Hello, all. I have been creeping around these forums for quite some time and the time has come for me to ask some questions. Otherwise, how will I get better 
Anyways, phasing appeals to me because I have a very vivid imagination. Usually, when I try to phase my run-down involves me either Juggling a football (soccer) ball or jumping on a trampoline. And so when I practice I will lay down on my bed. I will get rid of all the itches in all my funky areas and I will quench my thirst and do what needs to be done. Then I just starting imagining myself doing one of the two run-downs stated. And I will immerse all of my senses. I can feel the ball hit my foot, I can taste the salt in my sweat, I can smell the grass and my armpits (only if my shirt is off
), I can see everything that I would normally see, and I can hear the ball hit my foot, the birds chirping, and the wind blowing. I'm doing this correctly, right?
I ask because I can go up to 15, 20, 25 minutes without anything happening. It's supposed to become like the physical world, right? It's supposed to feel like I'm actually in my front yard on a Saturday morning and not like a conscious imagination? Well this never happens! What gives? I know that the first few times A person can have the "holy crap I'm not making this up" realization as Frank stated, but it never happens to me! More practice, I guess?
Also, does it matter if I imagine myself in third person or first person. I have an easier time imagining myself in third person and it really takes some effort on my part to visualize myself in the first person. Out of curiosity, what happens if I imagine someone else?
Thanks, guys and gals.
Anyways, phasing appeals to me because I have a very vivid imagination. Usually, when I try to phase my run-down involves me either Juggling a football (soccer) ball or jumping on a trampoline. And so when I practice I will lay down on my bed. I will get rid of all the itches in all my funky areas and I will quench my thirst and do what needs to be done. Then I just starting imagining myself doing one of the two run-downs stated. And I will immerse all of my senses. I can feel the ball hit my foot, I can taste the salt in my sweat, I can smell the grass and my armpits (only if my shirt is off
), I can see everything that I would normally see, and I can hear the ball hit my foot, the birds chirping, and the wind blowing. I'm doing this correctly, right?I ask because I can go up to 15, 20, 25 minutes without anything happening. It's supposed to become like the physical world, right? It's supposed to feel like I'm actually in my front yard on a Saturday morning and not like a conscious imagination? Well this never happens! What gives? I know that the first few times A person can have the "holy crap I'm not making this up" realization as Frank stated, but it never happens to me! More practice, I guess?
Also, does it matter if I imagine myself in third person or first person. I have an easier time imagining myself in third person and it really takes some effort on my part to visualize myself in the first person. Out of curiosity, what happens if I imagine someone else?
Thanks, guys and gals.