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I have been trying a few different methods as of late and they both have given me the same sensations.

1.  I lay down and try to concentrate on nothing but AP as I let myself drift to sleep.  When I think I feel deep enough, I try different an exit tech. (usually visualizing myself in another part of the room or floating above my bed)

2.  I wait until I am exausted before going to bed.  When I finally lay down, I immediatly imagine I am at my computer or in the living room in my chair. 

Both techniques bring about a quick rushing feel that lasts between 2 seconds and 10 seconds.  Each time, I feel like I am trasfering from my physical body to the place I am imagining. 

My problem is that I cant completely switch.  I feel magnetised to my physical body.  This has happened with other techniques.  I picture myself in the center of a clearing and start running towards the woods (away from my body).  In this visualization,  I always feel this pull back to by physical body and its extremely hard to get aways from it.

Any suggestions?  I feel like I am really close, but yet I have a long way to go.

This was the realest dream I have ever had.  I actually dont think it was a dream at first, but turned into one because I didnt have complete concsious control.

The strange thing was is that I woke up turned around.  My head was where my feet would be and vise versa.  I was wide awake but everything felt strange and looked strange.  I dont remember many details because I didnt think much of it until later in the day.  I think my AP/OOBE turned into a dream about me getting up with my 2 year old in the middle of the night, because I soon lost much memory and detail of everything around me. 

Has this happened to anyone?

There is a LEGAL drug I think its called silvia or something, that gives you hallucinations and other things.  I also heard people use it for projecting.
Well my brother wants to try it, bc its legal and to see if it helps him AP. 

I want to know if anyone has heard about or tried this drug and could tell me what to expect.  Please help!

My main focus is to Robert's NEW strategies and AP.

But this topic of Metaphysics always catches my eye.  The problem is I dont know where to begin searching.  I dont really understand what Metaphyics entails...?  I would like to do a bit of side research and practice and would apprectiate a good website or book to look at. 

I have lately taken a leave of absense from trying to project simply because of time issues and life distractions.

But I have atleast tried to continue with body energy raising/awareness techiniques b/c you can do them while working or for 5-10 minutes before bed time.  I  have also tried to keep a dream journal, not very well though, but on occasion I write down my dreams.

Anyways, for the past few days I have been feeling strange.  At first I thought it was because I took to much Alieve for my back pain.  But It is still happening.  Let me discribe it.

I have felt like I am smaller than everything and that everything, spacial wise, has expanded.  My little 12X9 office seemed to get much bigger and I felt small in comparison.  I dismissed this feeling quickly and didnt think about it.

Then today it started happening again.  (I hadnt taken any medicine yet)  But this time I played with this feeling of being small and reversed it to where I felt like a giant.  I had fun for a while until work distracted me and brought me back to reality. 

I will say everything that I felt was in my physical.  I saw through my physical eyes and interacted with co-workers.  I was wondering if anyone knew why this happened or has had it happen to them

The reason why people who are NEW to AP want to know about vibrations is because it is something they can FEEL that tells them they are close to having an AP.

People have been programed to have a directions guide in front of them when they are trying to build something or learn something new.  They want to know what to feel at this stage, then this stage, then the astral stage.

Most NEW people (Most) have done research and know that vibrations dont happen all the time.  But if they can do an excersise to feel them, then they know they are in the right direction.  It gives them confidence.  I havent had an OBE yet, but I have had ONE strong vibration experience and it has given me plenty of hope that I can do it. 

I didnt use an excersise to induce the vibrations, they started from a lucid dream.  I too would like to know if there are any known excersises that help me feel vibrations.  I would also like to know more about them, what are they, why do some feel them and others dont?  Does anyone know why or do we just shrug the question off and say "some people dont fell any". 

Lately my life/job has been busy.  I have not had much time to practice anything and really have not had the energy.  So trying to OBE when I go to sleep or when I wake up, I just hit the bed and I am out, and when I wake up I dont even care to try.  I have taken a 4 day vaction from trying.  I know 4 days is really nothing, but looking at my schedule I might not have much time to practice.

How do you get by every day/life distractions.  I feel drained at the end of the day and just want to go straight to sleep.  Though I will say, since I havent been practicing, I have had amazingly vivd dreams.  I am just to tired to think or try to find my own answers and would like some advice!

Thank you

I have never heard the term Lucid Dream until researching AP.  (and I am 26)

I have always had very vivid dreams.  So vivid that many times I wake up acting out my dream....ie running to the other room, rocking my baby (but the baby is a pillow). 

In the past I had a sequential dream that I could fly.  It started out with the first time I floated upward.  Then I progressively got better and better until I was able to fly anywhere.  I didnt have these dreams every night, but when I did it always started out from the last time and I still remembered everything I had learned.  I always new I was dreaming and controlled most of the actions. 

There have been many dreams where I new I was dreaming but didnt have complete (if any) control and other times where I had ultimate control.  I always thought that everyones dreams were like this.  Until someone once looked suprise when I exlained my dream in vast clarity.  Color, smell, feels, visuals. People told me they only had dreams in black and white, and they mostly didnt remember them.  I thought that was wierd.

Once recurring dream I had was about a Woman Vampire coming to make me one of her own.  Even though it was the same dream every other night or so, It was always a different setting and every time I tried to take control I woke up. 

Anyways.  Now I am trying to recall my dreams and for the past to weeks I either dont remember them or they were very dull and I didnt realize that I was dreaming until after I woke up.  Its just strange that when I finally get an answer to what my dreams are, I cant have them anymore

I am new to practicing all this and still dont know what to believe yet.  I think the main reason is because all the gimics/advertisement and then nothing is explained. 

"But my book - take my class - buy this, buy that - spend only this much.....etc"

If this was real, and I could really Astral Project and then figure out what energy is, I would make people buy my book or pay to take a class.  I would do my best to supply all the information I can for free.  I would want others to share and to understand what they can do and experience.  Not sell it and make money of it. 

I understand that to spread the word money will be needed.  But donations, cheaper items, advertisements can help raise money.  Its not that much to maintain a website.

But instead I see gimic after gimic.  The astral dynamics website only give you information to wet you lips.  Even their forums try to limit the amount of information given out to people.  The first few pages you will get when you google will mainly be
"Hey want to learn How?.......buy this and then buy this AND YOU TOO CAN BE A MASTER!!!!"

It seems like something that I would share willingly and help people as much as possible.

[I couldnt breathe.]

I will start with my experience last night. 

I was having a dream that I was in four different sectionals for my choir at once.  I dont remember to many details now only that I was watching myself teach four different classes at the same time.  I think at some point I realized that I was dreaming and suddenly became very aware of my Conscious.  I started vibrating like crazy and instead of getting excited, i focused on them to make them stronger.  I then felt like I was moving incredibly fast.  So fast that I was floating without thinking. 

Then the problems started. I couldnt breathe. I felt like I was suffocating.  I took in a deep breath while trying to keep my focus on my vibrations and the shot of of bed fully awake.

Is this "not being able to breathe" a fear I have and should try fear analysis to help myself?

And how long to these vibrations usually last?

[Eric Whitacre]

Has anyone use music to help you get to that relaxed state?

Last night I tried listing to some and was knocked out in about 10 minutes because I wasnt expected to be that relaxed so quickly.  Then about 5 minutes later I woke up it a start and shot out of my bed.

I would recommend listening to Eric Whitacre
The two songs I listened to last night were
- Sleep
- Waternight


He uses rich harmonies and cluster chords which are the same as some of the relaxation CD's some people use

I more than anything would like to experience an OOBE/Astral Projection.  I have been trying for only a little while and havent really felt anything.

I would like to start a blog with this topic telling you all of my experiences and what I feel.  I trust that this is the best community to help me a guide me along my way.  I will start with this afternoon for it is the closest I think I have came.

11/1/08
I must tell you that I fall asleep very fast.  And so when I tried this afternoon I knocked out quickly.  But I woke up with a huge knock in my mind and shot out of bed about ten mintutes after hitting the hay. 

So I tried again; and very quickly my body was relaxed and very numb, almost like I couldnt move.  I tried to imagine that I was flying out of my body.  I imagined my room, looking back at myself, and even flying around familiar places around my apartment.  Every time I felt like it might be real, I felt like I was still lying in bed.  I could never shake this huge connection I had with my physical self.  I tried to relax more and go again, but to no success.

When I woke up though, It took a few minutes to adjust to my surroundings.  The light wasnt right and everything was fuzzy. 
What did I do wrong, or forget to do?  What are some tips to try next time?

Please advise me even if you think someone else will.  I have read so much on this site and others.  I am about to go find a book.
Any suggestions will help

IceCold

I have read many different ways to relax/mediate...etc, but I have seen just a few ways to exit

Roll out
Float
Rope

I can relax my body and focus my mind ok but I have no clue about different exit strats.  Could someone list some more for me or give me a link to some?

Thank you

Just introducing myself

I am new to AP for oh about a week now.  I am still iffy on the subject and dont know if I believe in it or not.  I have read alot around this website (so much info) and would like to get a book to help me. 

I have tried to projection once if not twice a day for about a week now and I have yet to feel vibrations.  However, last night I suddenly felt like my breathing was coming from deep within and I felt light as a feather everywhere but my legs.  I tried letting the feeling grow and it did.  I felt like I could be floating, but when I opened my eyes I was still on the bed. 

I have seen a really bright light suddenly grow before me but before I could focuse on it, it went away.  If you have any off the wall tips that helped you I will try any method. 

I will keep you posted on my adventures

I am a noobie in the world of astral projection.  I have only been trying now for a few days.
I understand that it may take me years to get my first OOBE, but I want to know what to look for or feel for to let me know that I am trying correctly.
So far, there are times when I feel like by astral wants to project and I try rolling or floating out, but then I feel like I cant breathe and retract.
I am patient and have the want to project.

I also dont know some of the terminology that goes with Astral Projection and was wondering what site would be the best to go to?

Any help you could give would be great

IceCold