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Hello everyone! I haven't been around in a while. Although I've been meditating daily, I haven't focused much on lucid dreaming or AP as of late, not sure why exactly, but my experience yesterday reignited my interest.

I won't describe the whole thing because, frankly, it was kind of boring. Two things were most notable though...

First, I had a false awakening and for a full five minutes I was trying to get out of my bed, my vision was blurry, and trying to move was like I was in wet cement. I became very frustrated and just fought it, and finally I realized, "Wait...this sh*t doesn't happen in 'real' life...my body is asleep." During this whole ordeal I was completely unable to look to my left even though I kept trying to because I felt a presence there. Interesting that after I realized fully that my body was asleep, and because it was such an uncomfortable experience, I first tried to get back into my body and wake up, but was completely unable to. That was a first. I was even surprised and had the thought that it was strange that I couldn't get back to my physical body, which in the past even a hint of such a thought would zoom me back. It wasn't scary at all, just interesting. So I closed my (dream) eyes to meditate and try to project instead.

As I closed my eyes, messages appeared on a sort of screen just like if you're looking at a Pinterest board. Perfectly vivid and intelligible. Different colorful fonts, pictures. The first message said something like, "We're sorry about this experience, we're trying our best, stay tuned!" It was a message from my guides saying that they were trying to help me have this experience but were not doing a very good job at it. lol - first time I've gotten a direct, written message from them, and it's the first time I realized they were fallible. I always thought they just knew exactly what to do to help me, not that they had to come up with ideas and try them out on me. Apparently they miscalculated this time.

Then they gave me several little quizzes via the same "Pinterest board". I remember they told me about four cubes, and that I had to tell them what I saw inside each one. They were empty, but I just had to tell them what I imagined. My memory of the quizzes is vague, as is the transition to the next scenes in which I found myself.

I won't go into detail on the scenes because they were quite boring, but the second interesting aspect was that I was fully, completely lucid and several times had the thought of going back to my body, but was unable to. I was fully immersed in this other reality, more solidly than I've ever been before. I had no fear whatsoever even though at one point we had a missile coming directly to our house and it was about to explode. Everyone else was freaking out and I was just like, "Whatever, this is just a dream, people." I actually remember being a bit annoyed at the entire scene. It wasn't the type of airy, fleeting realities I've been to before, but very dense and solid. There was no flying, levitating, or spontaneous manifestation in this place.

Well, it was the most interesting experience I've had in months and I just wanted to share.

Any of you all have cool experiences lately?

Hi everyone.

When I meditate and try to project, once I get into a very relaxed state and my body goes numb and I get the hypnagogic imagery, I will start seeing images, extremely clear, vivid, detailed images either of a scene or a face or an animal's face. They're at least as clear as my vision in normal everyday life, but they only last a tiny fraction of a second. I'll see a beautiful scene of a mountain with all the colors and everything, but I can't hang onto it. As soon as it registers, it's gone. I suspect maybe I'm moving my eyes to try to focus on it, which is partly why it disappears.

Any tips/tricks for really holding onto those images so I can "enter" the scene? Or maybe I'm just not deep enough to enter the scene so I only get flashes of it. Thanks!

I have a question I've been pondering lately, figured I'd post it to get some opinions.

I've begun to believe, as many of you do, that this physical world is just a play of sorts which we willingly enter from the wider, non-physical reality, willingly placing blinders on in order to fully immerse ourselves in the experience and expand/evolve our consciousnesses as a result.

Although I hate to be judgmental, I often can't help it. Some people are just flat-out complete pieces of sh*t. Rude, selfish, STUPID, completely self-unaware, living life unconsciously and causing pain to others.

Is it possible these people have within/fueling them even more evolved consciousnesses than the truly good, loving people of the world, but they wanted a different experience when they decided to incarnate?

I see some people, watch them and listen to them and just think to myself, "It makes no sense that that piece of crap could have within him a highly evolved consciousness."

The only way I could see this being the case is if this physical world is even more insignificant than I had previously thought with respect to the wider reality...like this world is just kind of a joke, a playground, and nothing matters that much at all. Kind of like a video game is to us.

Thoughts?

Had a cool experience last night. I figure I was projecting instead of dreaming (if you care to make that distinction) because things were very structured and events followed other events chronologically and logically.

I honestly don't remember even close to everything, but the gist was that I showed up at this school, kind of like a boarding school, and the plan was that I was gonna stay there for a while and learn with the other people. Everyone had different super powers and there were all kinds of beings there. I walk in at first and there is this small little Chinese-looking being, like 2 feet tall and looked kind of like a toy, with his arms straight to his sides and behind him, and he was cruising around, floating just above the floor. I was amazed and asked the person who was setting me up if these beings were aliens. He laughed and said no, that they were made in Chile. lol wut?

I show up to a large room where there are other people and I'm asking about their "astral powers" and discussing everything with them. A lot of this kind of stuff goes on for a while, then I wake up in the physical. I'm seeing all kinds of flashing colors and I know it's a perfect time to project.

As I'm lying there trying to stay awake while my body goes to sleep I feel intense chills and vibrations, and I feel like I'm rocking back and forth. I lose awareness for a second then "wake up" in a bed, one of 12 or so beds on an indoor ferris wheel, and as ferris wheel booths rock back and forth, so was my bed. I remember thinking, "Oh man, that's why I felt like I was rocking! I'm in this ferris wheel bed!" And it made perfect sense to me even though now it sounds ridiculous.

I haven't done a great job describing this all but it was really cool going to this school. I can't say I learned anything, or at least I don't remember learning anything, but I'd love to go back soon...

Anyone have experiences with a kind of astral school theme? I've read some before on here but would love to hear more...

I call it phasing, not sure exactly what to call it, but yesterday I meditated for an hour right after work. I had a really sore throat, had been tired all day, and was definitely getting sick, so I wanted to meditate and try to heal myself that way. Not sure if it had any effect, but I'm definitely feeling better...should be 100% by tomorrow. Maybe it was the 8 grams of vitamin C

Anyway, after 5/10 mins I started getting the usual hypnagogic imagery, but this time it was especially vivid. I don't know about you guys, but for me it always starts with light areas (usually purple) swirling around, and against that light backdrop, I see smoky figures swirling, transforming, like smoke. The edges of these figures are very sharp and distinct.

At one point a single point of light came from the distance toward me, fast, and as it got "near" me it transformed into a beautiful woman's face. Absolutely gorgous, calm, and in my mind I said, "Wow, you're absolutely beautiful! I love the form you've chosen!" It only lasted a split second but it was vivid...maybe more vivid than "real life".

Soon after, against a lit-up background I saw the black smokiness transform into a large hand with the pointer finger up, and it was giving me the "come hither" motion. Suddenly, below the hand everything lit up bright, all different colors, and the colors transformed into stars, nebulae, galaxies, etc...and they were passing below the hand (still motioning me to come hither) at a very high speed. I was traveling with the hand, perspective-wise, but couldn't enter the scene.

I've seen this before when AP'ing after awakening in the middle of the night, and I was able to focus and join the scene, feeling myself getting sucked into the tunnel, and ending up in some random NPR environment. This time though I was too aware of my body, and although I did really want to go there and be sucked into the tunnel, I couldn't.

Really cool experience nonetheless, but any tips for this kind of situation? Any tricks to be able to "join the scene" and get "sucked in"?

Still haven't consciously met my guide, at least I don't remember doing so, but I get the sense that the woman and the hand were my guide(s). Throughout I kept asking to meet him/her/them, asking for help, and I figure he/she/they were trying to help me with the hand motion. There was no discernable communication though, which is what I wanted.

I hate to start another help thread, but I'm hoping someone can give me personalized guidance. I'm really close (I think) to projecting consciously, but can't get that last step. I have a couple questions.

I can get my feet/legs "out", and also my arms, and sometimes I can feel my whole self rise out of my physical body an inch or two with that floating sensation, but I get stuck at that point. What should I do, keep trying to get more "out", or do nothing? I've tried both but obviously something is holding me back.

I can achieve the hypnagogic state within 5/10 minutes, and then ride the border of sleep, bouncing back and forth. Usually I'll feel the first big "pull" of my body trying to go to sleep, and I can come back from it without going to sleep. That's the point where I'm able to lose awareness of my body's position. For example, I know how my physical hands are positioned, but they feel (I mean completely feel) like they're in a different position.

To try to describe that state, it's like, "Yeah yeah, meditating, staying aware...whoa wtf nothing makes sense...oh wow almost fell asleep but I'm back and everything feels light and floaty...cool..." lol

Sometimes I will see a brief flash of a vivid scene (most recently, a dark shoreline with a warship coming towards me from the right), but I can't hold onto the scene. Should I be trying to hold on to the scene, or just let it pass and ignore it?

When I achieve the "floaty" state after recovering from a strong sleep "pull", what would you suggest I do? Also, for those of you who are able to consciously project, how long does it usually take for you to get out of body?

For anyone struggling to get to the state I'm talking about, what works best for me is just focusing entirely on the ringing sound in my head that's always in the background, but only heard if focused on. I just ignore everything else and keep focusing on that ringing, and the state comes pretty quickly.

Thanks!

I wonder what you all do for a living, if you truly enjoy your lives, and if you have found true happiness.

I'm a very happy person, and I've had a very fortunate life so far (28 years). There's always room for improvement obviously, and the major one I'm focusing on is getting out of the corporate world and working for myself so I can have more freedom to pursue the things I want to pursue instead of spending 50 hours of every week commuting to and spending time in a cubicle under artificial light.

Do any of you live a life of abundance and freedom? If so, how, specifically?

I've been reading the archives of the different forum topics here for a while, and in the last 25 or so pages of this forum, a member named Ginny used to post a lot. Most of her posts were stories of retrievals she did, and I find them incredibly fascinating.

I'm wondering why she doesn't post here anymore, and if anyone has contact with her. Is she still "alive"?

Is there a website where she documented all of her retrievals and other experiences? Her stories are AWESOME.

Hello! I'm a total noob, but have been reading the archives in this forum a lot lately. The past few months I've been reading self-development blogs and websites, one of which was www.stevepavlina.com, where I first read about astral projecting. He doesn't write much about it, but I did my own searches, and recently read Multidimensional Man by Jergen Ziewe. I'm gaining as much knowledge as possible currently as the subject interests me greatly.

Every day for a month or so I've been trying to AP, without much success. I've only done it once (that I remember of course), and it was unintentional, from a lucid dream to AP (I believe it was AP). I've copy/pasted my notes on the experience below, with minor changes to make it more readable.

I have a few questions for the vets...

1. Does this also sound to you like AP?
2. Do you believe that AP is easier when we've recently accomplished something in our lives, and that it's "given" to us as a reward?
3. I can easily achieve the state of my body being numb, hearing sounds and voices, seeing patterns, etc., within 15/20 mins of meditating, but I'm not quite sure what to do beyond that to project out of my body. I've tried focusing hard, tried not focusing at all and relaxing as much as possible while focusing only on my breathing, and several other things, but none seem to work for me. I know it's very individualistic, and I'll probably have to figure it out on my own (I'm so close!), but maybe someone can give me some advice that would help?
4. Not a question, but a big THANK YOU for this fantastic resource.


Below is my experience:

(lucid dream description - don't want to post because of personal nature and some nudity lol, but the cool part was flying around on a magic carpet, going wherever I intended to go)

"I forget some more specifics, but around this time I awoke from my lucid dream in a shed. When I opened my eyes, things looked very, very strange. I figured at this point I was astral projecting, and thanks to what I read, I knew not to get too excited so I wouldn't wake up. There was something on the slanted wall or ceiling that shouldn't have been there and that's what gave it away. I was in some kind of maintenance shed, and there was landscaping equipment.

On the right, there was some kind of chain device that led to the outside. I tried to work my way through it, but the chains were sharp, and I couldn't figure out how to get out. On the other side of the chain there was some kind of big lawnmower. I gave up on getting outside that way and looked down, seeing some kind of dirt on the ground that was packed tight, as if it just came out of the lawnmower attachment. For some reason it struck me as funny and I laughed at it, although it was just packed grass and dirt.

I walked to the other end of the shed and lifted the door, which was a garage door, from the bottom, and I was outside. I walked across a small path/road, on the other side of which was a very large field which sloped downwards and away from me. I remember all of this with foggy vision, although in my dream my vision was quite clear. There was green grass and trees and some kind of building off in the distance.

To my right was a truck-like vehicle, and it looked like there was someone in it. I felt weird looking over, so I didn't, and I also didn't move for a while. Finally, I walked across the road, looked into the truck, and saw a man, a child in the middle seat, and possibly someone else in the passenger seat. The front of the truck was white, and bubbled kind of like that big white character from the tire commercials (Good Year?). It didn't seem that strange. I looked at them after I crossed the road, waved them on, and they drove along the road past me. I remember their expression when looking at me was kind of confused, as if it was strange that I was there. They could see me, and perhaps they realized I was from another world or dimension, and they weren't used to seeing someone like me.

After they drove by, I focused my attention on the field in front of me. At this point I looked at the moon, which was hazy because of some cloud cover possibly. The moon was beautiful, but the most unbelievable thing was the star formations. I almost cried it was so beautiful. Think the big dipper, but more complex, different colors...I remember the colors purple and pink...and they were all pulsating and sparkling so brilliantly. It felt as if I were in a different galaxy. The moon was to my right, and there were 2 or 3 different star formations. I looked at them for a minute and said out loud how amazingly beautiful they were. I looked to the left and there were some more formations.

At this point I was completely conscious that I was not in the physical world, at least this one, so I decided to fly. I closed my eyes, focused my attention on levitating, and rose up slowly, about 50, 100 feet in the air. It was much tougher and required more concentration to fly while astral projecting than in my lucid dream, but I was able to do it.

As I reached my apex, I looked to the right toward the moon again, and I could see the ocean, which was black. The shore was a large community of white pueblo-type buildings with orange, clay shingles. It was a beautiful community, and I remember being in awe of the beauty, and saying it aloud again.

In front of me in the distance was another structure but I don't remember focusing on it, and I don't recall what it looked like, except I believe it was some kind of hotel-like structure. I believe to my left was forest.

While I was in the air, I decided to try to go to a different place by intending it. I closed my eyes, said to my guide, "Take me where I'm supposed to go," and with that, I felt a pulling on my feet, pulling downwards, into the earth (or whatever planet it was), floating downwards. I felt a bit uncomfortable being pulled downwards, but made myself trust it, and that I'd end up where I was supposed to be. I distinctly remember feeling like there were clasps around my legs, right above the ankles. The downwards floating was a very nice sensation.

At this point I started to lose it, and I actually woke up in my bed, in "real" life. I felt so relaxed, refreshed, and amazing. I felt the urge to thank someone for the experience. I thanked my guardian spirit. It was an absolutely amazing experience, and I can't wait to see what comes next.

The thought occurred that this experience was a reward for me for doing what I've been doing lately: becoming more conscious, and quitting drinking. I sent a long email to my girlfriend the night I had this experience, explaining myself with regard to not drinking, as it undoubtedly affects us both, and it seemed this experience was a reward for my openness and my strength and courage to quit.

As I lay in bed, I had a huge smile on my face, was thanking my guardian spirit, and felt so warm and relaxed and good. I decided to try to project again, but I had a few negative thoughts and was a bit worried about dark spirits. I came really close, but couldn't quite let myself go. There's a fine line between sleep and being in a state where you're able to project. I was actually able to come partially out of my body, but not completely. I started seeing light images of tunnels of electricity, and I knew I was close to projecting again, but was unable to completely relax myself. I felt strong tingling on my body, and had the beginnings of the loud vibrations I've read about."

Thanks for reading