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Whilst trying to AP the other day, a thought occurred to me. The astral planes are often compared to the electromagnetic spectrum, ie. the visible part of the spectrum is analogous to waking consciousness and the invisible part of the spectrum from ultra-violet upwards is likened to the astral planes, which similarly increase in 'frequency'. OK, nice analogy, but I then thought the light spectrum extends then other way into invisibility, from infra red and down through lower frequencies, maybe all the way to ultra-long gravity waves if the theory is correct. So what about the astral planes - could there be a anti-astral frequencies below that which we perceive as waking consciousness and earthly matter ?

Anyone familiar with popular cosmology will now that the current theory of the make up of the cosmos states that a huge percentage (I think it's 75%) of the mass of the universe is unseen 'dark matter'. It's really mysterious stuff which cannot be detected using current technology, but it must exist if the current theories are to be believed.

So my idea was that maybe dark matter is something like the stuff of the astral planes, but more dense than normal matter. It's thought that the astral planes get progressively less dense, or are of a higher 'frequency', the higher you go. Well perhaps matter also has invisible planes descending into lower frequencies, ie. more and more dense, in the other direction. That might be what dark matter is. OK, we know the astral planes are closely related to thought, they may actually be the same thing. How that would relate to the 'anti-astral' is open to debate. I doubt these sub-levels would be visitable as such, if there was such a thing they might be more like the 'foundations' for matter - or something  :confused:

Where the astral planes are the supposed source of many apparitions, visions and UFO-type experiences, I wonder if the anti-astral is the realm which holds the answers to many of the baffling qualities of sub-atomic particles which quantum physicists struggle to comprehend as well as the bizarre permutations of General and Special Relativity.

Well it was just a thought, please feel free to shoot it full of as many holes as you like  

Tried a new AP technique today which worked wonders - get up early, have breakfast quickly, go back to bed and try to AP - ear plugs and sleep mask will help. It's ideal if you are like me and take a long time to come round in the morning, as you are still physically tired but mind becoming alert. Plus it's light so no dark RTZ freaks/weirdness to contend with. Anyway, after 15 mins of listening to my breakfast gurgling down (BTW I've also found that a slight stomach upset, wind or whatever aids AP) I pop out into what I think is the lower astral. I think that's what it is because of the bizarre mixture of old and new buildings and crazy road layout. I often see places like this, very much like the chaotic lower astral levels Robert Bruce mentions in his AstralDynamics book. It's very sunny and quite hot. There are the usual inhabitants wandering around, apparently purposefully, but my previous attempts at conversation on this level verge on the surreal - last time I asked a guy where he was from he just shouted "I'm too purple to be stupid !". Typical, I thought  :confused:

I attempt at some high-level flight but I still get that 'astral gravity' thing which soon pulls me back down again - bah ! So I wander off through the narrow twisting alleys of this chaotic city, most of the buildings are a mix of 19th century and abandoned building sites, many still have all the dilapidated scaffolding around them - weird. Anyway, I ignore the few people I see and then I spot a black motorcycle lying on the ground on its side. Looked like an old Honda 250 from the eighties. So I lift it upright - it's heavy and I can smell petrol - cool. A quick check of my hands to keep things on track (that really works wonders in prolonging the experience !) and I throw my leg over. I see my hands now have black leather gloves !. I press the red starter with my right thumb and she fires up, this is going to be great I think to myself, I must try and find some open highway.

Clutch in, left foot clicks into first, drops the clutch and off I go ! First thing I notice is this thing is sooo underpowered, probably a variation of astral gravity, ie. my disbelief is creeping in. Anyway, it moves along at about 30mph which is fast enough for these little alleys. This is great, I'm laughing my head off. I keep coming to steep steps up and down, it's like a scene out of the Italian Job ! No problem, I rattle up and down and even though some obstructions. At one point I'm inside an old building charging through the corridors on this astral bike whooping like a idiot, then I get stuck in a room, so I rev it up and dump the clutch and I'm out through the window and back into the street. At this point I realise I am just holding the handlebars and the bike has vanished ! Never mind, I can still feel the seat in my butt and hear the engine, so I carry on, thinking if anyone else is APing here, this would look hilarious with me whizzing along in a seated position with just handlebars  

I still can't find the open highway and now the handlebars have gone too. At this point I see a train pulling out of a station and decide to get on it and see where it goes. Then I realise there is a slight scale problem as it's about one-quarter size and I have to sit on the roof. I can see now my lucidity level is dropping and no amount of hand-looking is sharpening up my perception, so I relax and pop ! Back in bed.

This is a record length AP for me, I usually only manage less than a minute oob. I guess this was about 5 mins of lucidity in all. I think the key was that I a) AP'd during the morning and was not mentally tired b) it was daylight so no fear factor, and c) I repeatedly made myself look at my hands (they looked like they had been under water for hours, really shrivelled, that was strange), that technique really works for me.

A bit of history - I used to AP in my 20's but just thought it was all in my head so never developed the skill. I started reading a few books on the afterlife recently (I'm 45 now) and inevitably came across AP again. After reading Monroe/Moen/Bruce I decided this is definitely for me ! I was quickly back into it with real enthusiasm and had a great (but short) projection to a very interesting astral realm, that convinced me more than anything I should really go for it and develop this skill as far as I could. BTW I'm not a motorcyclist, at least not in the last 20 yrs. I can't imagine why my subconcious thought that was necessary, I'm glad it happened though ! I'll see if I can go driving next time