Hi all,
In an effort to astral project, I focus on relaxing my body and mind as much as possible. Eventually, my arms and legs begin to feel heavy, then the rest of my body – as if my body is being pressed very firmly into the recliner. In other words, it feels as though I am hyper-sensitive to gravity.
As I observe this quality of heaviness, I begin to feel my point of consciousness being disassociated from my physical body. It feels almost like the locality of my consciousness/awareness becomes concentrated right in my head. At times, it also feels like I can almost oscillate my awareness between a state of a single concentrated point in my head or a state of expansiveness, ie having no locality.
I continue to simply observe and try and remain relaxed – however, I do feel that my head never reaches the same relaxation of my body because I notice I tend to swallow, voluntarily, every once in a while, and I know I can open my eyes if I want to. Does this mean I have not reached a deep enough trance to achieve astral projection?
I understand that to AP, we essentially need to be physiologically asleep while at the same time aware or conscious that we are sleeping - so have I reached this point? Or am I not going into a deep enough trance? Am I close?
I have attempted to use a projection method at this point and it does not work. I believe my waking consciousness never fully converts to the etheric body, but I am unsure.
Any recommendations or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
PS As you may already know, I base my methodology and understanding of AP on Robert Bruce's work.
In an effort to astral project, I focus on relaxing my body and mind as much as possible. Eventually, my arms and legs begin to feel heavy, then the rest of my body – as if my body is being pressed very firmly into the recliner. In other words, it feels as though I am hyper-sensitive to gravity.
As I observe this quality of heaviness, I begin to feel my point of consciousness being disassociated from my physical body. It feels almost like the locality of my consciousness/awareness becomes concentrated right in my head. At times, it also feels like I can almost oscillate my awareness between a state of a single concentrated point in my head or a state of expansiveness, ie having no locality.
I continue to simply observe and try and remain relaxed – however, I do feel that my head never reaches the same relaxation of my body because I notice I tend to swallow, voluntarily, every once in a while, and I know I can open my eyes if I want to. Does this mean I have not reached a deep enough trance to achieve astral projection?
I understand that to AP, we essentially need to be physiologically asleep while at the same time aware or conscious that we are sleeping - so have I reached this point? Or am I not going into a deep enough trance? Am I close?
I have attempted to use a projection method at this point and it does not work. I believe my waking consciousness never fully converts to the etheric body, but I am unsure.
Any recommendations or thoughts are greatly appreciated.
PS As you may already know, I base my methodology and understanding of AP on Robert Bruce's work.