Bad, bad, bad :-(

[AmericanIdiot]

I tried to astral project this afternoon.
 It was pretty bright out, so I shut up the blinds. My parents weren't home, so I sprawled out on the couch. After about 45 minutes of relaxing, the vibrations were slowly, subtly moving in. I tried to hold them and stayed faithful to them for a long time.
 
  My mind filled with some pretty awful images, and I started seeing them, which made me think that I was out already and fear was manifesting. " I will   just erase the fear," I thought, " then I'll fly out and have super fun!"  WRONG.
        Now comes the tricky part.
   Just as I felt sure I was out, a firm hand grasped my neck. I felt as if I was being shaken, and the pain felt real on my physical body. I stopped breathing and gasped for air as a sly hand continued to grip tighter, shaking me up and down and around.  Still, I did not snap out of this phase.  I tried screaming, but it didn't work. Suddenly, I was floating, un-knowing and ignorant, in a huge, seemingly never ending plane of white. In a few seconds though, that sensation was gone and I was back being throttled by some unknown force. I could now see the thing slowly killing me, it looked like a billy goat with a top hat and monocle on. " DON'T YOU EVER DO THIS AGAIN, AND I'LL NEVER LET YOU OUT OF MY CLUTCHES!!!!!!!!" It cried, or it said SOMETHING like that. A cat paw shot from the corner and I stared hard at it. In seconds, I was back in body. I was so numb that I tumbled off the couch. Apparently then, I wasn't back in body. I awoke for real on my own bed.

     The strange thing is, I was almost completely lucid through the whole thing.

[Mindless]

Something telling not to project? that is fairly common. Usually more psychologically rooted then anything. You just have to realize you can easily kick its butt if you want to, if you see it again probably the best thing to do is imagine it on fire till it lets go then proceed to beat the living excrement out of it. kill or beat it until it leaves, as long as you think it's possible you can.... this kind of thing is my favorite pass time on the astral.

[RooJ]

Cool experience, i mean i know you dont agree, but congrats anyway.
Yeah this is a common situation, its usually reported during the onset of sleep paralysis and projection. Try not to let this put you off though, as Mindless said, the power lies with you, if you can manage to stop yourself panicking you can gain control of the situation.

Good luck

>RooJ

[appollo]

People need to make a conjuration to protect themselves before going out into the astral.

The beililin conjuration works well followed by the drawing of the magical circle around your bed or resting spot.

There are many entities in the astral planes that don't want folks to explore the astral, because that's where they have their hideouts and from the astral they vampirize our energies.

If folks practice astral travel it's dire straits for them because we will know who they are and will have a better chance of cutting them off from vamprizing our energies.

[AmericanIdiot]

That's the " Bellilin, bellilin, amphora of salvation" one, right?

[Ben K]

That's the " Bellilin, bellilin, amphora of salvation" one, right?

My defense is belief. I believe them gone.

[tripnonastral]

wow man sounds really bad, but ya know. its a learning experience. ive never APed before, and ive had thoughts about what if when i project, something will come out afterme, but i love the idea of HEY F**K YOU, YOU STUPID DREAM MONSTER YOU, HAHAhA YEAH YOUR COOL, NOT YOU F**KS**T, NOW ILL PROCEED TO BEAT YOUR butt attitued. sorry if im too vulgar but really, thats how i would approach the negative situation. or just try to imagine yourself as a super saiyjin and go kao ken on its butt. anyways i hope my intense attituted towards this helps. peace man.

[Ben K]

wow man sounds really bad, but ya know. its a learning experience. ive never APed before, and ive had thoughts about what if when i project, something will come out afterme, but i love the idea of HEY bonk YOU, YOU STUPID DREAM MONSTER YOU, HAHAhA YEAH YOUR COOL, NOT YOU F**KS**T, NOW ILL PROCEED TO BEAT YOUR butt attitued. sorry if im too vulgar but really, thats how i would approach the negative situation. or just try to imagine yourself as a super saiyjin and go kao ken on its butt. anyways i hope my intense attituted towards this helps. peace man.

hahahah i love this guys intense attitude!

stick around  

[Zante]

This sort of thing can happen in the early stages. In my case I used to get walls appearing in front of me with voices telling me "here you will remain".

One time even involved my parents trying to kill me in order to stop me leaving something.

Hehehe, don't even take him seriously, easier said than done considering how lucid the experiences are but if you're able to have a single moment of mental stability, set your intent to something along the lines of "get ouf my space, NOW!"

Avoid anger as in many respects it's a lot like fear but stay true to yourself. Bravery doesn't come into this, just because you didn't have full control of your body something took advantage of it to try and scare you. It may even have been yourself. Well, here's something else to try when all else fails.

When it starts happening think about something sexual : ) I find that it disrupts things enough to completely shatter anything "bad" happening and then transition to a different "scene".

[NickJW]

funny you mention the sexual thing. I had a projection yesterday and when I was in the RTZ I decided to try and fly into space. On the way up I had a sexual thought and then suddenly I plummetted towards the ground at a very high speed. lol it was actually a bit freaky falling from so high, it was just wierd that I lost my flight control.

[appollo]

The astral world is the world of desire, it is basically a world governed by the subtle energy related to emotions, because emotions are the highest energy in the universe "love".

The best way to master astral travel is to master your emotions, no big highs and lows, equanimity at all times.

the astral world has seven basic levels, the negative experiences are in the low planes and vice versa.

Purify your mind, body and spirit and you will have access to the higher astral planes.

What are they like? your most beautiful dreams don't even come close.

The nice thing about them is that you are so called "awake" when you're there visiting them.

You'll also meet people who are aligned to your vibratory level and romance occurs regurlarly.

But don't let the sensual desire of this world confuse you, sensual desire when it is not pure and innocent is fantasy and will keep you trapped unable to "fly".

Want to "fly" practice mantrams out loud and energize your chakras, focus on your inner light, meditate a lot.

your chakras are your astral body, by awakening and exercising them you create a stron astral body able to "fly" like an eagle.

It's beautiful when you're flying above mountain ranges and over valleys, it's an unbelievable experience.

Every experience is unique and unforgetable, you'll never have the same experience twice!

[Eloquence]

funny you mention the sexual thing. I had a projection yesterday and when I was in the RTZ I decided to try and fly into space. On the way up I had a sexual thought and then suddenly I plummetted towards the ground at a very high speed. lol it was actually a bit freaky falling from so high, it was just wierd that I lost my flight control.

lol, note to self: dont think about sex when flying