Astral Projection

[Shem]

oh. oh man... i wish i could get a class. i'm learning from a book. I almost projected the other day, but my sister knocked on the door and smashed my concentration. It really disorientated me horribly, and i fell off my chair...

[Mohegan]

You can also travel to any time you like.

I've mentioned this on the site before, but a while back I got a friend of mine into Astral Projection. We'd do timed experiments and other things, with her coming to me in astral and we would then talk about it online the next day, what she saw and whether she was correct. (bare in mind she is an online friend, so has never been to or seen my house)

One of the first couple of times she attempted it, she found herself in a room with a figure. She was scared and left almost imidiately. I told her next time she should ask the figure who it was. Two days later the same happened again.

This time she did as I suggested and asked the figure the question, it replied "whoever you want me to be." Her reply to that was her offline best friend. At which point she ended up reliving the past day with her best friend. From the time she woke up for school, all through school, and when she returned home again.

Personally I haven't projected in a while, I just don't seem to have the concentration to do it anymore.

[Redifin]

Is it really real????? Is it like lucid dreaming? How do you do it?

[Mohegan]

It really depends on who you ask as to whether it's real, or if it's a type of lucid dream or that it's the same thing as OBE.

To me Astral Projection is the ability to switch ones conscious mind from the physical body to the astral body, allowing you to do pretty much go where you wish.

While in the Astral you can interact with things but only their astral form, if you were to say move an object in the astral plane, it wouldn't move it in the physical plane. Although you can see what people in the physical plane are doing. You can project yourself anywhere you wish to go.

When my friend was doing it a couple of years back, we would arange times that she would do it and come see me - mainly so that I could make sure I was doing something different or out of the ordinary, so that the following day we could talk about what she saw and compair. She was never wrong.
So is it real? Most deffinately.

Some people say that OBE and AP are the same thing, personally I do not believe this since AP is about transfering the conscious mind into the Astral Body, where as OBEs seem to happen through dreams - which is why some think they are just very vivid dreams. While related, I personally don't believe they are the same thing.

As far as techniques, I'll answer that later unless someone else does first. It's 7am here and I've not slept.

Good luck if you plan to try this

[Wyvern]

I've seen a lot of strange things so I'm not doubting this is real and I'm willing to give it a go.
I just need to learn some techniques. Any suggestions?

[Redifin]

Same here. Are there any techs? Any good books?

[DayLight]

Yes, I could use some links on AP tutorials and what not, I'd really like to try.

[Mohegan]

The rope-climbing method.

Lay back and relax, losen any tight clothing and close your eyes. Imagine climbing a rope using just your hands. One hand over the other, over and over, slow and relaxed. If you're doing it right your astral body will pull itself up and leave your body behind - sometimes without you knowing it.

I'll post a couple more up later.

[Shem]

http://www.gnosticweb.com/index.php?PageID=157

I'm taking the astral projection and dream course on here, the book that goes with it is good too. I also reccomend Richard Webster's 'Astral Travel for Begginers'. Although i have have not actually done it yet, i have been very close.

Here are a method taken out of Webster's book:

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Swing Method

You start with a proggressive relaxation. When you are completely relaxed, imagine that you are on a swing, swinging to and fro in an arc from the tip of your nose to the top of your head, but feel as if you on a playground swing. As with a real swing, try to go higher and higher each time, until you feel like it is going to make a complete revolution, at the highest point, before it makes the full turn, let go in your mind, and you will find yourself outside your body.

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Of course it is in more detail in the book ^-^

and it won't always work, keep trying at it!

[Somnio Forte]

http://www.astraldynamics.com

Buy the book, you definitely won't regret it.

[Mohegan]

I think i've read about the swing method before, but I've never personally tried it. Something new to try tonight if I can get over the itching on my knee.

[Redifin]

Can you do it will going to sleep? Also describe the levels of emotion or feeling before you go to AP. So I can get it right.

[Ysim]

Thanks Shem and [Darkness Myth], I'm actualy going now to try one of those methods. Probably the rope one, because I was actualy climbing a rope earlier today

[Shem]

^-^ eh heh heh heh, don't mention it. But seriously, Webster's book has abou 10 more methods in it ^-^

[Sepultura123]

Astral Projection is so hard.

Lucid Dream are nothing to achieve if you put the two beside.