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A funny thing I have noticed recently is a strong anti-establishment sentiment. What I mean by this is the desire of people to shirk something because of its high visibility in the public eye. What I am getting at is about Robert Bruce's books. Just because he is profiting from these books, some automatically assume he is a corrupt capitalist who is exploiting spirituality. Don't be afraid to follow the instructions in his books. This world, at least until we can produce manna from the sky, will remain profit driven. I believe Bruce has the highest intentions that anyone could have. I tried for years to reproduce anything that I could on an astral level. Wishing, hoping, believing but it just didn't cut the mustard. This is practical work and it does require practical methods. I do hope you try the 90 Days book and keep us informed while you practice.[/i]

Lucidity will result from this work.  The only cure for "terror" or "fear" is lucidity.  It's like turning the light on and realizing that the big furry thing you feel in the dark is only a bear fur and not a bear.  Fear in our dreams, in my opinion, is the ego personality fighting to deny its higher self.  Dreams are a delusion created by the subconscious to paint terrifying pictures of OOB related symptoms.  For example, while the energy body is feeling different sensations such as the vibration or transitional stages of projection it translates these into things which you are consciously terrified of.(radios turning on supernaturally or freaky animals screeching)  Thereby using your fear against you by causing you to stop the terror and denying you further development.  Lucidity, which is a result of energy work, will allow you to consciously say, while you are dreaming, "I am no longer afraid of these images".  Then you will more than likely move on to a more conscious state of being.  (Out of body experience)

Here's some pragmatic suggestions for you that I have found to be true and effective.  Learn Robert Bruce's methods of energy body stimulation.  Listen to the appropriate setting on the bwgen while you do your energy body stimulation.  Sit in a semi reclined chair.  Do all of these things after you are fully rested and are not likely to fall asleep.  Stay as close to the prescribed time limits as possible as described in 90 Days to Astral Projection.  Try to calm your mind more than you have ever done in your life, push the limits.

I think it is interesting because you have not had an experience in the realm of AP.  Something deeply subconscious must be pushing you in this direction.  I know it does for me.  Whether it is pain that pushes us toward AP as an escape, or our "higher self" pushing us toward a expanded state of mind, I don't know.  But the end result is that we feel a desire to go in the direction of "spiritual work".

SoM, I don't know if you are still following this thread but I hope I can give you a pragmatic example of the positive effects of energy work.
For years I had spontaneous occurrances of different sorts i.e. vivid dreams, increased consciousness in dreams, projection symptoms(didn't know what they were at the time), and even a fully conscious real-time projection. Following that, I had a fully conscious astral projection. For many years now I've wanted to recreate those experiences. I wasn't looking to "improve" myself, I just wanted to recreate those amazing experiences in this mundane world of empty religion and hollow philosophies. Concerns, in my opinion, about selfish desires only act as a roadblock to doing  anything in this world.
So I set out to understand. The first books I stumbled across described a strange sensation known as the "vibration". I was amazed by the verification of my experiences. I felt as if I had just dug a book from the ashes of the library of Alexandria. Soon, I began to find more books and more verifications. But, very few of these books contained information on how to stimulate and develop ourselves to reacheive our experiences.
You mention how you did some energy work and felt some tingling. You then launched immediately into conscious denial of its benefits. I guess an appropriate question would be,
"Are you looking to recreate a previous experience, or are you trying to cause your first experience?"
The reason I ask this is because you (through the effort of sitting down and doing energy work) show a desire to develop yourself along these lines.
If you would allow me, I would like to rephrase your question, "I sat down and followed the instructions on how to develop my energy body. My results were successful. I felt tingling which indicated to me that I do have an energy body. This is the most amazing discovery of my life. Nobody ever told me about this and I had to investigate on my own. If I am to believe other intellectually honest people, this one experience indicates to me that life does exist beyond the body. I will continue to investigate due to this verification. Other experiences await me if I continue developing and strengthening my energy body. I know that further experiences will open and expand my understanding of reality. My understanding will be based on experience, not dogma. But, how do I overcome my doubts? Why do I constantly create roadblocks to my own development? I know this is an open-ended question but it is the root of my problems with energy development. Is it a wolf in sheeps clothing? Is my fear of projecting actually clothed in intellectual debate about the validity of energy work? "
The reason I phrased this in a question is because I have the very same problem. I love talking. But talking is not a placebo for doing.
Your experiences will validate themselves. Others words, and even our own, being only so much sound and fury.
I would be interested in news about your further energy work. Your cautious approach, and any experiences that follow, could bring credence to the esoteric path of energy work. Especially to those who doubt. And then truly your path will be unselfish. You will be holding the light of experience and knowledge up to those who may be wandering.