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Omnigod0101

Believe it or not that sounds very similar to my first few tries at projecting. I'm no expert but I've been interested for quite some time now, constantly reading, and constantly practicing and have only recently begun to break free of myself.

The nautious (spelling?) anxiety feeling is quite natural (for me at least ;)) and should not be concerned about. Although I know it is unpleasant it actually only means progress. The more I think about it the more I think of it as de-virginizing your astral body. If you have honestly never really tried this then your astral body isn't quite used to being brought out by your awake mind. I've read that a deep trance state is quite uncomfertable at best, but it is the closest part to full projection and with patient effort you will proceed past it. I too chickened out of many first experiences for all sorts of reasons. Hell one time I started hearing thunder, seeing flashes of lightning and listening to the scream of what sounded like babies in the background. If that's not discouraging I don't know what is. Keep on trying though, with every honest, full-effort attempt you will learn you get better at handling the not-so-great parts, and seem to come closer and closer every time to full projection.

Dream Cadet

Wu,

your account sounds a lot like my first couple of tries.  The fear seems very real when you are at the edge.  Once I exit, the fear is always gone for me.  I have experienced some weird things during OBE but so far (Knocks on wood)[:)] nothing too scary to handle.  

If this helps, the fear seems to lessen with time.  Don't let it slow you down too much.  

Happy travels,

D.C.

Rastus

I am of the opinion you had a "normal" reaction.  I recall the first time I "really meditated" in another discipline and scared myself out of the room until morning!!!

I consider this a milestone:  The first time you conciously scare yourself [:)]  The next time you won't be nearly as anxious.  I think most people need a few times to become comfortabe with the sensations.  I don't think anything that follows will be quite as shocking as your first experience.

-Congratulations, you are on the right track!
There is a physical limitation upon how much light a human body can sustain. Interestingly, there is no limit on how much light a human vessel can generate. When fully enlightened you must instill your light in order to maintain its wisdom.

Wu

Hey, ive been reading and learning the astral scene for about a year now, without much accual persuit other than reading and weird un-sure non-successful atempts, and odd & brief waking dreams.

Ive been reading alot more recently and about 10 minutes ago I gave it a fully attentive attempt. So, while its fresh im my mind I will try to explain it if anyone is at all interested. I havent really liked laying flat on my back, so I went out into my living room on this nice plush recliner. Then, proceded to just basically, relax, and keep my mind focused on just remaining awake and not getting antsy, just going with the flow of it. What happend next was my body became more and more relaxed, that is to say, my neck down.
I seemed to have trouble keeping my eyes shut, as if my body was completly asleep but I could at an instant open my eyes and look around if I wanted to, and it was hard to ignore the sound of a fan. and im sure if the fan was off, I would hear how loud silence can be at times [:P]. Anyhow I figured that my acustic and visual senses would follow my sense of touch eventually (which it seemed to be fully asleep and numb). After my mind was fairly clear and not much jumped into my head other than proceeding. Then I tried what Ive read about where you try to visualize yourself moving, or falling through the bed/chair, Which lead me to the main experence.

I began feeling my body sway and move about like weird swaying at an un-known tidelike feeling. But the thing is its almost as if you broke down projecting into 3 parts like sight, hearing and touch, (nevermind those lousy smell and taste senses [:P]) I would say that my body/touch was way more ready to go and it was this off balance of overly-tactile asleep body, and lack of visual and hearing (mind too awake lol) that was a weird part of this whole experence. Perhapse I have drank too much pop today because im kinda wired even now [;)].

but what happend next kinda took a turn for the worse, and im having trouble remimbering and finding explination for what happend. It is as if I started off not fully realizing what extactly it is to project, and just trying it out just because it interests me, like waiting in line for a roller coaster ride as a child. once its your turn (I dont know what your first roller coaster ride expereinces are like but I think its a good example) it can be very very frightening. and as I felt my body squirming and alot of touch-sensory stuff, I paniced. my heart pounded, and I still remained very calm and assesed and rationalized what I was feeling. and over all it wasn't very pleasent, and I asked myself "do I really want to go out?" and just like my first rollercoast ride, as I got closer to the sounds of people yelling/screaming (fun-screams! [:P]) and the loud carts barling around on the tracks, I chickend out (Just like when I was younger and aproached the ride). After it sort of peaked my heart pounded harder and I sort of came back to my waking senses, and I started to feel pretty sick, and shaken up sort of like being near an accident or some alarming thing. (probably because my body would naturaly associate what I was doing with death) not to say it will stop me, but it gives me a good idea of what will needs to be overcome if I want to try again.

This whole topic has been much longer than I Intended, and im not sure if this is even the proper thread or if anyone is interested. But I guess the thing is when it came down to it I was very divided as to if it is right to project, or if I want to...

-thanks for reading [:D]