First, Thank You All for sharing your experiences and insights here in Astral Pulse. I am a beginner so, constantly reading and learning. Long post warning!
I would like to share/get your input on my progress thus far (trying to keep it as short as possible, unsuccessfully..)
Quick Background:
Couple months ago, I read a guide about run-downs along with Monroe Hemi-sync Gateway Wave 1 - Focus 10. This made sense and I started practice focusing on AP. Soon, light to medium Focus-10, body numbness, calmness/clarity(which I knew from mediation days) started to come back during sessions. Few times total body was numb with only awareness of head.
After getting this process into a rhythm, noticed that I'd always "click out". More recently, I'd end up in dreams. Started a dream journal to keep track of things since last month.
My sessions start like this:
One night after practicing breathing etc., felt what could be vibrations and a sudden shift in body position. Unless, I imagined this whole thing!
, it had to be my second/astral/etheric body(which I'll just refer to as Astral Body for simplicity). Left shoulder went a bit "under" the pillow/mattress... in a nutshell, some part(s) of upper body felt out of alignment. To seize the "opportunity", tried rolling over, stretch/extend arm techniques.. didn't work, whole thing ended in few seconds and I opened eyes.. END of Session.
Another night in a deep state, decided to use frequency technique and "increase" frequency of Astral Body which triggered vibrations immediately. But when I try to move the Astral hand or exit, ended up moving physical hand/body >> loss of deep state >> wide awake. Many similar attempts (with different exit techniques) end up moving physical body parts instead. END of Session(s). Not sure if my timing and/or conditions were right...
Couple weird experiences: One night, left arm just moved a little by itself and fell back down like someone picked it up and dropped it. The next night, right arm did the same! I maintained a calm attitude and suspect that these could be just energy movements. -Must say the second time around, a thought/doubt did cross my mind if some entities are doing this... silly. anyway, didn't feel fear or think much further.
Fears. Well, came a long way and it's still a work in progress but, the realization that courage, love and empathy can overcome them is helping tremendously!!!
I Thank the higher powers and Guides and think that everything is happening as it is supposed to and Truly feel that I am being gradually introduced to one feeling/experience at a time (you'll see what I mean). I affirm that I'll be patient and persist on the path no matter how much or how little is gained.
Here is where things get interesting:
DREAM-1:
Few days ago, I had a dream and I was trying to project within the dream! I don't consider this a "lucid" dream because I was NOT aware that I was dreaming. Anyway, this is all in the dream:
I was with few people I knew and at some point, I lay down to project. I hear a Siren like sound with increasing loudness/volume gradually. Also, I saw a white energy like lights? or grouping of erratic white lines shaping to a ball? in the third eye/brow area. Someone was waking me up(in the dream itself) and I woke up feeling frustrated with that person. END of Dream.
Soon after, there was an actual physical disturbance (unlike the waking just mentioned) and I woke up in physical.
END of session.
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DREAM-2:
Two days ago, another similar but important dream. Again, going by what I understand what a Lucid Dream is supposed to be, I just can't say it was a lucid dream because I didn't gain lucidity in the dream or become aware that I was dreaming. Anyway, This is super confusing for me, so please remember: until you read "END of Dream", everything below happened within the dream itself. Currently, physically, I live in a house. Here is the dream:
I was in an apartment and went to lay down in a bed to project! I was fully aware that I was making the AP attempt! After sometime, there was that same "Siren" like sound in my ears with increasing loudness and I knew that I just had to rollover. I did and landed softly on the floor. Then the "perspective" shifted --to a 3rd person/camera view (like I got out of the Astral Body? or, the body laying in bed saw the exit???)-- and whichever "I", saw the Full Astral Body's shimmering/glowing edges with a translucent body hovering. Then, the "perspective" shifted back to normal as in, I was seeing with Astral Body and saw the body in bed sleeping with an eye open and a leg bent in awkward position. With the Astral Body, put hand through a wall, didn't go through it; instead, I went through a glass window, hovered, moved, explored, and came back. END of Dream.
It would've been wonderful to experience reintegration of "dreaming Astral Body" to the "dreaming body" lying in bed, in the dream itself. Unfortunately that didn't happen and the whole experience was cut short by a physical disturbance and I woke up in physical instantly. I don't know if any of that makes sense.
Analysis/Observations:
For the "dreaming I" (as in dreaming-self), the act of projecting was instinctive(i.e. when to exit, the act of exiting itself, hovering, moving etc.) and not surprising at all!
But that "dreaming I" was really surprised at the "buzzing" like sound when dream-Astral hand was put through a wall.
That was a "new" and extremely real experience to the "dreaming-I".
Question: If the act of AP is not new and felt intimately known like breathing itself to me, why would "I" (whichever I, at this point) find "buzzing", static like feeling after putting hand through wall be so novel and new?
Am I correct in thinking: it's because we project all the time during sleep etc., but during natural AP subconscious (or whatever is in charge) never puts hands through walls?
Silly or trivial as it sounds, nevertheless it still is a puzzling thought considering how much effort I am making for Conscious AP.
While I was excited about the experience, I felt disappointed that it was in a dream; therefore, it cannot be relied upon as a "solid" experience (I know... you'll say it was all Astral). Remember, I am trying to achieve Conscious AP.
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Astral Projection (well, almost):
This time, I used Wake Back to Bed method. Slept all night, woke up at 6 am and tried to project. As usual, put the headphones on, run down to Focus-10. Shifted at some point and saw what looked like a big tray of "white clouds and blue sky"(don't ask). Got curious what would happen if I go closer to them or move them, and as I thought that, the clouds began to "vibrate" and move slightly. I heard the unmistakable "Siren" come on again and gradually started to get louder! Not sure if I became lucid during the attempt but, the "clouds and sky" are gone, Siren on full blast, started seeing the white energy static ball/grouping of white electrical discharge like light building up brighter quickly in the brow/Third Eye area.
Realized what's happening and noticed that my physical body (back and neck) is tensing, breathing is fast and also felt that I was lifting up very slowly. I was relieved that the sound is finally here (first time experiencing in actual AP attempt) and at this point, wary of the ever increasing loudness in ears, remembering to stay calm, focus shifted to ongoing fast breathing. I must've been worried that I'll screw it up somehow, decided to quickly "salvage" the experience by slowing the breath. So, I tried to stay calm and deliberately breathed slowly maybe less than 5 times. To my disappointment, the Siren stopped and couple seconds later, I was wide awake.
It all happened so fast. Although, I would've liked a full AP, I was not completely disappointed and actually, felt a sense of accomplishment that I reached a milestone! This was not a dream and I was completely aware of the physical unlike the previous experiences / dreams.
Questions: During the practice of over couple months, I have experienced the "vibrations" and/or waves moving up and down while vibrating. This is not present in the latest attempt. Does that mean that I don't get vibrations anymore and my sign post is the "Siren"?
Also, WBTB method may not be easy all the time for me with schedule etc., what else can I do to improve projecting consciously? Is practice the only way? I guess I am trying to find something/anything that I might be missing.
I am open to any questions. Please help me understand and become proficient.
Lastly, Thank you for your patience in reading what could be a small book. I appreciate it!
I would like to share/get your input on my progress thus far (trying to keep it as short as possible, unsuccessfully..)
Quick Background:
Couple months ago, I read a guide about run-downs along with Monroe Hemi-sync Gateway Wave 1 - Focus 10. This made sense and I started practice focusing on AP. Soon, light to medium Focus-10, body numbness, calmness/clarity(which I knew from mediation days) started to come back during sessions. Few times total body was numb with only awareness of head.
After getting this process into a rhythm, noticed that I'd always "click out". More recently, I'd end up in dreams. Started a dream journal to keep track of things since last month.
My sessions start like this:
- Prayer & Affirmations.
- A full body tense/relax exercises.
- Wave-1 Intro to Focus-10 audio using Bose noise cancelling headphones.
- Mental rundown to coincide with Monroe's instructions.
- Noticing blackness, and becoming involved in the imagery.
- *On most sessions: lose awareness/lucidity >> sleep or "click-out??" >> dream.
- *Wake up (usually around 2 hours later) and write notes.
One night after practicing breathing etc., felt what could be vibrations and a sudden shift in body position. Unless, I imagined this whole thing!
, it had to be my second/astral/etheric body(which I'll just refer to as Astral Body for simplicity). Left shoulder went a bit "under" the pillow/mattress... in a nutshell, some part(s) of upper body felt out of alignment. To seize the "opportunity", tried rolling over, stretch/extend arm techniques.. didn't work, whole thing ended in few seconds and I opened eyes.. END of Session.Another night in a deep state, decided to use frequency technique and "increase" frequency of Astral Body which triggered vibrations immediately. But when I try to move the Astral hand or exit, ended up moving physical hand/body >> loss of deep state >> wide awake. Many similar attempts (with different exit techniques) end up moving physical body parts instead. END of Session(s). Not sure if my timing and/or conditions were right...
Couple weird experiences: One night, left arm just moved a little by itself and fell back down like someone picked it up and dropped it. The next night, right arm did the same! I maintained a calm attitude and suspect that these could be just energy movements. -Must say the second time around, a thought/doubt did cross my mind if some entities are doing this... silly. anyway, didn't feel fear or think much further.
Fears. Well, came a long way and it's still a work in progress but, the realization that courage, love and empathy can overcome them is helping tremendously!!!
I Thank the higher powers and Guides and think that everything is happening as it is supposed to and Truly feel that I am being gradually introduced to one feeling/experience at a time (you'll see what I mean). I affirm that I'll be patient and persist on the path no matter how much or how little is gained.
Here is where things get interesting:
DREAM-1:
Few days ago, I had a dream and I was trying to project within the dream! I don't consider this a "lucid" dream because I was NOT aware that I was dreaming. Anyway, this is all in the dream:
I was with few people I knew and at some point, I lay down to project. I hear a Siren like sound with increasing loudness/volume gradually. Also, I saw a white energy like lights? or grouping of erratic white lines shaping to a ball? in the third eye/brow area. Someone was waking me up(in the dream itself) and I woke up feeling frustrated with that person. END of Dream.
Soon after, there was an actual physical disturbance (unlike the waking just mentioned) and I woke up in physical.
END of session.
-----------------
DREAM-2:
Two days ago, another similar but important dream. Again, going by what I understand what a Lucid Dream is supposed to be, I just can't say it was a lucid dream because I didn't gain lucidity in the dream or become aware that I was dreaming. Anyway, This is super confusing for me, so please remember: until you read "END of Dream", everything below happened within the dream itself. Currently, physically, I live in a house. Here is the dream:
I was in an apartment and went to lay down in a bed to project! I was fully aware that I was making the AP attempt! After sometime, there was that same "Siren" like sound in my ears with increasing loudness and I knew that I just had to rollover. I did and landed softly on the floor. Then the "perspective" shifted --to a 3rd person/camera view (like I got out of the Astral Body? or, the body laying in bed saw the exit???)-- and whichever "I", saw the Full Astral Body's shimmering/glowing edges with a translucent body hovering. Then, the "perspective" shifted back to normal as in, I was seeing with Astral Body and saw the body in bed sleeping with an eye open and a leg bent in awkward position. With the Astral Body, put hand through a wall, didn't go through it; instead, I went through a glass window, hovered, moved, explored, and came back. END of Dream.
It would've been wonderful to experience reintegration of "dreaming Astral Body" to the "dreaming body" lying in bed, in the dream itself. Unfortunately that didn't happen and the whole experience was cut short by a physical disturbance and I woke up in physical instantly. I don't know if any of that makes sense.
Analysis/Observations:
For the "dreaming I" (as in dreaming-self), the act of projecting was instinctive(i.e. when to exit, the act of exiting itself, hovering, moving etc.) and not surprising at all!
But that "dreaming I" was really surprised at the "buzzing" like sound when dream-Astral hand was put through a wall.
That was a "new" and extremely real experience to the "dreaming-I".
Question: If the act of AP is not new and felt intimately known like breathing itself to me, why would "I" (whichever I, at this point) find "buzzing", static like feeling after putting hand through wall be so novel and new?
Am I correct in thinking: it's because we project all the time during sleep etc., but during natural AP subconscious (or whatever is in charge) never puts hands through walls?
Silly or trivial as it sounds, nevertheless it still is a puzzling thought considering how much effort I am making for Conscious AP.
While I was excited about the experience, I felt disappointed that it was in a dream; therefore, it cannot be relied upon as a "solid" experience (I know... you'll say it was all Astral). Remember, I am trying to achieve Conscious AP.
--------------------------------
Astral Projection (well, almost):
This time, I used Wake Back to Bed method. Slept all night, woke up at 6 am and tried to project. As usual, put the headphones on, run down to Focus-10. Shifted at some point and saw what looked like a big tray of "white clouds and blue sky"(don't ask). Got curious what would happen if I go closer to them or move them, and as I thought that, the clouds began to "vibrate" and move slightly. I heard the unmistakable "Siren" come on again and gradually started to get louder! Not sure if I became lucid during the attempt but, the "clouds and sky" are gone, Siren on full blast, started seeing the white energy static ball/grouping of white electrical discharge like light building up brighter quickly in the brow/Third Eye area.
Realized what's happening and noticed that my physical body (back and neck) is tensing, breathing is fast and also felt that I was lifting up very slowly. I was relieved that the sound is finally here (first time experiencing in actual AP attempt) and at this point, wary of the ever increasing loudness in ears, remembering to stay calm, focus shifted to ongoing fast breathing. I must've been worried that I'll screw it up somehow, decided to quickly "salvage" the experience by slowing the breath. So, I tried to stay calm and deliberately breathed slowly maybe less than 5 times. To my disappointment, the Siren stopped and couple seconds later, I was wide awake.
It all happened so fast. Although, I would've liked a full AP, I was not completely disappointed and actually, felt a sense of accomplishment that I reached a milestone! This was not a dream and I was completely aware of the physical unlike the previous experiences / dreams.
Questions: During the practice of over couple months, I have experienced the "vibrations" and/or waves moving up and down while vibrating. This is not present in the latest attempt. Does that mean that I don't get vibrations anymore and my sign post is the "Siren"?
Also, WBTB method may not be easy all the time for me with schedule etc., what else can I do to improve projecting consciously? Is practice the only way? I guess I am trying to find something/anything that I might be missing.
I am open to any questions. Please help me understand and become proficient.
Lastly, Thank you for your patience in reading what could be a small book. I appreciate it!