First AP.. I think

[SirMike]

My intentions where not  to have a AP because I had school the next day.. but I found myself waking up at

3 AM and I went back to bed, I then woke up but did not move and I also had my eyes closed.. I then started to get these massive vibrations
as if my body was moving, and I also could hear the buzzing so I knew what was happening. I ignored them at first
but they got so intense that I thought I was being shaken and all of a sudden I felt wavy and then I felt my self
come out of my body.. it was amazing.. I then found myself outside of my body but I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or
if I was in the astral realm.. I then thought something and I heard my self say it as if I had physically said it..

I started thinking about bears and a bear appeared, I then thought of a shotgun and I shot it because I thought it was going to attack me..
I then saw the strangest thing ever! My mom was wearing a dress and as I looked at the roof I saw her floating there then she appeared closer...

I think I might of started off in the astral realm, but I forgot to stay there by doing some hand rubbing and what not..

So I then found myself in my body snapped back in.. the vision was the same as you and I see right now, maybe a bit brighter
but that was about it. I felt so drained out of energy through out the whole day.. But the experience was memorable and I hope I can do it again! 

Actually I think my mom was APing without her even noticing, hence why she must of not remembered her on the roof..

[Lionheart]

 Congratulations, I especially like the part where you say you had "no intent" at the time. NO intentions means no pressure. The bears came to you because in the Astral thought=action.
 Safe Travels! 

[light487]

Yup yup.. good stuff.. I would think about your reaction to the bear a little more though. You dealt with the problem rather than just freaking out, yes.. but it was still an emotional reaction that could have been dealt with differently; that is, with passive curiousity. Not having a go at you.. just suggesting that it's something you could think about in more depth, to udnerstand the materialisation of the bear and to understand your reaction to it.

[SirMike]

Yup yup.. good stuff.. I would think about your reaction to the bear a little more though. You dealt with the problem rather than just freaking out, yes.. but it was still an emotional reaction that could have been dealt with differently; that is, with passive curiousity. Not having a go at you.. just suggesting that it's something you could think about in more depth, to udnerstand the materialisation of the bear and to understand your reaction to it.

Yea, it just stood there but it was so real I freaked. I should of handled it differently but I think next time I will know. 

[SirMike]

Congratulations, I especially like the part where you say you had "no intent" at the time. NO intentions means no pressure. The bears came to you because in the Astral thought=action.
 Safe Travels! 

Thanks, I hope that I can do it again. It was a pretty cool experience! 

It was weird because when I got the vibrations I knew what was happening, so the first thing
that came to my mind was "technique" so I just moved without moving my muscles and it worked, but I think it could of gone
smoother.

[SirMike]

Also, how do I clear my mind while in the astral?
When I was inside
the astral I could feel my thoughts and the emotions I felt, so I had a little
hard to with it but maybe with a bit of practice it will go down! 

[light487]

Just use affirmations. As in "thought commands".. simple, concise affirmations of intent. "Calm", "Relax", "Aware"..

When you say "Clear you mind".. what are you really meaning.. to calm your mind, perhaps? to relax your thoughts? to detach from emotion? Think of the intent and then come up with a simple command word that embodies that intent and think it (or astrally say it), strongly and "loudly".

You've probably heard of the "Awareness 100%" affirmation where if you are having trouble seeing astrally, you can affirm "Awareness 100%" to get a better awareness.. it's the same thing.. thought=action/reality. Just keep it simple/concise, drilled down to the precise intent.