Pretty sure I projected?

[adminofficial]

Well guys last night I'm pretty sure I projected, and I think it was the first or second time,  the first time I can remember for sure.  I wasn't even trying, but I remember almost falling asleep, and then I heard some whispering, but it was loud and in a female voice, and I don't remember what it was saying, but I did understand it.  And then I remember being in my room, but I felt like I was moving my arms and legs, but my body wasn't moving.  Like I was aware it was there, and I felt like I was physically moving my arms, but when I moved them I couldn't see them move, but I felt them move.  Make sense?!  I also remember I could see my room, but my eyes were closed.  And then I tried moving, and I just fell and couldn't really control what I was doing, and at one point I felt like I was back in my physical body so I tried doing it again, and moved again but my physical body didn't move again.  And I heard the whispering again, only it was real loud like someone was whispering right in my ear.  It also seems like at one point, I tried looking at my hands, and they looked kind of like the "gas effect" you see when you look at gas fumes, they were just clear but they were definately there.  I remember thinking to myself that I was projecting, because I've been studying for around 10 years but never was able to do it, and stopped trying for about 8, anyone have any input??

[Xanth]

Well, I'll tell you this... when you're actually projecting from a normal dream state, it's pretty damn obvious.  It's like a slap upside the head with an Astral Awareness stick.  LOL

[EscapeVelocity]

Congratulations,
what you've described is pretty much the classic, first-time etheric/RTZ OBE with an assortment of confusing and conflicting sensations. It gets easier and better with practice and understanding of what's going on...or at least a consensus opinion of what's going on.

So, you managed to exit your body and promptly crumpled into an awkward, clumsy heap by your bedside? Same thing happened to me early on; you're trying to figure out how to operate this new 'body' you inhabit, and it's not quite as easy as first thought. First thing to do is to increase your awareness/lucidity. There are several ways: You can simply 'ask' for it by thinking something like "Clarity now!" or "Increase my awareness now!", or once I tried deep breathing which very quickly transformed into me 'drawing' energy from my physical, or like you did, look at your hands every ten seconds or so-that seems to help stabilise awareness. Also, you can try grabbing hold of something, like a railing or the edge of a desk.

Next thing to do is try and get at least ten feet away from your physical, as that seems to minimize some feedback/distortion symptoms that can occur. If your bedroom is large enough to let you do that without having to pass through a door into a hallway, then fine. Passing through 'portals' such as doorways, windows and walls may or may not present a problem--it does for me, I almost always 'shift' somewhere other than my house, either into a Lucid Dream or possibly the Astral. It's so frustrating! lol


One of those feedback/distortion symptoms, at least in my opinion and personal experience, is the female voice you describe whispering in your ear. I've had whispers, shouts, urgent messages that were just gibberish, gunshots, chainsaws, air compressors...all sorts. Once you fully exit your physical, all that 'noise' should disappear. Personally, I think it springs from your subconscious as one last desperate act to distract you from exiting.

For me, etheric/RTZ OBE's call for a fair amount of energy, I guess to maintain both the second body and my awareness in it. It's like scuba diving, I only have a few minutes of 'bottom time'. Another tech to consider is doing some 'energy work' earlier in the day, like Robert Bruce's NEW Energy Ways.

Hope some of that helps, otherwise great job! Have fun and be sure to report back! EV