Was this astral travelling?

[susizanne]

Hi everybody! I'm new, so please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong place. I had an experience 2 nights ago that I need help with... I've tried for the past year or so to meditate but without result, nothing ever happens. Then, 2 nights ago, I tried a little bit again. Suddenly I was in the sleep paralysis state and couldn't move. Normally I hate this, but then I remembered reading that this was the easiest way to achieve an OOBE. So I relaxed and mentally gave the go signal for whatever to happen. As soon as I did, my whole body started buzzing in a lack of better words. It was vibrating, starting in my feet, then quickly the rest of me. It was ear-deafeningly loud in addition to mo body shaking with this vibration. Suddenly it felt like I was being pulled forward - fast - and I was in a black tunnel. I got a little scared but I kept repeating to myself that I must only be shown good things, no negative things. When I thought this - the tunnel became light blue and I was thrown out of it and I was high up in the air, looking down at an island with white sandy beaches and lots of wood. It didn't feel like flying and there was no aspect of height. It was just natural. When I was in the light blue tunnel I kept hearing voices - all female - that were not speaking to me, just a buzz, some of them talking, some of them singing (like Enya sings, sort of), but they were gone when I was out of the tunnel. So then I was put down on a beach, and I ran. In joy, not in fear, though I had no idea where I was since this island is unfamiliar for me. I thought to myself "I want to meet mum" (who died this March), and it was a natural though, as if I knew she would be there. I was imidiately lifted back up and 'flew' further over this island, but then I felt I was being pulled back, as if I was 'waking up' even though I knew I wasn't sleeping. I tried to hold on, to stay there, but I was being pulled backwards, higher and higher (no fear, just sadness that I had to leave), and right before I left I was so high that I could see that the water around the island wasn't water, it was clouds. And they were not thick, you could see through them, and I realized that what I saw under the clouds was the earth. Very very close, but as if on a different level so that you couldn't see this island with your physical eyes. And then I was back, remembering everything vividly and regaining control of my muscles. So - was this an OOBE/astral travel? And if so - whose voices did I hear? And what was this island, I thought I'd go somewhere familiar?

[NoY]

Congratz on a nice OBE/Projection 


:NoY:

[Lionheart]

 Welcome to the Astral Plane. There is a thread here on this site named "Astral Island", it has a picture there as well, you can see if that's where you were. I think you may have found your home base, the first place I ever traveled to was a beach as well. Now, because of many trips back I have created a beautiful home there. I like to call this my "Safe Zone". The voices could be people welcoming you, in my first travel people were standing in a group around me clapping.
Congratulations and enjoy the ride!

[astraladdict]

Congratz and welcome to the pulse

~astraladdict

[susizanne]

Thanks! I feel a little overwhelmed, I have been going around in the firm belief that I am the only person in the world who can't do this AP or meditation, the only one without a guide, all the 'supernatural' things seemed to belong to everybody else...and suddenly I'm part of it! I am honoured and happy But my husband laughs at it  so I'll just leave him out of what I experience. I have a question though - ever since this happened it feels like my body is extremely heavy all the time, it really feels like my body is trying to get into a sleep paralysis state, but it can't, since I'm awake. When I try to think about this sensation, I 'lose contact' with the physical sensations in my body nearly right away, like I go numb in my whole body and I can actually feel that my astral body or soul or whatever I should call it, is 'banging' on my forehead from within, trying to get out. Why? does my soul long for this experience to repeat itself so much that it has the power to do this? When I go to bed I wait for it to reoccur but I am always disturbed (baby cries, husband comes home, or just comes in to chat), an then I am too tired. Why the heaviness in the body? I also have a strong pressure on my temporal lobes, and when I think of it, my third eye.

[astraladdict]

First, everybody projects and meditates. Sitting down being aware of your breathe is all it takes to meditate. So you were already apart of it n_n Second, your brain is just aware of the energy body consciously now, it's going to feel heavy and sometimes as if it's sucking a lot of energy for the next couple of days. You had a taste of what it's like outside, so to speak, so now you want more.

~astraladdict

[Lionheart]

 Hi Susizanne, I believe your "Soul" wants to repeat this because you haven't found out why you have been set down this path towards Astral Travel yet. Everyone has something unique and personal that they are supposed to see. You will likely find the answer to that when you pose the question in the Astral. Just don't expect the answer to come quickly. Make yourself a log book of your adventures. You will see after awhile that each experience will lead to another, but somehow they all fit together like a puzzle. The Astral World is a constant "Training Ground".

[apples22]

I have had a very similar experience as you describe!

I entered astral travel, and found myself falling through a tunnel (such as maybe a time tunnel), that was moving and alive.

I then landed on a beach, which I have seen before, as a place for safety or rest or adventure, however words can't quite fully describe this vibrant beach. With someone I know and I don't know if I am making this up, but at times there I saw a well known actor who I have seen in films, I was fishing, diving, water skiing and making a sandcastle there. It is very bright and vibrant, words can't really describe this place. I was running behind someone I know in real life, along the shore, and it all happens very fast under theta waves that I listen to.

I also have been attempting to manifest a car, my intuition told me to astral travel to a car dealer, select one, and surround it in golden or white light and trust that it would somehow find me in real life. I always ground myself with a string when I astral travel, and did not intentionally try all this but very easily slipped into astral travel listening to theta waves. I selected a car at a dealer, connected to a man who works there, visualized myself shaking his hand, and visualized the color and make of this car. How can I drive it if I found it 'out there' ?