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Hey Everyone,
                      TheJza was bugging me because I gave such an imature first tme post to his article on hemisync.  I have not used hemi-sync largely due to the cost of the gateway program.  Also, I have felt that it is urgent that I start on that program as I have enjoyed thousands of out-of-body experiences through my years.

I have however, read all of Robert A. Monroes books, Journeys Out-of-the-Body, Far Journeys, and Ultimate Journeys.  And of the three, Far Jouneys has been my favorite.

Setting aside my royally bad sense of humour, I have a strong reference point for issues relating to human consciousness, out-of-body experiences, lucid dreaming, precognition and some phenomenology.

I hope to at least share some of this insight with the community.  I am sure you will find some of the things I have encountered informative and fun.

Regards,
             Ian Wilson

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Greetings Ian!

Thank you very much indeed for your excellent contribution - and welcome to our forums!

First of all  - I really like your analogy of those "Magic Eye" pictures! From a focussing perspective I think your analogy is very appropriate indeed. Many people, as you say, might reach the 2D imagery stage, but have not yet taught their perception to perceive 3D imagery therein - a step closer to the Astral.

I also like your idea of introducing audio sentience as throwing the rocks at the door - excellent idea!

Just a couple fo brief comments. I think it is correct to say that one has to achieve a certain level of trance, e.g. to the theta state, in order to gain the powers of imagination inherent with that state, and to be able to apply them to the creative imagery such as you describe.

That leads us to the second problem though of staying awake. As you say, the mind has been programmed to accept certain triggers to bring about the sleep state - the hypnagogic imagery being a main one. A key to achieving Astral consciousness is to keep the mind wide awake, while allowing the body to fall completely to sleep - a state of deep trance. The question is though - how do we suggest that we isolate the mind awke state from the body asleep triggers, and allow the body to go to sleep completely independantly of the mind?  This is definitely a very key issue I believe.

Regarding the focus, the rope technique would bring about what I would describe as an OBE, as opposed to phasing. Phasing is a raising of consciousness to a higher/inner level. There are differences, because in the Astral consciousness phasing method we are seeking a smooth, controlled, reliable, stable transition of our full, complete consciousness to the Astral, resulting in a stable, quality  experience with full memory retention. OBE of the vibrational sort appears to me to generate an etheric double, a clone, of the mind, which behaves independantly of the physical mind, and hence the issues of memory download, reliability, stability and so on.

As we know, we are multi-dimensional  beings, and we have a presence technically concurrently already in place in all spheres, and all of which we are capable of reaching. The physical is our usual "base level" of consciousness, and in Astral phasing we strive to make the Astra-Mental body the base level of consciousness, and for the time of the journey, the Astra-Mental light body becomes the main vehicle for the Astral. The OBE seems to me to be maintaining the physical mind at the base level of physical consciousness, and sending a copy to the Astral or etheric aka real-time zone. This is where all of the complications of OBE originate in my opinion. We need to send all of our consciousness to the Astral, not just a clone of it.

What I would particularly like to pursue here for all following this topic, the achieving the absolutely fundamental pre-requisite state of trance, without which progress is difficult or impossible. Specifically, achieving deep, deep, theta level trance, and more specifically keeping the mind awake and not allowing it to accept the hypnagogic trigger of following the body to sleep.

Thanks again.

With best regards,

Adrian.

Should you keep your current opinion, I have no doubts about you finding what your looking for.

To anyone that cares:Attempt NEW for a while every night before going unconcious, you will tend to have more symbolism and information in your dreams..



-Andrew(aka Psi)