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I had a few questions of my own... Does anyone else see outlines of the room or objects with your eyes closed?  For me when I close my eyes I can see the outline of my arms or hands moving. Also I can see the shape of my room and some other things. My eyes are definetly closed when I percieve these things and Im wondering if other people are experiencing the same things?

Thanks

Phasing describes a controlled process where you phase out of the mode of being open to the Physical world (or C1 consciousness as it's generally termed) and allow your sense of conscious awareness to become open to other realms of reality. There are two basic schools of thought on this, the latest is the Moen-school, and I believe the idea was first touted by Monroe.

Problem is, at the beginning, rather than being a smooth and controlled transition it can be a little hap-hazard.

To me, from what you describe, you had a spontaneous projection to the Astral somewhere. This is *very* common, where you are going along with the flow of your imagination and then suddenly... boom ... you become aware you are now experiencing circumstances that were not on your script, so to speak, and you think, "Hey, I'm not imagining this!" At which point the shock of realising you are within a totally different sphere of reality brings you out of it, i.e. your protective sense of conscious awareness leaps back to C1.

Where you say, "I looked around, and everything was like very real. I remember checking to see whether all my senses worked, and it seemed they did. eg., I went past some clothing left on the floor, and picked it up to see if I could smell it, and I could! That sounds very much like the Astral to me in that, what first hits you, is how everything seems SO real.

Maintaining the state gets easier the more you practice. The key is to not let the experience overwhelm you.

When you first realise you have made the switch, you need to then remain as mentally and emotionally neutral as you possibly can: just maintaining an air of natural curiosity. After a while you will become adept at "opening" and "closing" yourself to your experiences. (If you read through Ginny's posts of her experineces I'm sure you'll find them helpful as she's something of an expert at this.) If you need further pointers I'll pick out some good examples for you to ponder over.

Yours,
Frank

yeah, its sort of the method that has been the most successful with me. I dont even attempt to go into trance first. My tip to you is to use somewhere you are very familiar with, your house or whatever, while laying down to sleep start imagining yourself walking outside of yourself, starting with your immediate area, try and see as much as you can, and most importantly imagine with your other senses as well, smell if your in kitchen for example and feel the textures of sofas, walls. Do this for as long as you can before you get bored.

What happened to me when I did this is that I felt it was getting harder to breath for a few seconds then I felt light, like there was a force lifting me up, I then tried to concentrate on lifting or floating out and that felt promising.

Possibly the one reason I didnt exit was that I wasnt in trance. Trance is the bit I find the hardest to do, in fact I have only been in trance once! the only obe I have ever had was lucid dream induced.

anyway hope this helps.

"man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself but out of such as he finds close at hand. -Karl Marx

Congratilations,

Try pushing the vibrations all through your body, and to raise them in frequency. I advise waiting until they are strong enough and though your whole body before you try and seperate, otherwise it might not work.

There are obviously different techniques you can use to seperate, when your ready, you could use any of these techniques, I found the lifting out technique easy in my first couple of out of body experiences, but then i started using the roll-out and found that easier for awhile, so it all really depends on the individual, so you'll just have to keep experimenting.  

Oliver