Should I save astral work for weekends?

[jc84corvette]

I myself was astral/obe all night everynight during the summer. Now I have school and I wont do it during school nights. Well I might do it depends if I can not sleep. Weekends is a great time for me to do it.

Always, always have other obligations be priority #1 and AP be #2 or #3.

[Jeff_Mash]

Here is my mindset.  Every time I lay down, whether it be for a nap or during my normal sleep time at night, I ALWAYS try to do some pre-OBE focusing.  

However, if I am just too tired, or if I know that I have something in the morning which I can't afford to be tired on, I just give myself a few affirmations, telling myself that IF I OBE, then that's cool.  If not, then no big deal.

[jc84corvette]

Very good reply Jeff. I forgott to add that. When im to tirerd the chances are I will not be able to AP/OBE. I also do some affirmations for remembering dreams.

[beavis]

Time for a crazy conspiracy theory...

Thats what THE SYSTEM wants you to do, be so busy doing earth-related things that you cant even think about anything else. There is always more stuff you can do on earth. Make more money. Work harder. Watch more tv. And its never enough.

[Gandalf]

Thanks for the info guys!

Beavis_

hehe You're right there! However, this degree I'm on, which is almost finished is a big thing for me. You see, I'm what you refer to as a 'mature student' basically I went to university at age 26 after doing an 'gateway to university' course. Prior to this I had left school with nothing and was bumming around in dead-end jobs for years which was depressing.

 Its something I really want to do just to prove to myself and everyone that 'yes I can get one of yer poncy degrees just as much as the next man', basically a personal development thing. I believe it has practical benefits for my astral work as the subjects I have studied have given me a lot of insight into comparative religion, anthropology, philosophy etc, and has led me to question assumed 'truths' about the world.

In this way I think a humanities centred degree can be useful and worthwhile from a larger perspective and the people involved, both students and teachers, tend to be quite broad-minded.

My problem is the science based courses like physics, biology, mathematics etc, where my experience indicates that the academic attitude of many involved is really smug and they think they know everything about everything; they are also staunch materialists as well IMO; they have an irritating, patronising attitude to those that don't agree with their ideas and they like to think of those who believe or have experience of phenomena 'outside the norm' that they are sadly deluded, or that 'such people are just seeking for a source of comfort and security'.

However I point out to them that the same could be said for THEIR point of view; that they believe in a strict materialist point of view in which 'this is all there is' as this also serves to provide a source of 'comfort and security' as it means that humans are at the peak of the life chain and masters of all they survey; they are also 'secure' in the knowledge that everything is nice and safe and fundamentally 'knowable' (just watch a astrophysicist on TV when he/she is wafting on about their subject, you will detect the sense of confidence and obvious comfort he or she derives from their subject). However, it is quite interesting to note that this safe delusion is beginning to be broken down now that scientists are realising the mind blowing implications of quantum theory and how it mirrors what mystics have been going on about for years!

(I might get flamed for this so apologies in advance to any scientists/engineers here; I know what I'm saying is a generalisation and doesn’t apply to all said people!)

WHHHHHHHOOOAAAA!
Sorry guys I've been ranting and went totally off the rails with regards to the topic!

er.......anyway, so that’s why I prefer to save astral work for the weekend; I try not to be a slave to the machine at the same time...
er.......thank you...and goodnight!


Regards,
Douglas

[beavis]

I used to be a materialist and thought anybody who thought anything else existed was stupid. If my old self met me now, he would call me crazy [].

[LogoRat]

Exactly Beavis! I agree.
Thinking that studying to be a Society GoodMan is what you are, and that you dont have time for anything else, that will keep you in a robotic state.
There are alot of distractions out here to keep you occupied on many things that has nothing whatsoever todo with yourself.

[Shadow20205]

Me myself, I prefer practicing AP on weekends, becuase your more relaxed an calm when you know that there is no school or work that you have to go to so it is less stressful on weekends and depending on what you do less hectic.[]

[Gandalf]

A question folks:
Do you activly try to project during the week or do you save it for weekends?

I ask because I am going back to university next week and I don't want astral training to interfere with my studies; myself, like many people, find the best time to practice is if I wake a few hours earlier as i am in the right mode to do some OBE/phasing work.

However, I am worried that during term time this might impact on my studies as getting enough sleep is crucial fof me right now; sometimes when training to phase etc I remain awake the whole time and I have then effectivly lost a few hours sleep!

I remember someone else had this problem and they advised that people worried about this or who are busy during the week, should concentrate on their obe/phasing work during the weekends ie Saturday and Sunday mornings.. of course during holidays etc this can be extended.
What do others think of this idea? Or am I the only one who has these kinds of concerns?

Cheers,
Douglas