I aquired The Gateway Experience recentely, and i have some questions...

[Meddlehead]

   I am fairly new to everything that has to do with AP, and alternate states of consciousness, ect. Although i have a lot of experience with meditation to relieve stress, and i have read things on astral projection on the internet, i am fairly confused... I acquired The Gateway Experience tapes recently, and i have been doing them for a few days now. I realize these are just a tool, but i am confused, i have listen to "orientation" and "intro to focus 10" 3 times each, and i can reach focus 10 easily even without the tapes.
   My main goal with these tapes is not to astral project, but to be able to achieve all of the different states of consciousness, become more mature, and to all around try and achieve more out of my life, to be able to expand. I am very interested in the subject of astral projection, the altered states of consciousness, metaphysics and the works, so i know for a fact that i truly want to go deeper into these subjects.
    My question, is whether or not these tapes will truly help me. Has anyone used them? Are they effective at doing what they claim to do? And most importantly, i am aware that these are tools to help me go off in the right direction and expand myself, but how? I know these tapes will not cause an OOBE, but if i am correct, they will help me in learning how to achieve this. Am i right? Does anyone have any other advice that would help a beginner such as myself?
   Also, i know there have been other topics like this, and i have read the tips on doing "intro to focus 10", but even that left me confused. I have looked through all of the threads similar to this, but none of them have contained what i am looking for, and i am having trouble putting together all the pieces. This is all new to me, but i deeply want to further explore these subjects. Any help would be appreciated.

[Stookie]

I don't know if you've read this, but I've found it helpful:

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_permanent_astral_topics/gateway_wave_1_pointers_original_post_by_frank-t25243.0.html

Also, one of the last 2 tracks in wave I (I can't remember which) you're instructed to float up out of your body while in F10, and this has consciously happened to me while doing it. He instructs you to float up a couple feet and just relax, and after a minute or 2 you float back. It's like a baby-step to OBE, like dipping you toe in the water. (However, this is after becoming intimate with F10 in the earlier tracks.)

IMO, if you do these over a period of time and consciously do the exercises, not just listen and sit and wait, they can definitely help.

[Meddlehead]

whoa, the technique explained in that link is exactly like what i imagined in my session last night!  I feel the tapes are working very well, on my first try with the second tape i entered focus 10, and i am fairly certain it was deep. I have done the exercise 4 times with the tape, 1 of those times i used my imagination, and i attempted to go into focus 10 by my self. And i did, it took a few minutes longer, but i entered focus 10, and fairly deep i might add.

Also, while in the focus 10 "hut" i attempted to go through the gateway to the astral, the night sky with stars and planets. I started getting intense feelings, random twitching, strange electric tingling all over my body, my head felt larger than normal, te inside of my head, or m mind specifically, i couldn't make a distinction between the bed and my body, i couldn't really tell what position i was in, and i felt like i was lifting out of my body, i felt like i was floating up, but i knew my physical self wasn't actually floating. I didn't really feel like i was completely in my body, per say. I tried to rollout, climb out, and continue floating out, but Monroe's voice interrupted me, and i lost my focus. 

Was this the beginning of a projection? if not, what exactly was it? 

[Stookie]

For me, those things are related to entering F10 or a light F10 trance. As F10 deepens, I start to feel more "in my head" and body sensations disappear. It's not long after that I'm ready for an exit (or deepen it).

I've read a lot of people say that Monroe's voice spooks them out of it, but I've found that when I really stay with the track and follow it correctly, he comes in at just the right moments. An example would be in a deep F10 state - if you're deep enough his voice enters your consciousness, and I sorta want to say in the "background", but that's kind of misleading. It's just... different, when in F10.

[Meddlehead]

what you said made sense, but the thing is, the first time i got into focus 10, i felt some of the vibrations and tingling, but after a few more tries of this tape i no longer really experienced them as i got deeper into focus 10. I started to experience these strange feelings, well after i was in F10, up to that point i experienced no sensations in my body, i could not even feel my body, but then i imagined my self entering the "astral portal" and i started to experience these things. I went into focus 10 again today, but i did not imagine going into the astral portal part of my F10 "hut" and i did not experience these feelings.

Also, his voice only bothered me that one time, when i was straying away from the directions a little.