Almost Projected?

[x DoNuT x]

i know this post is sort of long but i would really appreciate it if you spent a few minutes to read it.  thanks..

Hi everyone, im new to the forums and this is my first post on the site.  i have been reading about projection for about 2 or 3 weeks now and have become really interested.  ill start off with a little bit of information about myself.  im 16 years old and i live in the bay area of california.  about a week ago i really wanted to try to project so i went to bed deeply focusing on my breathing and blocking out stray thoughts but nothing happened so i gave it a try again a couple of nights later and nothing happened again.  even though ive read about how it can take MANY attempts to achieve projection, i got sort of mad at the lack of results.  anyways, two days ago i came home from school and was tired so i slept from about 6 to 9 30.  i wasnt tired at all so i watched tv for a while.  i decided to go to bed around 2 and right before i realized that this was the perfect opportunity to give projection a shot since i had read that doing it in a state where you are not tired but rather voluntarily doing it is better so i layed on my back in bed and from then i dont remember what happened until at some point during the night i found myself hearing someone talking to me and then i heard ALOT of other noises all at once.  just the most profound noises in my head and then i felt the buzzing.  i had read about it but didnt know what it would feel like as no one can seem to explain it.  but i know for a fact that this was it my whole body was buzzing as though it were "asleep" but not really a tingly feeling, more of a "buzzing" its hard to explain.  so anyways i got kind of scared as this is the farthest ive come to projection and i woke myself up.  i was definitely in somewhat a state of paralysis because i remember it took a few seconds for me to be able to move.  i woke up scared and excited at the same time.  i went back to sleep and at some point it sounded like my neighbor was working in his garage, like i was hearing a drill and hammering and all kinds of tools all at once.  i remember thinking "why is this guy working at 3 in the morning? does he always do this and i just dont notice because im asleep".  and then the buzzing AGAIN.  i once again became scared and resisted it.

im really mad i decided to back out both times but im glad i was able to experience this first so i will know what to expect next time.  my question is why is it that i was able to do this without even trying?? i mean i wanted to project but i used NO method whatsoever.  any advice on how to achieve this state again? i didnt realize i was going to write this much but thank you if you read this..

[loppoppy]

maybe it is because through your attempts you had conditioned your mind to go through the projection process.
My advice for getting this to happen again would be to triple check that your body is fully relaxed then carry out your chosen method but don't EXPECT results, don't find yourself trying to hard to achieve results, there is such a thing as focusing too much! it requires too much brain activity. Just do what you gotta do for as long as you see fit and see what happens. If that doesn't work and you still get nothing you could try another method of projection and see if that works better for you =)

it's such a shame that beginners freak out when they get SO CLOSE! haha it makes me laugh, i was exactly the same, i think everyone is, if we didn't have that fear there'd be a lot more of us projecting these days =). keep at it your doing better then i did when i first started =)

[x DoNuT x]

thanks for the positive feedback i really appreciate it.  i do realize that im really lucky to have experienced this so early on.  im a person who needs results to continue doing what im doing so im more excited than i can express that i now i have that extra reassurance that i was almost there.  anyways ive read about ALOT of methods and dont know which one will work best for me.  any suggestions? ya i know what your saying about trying too hard.  i know now that i was trying too hard my first two times.  im definitely going to try again tonight so if anyone has some methods that often work for them i would greatly appreciate it.  also i recently introduced my friend to astral projection and hes really interested especially after i told him about how close i got.  we want to try to meet eachother in the astral realm, i just thought i would throw that out there.  any suggestions on this.  like i said im pretty new to this whole thing but im a relatively quick learner and after my experience im dedicated to leaving my body completely.  thanks in advance.

[loppoppy]

different methods work for different people, experiment with each one, see what part of each method works for you and doesnt work for you and sort of create your own custom method that helps you the most. No harm in trying them out aye you never know =).
The method i used when i first astral projected was the method where you shift your conciousness to a point in front of you, i forget who exactly thought up that method but yeah =P. This takes up a lot of energy to accomplish though and can be difficult to do more then once without a few days meditation and rest, but you can give it a go and see how it works for you =) it might work out to be easier for you and require less effort.

As for meeting your friend in the astral, this is something you should both think about once you have managed to project a few times and can maintain your projection without falling into an astral pool. it can be difficult to project and view the physical world with an imbalanced mind as stray thoughts can lead to the creation of an astral pool and you will not be seeing physical "reality" anymore.
If you want to meet i suggest that the more accomplished projector of the two of you meets the other outside their body so that you will find eachother as soon as you have both projected.
I have done this many times before with my friend =)

don't lose that dedication! it is key to entering the astral, if you don't go at every attempt like you are determined to get there, then sensations are the best your gonna get =).

Experiment, have fun, good luck and let us know how things develop!

[Psan]

i once again became scared and resisted it.

Fear of unknown is a natural protection mechanism built inside all of us. So nothing serious here, just let go ... and remember that no harm is possible during a projection, because as you know, we all do it every night all our lives... but unconsciously of course. The key is to learn to remain conscious during this natural process.
So nothing to worry about and best of luck !

[x DoNuT x]

thanks guys, i tried again last night but just drifted off to sleep.  as for meeting your friend in the astral im very curious to this.  how exactly do you go about doing this.  do you both have to consciously project or can one person project and simply go to the others house and "pull" their astral body out?  im curious how to go about doing this.  how many times have you done it with your friend and did you both remember the same experience every time?

PS - im really glad to have joined these forums, seems like a lot of laid back nice people here.  really appreciate all the help.

[loppoppy]

ah well i actually told the story of how me and my friend first met in another topic on this forum =).
Basically when i projected accidentally during sleep he was there and said that i'd been floating there for ages like i was in a trance thats why he stuck around coz he thought i was out but just being stupid haha...when i awoke the next day i didnt say anything to him incase it was just a dream, but it was HIM that mentioned it to me. I asked him to tell me what happened as if i didn't remember and he told me perfectly what had happened thus verifying it XD.

To meet someone in the astral you both have to sucessfully project into the astral and be able to view the physical world without stray thoughts pulling you away from real time projection into a self created astral pool.
Some people say it is not possible to pull someone into the astral, i however disagree! my friend has pulled me out on many occasions while i slept because back in the day i was not as accomplished at projecting as he was. The only downside to pulling someone else out is that they rarely remember it, out of about ten times my friend pulled me out i only remembered 3 and it was only bits and pieces.
I meet up with my friend often, so much so that it has become common practice for us, we no longer doubt its reality yet we still check we had the same experience, sometimes i recall the events sometimes he does but yes they are always accurate =).
I can't explain it but the astral feels different from a dream anyway, when your there you'll know it's not a dream, so even if your friend doesnt remember then if it felt like the astral you can rest assured it was! =)

yeah we're all about being laid back here! i don't think i've ever sucessfully ticked anyone off =P.

[x DoNuT x]

i think i read that post actually.  was it the one where after you were sort of just "stuck" you got out for a short time and then your friend flew through the roof and then you werent there when he got out and the next day he asked you where you went and you said you woke up right then? i think thats how it went at least could have been someone else.  but ya that just seems so crazy to me that you can meet a person in the astral.  im really new to projecting so i naturally have a few questions.  how long are your projections usually? i think id be pretty upset if i did all the work to get out and it ended up being only 2 or 3 minutes.  thanks for all the responses.

[Steel Hawk]

Just be careful about aborting the projections, eventually it will make it harder and harder to have one. Trust me. It's best if you can ride it out and not let fear take control (easier said than done.. I know)

Try to search the forums about fear, maybe you can see what may trip you up.

Very important: I don't think enough beginners realize this. The experience is going to be as real as this is right now. Imagine your physical body, laying in bed, suddenly is now floating in the air. That's how it will feel. You'll think a ghost or something picked you up and you'll freak out -- if you're not careful.

Beginners always have negs screwing with them, you might hear your parent call your name, or hear your door opening, but you have to ignore it. I couldn't, but maybe you can.

If you really want this I guarantee you that eventually you'll be able to do it, if you don't give up (or if you do, then just come back to it someday)... one day you won't even have exit symptoms.

Edit: typo

[Rack]

New to site. I didn't know this kind of site existed.
I thought I was crazy.

I wasn't trying to do this. I just thought if you thought just do it I could move forward in time.

And it happened. It only lasted maybe 30 seconds. I was laying down/my body stayed in laying position and then I was sitting up away from my body and looking back at it. My mind was in the sitting up self.

Seemed like I was a few seconds or minute ahead of myself. Then I kinda sat up into my self.

Now is this Astral Projection?

Haven't tried since/scared me.

Also, I have kinda some incites into future things that freak me out. I've always tried to stop it and have done a good job of it, but some things get through.

Who would I talk to about this. I don't claim to be psychic. Just trying to come to grips with this and not feel like a freak.

Please help new to this and unsettled. Hope I put this is the right section. R

[drVeljko]

Hi I am another new member 
So I was trying to do astral projection for a long time. Every night I was relaxing as much as I can, checking every muscle for tension. Then when relaxed I was trying to do some kind of massage of my body with energetic hands (at least that is how it looked in my mind ). There I had a problem. Every time I fall asleep
Yesterday it was different. I relaxed but then i didnt try that massage thing. I fully contentred on that little noise in my ears, killing every other thought I got. Then I started hearing some songs, that are really similar to one kind of music I don't listen very much but it is really popular in my county, that dont exist. I was trying to get them out of my mind and slowly I started being scared. Passed that part and fear vanished but then buzzing and small vibrations came. When I take a breath I feel like going back to normal state, but when I breed out buzzing and vibration become stronger. I think I eaven felt my hearth chakra vibrating very hard but I am not sure.... When all that happend I tried to lift my astral hands and legs but couldnt only thing I felt was some kind of awareness of space in my room, but that too soon disapeared.
I have one question for now. Is that it?
no really should i try to concetrate longer on that noise in my ears eaven when buzzing and vibration come or should i try something else when "they" come?
Help a noob

[Harliquin]

Its funny I had a very similar experience to you last night, im new to this and am not quite sure what to do once I get a sense of the vibrations.

All day today, i have felt like i am extremely relaxed though, and almost floating in my body, its great!!

But strange things are happening to me, my finger went to sleep this morning, and i had to grab it and bend it back again lol

I think im still a bit scared of letting go, and the other night i had around 4 people stand around me im sure, one tried to pull gently on my legs to pull me out, and they all explained they didnt want to shock me. I felt like they were very loving, and knew me. I even saw one of them for an instant.

I think if i call again for them they will come back when i am ready.

Sorry to blab on, but i have to tell you all as you understand i guess.

[loppoppy]

Donut,
yes thats the one =). cool aye

harliquin,
negs hahaha, i like that term. and very good description of what its like when you enter the astral. It is rather amazing, when i first did it i believed for a moment i was actually floating physically haha but then i realized it was my astral =) woo.
and wow ur lucky to have help with ur experiences XD