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So I attempted to project around 1pm today. I used some binural beats to help me along but after about 45 minute, it didn't seem to be doing much so I took them out and just laid on my side. Almost immediately I started to feel the signs of an OBE and next thing I know, I am wiggling out of my body. I felt a lot more in control of this experience than I usually am. Most of the time I can't even float or move through object, but I was able to this time.
At some point I decide to ask to see my spirit guide which is something I have never really done before. Nothing happens until I turn around and see a large black jungle cat which I believe was a panther. I freaked out for a second because it was right in my face but then I slowly relaxed when I realized all it was doing was looking at me innocently. At this point I must have slipped into a dream and eventually woke up.
Could this panther (or whatever kind of large cat it was) be my spirit guide? Aside from the initial shock, I did not felt threatened at all.

So last night, or rather this morning around 5 a.m. I had an interesting experience which I am not sure was an OBE or a lucid dream.

It started when I woke up in a state of paralysis, which happens to me very often. Realizing the state I was in, I attempted to leave my body, and I eventually did so. A lot of the time, my OBE's feel very physical and real, so I always check asking myself questions like where am I and try to see if anything is out of place.

I eventually realize that I really am out of my body, but the next thing I know I am in shallow water looking for something, and then later I am searching for a book for someone. While these last bits seem more like a dream than anything, I am still aware that I am out of my body. I'm wondering if it was because of the state of mind I was in and it started with a conscious OBE and then I drifted into a dream?

So I have been on and of this site since my schedule can go from slow to busy. I am able to project at will from time to time but I am a bit rusty which is causing my experiences to feel very physical. What I mean by this is that I am able to leave my body but I am still restricted to physical laws (unable to float or phase through walls). This, however, could be related to the fact that the last few times it happened, my mind has been very tired which could be translating into my experiences.

Now to get back on track with what my subject heading is talking about. Every now and then when I am in the pre projection phases, I hear strange voices which I can best describe as eavesdropping on a phone call or picking up radio stations. I know that auditory hallucinations are common when attempting to project but this is the first time I have heard something like this. Does anyone have similar experiences?

It has been several months since I have had a succesful projection experience. Partly because i have been busy but also because of lazyness. The past month i have been trying to get back into it but the most i could accomplish was relaxing and falling asleep. Well last night i decided to try this binural beat app i got on my phone. I let it play for about an hour and then took them off cause i was just going go to sleep. Shortly after i felt the familiar vibrations and i almost got too excited and snapped out of it but i knew better. I calmed myself down and embraced the vibrations until i rolled myself out of my body. I wasnt able to do much. I could phase through windows and float around but not quite fly and i was confined to the area around my apartment building. Im guessing part of this is because i was tired and on the verge of just slipping into a dream and that i am out of practise. Either way, it was a consious exit from my body that im proud of. I found it surprising how well the binural beats worked but i dont want to get too used to it because i dont want to become reliant on them.
All in all i feel good about this recent experience and i feel im on the verge of strenthening my abilities. Reading about everyones experiences on here helps to motivate me as well so thanks all. Also sorry for any grammer/spelling errors. Im typing all this on my phone.

So I am able to leave my body about 3/4th of the times that I attempt to. Most of the time they only last less than a minute(pop out then pop right back in, lol) and even with the longer one's I seem to be confined to my apartment and am somewhat physically grounded (can't float or fly or go through walls)
Well just the other day I managed to leave my body and for the first time I was able to walk through a wall. It was pretty neat. It was as if I was melting into the wall and became part of it and just continued out the other side. Its a small step, but it is a step.
I'm also excited because with my new relaxation techniques I have been doing, I at least get to the near exit point almost every single time I attempt AP. I think I'm starting to hone in on the best methods for myself...after 2 years of being interested in AP and practising (with periods of time where I don't practise for a while)...Its about time, haha. So if anyone out there is feeling discouraged cause they have been trying for a while and still havn't been able to AP yet...Don't give up...as everyone says it really is time, pracatise and patients.

-Phil

Today was the third time I consciously astral projected. It wasn't very long and all I did was walk around my room. One thing that was different is that when I though about moving through a wall or something (something i have not been able to do yet) I actually started to sink through the floor. The surprise of this caused me to get pulled back into my body...The even stranger thing is that when I returned to my body I almost immediately fell into a dream. Because it was so sudden after returning to my body, I thought I was awake. In my dream I remembered have a stash of oreos in my cupboard. When I woke up I was saddened that I had no Oreos. One of the more disappointing dreams. but on the bright side I can add one more Astral Experience to my journal

-Phil

I just had my second conscious AP experience about a half an hour ago. My girlfriend left to go to a dentist appointment around 9 this morning so I used that time she was gone to just lay and bed and practice some meditation and relaxation. Just a half hour later I very briefly slipped into a dream where I was on a bus that was going down hill very fast and I got that feeling in my stomach that you get when you are on a roller coaster. It was then that I woke back up and found my self covered in the vibrations (and that weird pressure feeling in my teeth I always seem to get) I immediately attempted to exit my body. I managed to get myself out about 3 times for just a few seconds before returning to my body. I finally got myself out of my body long enough to turn around and see myself in my bed (something i didn't do in my first experience).

This experience wasn't quite as vivid as my first but that might have been because one of my arms was in a position where it wasn't getting very good circulation and was completely asleep.
But although it wasn't as interesting  of an experience as the first, I am glad to of had it because it was the second one in the past 2 weeks which means I must be getting the hang of it 
This fact alone is motivating me more and more and I'm glad I have this site to share my experiences on because not a lot of people I know are too interested in the subject matter. I look forward to my future experiences as I hope they will start happening more frequently and more vividly with practice.

-Phil

I have noticed that whenever I regularly practice AP it is easier for me to remember my dreams once I wake up. Usually I'm lucky if I remember small parts of my dreams let alone any part of them at all, but whenever I'm on a roll with meditation and AP attempts, they become more clear to me and easier to remember. I was also told that keeping a journal of your dreams helps with dream recall as well.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed the same things.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on meditation techniques in preparation  to attempt astral projection. I often find my mind restless in my attempts so I am wanting to try meditation sessions to help relax my mind prior to attempting a projection.

I have found, however, that when I take 10-15 minutes to do some stretches and some push ups and sit ups I am able to relax my body a lot quicker.
Basically I can get my body to the relaxed state in needs to be pretty well but not so much my mind.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

-Phil

I usually try to write down any any strange dreams I remember or any astral experiences I have. I was going through my notebook where I write it all down and came across one of my first astral related  experiences that I almost forgot about. It was not a conscious experience....I was just trying to fall asleep.

It started when I was having this dream that had some characters from the show Battlestar Galactica which I was watching at the time (yes I love that show). In the dream I was the character Gaius Baltar and I was talking to a Cylon. All of a sudden the Cylon whispered in my ear "You are projecting". The very second after I heard that I woke up. At this point I wanted to get a cup of water. As I got out of bed I noticed that my body felt heavy and sluggish. I slowly made my way to the kitchen and saw one of my housemates sitting in a chair in the kitchen. I told him that I think I just astral projected. At that moment I woke up once again. This time I just lay there on my side in my bed. I started to ear a very creepy noise that is best described as a child laughing....kind of like you would hear in a horror movie. After the creepy laughing stopped I saw the outline of a figure directly in my face. I could see no features but I could tell the figure was staring right at me. At this point I finally got myself to actually wake up.

This was by far the strangest dream/astral experience I have had. I'm not sure if the whole thing was a dream or parts of it was astral related. Either way I found it interesting enough to share.

Although I try to time most of my astral projection attempts during the daytime, sometimes my schedule  only allows me to practice while I'm about to go to bed. Does anyone think that having someone sleeping next to you affects having an experience, or even affects the person who is in bed with you?

I consciously astral projected for the first time the other day and while it was a really cool experience it also wasn't what I expected. I was pretty well grounded in where I was. I was in my room but it was slightly different. There was a mirror that I was able to see myself in. My hair was shorter than it is now and my movements appeared to be delayed.....when I waved my arms there was a ghostly trail following. But what was confusing to me was that I was unable to change where I was or float or fly. In a sense the experience was somewhat physical. I attempted to fly a couple times by jumping really high but i just landed face down on the floor....I felt no pain though. It did make me laugh at myself. I eventually decided to try and get back in my body which was as easy as thinking about it. I was able to successfully roll out of my body and return to it several time in the course of 40 min. or so. I guess my question is that will I be able to have more freedom in my future experiences?