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So I am just starting to study the tarot, and one of the important things that is stressed is how to work your question correctly.

Before I begin to do a practice reading on myself, I thought I would pose a question relating to my job.  Could any of you with experience tell me if this question is properly formed for a tarot card reading:

"Can you give me insight into my future working at Company A, and when I should leave to work full  time for Company B?"

Would you say that this form of question is open ended enough to merit a good reading?  I am trying to follow some simple question guidelines like:

* Not expecting the cards to make a decision for me
* Not asking Yes or No questions
* Not to ask vague questions but be specific
* Not to focus on someone else but focus on your own personal situation
* Staying Positive

What do you guys think?

Hey guys,

As usual, whenever I have a nice OBE, I like to share it with you.  Here is the entry as recorded in my OBE Journal program:

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Wow, it's been awhile since I've recorded one of these.  But then again, it's been awhile since I've had one so lucid and clear.  Up until now, I've just had a lot of vivid dreams and what not.

I remember lying in bed on my back, and astrally seeing the ceiling above me.  As I concentrated on it, I imagined myself getting closer and closer to it, which started to happen.  I then reached out my arms and I was touching its rough surface.  I knew that once I felt that tactile, physical sensation of something relatively solid, that I was projecting and not just having some mind hallucination.

I then turned over in mid-air, dropped to the floor, and went out of our bedroom.  I walked down my hall, turned towards my front door, and decided to walk face-first through it.  As usual, I felt an invigorating sense of freedom as I felt myself pass through the much denser wooden material and out into my front yard.

It was night time, but very illuminated by the face of the moon.  Even though my calculations show the moon to be only 16% full right now, during this projection I saw a full moon.  Not only that, but it almost appeared as if there were THREE full moons.  However, that may have been my eyes playing tricks on me.  I remember that when I turned my head to look at the one full moon, another one seemed to pop up a little bit away from it.....almost like those optical illusions on the internet where you're asked to count the number of black dots, but everytime you do, another one seems to pop up next to it.

It was also slightly raining outside, and I felt very free and happy to be breathing in the nice, cool air.  Normally, in my waking life, I wouldn't just walk around in the rain, but in the astral, I feel very refreshed.  There was no cold or anything else normally associated with a winter rain.

I decided to float across the street and see about going into my neighbor's house.  They are new neighbors, and I haven't been in their place since the previous owners lived there.

I made it to their garage door, and walked right through it.  Inside the garage, I was a little surprised to find a girl in there.  She was probably only 10 years old, with brunette hair.  No one matches this description in my neighbor's family.  

Trying to be friendly, I said, "Hello there."

She responsed with a "hello."

"What's your name?"  I asked.

"Chrissy," she told me.

"Hi Chrissy.  I was just going to go inside the house."  

I then began to walk towards the door leading to the house from within the garage, when it suddenly hit me.  'What if this girl needs help?  What if I am supposed to do a retrieval and help some lost soul or something?'  I have never had to do anything like that before, but the more advanced I get in my travels, the more I can't help but feel that this is something most of us feel compelled to do.

I turned back to Chrissy and asked, "Are you dead or alive?"

She looked at me, almost surprised at my question, and said, "I'm alive."

I responded, "Oh ok.  Me too.  Is there anything I can help you with?"

She told me "No" and continued to play in the garage.  With that out of the way and off my conscience, I turned towards the front door of the house.  I just barely entered it when I saw a mother figure come towards me.  She looked a little uneasy and asked what I thought I was doing.

I responded that I simply wanted to see the house.  However, I was getting the impression that this wasn't the right time (or perhaps like a dummy, I never asked permission!), and therefore, I was being turned away.  Not wanting to force the issue, and being the polite guy that I am, I complied.

I then returned to my body.

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That was it!  Hope you enjoyed it.

Hey guys and gals,

Some of you may remember me.....others have no idea who I am!  I used to be a very, very regular member here (was a moderator in fact....sniff sniff....no longer though, it seems!).

Anyway, due to my hectic work schedule, I was forced to give up some of my online surfing and focus more on boring, work-related nonsense!  In fact, the only reason why I'm able to come in here now is that the boss is away and I've got some free time today!

So I guess to recap, my name is Jeff.  I live in Northern California.  I'm 29, married, and expecting our first daughter in probably a matter of days.  Woohoo!

I had my first OBE back in 1998, and since then, I've been a regular traveller, so to speak.  Some of my best times during the last few years have been posting here on the AP, and interacting with you guys.  I only hope that I'll have the time to be here to help and contribute like I used to.

Frank, my man, it's good to see you back.  I missed you partner, and you had me worried sick about your absense.  

Anyway, there are so many articles and topics here that I can't possibly get to them all.  I'll just skim and contribute as time permits.  Looking forward to getting to know all of you again!

Hey guys....

For those of you who use this program, I released the official 1.00.00 version today.

You can check it out and download/upgrade it by clicking the link in my signature.  If you have any other questions, let me know.

that answered all my questions....very well done...O wait one question: Do you know of any good techniques to phase

Hi Jeff,

Congratulations!Maybe you can combine visits to the Pulse with baby-sitting duties.

Cheers

Thanks for that, I was wondering how I could keep track of it instead of using pencil and paper.  Very nice.

If you could, make the program able to make you project instantly.....that would be great if possible.  I wish it were possible.

Wow this would kick arse to have, but you can see under cloths instead![]

WOW!  Very well written.  I can't wait to try these suggestions out.

Thanks Jeff.

Heey!  I just thought of a sig.  I think I'll call myself, 'The Experienced Student'.  []

Great experience Jeff!!

So, lets see...you take a bite out of some drywall, and now a tree!  Poor astral objects...they are gonna start cringing when you come floating by with your hungry, hungry hippo act! Hehehehe []

P.S. you should have come seen me this morning, I would have been up for a astral jaunt..[]

Nay

Hahaha nice!
Finally... its solved.
-Aries

Hi there Jeff, hows things ?! good, I hope.

Anyay, I read your account and thought to myself "right, I'm going to find out where he was when he saw those hotels."

I did a bit of searching for aerial photos, but couldn't come up with anything worthwhile...but if you did see a town on the EAST coast of britain / england with hotels on it, then it is most likely one of the following :
Scarborough
Bridlington
Whitby
Cleethorpes
Great Yarmouth
Lowestoft

If you were closer to the South East corner of England, facing France, then there are several other possibilities.

I was hoping I could paste an aerial photo on the forum, and ask "Is this where you were ?" !!! No such luck !

Mark

I just had to comment because this morning I had a dream of eating cheesburgers!  And they really had no taste and I kept eating them because I wasn't getting full!..hehhehe.  I must have packed away five of those bad boys, and I was conscious enough to think, why the heck do these have no taste and not filling me up?  I stopped cause well, gluttony isn't good []

Thanks for sharing Jeff!

P.S..I didn't mention that I was trying for a projection this morning and YOU were my target. [] But I ended up going into the cheeseburger dream!

Nay []

Very cool experience Jeff!

I wonder what was wrong with the Joey guy?..very interesting indeed.  Did you get any feelings on this?

I so enjoying reading of your adventures..thanks for sharing! []

Nay []

Great article Jeff, thanks for the link!!

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Ok, that's all I have to say.

Nay.[]

When I extracted the file and tryed to open de journal.exe he gives an application error...?

Thank's

Good idea

Best regards

Hi Jeff,


The new release 1.00.00 (beta4) has many possibilities and It's easy to use, ty for add some recommendations..



Best regards

Hey jeff, I tried to install it but it complained that I don't have the .NET framework...  Is it because I use 2000 and not XP...?

Greetings Jeff,

Excellent experience; thanks very much indeed for sharing it with us!

Do you think you made it out of the "real-time zone"? That might have been why you didn't get as far as API which is in the Astral. Just a thought anyway.

Thanks again!

With best regards,

Adrian.

Hey there......

I think what you suggested is going a little overboard (not in a bad way....just real tedious for people).

First off, I think the obvious step to take would be to not reveal any details of your encounter that you want verified.  As an example, let's say I hang a picture up on a wall.  I may tell you where to look for it, but I won't say what the picture is.  That way, whoever reports back the accurate picture will be proof that there was a connection.

"That's well and good Jeff, but how do the rest of us know that person A who hung the picture isn't lying by agreeing with person B?"

This is where your idea could come in. However, instead of zipping your account into a ZIP file with passwords, you could simply just write it down in a text file (using Notepad, Wordpad, Microsoft Word, etc) and save it.  By saving this file, it leaves a time stamp of when the file was created and the last time it was edited.  Simply by sending this file to people, you could prove that it was written BEFORE person B verified your picture.

Of course, using tools and some programming skills, one could alter the timestamp of a file, but I'm assuming most of us here who are serious about the API wouldn't do such a thing.

Amazing experience... thanks for sharing!

Keep up the good work!

I notice you keep a journal. I am considering this both for APs and for more normal 'dreams', as I have noticed that even with strikingly real obes, after a few days the memory begins to fade and you lose a lot of the experience. Right now i can recall some basic details of several of my best obes but the 'essense' doesnt seem to be there, I think a journal would help preserve that.

Douglas

quote:Originally posted by Jeff_Mash

Seriously folks, am I a bunny rabbit?  Look at my avatar and tell me if you see a rabbit or a real photo?  I have tried to upload my photo avatar three times, and each time, it shows up to me as a cartoon rabbit.  

I wrote to Adrian and he says he sees the photo of me fine.  So is my head up in the astral clouds or do you guys see big floppy ears on me?

I see a photo of a guy. Maybe the bunny is a glitch,
or perhaps the how the woman in your life sees you.
seriously...your pic is there.

Xander

Greetings Jeff,

Of course we remember you; how could we ever forget []

Welcome back, and I hope you can find the time to stick around this time [] Things have moved on since you were lat here, a couple of thousand new members and over 6000 posts per month. Many of the original member from the early days are still here and will no doubt also be pleased to see your return []

I hope everything goes well with the wedding, that is quite some wife you will have there [] I am sure you will find the right time to tell her about your OBE experiences.

Welcome back, and there are many new members here who can benefit from your experience.

With best regards,

Adrian.

Congratulations man ! I'm happy for ya!  

I think you should tell her about it.. it seems like astral projection and OBEs are very important to you and if your keeping it from her.. think about what she is missing out on.  Who better to trust than her fiance I think you should tell her.. the sooner she knows , the sooner she may take an interest and experience for herself first hand. I can understand why you wanna have more control over it and do it by your own will before you decide to tell her. I'm kinda the same way about it with my girlfriend. I already told her that I wanted her to try to get into it with me but I'm not pushing the subject until I can do it as often as I want.  

PS: Maybe you could leave something out ( a book on OBEs ) or the astralpulse.com website on the computer screen so she could find out for herself first? It may strike more interest in her.. I dunno , thats just an idea I got.


Thats my 2 cents heh again congrats and best wishes to you both!

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Hi Jeff,

I know what you're talking about. That happens a lot, sometimes i'll be meditating, and i'll realise im looking at something as if im looking at it out of my physical eyes. The things I see can vary. What you said is very true, and well put.

"Imagination flows OUT....and anything that you see which seems to come IN to your mind without you thinking about it is probably that 'other end of the channel' from which the astral resides"

That makes sense.

One time when I was meditating, I was lying down on my bed, and theres a tv in my room, and I suddenly became aware that the tv was on, I could hear it, and I could see it on (my eyes were closed) I thought to myself, "why on earth would I go to meditate with the tv on?" So I got off my bed and opened my eyes and went and pressed the button on the tv, and the tv turned on, and thats when I realised what had happened;)

The tv hadn't been on, but I had seen it on while meditating for some reason, I got up to turn it off, and I guess I still must have been in a bit of an altered state when I opened my eyes and walked over to the tv, because I didnt fully realise until I turned it on what had happened. heh.

Maybe at this particular time, I developed real time sight, and you know how sometimes when u project to the real time, things aren't how they should be, maybe that was the same with the sight I had.

Oliver

There is the "active topics" feature which allows you to click a link which will take you directly to the thread with the new posts. I'm not sure if you're aware of that but you can clearly see links to it  both at the top and bottom of the forum index. Hope that helps.

I'm not very experienced but I would think it would be the same as dream recall.  If you practice recalling your dreams you get better at it.  Its a question of  training the mind.  Definately writing them down as soon as you have had one - keep a small tape recorder by the bed to get the details real quick.  You can type them up later.

How can they call it a study when "the study is based on only one patient."...

Here's a challenge: See if you can have a meta-obe. AP out of the astral body.
Or you could zoom here and help me get out http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/images/icon_Smile.gif" border=0>

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jouni

Great Mug shot Jeff!

I love your site BTW, Ive finally found where all of the funny pictures I get in Emails come from! Keep up the great work! When I realised I could view them in such a concentration in the one place at first I thought my chest would collapse from laughter!

best regards

David

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