Hi everyone!
I've been trying to get into Astral Projection for a while now, but haven't made a huge amount of progress. I was wondering if I could get some tips and / or reassurance on it.
I've had two experiences so far. The first, after placing the intent to AP for about a week once I started learning about it, as I was falling asleep I heard someone outside talking, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. I concentrated on it and it started to clarify - they were a male voice chanting a type of mantra "Thank you God, Thank you, Oh thank you God" - I was very curious as I didn't recognise the voice but kind of knew it wasn't "really" there, but wasn't the kind of Mantra "I" would use. Then the next thing I know I am aware of my astral body kind of front flipping out of my body (I feel like I lost consciousness for a bit and the subconscious took over), and I was fully aware in my astral body. I thought, WOW! This is real! I decided to go "Up" and went flying right up into darkness and didn't know where the heck I was, then my fears took over and I paniced about getting back. This launched me straight into a lucid dream (though I didn't know it was a dream at first, I thought I was stuck outside indefinately!) where I worked out the fear.
The next day I felt great that I had overcome the fear but it slowly crept back. The next experience I was falling asleep and a seeming "other" was leading me through a meditation (though I don't really meditate, so it was new to me! And not something I had read in any of the AP techniques) telling me to imagine myself wrapped in blackness, warm life giving blackness, beautiful calming birthing blackness, on and on like that... Again, I woke up in an OBE state and this time managed to travel 2 places though I believe they were in my own subconscious rather than any concenscious areas of consciousness.
Soo... I feel I'm now ready to *consciously* do this rather than by accident, but I'm at a block. The thing is, since I started reading about AP I feel like I've lost the ability at times to fall asleep unconsciously. But whenever this happens, it's always the same thing. As I drop off to near unconsciousness I suddenly get what I can only label a "brain fry" as that's exactly what it feels like. I get a huge flash of white (and then my inner vision looks like white static), and large "TWANG" noise and my awareness crystalises hugely. But *every time* it freaks me out and I wake myself up. So, what I'm asking is if this is something normal? If so, what could I expect after this stage? Or am I really just frying my brain?
Thanks guys, if I need to clarify it more just let me know
I've been trying to get into Astral Projection for a while now, but haven't made a huge amount of progress. I was wondering if I could get some tips and / or reassurance on it.
I've had two experiences so far. The first, after placing the intent to AP for about a week once I started learning about it, as I was falling asleep I heard someone outside talking, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. I concentrated on it and it started to clarify - they were a male voice chanting a type of mantra "Thank you God, Thank you, Oh thank you God" - I was very curious as I didn't recognise the voice but kind of knew it wasn't "really" there, but wasn't the kind of Mantra "I" would use. Then the next thing I know I am aware of my astral body kind of front flipping out of my body (I feel like I lost consciousness for a bit and the subconscious took over), and I was fully aware in my astral body. I thought, WOW! This is real! I decided to go "Up" and went flying right up into darkness and didn't know where the heck I was, then my fears took over and I paniced about getting back. This launched me straight into a lucid dream (though I didn't know it was a dream at first, I thought I was stuck outside indefinately!) where I worked out the fear.
The next day I felt great that I had overcome the fear but it slowly crept back. The next experience I was falling asleep and a seeming "other" was leading me through a meditation (though I don't really meditate, so it was new to me! And not something I had read in any of the AP techniques) telling me to imagine myself wrapped in blackness, warm life giving blackness, beautiful calming birthing blackness, on and on like that... Again, I woke up in an OBE state and this time managed to travel 2 places though I believe they were in my own subconscious rather than any concenscious areas of consciousness.
Soo... I feel I'm now ready to *consciously* do this rather than by accident, but I'm at a block. The thing is, since I started reading about AP I feel like I've lost the ability at times to fall asleep unconsciously. But whenever this happens, it's always the same thing. As I drop off to near unconsciousness I suddenly get what I can only label a "brain fry" as that's exactly what it feels like. I get a huge flash of white (and then my inner vision looks like white static), and large "TWANG" noise and my awareness crystalises hugely. But *every time* it freaks me out and I wake myself up. So, what I'm asking is if this is something normal? If so, what could I expect after this stage? Or am I really just frying my brain?
Thanks guys, if I need to clarify it more just let me know