question about the astral plane.

[the fool on the hill]

I was wondering a few things...

1.is the astral plane a constant plane of thought?

2.does one create a personal piece of the astral plane when one goes in to it or do people just enter it.

3.can people meet in the astral plane?

4.if people can meet each other, how would that work? can i create some place in the astral realm where some one can just arrive? how would the other person know about this place if it was created from me; or do we both enter a place already created in the astral realm, the astral realm itself?

5.if people can meet each other, can they see your astral body like you do? I cannot imagine a being with my consciousness who is 4d, i can imagine my consciousness traveling outside in 1st person view & i can change it to third but never 4th. I am not sure how that would work because if someone is looking at me from the back i'm not sure what they would see.

6.is the astral body suppoust to be an exact copy of your body?

7.can light hurt my eyes if i stare at it for a while to try n develop clairvoyance.

8.when i stare in to the light for a while & close my eyes i see theese intente colors that will change to my will & last as long as i concentrate; with my eyes open too sometimes. The colors I see, are they cells in my eyes dying or why do i see this? is it bad?

[Goober]

7.can light hurt my eyes if i stare at it for a while to try n develop clairvoyance.

YES. Don't do that ANY MORE.

8.when i stare in to the light for a while & close my eyes i see theese intente colors that will change to my will & last as long as i concentrate; with my eyes open too sometimes. The colors I see, are they cells in my eyes dying or why do i see this? is it bad?

It's called "Image Burn.", it's nothing spectacular, and it's damaging your eyes. Yea, it's bad.




For the rest of those, read this.

http://www.spirit-quest.ca/Spirit-Quest.pdf

[MisterJingo]

I was wondering a few things...

1.is the astral plane a constant plane of thought?

What do you mean by this?

2.does one create a personal piece of the astral plane when one goes in to it or do people just enter it.

The astral is considered a substance which immediately follows thought. The astral in its bounds is infinite, and one can create structures or locales from belief. Standard astral philosophy suggests that belief is needed to reinforce a structure and make it last over time.
Some believe we can experience inner planes; Monroe called this his I-There (which he did allude to having a location in the 'outer' astral too).

3.can people meet in the astral plane?

This should be possible, but there are very few convincing reports of this occurring.

4.if people can meet each other, how would that work? can i create some place in the astral realm where some one can just arrive? how would the other person know about this place if it was created from me; or do we both enter a place already created in the astral realm, the astral realm itself?

It could work in a number of ways. People could either focus on their perception of the others identity and move to it. People could meet at a consistent astral land mark (constant across beliefs). One could build a locale, and the other could find it by focusing on it's description, or building a visualisation of it and putting themselves in the visualisation. It's a case of experimentation and seeing what works for you.

5.if people can meet each other, can they see your astral body like you do? I cannot imagine a being with my consciousness who is 4d, i can imagine my consciousness traveling outside in 1st person view & i can change it to third but never 4th. I am not sure how that would work because if someone is looking at me from the back i'm not sure what they would see.

This comes down to belief. We perceive what we do filtered through expectation, belief and experiences to date. A being of light to one person, is an angel to another, or even an average looking guy to yet another. Chances are, you will perceive your friend as you know them as that is how you expect them to look.

6.is the astral body suppoust to be an exact copy of your body?

It depends on which philosophy you follow. Some believe it is and contains an energy structure, others (me) believe the astral body looks like the physical simply because we are so used to having a body and we unconsciously create such an image of ourselves. In many astral experiences I've changed forms into different people, animals and 'monsters'.

7.can light hurt my eyes if i stare at it for a while to try n develop clairvoyance.

It depends how bright the light is. Never stare at the sun.

8.when i stare in to the light for a while & close my eyes i see theese intente colors that will change to my will & last as long as i concentrate; with my eyes open too sometimes. The colors I see, are they cells in my eyes dying or why do i see this? is it bad?

This is simply retinal fatigue. The receptors in your eye become fatigued due to over stimulation and so imprint the image you were looking at until they recover. Bright lights make this much more pronounced. If you stare at anything you will start seeing colours appear around it, this is due to natural eye jitter and fatigue (which I think in many cases is mistaken for auras).