I am afraid of physical pain however, and one thing I've been wondering about is, could I ask an interdimensional being to let me stay? Would something like this work? If I explain my situation to them.

My guess is that a being powerful and intelligent enough to let you do that wouldn't.  You should consider that you have a good reason to be a part of physical existence.  Why would you waste a perfectly good life?  The astral planes aren't going anywhere.  They'll still be there when you die naturally of old age.

Oh, I'm looking forward to this weekend.  I haven't had an OBE in a couple months now and I really feel ready to do it again. 

Interesting to note:

For almost a year now I've been having OBEs and I've been learning about them for more than a year.  In that year's time I have experienced a lot of development.  From not even knowing about other bodies and dimensions, I came to discover them and began learning astral skills.  But in the past two months or so, while not having OBEs, I was still developing spiritually.  I became a vegetarian and feel much better than I ever have.  I am reading the Seth books right now and am gaining a lot from them.  So, even during my OBE hiatuses, I am developing, and I feel like I have reached a point where I need to return to OBE.

I want to say hey all to everyone here.  This is probably going to be my main OBE forum now - JR's site doesn't have a forum anymore  - and I hope I can offer some valuable advice/information where applicable.

Anyway, I'm rambling and I don't know how to finish this post, so cheers!

taking drugs to induce OBEs is like cheating in a game.

no.  taking drugs would not be "cheating".  that's like saying people who obe on their first try are cheating.  if it works, it works.  surely you should know by now that in the astral there are no rules.  how can you cheat if there are no rules?

that being said, using drugs to obe leaves a certain amount of uncertainty as to whether the experience was real or imagined.  performing it conscious and sober alleviates the uncertainty.

Logically, there is no way you can lose the ability to OBE.  It is there from the time you're born to the time you die.  You can have dry spells, but you still experience the astral plane every time you dream, even if unconsciously.  The only possibility I see would be insomnia where you can't sleep at all.  But you still won't lose the ability to OBE.  Think of it this way, when you die, it's like one endless OBE.  And there's no way to escape death.

Well, if you believe in the astral planes, there is no 'hell'.

not quite true.  hell is part of the belief system territories.  most people who believe in the astral planes don't go there, but it's still there and possible to go to.  it's probably terrible for christians, but not so bad for everyone else.

This was something I read was possible.  So I tried it a couple times when I went out.  It's very strange.  It was as though I had to direct every note I heard.  If I lost focus, the notes and rhythm would be wrong.

Although, if I were to try creating music, it would be much easier because changes would manifest immediately.

Has anyone experimented with this?

OBEs are more than simple lucid dreams.  I have gone to verifying things I see in the astral when I am back in the physical.  My results showed me that what I experienced was indeed real.  Lucid dreams, while equally vivid and almost as profound as OBEs, do not maintain the level of reality and are often full of "mind pollution".

As to the suggestion that OBEs are simply a higher level of lucid dream, it doesn't really make a difference.  They are what they are.

Can anyone elaborate on this?  I read through Ultimate Journey by Monroe and he talked about it.  But he doesn't give a good description of it.  I can't find a page that really describes the process.

the basketball hoop was there because it was there for a while in the physical.  the longer it's in one place in the physical, the more people think about it and it becomes more permanent in the etheric plane.

thanks a lot for the tips.  going to try again tonight, i've made some progress the last two nights maybe i'll get further this time.

I started trying to AP recently, using the method found here: http://www.spiritonline.com/files/messages/15/334.html?0

Are these accurate and precise instructions?  Is something missing?  It doesn't seem to work for me.