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... I always see this as I'm starting to "shift".  It's one of those things that is consistent with every OBE I've had.  Always the beginning stage... "blast off", so to speak.  Does anyone else experience this effect too?  What/Where the hell is it?

In detail:  eyes shut - blackness w/ millions of little bright dots that are vibrating.  Focus on one area.  Waves of black smoke/inkblot-like --- begins swirling across my field of view... more intense as time goes by.  All the while seeing different shapes and flashes of light in it's background.  And the "feeling" that I'm about to go for a ride. 

I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with "curing" or rather, "ridding" yourself of a particular fear and/or anxiety.  Essentially, using the non-physical as a battleground for ridding yourself of fears that plague you in the physical.
I used to have AP experiences pretty regularly for about a year, and they gradually became less frequent, and ultimatley non-existent for several months now.  I'm ready to dive back in now.

This has been an issue for me since this projecting started a year ago.  I always find myself holding my breath or feeling like I'm being choked.  My vision is usually dull.  I use commands ("clarity now" and what-not) to no avail.  I find it difficult to move around --- I always feel like I'm swaying.  I've tried communicating with another being several times.  When I speak, it's hoarse and sounds like someone that's being choked.  I've tried just thinking what I want to say --- like talking in your head.  The only times I got a response from this being, I could see there mouth moving but no sound.  Another time I heard a reply, but it was faint (I asked his name --- I think he said "Cangor", I made a mental note not to forget it, but by the time I was writing it in my journal, I wasn't positively sure that was it).

I just started reading a book about Edgar Cayce ("The Edgar Cayce Primer")... what to do y'all think about him.  I'm having a bit of a dilemna on his stark belief in Christianity and my lack of belief in religion.  I began projecting astrally about a year ago and that has fueled my disbelief in religion even more.  What y'all think?

I keep projecting and who are whatever it is that is always there with me, takes me to these different places everytime.  I don't know where, I don't know why, and I don't know who this is.  I've been asking --- several different times now, and I never get an answer.  One time I think I got a reply, but it was so faint and inaudible that I'm not even sure it was a reply.  I'm convinced it doesn't mean me any harm --- there hasn't ever been any.  When we're flying around to these different places I can't see him, but I can definitely feel him --- physically.  I can feel what seems to be an arm around my waist and it's a very tight grip --- I noticed this morning that when I tried to shift around just for comfort-sake --- it tightened it's grip almost to the point of discomfort (pretty darn close).  I can feel it's cheek against mine.  This has been going on pretty much since these projections began almost a year ago (averaging about one per month).
Anyway, this projection early this morning we flew to some island --- not tropical.  There was a huge stone buliding on it and the landscape was rocky and grassy.  When we first began this journey I could see this place far off in the distance --- I could see where we were headed and it was a tiny speck far off in the distance.  We went through dark then bright, dark then bright areas, so on and so forth until we reached it.  We landed and I saw him --- I think.  It was a young white guy, very short strawberry blonde hair maybe an inch high.  He had one brown eye and the other was blue.  I remember asking some questions about who he was, but for the life of me I can't remember the answers.  At one point though, I remember asking him if he was my guide, but this time it was a different looking person --- young white guy with black hair and I think blue eyes.  He replied, something to the effect of... "yeah, I am... sure... yeah, I am".  I didn't find it very believable the way he answered.  It's all so scattered --- I know I'm leaving out so much, but I just don't remember anymore --- kinda' like a dream; which is odd because I usually remember my projections pretty fully, unlike my dreams.
Incidentally, I do kinda' remember talking to him when we were flying over this destination.  I could see people walking around and I asked him if we could go and talk to them.  He said something like "no, that wouldn't be a good idea", but it didn't seem like he meant it as if they were bad, but moreso like that's not important right now.  Anyway, I do remember now, that when I was talking to this blonde-haired fellow right after we landed, that it was very difficult for me to talk... kinda' like trying to talk if you were being choked or had a very sore throat --- very labored.  Funny thing is he was talking back to me (this was after we had landed --- and he seemed tired too), but I couldn't hear him because the TV that was on in my bedroom (in the physical) was too loud and I couldn't hear his responses --- just see his mouth moving.  I remember he was kinda' smiling when I was telling him this.  It's weird that I'm supposedly so far away, yet I can hear things that are going on in the physical.  There's a fan/heater that is on in my bedroom.  When I begin to first start phasing out, the fan becomes terribly loud.  I snap back and it's normal again.  As I drift again, it becomes VERY loud once again.
I know this all jumbled, because I'm kinda' writing these things down as they come back to me.  But, it's all true.  I'm having such a difficult time making sense out of these projections.  I could really use some experienced advice.  Especially this whole bit with my breathing.  Sometimes I can hear myself breathing in these projections and it's so labored like I'm being choked and it's always so difficult to talk.  In the past I've tried talking inside my head, thinking that's the way to do it in this kind of state.  But, this morning I tried talking aloud (at least that's what it felt like I was doing) --- again, it's labored.  I sound hoarse, but that's the first time I got some kind of response from this being.  If I really did at all.  Somehow, it seems like it was a dream.  Damn, I'm so confused about all of this.
Hope this makes sense to someone  

... with astral traveler, Albert Taylor on "Coast to Coast AM" with Art Bell

http://youtu.be/Zq59XkJFjE0

I've had 14 conscious OBE's that I've documented in my journal since February of last year.  The few things that I've gathered from these has been my belief in the afterlife, my disbelief in organized religion, and the belief that we don't know our own strength.  I've had a difficult time understanding all of the imagery that I've witnessed --- just doesn't make sense to me.  I believe there are meanings to it all, but I just don't understand.  I have yet to "meet" a spirit guide, although I can sense it's presence every single time.  When I'm flying through tunnels and different scenes --- I know that I'm not doing the driving;  I'm cradled in somethings arms and I can feel them, but I can't see them.  The last projection I had... well, here it is.


14th O.B.E. --- 12/30/2011 @ 0630

Became conscious in a dream and decided to try and project from there; did so with virtually no effort whatsoever.  I rose up and was floating around in some strange dimly lit room --- I think it was the same place as my dream.  I then feel myself being pulled backwards and the speed is increasing.  I'm not afraid.  I begin turning so that I'm facing the direction we're moving in.  I can't really see who is there; it's dark where we're at, but I think I can see a dark silhouetted figure.  So I ask, "what is your name?"  I think I heard a faint reply, but couldn't make it out.  I could feel their hands on my arms and their legs on mine and their cheek against mine --- feels warm.  We're flying through all of these really strange environments I can't even begin to describe --- some dark and some bright.  I'm just calmly along for the ride wondering where we're going.  We stop and land in this "place".  It's bright out and there's snow on the ground, but not the sidewalk we're standing on.  There's some white dude that I've never seen before (kinda' looked like the actor "Patrick Dempsey" five o' clock shadow and a little plump, he was wearing a white long-sleeved, button-up shirt and dark brown slacks).  He was getting up from the ground, kinda' woozy.  It was as if he had been traveling with us, or perhaps we landed on him, or maybe he's the mysterious driver... not sure which.  I'm looking around to see if there's anyone else, but there's no one else around.  I do see two brown-skinned feet sticking out of a brick wall that we're standing by (it's only about a foot in height) the toenails are painted black and look sharp and pointy.  No body anywhere.  I wake up.

Not sure why I have such a difficult time making the ultimate contact with who/whatever this being is.  I've had several other experiences with it where it has actually helped pull me out of body before.  But, I think that was different because it was a Black shadow-like figure standing next to my bed helping me out of my body and it somehow looked like me, and in my gut it felt like it was me.  I wasn't afraid at all --- which is unusual for me, naturally I woulda' been scared out of my wits!  Anyway, I'm rambling and there's just to much more I could write down here and ponder about.

Bruce Lipton (author, "Biology of Belief") is going to be the guest on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast in about an hour.  Watch it streaming live here http://www.ustream.tv/joerogan

Should be good, he has very intriguing concepts on consciousness.

[This was all unlike any OBE's I've had before... seemed more like a dream, but not really. Trying hard to make sense of it. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.]

I just finished writing it all down...

13th O.B.E. --- 11/16/2011 @1145
I was tired and went deep while still awake.  Felt myself begin to rise from my body, felt the vibrations take over and I could hear myself breathing the entire time; like in 2001: A Space Odyssey when he was in his spacesuit.  It felt somewhat labored throughout this experience.  I began seeing many strange objects.  They seemed configured symmetrically somewhat, and very colorful --- I'm unable to explain in detail, other than they were very "cartoon-like"; similar to a phase I've seen in most of my other OBE's.  I went through many different types of scenery like this.  I then remember darkness with a ring of light surrounding.  I asked to see my spirit guide and instantly, my body seemed to vibrate intensely and breathing became very labored, but I remained calm (felt like I was dying).  Saw no one else, but now I'm in my bedroom, tried to walk through a wall --- could not (as I have in the past).  I could make out my hands in front of me, but very dim and blurry.  I could not fly either (as I have in the past).  Walked out into the living room, breathing is still labored.  My brother was sitting on the couch, I think he as on the phone (he doesn't live with me in reality).  I tried to speak to him, but could only whisper.  He could hear me though and he didn't seem surprised at all.  I picked up a pair of socks that were on the floor in the hall and floated them over to him thinking he would be impressed as to how I could do that.  He held them between his hands and began rubbing his hands together very fast and something white and furry began to appear out from the socks.  Next, I asked to see my spirit guide again, and again the vibrations in my body grew very intense and breathing became much labored.  There was a knock at the door.  My brother answered it.  There was a very tall, somewhat heavy-set, stocky older white man --- probably mid to late 50's, with white hair standing outside, he had a clipboard and a red shirt with a company name on the left side chest area.  It had something to do with psychiatry (I've never seen one, maybe I need to).  He asked my name.  I replied, "What's your name?"  He looked at me quizzically and then at my brother with a weird grin, as if to say, "what's his problem?"  Again, I could only whisper.  He showed me some papers that looked like test papers, there were several of them.  I looked through them and assumed he wanted me to see if my name was on any of them.  At first glance it wasn't, but then I did see my name on one of them, but it was very messy handwriting and didn't look like my writing at all.  Also it said, "Chris Nelson".  I always write my name, Christopher Nelson.  Next thing was a very bright light that took over the scene and then I was awake in my bed.  It seemed more like a dream;  I didn't feel that whooshing rush back to my body, like I usually do at the end of an OBE  Except my breathing was labored when I awoke, and it sounded/felt just like my breathing in "the dream" that I could hear the entire time. 
Very strange --- every time I asked to see my spirit guide the vibrations in my body grew stronger for an instant --- quite uncomfortable, and I felt like I was being choked --- not like hands around my neck, but it became much harder to breath.  I was surprised that I was able to remain calm.

This was all unlike any OBE's I've had before... seemed more like a dream, but not really.  Trying hard to make sense of it.  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

In this dream I had last night, my Mother was telling me to be careful because she had a dream that she was reading an article in the newspaper that I had been hit (killed?) in a car accident.
 
Later in the dream, I was with a friend walking away from a convenience store.  In the parking lot a car was parking, elderly driver, and I sensed danger;  like the driver couldn't control the vehicle or drive very well.  So, I urged my friend and I to get out of it's way.  The car almost hit two other people that were walking behind us.

Even later in the same dream.  I'm standing on the side of the road with some old friends from my past.  A car cruising by us comes about half an inch from hitting one of my friends --- I say half an inch, because that's what I said to him in the dream;  "Man, that car came about half an inch from hitting you!"

I can't help but think there's something to that symbolism... just can't figure what it could be.  Help, anyone?

I've been projecting for about a year now... roughly once a month.  Could probably be more, but I'm hesitant most of the time.
Reason being:  Why is it so DARK?
I've had some really positive experiences... WEIRD, but positive nonetheless.  Yet, I always seem to go through a particular sequence every time.  And it always/usually begins as so:  Close my eyes (consciously) and if I'm at that suitable state, I see a dim light in the background with rolling, swirling BLACK smoke/clouds moving left to right.  As one wave ends another follows --- rhythmically like a clock.  Eventually that dim light in the background gets brighter as the rolling BLACK smoke continues to flow left to right.  Usually, I see dark, foreboding figures within the smoke and after a bit of time they pass and from there things begin to "brighten up" a bit;  sometimes end up floating in space, sometimes begin seeing a "cartoonish" scene (everything is animated), and occasionally I see an electric-blue background with geometric patterns floating in the foreground.  From there I've seen a variety of different things but they're not "spooky".
Does anyone else experience this?  Do you know why?  I always seem to go through this at the beginning of my experiences and it has made me a bit hesitant to continue at times.

I'm reading "The Nature of Personal Reality" by Jane Roberts/"Seth".  I've posted on here before regarding this topic and I believe it's possible based on some of my excursions in the astral plane, but have yet to "see" it for myself in the physical.  Anyone have any personal accounts on this topic?  How do you "make it happen"?

very, very cool vid' explaining astral projection... geez', I wish I'd have known this stuff when I was younger (better late than never, though).

http://youtu.be/QqVV2u_1ADA

This is the link to a documentary on youtube regarding a "different" take on consciousness --- different than say, the governments or your local parish.  I've seen many documentaries on this subject, but this one really hit a home-run for me.  It's an hour and a half, but well worth a watch/listen.

http://youtu.be/alcav1Ox9bg

This is the link to a documentary on youtube regarding a "different" take on consciousness --- different than say, the governments or your local parish.  I've seen many documentaries on this subject, but this one really hit a home-run for me.  It's an hour and a half, but well worth a watch/listen.

http://youtu.be/alcav1Ox9bg

I'm pretty clueless in the astral plane and in particular, the different focus levels.  I've noticed a few places that I seem to have frequented before.  I've been trying to figure out if I've ever been in Focus 12 (Monroe terminology).  My trips seem to follow a pattern most of the time.  Begins with the swirly effect, and I usually see alot of dark and foreboding images at this point.  From there things usually brighten up a bit with alot of animated/cartoonish imagery --- all the while, I'm flying --- but never doing the driving... I seem to be cradled in someones arms (that I can't see), flying about and my stomach jumping all over the place.  Then I know of several instances where I'm always in "outer space" and a galaxy off in the distance.  From there I've gone whizzing through various tunnels and ending up in a variety of different places.  But everything up until the latter, seems to follow that pattern on more than one occasion.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone else... any of these places or events?

[(which I was actually considering doing in my real life, as of yesterday).]

Had a really bad/weird dream this morning... it's etched in my memory, which doesn't happen to me often, I usually don't remember much of my dreams if anything at all.
First off, let me say, in reality;  I have a money-hungry, crazy ex-wife.  And I was just recently fired from my healthcare job of 8yrs.

So, in my dream I went back to the hospital to collect my employee file (which I was actually considering doing in my real life, as of yesterday).  I kept having to go to different places in the hospital, constantly walking back and forth up this steep hill, I had to take breaks because it was giving me quite the workout with my legs.  I would run into people from time to time that I knew and speak to them briefly.  I saw a patient that I'd scanned before (I'm an MRI Tech. in real life).  She was relaying to me how her life had been going.  I noticed that my keys were being pulled toward her.  I told her, "Hey!  Are you magnetic, or what?"  So, I start showing everyone else in the waiting room how she can attract metallic objects.  And she was cool with that, we were putting on a show (in real life, I was known throughout the hospital for my unorthodox way of dealing with patients --- I treated everyone like long-lost friends).  Later, I go out to my car, and there's a cop car blocking me in.  I ask the officer what's the problem.  She (who is actually a nurse that I knew in real life from the hospital) that I had sent my ex-wife a check for $50 and it bounced.  I told the officer that's impossible because my bank covers anything if my account is insufficient and they would charge me after the fact.  She was still berating me, but agreed to give me access back to my car.  For some reason one of her associates is in my car and about to pull out in reverse, but instead floors it forward, wrecking my rent-a-car (probably a rent-a-car because in real life, I almost landed a travel assignment in which the company provides you with a rent-a-car... that's my guess anyway).  So I'm ticked but not displaying that... I remained calm.  While this is happening, me and everyone else out there (there was alot of people milling about) notice an old man attacking an old lady, and her husband is trying to help her.  The old man who had been trying to sexually assault her then pulls out a knife, and everyone scatters.  He begins going after people (mind you, he's in a wheelchair too), he then sets his sights on me and charges me.  My legs are still like rubber after walking up and down that hill all day, so I can't run.  I stand my ground and begin struggling with him to get the knife away and I'm yelling for someone to help me out --- no one does (In real life, not too long ago, a large and scary lookin' patient became threatening to one of my colleagues and I came over and diffused the situation without it getting physical, my colleague was scared to death and everyone else scattered, no one offered to help --- obviously, she was very grateful for my actions).  Anyway, I disarm him and that was that.  I'm talking to the officer about how they're going to replace my car, and she tells me they aren't going to do anything at all,  and very nonchalantly at that.  That was pretty much it.
The dream really freaked me out, it's been about an hour since I woke up and it still lingers, I even feel like crap now because of it. 
Recently, I've been entertaining the notion of "creative visualization"... basically, that we humans are capable of creating our own realities --- I do consciously astral project about once a month, by the way.
My life has been pretty rough since I lost my job --- alot of negativity in my life.  I try to stay positive, but I'm not very good at it.  I guess I'm hoping these dreams aren't going to carry over into my real-life;  the negativity that has been so prevalent in my dreams.  Now that I think about it, most all of my dreams that I remember are always negative, ever since I can remember it's always been that way.
Any thoughts anyone?

This is an Ayahuasca experience from Chris Marcus on a recent "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast... very interesting.

http://ustre.am/:16Sde

I was out of body the other morning (2am'ish)... and in my bedroom (RTZ, I reckon').
I always hear and read about looking at your hands to clarify your vision and surroundings... so I tried it (had never done that before).
My arms were Black --- I am Black, but this was like pitch-black, like a shadow.... and my hands were big black spiders... when I would wriggle my fingers, the legs of the spider were wriggling --- my hand was a spider.  I thought to myself... alright dude, you're tripping... ask to see something good, and it changed to a bear (I know, what the hell?)... and then it changed back to a spider.  I looked away and as I did, I noticed it dissolving into nothing as I was looking away.  From there I floated throught my window to the outdoors and began flying around.
I guess, from what I've researched that I was in the RTZ where you kind of control how things appear based on your feelings... I guess.
How does anyone else gravitate to a higher plane from there?

I know this is gonna' sound like a 5yr old asking Santa Claus for something.... but, I'm curious (and desperate).
I just lost my job a few weeks ago, and I'd been reading some Adrian Cooper;  particularly, his take on creating our own realities. 
Well, I thought it might be beneficial for me to AP and create a new job for myself back in my hometown.
I've been projecting since February --- 9 different events --- so, I'm very new to this still.  Haven't been able to make much sense of what I have experienced (I keep a detailed journal).
Does anyone with some experience with this think that it is possible, and do you think it's a selfish act that I'm attempting?  And either way, are there consequences if it should actually work?
I'm not sure how far I've gone in regards to "planes".  But, this morning I projected and I believe I hadn't gone far because I was still in my room, but conscious and obviously in a lower plane considering I was still in my room, but I was seeing things out of the ordinary and somewhat able to manipulate them.  That's when I just started repeating --- "I need a new job, I need a new job..."  Wow!!!  This really does sound kinda' silly now that I'm writing it out again.
Any take on any of this from anybody... I'm all ears.

anyone read "Our Ultimate Reality" by Adrian Cooper.  How about the chapter regarding "making our own realities"... anyone have any experience with this?  I'm curious if any one has proven this to be true for themselves.

I've had 8 conscious OBE's now, and 3 in particular I was actually pulled out of my body... I can't ever really make out what is pulling me, but it appears to be shadow-like.  Anyway, during those OBE's I don't seem to be doing the "driving" either.  The places I decide to go to, my movements, asking to go back into my body... I don't seem to have much control over any of these things.  I say, not much, because I'll think to go back into my body a few times and nothing happens... until the third time, or so.  I'll ask to go somewhere and end up going somewhere entirely different and foreign to me.  I'll be flying at an insane speed to all these different places... flying about wildly, I can feel myself curling up into a ball, cuz' I can feel my stomach bouncing around, like when you're on a rollercoaster ride.  But, again... I don't feel like I'm flying... I feel like something is pulling me along.  I always seem to be flying through tunnels alot --- alot of times it looks like I'm flying through a vessel (artery, vein)... other times it's just dark, I can see things peripherally, but we're goin' so fast, it's a blur.  At one point, we'd stop in the middle of outer space... I can see stars and galaxies all around.  Then we'd whoosh off and I'm in some "other world"?  It had blue skies, green grass, and white clouds like Earth... but I saw this huge structure that was definitley not something you would see here, it was really grand and the view was serene.  These places (there were more) were just from this most recent OBE I had... about 2hrs. ago.
Ultimately, my question of course, is if anyone else has experienced anything similar to this?  And incidentally, what benefits have any of you garnered from OBEing?

I began "giving in" to those strange vibrations several months ago.  Since then I've had 7 conscious OBE's.  I've never stayed out too long, or gone very far.  Well, the last two that I've had... someone else has been present.  The first time, I was having some difficultly exiting my body;  when next to me, I see a dark shadowy figure (the only light in my room came from the TV)... but, I didn't get any kind of fearful or negative vibe whatsoever --- I think he helped me out of my body.  Second time, I got out of my body (with some difficulty --- I was laying on my stomach) and got just a few feet from my bed, and was suddenly being PULLED back toward my body (silly as it sounds, it felt as if this "cord" I've heard so much about, was tangled).  I hovered over my body for a second and thought, "I could sure use some help, do I have a Spirit Guide anywhere?".  Instantly, I could see my TV set start to flicker and dim, as did the lighting in the room --- it got noticeably darker (the TV set was providing the light) for about two seconds then went back to the way it was.  Out of my left peripheral, I see a figure walk over to my physical body on the bed and sit down next to it).  Again, no negativity whatsoever (I believe it looked like a white dude in a button-up yellow shirt and brown slacks).  I wanted to communicate, but for some reason background noise from the TV was definitely distracting me (it didn't before... don't know why), and went back into my body.  Could this have been my Spirit Guide?