astral projection is hard!!

[Kodemaster]

You're right, izanagi. Astral Projection is hard! It took me probably a year before I had my first projection, albeit short at that!

The technique that works best for me (heck, the only one) is to try and pull one out of a dream.

While dreaming, stare at something and put your full concentration into it. It could be an object, a colour, a place, etc. and keep focusing until it all fades away. You will find yourself in either the RTZ, the astral or a lucid dream (usually you'll find yourself in a lucid dream the first few times around).

(It will probably take years and years of practice before you could meditate straight into a projection, as opposed to using the above technique.)

Tips to help induce an OBE out of a dream:

1. Meditate the night before
2. Exercise the day before
3. Try it on a night where you know you don't have to work or go to school the next day
4. Try it on a day where you had a lot of fun, or just not a lot of stress. A good mood beforehand helps a lot. For example, I had a projection yesterday morning, when I was quite sure I was going to get a bonus at work for the next week!

When you lie down for bed on the chosen night, think to yourself as you drift off to sleep "I'm gonna focus on something and turn a dream into a projection".

Also practice focusing in your waking life. Look at a painting of a dreamscape (or any plain ol' object in your house) and just focus on it for a few minutes. Do this several times a day.

Another technique: If you can, ride along with someone in the car and focus on the road "coming at you". Pretend that you're not actually riding in a car, but "floating" forward. Concentrate on the feeling of motion only. This helped me have a projection later that night.

Good luck with that! All your hard work will earn you a projection sooner or later.

[Kodemaster]

Oops! Almost forgot: Use Robert Bruce's "New Energy Ways!". How could I forget that!!!

There is a free download on his website:

http://www.astralpulse.com/downloads/downloads.htm#1

Good luck and enjoy,

[Nick]

First, thanks Kodemaster for such great advice! [^] Another person who first projected from the dream state was Sylvan Muldoon. He wrote a book, along with Hereward Carrington, called The Projection of the Astral Body. My own experience has been to first become lucid, then to try projecting from there.

Not everyone gets strong vibrations either, so don't worry about that, izanagi. Also, reading books on AP helps to keep it in your consciousness. There are a lot of great books. Also, here at the Astral Pulse, there is a File Library with eBooks and downloads that you might like.

Very best to you in your astral endeavors!

Nick

[izanagi]

thanx for the advise guys, this morning i tried to AP though dreaming, and it almost worked but my dream was creepy and i pulled out at the last minute[V] oh well, i'll do better next time... i also have another question though, what methods that dont involve dreaming work for you? u know, things like ROPE or visualizing an astral double (which seems impossible for me, i dont know how anyone else could do it). i will read the new energy ways guide too, so i dont keep bothering people with pointless questions, but any more tips on APing would be great. anyways, thanks for your time.

[izanagi]

hi hi[]
   ok so a couple of nights ago I was trying to get to sleep in the heat and I suddenly doze off and I wake up into this trance. at first I thought I was sitting up and I didn't know where I was in my room even though I was laying down in the same spot I do every night. also I had some really intense vibrations in my arms, I cant remember which one but at one point one of them felt like it was on fire! anyways, I tried to project for hours but I couldn't for some reason. well this is common for me, I've never been able to have an obe by trying, it just happens on it's own normally but whatever. I need some tips on trying to project on my own!!! rope doesn't work for me, and I have no problem getting into trance and feeling vibrations... but I cant get strong vibrations throughout my whole body on my own, and I cant get past the trance stage. if you have any tips, useful techniques or whatever please share and I'll try them out. thanks a lot too! bye[]