrations on numerous occasions by doing the imagined movements.

By Doppleganer

Understanding Astral Sex

If two people can project at the same time, they can meet out of body, and interact on an energy level,and enjoy much greater pleasure than is possible with purely physical sex. They can merge completely together, and become one with each other. This enables them to make fantasies become real shared experiences. They can experience a union that is more complete than what is limited by the physical.It is completely on a pure energy level.

I have also read that a woman who can project, can also interact with a man in physical form, and who is not projecting. She can take astral substance from him, and enjoy sexual pleasure. A man however is more limited. He can visit someone who is not out of body, and still gain a great deal of emotional pleasure, but he can't experience the sexual pleasure. He can of course still meet with a woman who is also out of body as explained above, and in that case he will benefit from both the physical and emotional aspects.

Astral sex can calrify a physical relationship, opening areas of communication unavailable to us when in physical form, and strengthen the bond between two lovers.

OBE Fears And Overcoming Them

Probably the largest obstacle to overcome while learning conscious projection is fear. There are several reasons for this and the root of the problem goes back to what we were taught as a society, beginning straight on from childhood.

Some of the common fears:
*Not being able to get back,
*Encountering negative entities,
*Demonic or Spirit Possesions,
*Fears of Death,
*Fears of the unknown.

The Facts:
Many people have experienced conscious OBEs all of their lives with no negative effects,It is believed that we OBE every night anyway, but just do not remember it consciously,The vast majority of experiencers try to do it again, For some it is proof of life past physical death!

Some ways to combat irrational fears:Through nightly positive affirmations that you will overcome your fears, Through knowledge of the facts presented above, And Through Faith!

Here is an affirmation that you can recite every night before you go to sleep:

"I am a spiritual being and so I exist beyond my physical shell. I will not fear that which is a part of me."

Imagine millions of tiny strands wound together, infinately stretchable, carrying the precious cargo of your energy scource, nurturing you while in this physical existence. Some describe it as being silver and shimmering, and maybe even translucent. This is what connects you to you physical body while you are
projecting.This cord can not be severed while out-of-body and only loses its connection to the physical when death occurs.

You may or may not see it during a projection and whether or not you do is normal, however know that it is always there! If you want to look for it while out-of-body, look behind you. It will be connected to the base of your skull.

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The Mental Plane & Projection

The next plane above the Astral Plane, is called the Mental Plane. It is a plane full of rainbows of vivid colors. It would be an impossible task to try and rationalize this place. This plane as can be described from its name and is full of thoughts, dreams, and ideas, which are manifested as real objects. Those who find themselves here could be traveling through and witnessing their own thoughts, or the thoughts of others. It is a place of peace and utter bliss.

The Mental plane is divided into two parts, the Lower Mental Plane and the Higher Mental Plane. Since the Lower Mental Plane overlaps the Astral Plane, they can often be confused for one another. The boundary between the Lower and Upper Mental planes is also the boundary of what is referred to as the Lower Self and the Higher Self.

Time here is distorted even more than it is in the Astral Plane and it is possible to see future or past events. The Mental Plane is harder to reach than the previous two, but nonetheless it is achievable during an Out-Of-Body Experience. Traveling to and above the Mental Plane, is referred to as Mental Projection, the third and last type of Out-Of-Body Experience.

Exploring The Different Types Of OBEs

The term ‘Out-Of-Body Experience’ is used as a more broad description which includes all of the different types of conscious experiences that fall under it. It simply describes the perspective of being consciously outside of the physical body. There are however different types of OBEs that can occur, but to explain them we need to understand the concept of our existence on multiple levels. The Universe is not solely the physical realm that we can see, hear, touch, taste and smell. It is made up of differentlevels of reality. These levels are known as the planes of existence.

The body is also much more than the physical part, and it is these other parts which enable us to interact with the higher planes of existence during life and to continue to survive there after physical death. These levels are connected to each other and to the planes of existence through energy fields or
conduits called ‘chakras‘. Just as the planes vibrate at different levels, so do the chakra energy centers and they can be seen or sensed as different color emenations.

The seven chakra centers when in balance are thought to provide a free flow of the life energy in us all.They influence health, well being, emotions, and help form a connection to the nonphysical world as well. That is why chakra balancing exercises are often performed before attempting to induce an Out-Of-Body Experience.

The projection of the consciousness to different planes of existence and interacting using the body’scorresponding nonphysical parts called ‘subtle bodies’ is what makes up the different types of Out-Of-Body Experiences. Some of the planes are accessible through an OBE, while others are very much above our limit of reach. There is said to be seven steps back to God or creation, and so there are seven planes
of existence, and also seven chakra energy centers; Seven really IS a magickal number!