Topics

I've recommitted myself in the past week or so to putting even more effort into my training. I've been practicing close to a hour a day in combination with energy work and its been giving results. I feel like I've contacted the "threshold" or projection reflex as I've read, about two or three times now.

My recent attempt(like a hour ago), I noticed a shift. I watched the darkness and there were definite fluctuations. There were shifting blobs of dark outlined by certain colors which changed to flashing strobe lights accompanying strong visualizations. Then "wham" my heart goes into overdrive, beating like a war drum and worrying the crap out of me. It feels like a paper-weight on my chest alongside the intense heart beat which is extremely uncomfortable. Guess my problem extends from my in-experience, as I really don't know how long I haven't to deal with this sensation.

My inkling is that this may be some sort of fear test for me, but its gonna be some work to get comfortable with it. You guys have any tips like how long it lasts or how to deal with it? I've seen some comments online referring this sensation to my heart chakra, but it certainly feels real.

This site has been invaluable to my journey along this path, and I would like to thank you guys in advance for any help.

[on the first night!]

My recent work of attempting to induce an out of body experience has been a culmination of various studies/knowledge paradigm shifts I've had over the recent years. Moving from an ardent atheist in my teens to what I would self describe as a spiritualist has been quite an experience. I would say the start point of the "shift" began with my roommate and I took a decent amount of shrooms in college one fateful night blissfully unaware of its mind blowing potentialities. Its one thing to hear people say basic perceptual faculties like time and sight melt before their eyes, but to experience such a thing personally is an entirely different story. Two "mystical" experiences, my battles with anxiety and lots of research later has shifted my viewpoint dramatically in a short amount of time.

What attracted me to this initially my recent research on psi(which has a host of evidence backing it despite the sheer push-back against it by our modern society) which has caused me to want to experiment more.  While I can say this now, when I initially started looking into out of body methods and experiences, I didn't believe I would be able to participate in any of it. Despite this, I went ahead and was absolutely flabbergasted when I started feeling the infamous vibrations and energy pulses everyone was talking about on the first night! It freaked me out and I didn't push any farther. I've been practicing over the past two weeks and its been getting stronger every night. I'm at the point where I'm running into the actual fear of projecting or putting my body into a state of sleep when I'm still awake. Sleep paralysis has always frightened me, which ties into one of my more primal fears of losing control(one fear I've been working on most diligently). Another problem I've run into is the idea of running into what others describe as "boogeymen" who appear when you're not in the right state or mind or are there to test you. Any guiding words? The room I do the most work in is pitch black, which seems like a scary place to project.

Also, this strange feeling of energy and displacement has carried with me during the day. I don't know if its just me being more aware of my body, but I often feel myself "swaying" as if moved by some wind. I also feel energy coursing through during the day in ways that I've never felt before. I also hear an omnipresent humming/buzzing on the edge of my awareness that intensifies when I attempt OOBE. Any insight?