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Alright, let us get to the point...

Last time I posted a topic, I mentioned how I was probably close to actually achieving AP/OBE. One thing I keep trying to wrap my mind around is HOW I even got to that point. Every time I've read on the subject, I hear on how I should probably get sleep paralysis. So as you could expect, I tried my best to get there. When I tried, I could get to what I think is partial paralysis but I could not do anything to deepen it, which resulted in me spending a while laying there getting frustrated. I was not really getting anywhere at all until that one time.

I wasn't even trying to AP or anything, the only thing I was doing was sitting there relaxing and not really thinking much of anything. I guess you could call it meditation, even though that wasn't my goal. I didn't feel numb or get vibrations or anything like that, it just happened out of the blue. I suddenly felt like I was falling through my chair and panicked. I think part of the reason why I panicked was because I didn't expect to get that far at all.

I guess I was under the assumption that as a beginner I had to be in SP? I wasn't in Sleep Paralysis at all, so I'm really confused at the moment. I've tried to recreate what happened, but maybe thinking something might happen ruined it? Could someone help shine some light on the matter?

Sorry if I seem dense or anything, I'm just asking so I can get a clearer picture...

Well, now that I know that I was almost there, I feel a bit more pumped up to try again :]

Thanks for the encouragement!

I'm here again, and I would rather like to know what this was!

I was using Binaural beats to help me along as a beginner, and on my first try using them, I had gotten fairly relaxed. I started to sort of vaguely notice certain things that were forming in the blackness of my eyelids. They were semi-clear visuals, and from what I remember, it was like a sort of Asian-styled structure (or at least that was what it came across as to me). Another thing that came into view was a scene of a woman walking into a kitchen and feeding her dog. I managed to "interact" with this enviroment and smelled something that was vaguely like dog treats before it went away.

Sometime after that, I suddenly couldn't feel any part of my body anymore (or rather, I was not aware of my body at all by that point), and I felt like I was literally falling into the blackness. However, I did not notice what was happening until it was too late. When I noticed that I was falling, I immediately panicked and snapped back to the physical. My body even jerked like it had caught itself. Nothing happened when I tried to do it again afterwards.

Was I close? I don't understand what happened, this is the first time anything like that has happened to me on any of my attempts! I'm not even sure on how to do it again.

Hello, I'm new here and I'm very interested in this.

This is not the first time I've heard of OBEs/Astral Projections/Lucid dreams nor the first time I've tried, but I haven't had much luck. Whenever I try to use the Mind Awake/Body Asleep method, I tend to get bored or accidentally fall asleep. I am starting to think that I am not very suited for that method. It doesn't help that if I'm not doing something that keeps my interest, I tend to lose focus easily.

I've been browsing these forums for a while before joining, and I have heard of "Phasing". To me, this actually seems like a great method for me. I'm very imaginative and I have tried imagining a scene and interacting with the items there before, but I've never known that it could be used to Astral Project. I'd like your take on if it sounds good, though.

After looking around and searching through posts, you all seem very nice and know a lot. Not to mention how the mention of an Astral Pulse Island interests me.

I've only recently heard of something called an Astral Academy though, and I'm not very sure about what that is. I understand it's kinda like the Island, but what happens there? Is it like an actual academy in that you go there to learn different things?

Excuse me if I seem to be asking a lot, I'm just trying to receive guidance and these forums seem to be a great place to get it.