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[1:02 AM - 2:40 AM:]

I'm usually against guided meditation videos though I decided to try one tonight/this morning and felt progress.

1:02 AM - 2:40 AM: During my 11th attempt I felt vibrations stronger than any I ever have; it felt apart from my physical body.
The vibrations were coming from my feet, legs, hands, arms and slightly around my hips but no where else.

I decided it was time to attempt "exiting" after a while. I tried to feel a floating sensation but couldn't.
Eventually I started feeling my eyes moving around rapidly and believe I was feeling REM.
I mentally asked my spirit guides/guardian angels to assist my and imagined hold out my arm.
I tried imagining watching myself come out of my body from my physical view and then from the floating view.
I began to focus on exiting to the point of losing focus on relaxing. I was back where I started so I decided to
get up and try again with the video at the beginning.

2:50 AM - 2:57 AM: During my 12th attempt my pet began barking in her sleep right when I started and that's where that failed.

3:00 AM - 4:10 AM: During my 13th attempt I was laying on my left side instead of my back like in the other two. I intended on just
going to sleep with the video on this time but it progressed into nearly exactly the same experience as my 11th. Two
noticeable differences are I did not feel vibrations as strong and I had a difficult time visualizing moving my arms since I
was laying on one. I also tried the rope method after having troubles imagining floating and teleporting.

A few things I want to know:

Whilst attempting I felt my heart beating and I was fully aware of my breathing pattern as well as swallowing and moving
my tongue when doing so. I have read forum posts stating that I should become unaware and do all of this without
directing any conscious effort towards these.

Regarding my 11th attempt on line 4; were my other parts not relaxed enough to feel vibrations?

Assistance and advice appreciated.

[Noted Problems]

I have attempted Astral Projection ten times at times between 10pm and 1am without a successful OBE.
As a child I have had several OBE's that I would categorize under lucid dreams. I have not noticed having
one since the age of 10 nor do I often remember dreams; only once a month if lucky. I used to always
wake up with sleep paralysis if I fell asleep on my back but have never hallucinated or felt pressure on
my chest like many people do from this "phenomenon."

I've utilized a few different Astral Projection guided meditations videos during the experience and felt more progression without them.
What I have felt or experienced so far are only vibrations throughout arms, hands, legs and feet along with a partial state of sleep paralysis.

I have tried are the rope climbing, the ladder climbing, the rocking back/forth the getting up, the teleporting and the floating out of body methods.

Noted Problems

   Moving Physical body when trying to exit. (e.g. Expecting to move astral arm and move physical one)

   Having to swallow often with the tenancy of moving my tongue and jaw in the process

   No assistance when mentally asking for help from a spirit guide/guardian angel.

   Unable to feel a rolling, rising/floating or falling sensation with any methods

   Difficulty fully relaxing eyes, tongue, jaw, head and neck.

   Eyes do not start to feel heavy but slowly open if I try to relax them and not move them or apply pressure.

My Questions

   Many times I have came across videos stating to get up when you feel vibrations as you would physically and that's never worked;
   how should I detach from my body if my intentions are to literally raise one body part at a time out of my physical one.

   I am not hearing noises such as ringing. Would this be a sign that I have not relaxed enough?

   Why can I not feel the motions of rocking or floating?

   My head hardly feels as if it's in sleep paralysis when attempting AP; causes and solution?

   Why has my guide not assisted me?

   When do I go about the process of what feels like opening my physical eyes to see if I have Astral Projected? / Should I not attempt opening my eyes?

Advice based on my situation and answering my questions will be appreciated.