New to Projection - some pointers are needed!

[rain_88]

Hello everyone!

I am new to Astral Projecting, and all the literature and information available seem so contradictionary that I can't make head or tail of it.

I have been having sleeping paralysis since I was a teenager, but I have never attached importance to it until recently, because the medical explanation regarding to it said it is caused by exhaustion.  But recently I came across some information which led me to the conclusion that maybe it has to do something with Astral Projection/OBE.

I did not know where to start, so I read a few books, checked out a few websites and found some auditory method which is supposed to alter your brain waves in order to achieve Projection. I decided to give it a shot.

Well it was quite effective because after I fell asleep I "woke up" paralyzed. It was different from my previous experiences because this time I heard noises like waking up in some kind of a busy factory. "Feeling" paralyzed alone scares the heck out of me, so this lovely new aspect didn't really helped me in staying calm, but somehow I managed to try and "roll out of my body" onto the floor. I felt as if I was successful, although I did't really "feel" hitting the floor, but I remember to take 2-3 steps and feeling that I  had been freed. Even a smile spread across my face.

But the voice on the tape said something about coming back to my physical consciousness and I immediately found myself paralyzed again, in my body. Panic took over me and I try to move one of my limbs, as usually, to regain control over my body and end the paralysis. It has always been my way of ending the paralysis.

During the whole thing I was kind of blind, except the moment I first "woke up" and when I found myself back in my body and started to struggle with ending it. I even remember seeing my squirming arms and legs, and sitting up in the process, but when I opened my physical eyes I was laying completely still on my bed.

I'm not sure if I've ever had any visual perception until this occasion in my previous paralyzed states. Although my vision was completely blurry.

I'm not even sure if it's safe experimenting with this whole thing, and as I said the information available is not going to solve this mystery for me, so I need the advice and opinions from people who have already had OBEs.

1. How can I get out and get away from my body?

2. Do I need any kind of protection? I mean I can not imagine what should I do if I come across some entity that I or someone else around me called into life after some negative experience. Anything malevolent. It is not enough to have positive thoughts if others surrounding you keep throwing up their mind-junk.
 
3. And first of all, does this mind stuff exist on the material plane at all or on the astral plane? I suppose, when you get out of your body, you are still on the material plane and you have to change the vibrational frequency of your consciousness to move between planes. So what can I expect to see/find after I leave my body?

4. I read about having Guides or people sensing someone else's presence/seeing someone in the room during OBE, but I have never sensed anything like that so far. It is not like I need something else to add to the fear factor - feeling that someone is watching me during this whole process....aawww!...-, but if there really is a Guide should I "call out" for it? Simply "will" it there ? Ask it to pull me out of my body maybe ?

5. Should I start with lucid dreaming first instead of playing with the fire? Is there a fire at all? I mean, can I burn myself with this?

Thx for having the patience to read this!

Alex

[Szaxx]

Hi,
Welcome to the pulse.
You appear to be in a dilemma of sorts. There is so much info out there that getting whats needed is a massive challenge.
Basics.
Once out anything you think of usually has some bearing on what you see.
If you think you've seen a cat running across a dark road in the physical, you look again and then see it was a paper bag blown by the wind.
However, if you were in the astral you would see a cat and thinking is something chasing it, you would probably see something. If this something was an ugly rabid dog in your mind you would see this. Then fearing it would turn towards you, yes you've guessed, it would.
Its controlled by your thoughts and will take a bit of getting used to.
As far as fear goes you only scare yourself.
1.
A suggested read is the school of out of body travel or SOBT.PDF a search will find it and its contents are good.
2,
Fear nothing basically its your creation and you can get to your body by a mere thought of it.

3,
You may see nothings at first, read the SOBT for some help on this.
4+5,
We all have differing ways and reactions, whats easy for you would be hard for others. Read the Sobt for lots of relevant info.
You can create fire but its not quite as you expect. Guides are one subjective enigma and they may be self generated or possibly a separate entity. Its still being discussed here. I was educated and shown many sights by one when I was 9 years old.

[rain_88]

Thx ! For the reply and for the welcome, too.