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Interesting metaphor.

The Hindu religion has a whole pantheon of deities, each representing a different aspect of the one supreme being which they call Brahman.

Yes, the core underlying  basis of almost every religion and Spiritual tradition, with the exception of some orthodox religions, conceptualize God in a similar way, although the clergy and congregations often do not or will not recognise this. The primary characteristic religious texts attribute to God, is that of Infinite Love. Many, as you have noted, also relate to God as The Light, and to this we can also include Absolute Perfection. Many religious texts also recognise the truth that God, Source is All That IS, and therefore we are all One with God and with each other.

Christianity: "Neither shall they say, lo here! or, lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of Heaven is within you". -- Luke 17:21

Islam: "Those who know themselves know their God".

Buddhism: "Look within, thou art Buddha".

Vedanta, part of Hinduism: "Atman (individual Consciousness) and Brahman (Universal Consciousness) are one".

Upanishads, part of Hinduism: "By understanding the self, all this Universe is known".

Yoga, part of Hinduism: "God dwells within you as you".

Confucianism: "Heaven, Earth and human are of one body".

Christianity: "On that day, you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you". -- John 14:20

I have no experience of these halls, but I can offer a few general observations and suggestions.

Regarding your initial post:

Is the Halls of Amenti a place which is open to interpretation and I will not see the same place as Darius describes? If I can overcome the fear I was thinking of moving towards the hexagon shapes, it's just this wierd blue mist that coils around me which is throwing me off.

As I am sure you are already aware, the non-physical can be much more "fluid" than the physical, the higher the vibratory frequency, the more fluid it seems, the major determining factor being the influence of the Mind, your expectations etc. Same applies to projecting to AP Island and I assume "the barbecue", no two experiences will be exactly the same due to the influence of the Mind and how it interprets the energy associated with the object. Fear will inevitable result in correspondingly fearful experiences. So a good way of approaching your projection to the halls is with a feeling of expectation, anticipation etc.. If the blue mist appears, know it cannot harm you, and know that you are safe and protected, and view it with curiosity. As you are aware, all communication is effectively telepathic, by thought transfer, so while remaining calm, mentally ask your questions and expect an answer.  You may receive an immediate response, not necessarily in words, but by a "knowing" . If not you may receive the answers later. Ultimately, the Mind is all powerful, so your state of Mind will exert an influence over your experience.

Great, thanks Xanth.

The second image represents the original Astral Pulse Island I was involved with.

This topic reminds me of the Astral Pulse Island project - there is a sub-forum for it. Basically back in 2003 a group of us created Astral Pulse Island in the Astral using a physical image representation of the island which was online here. Projecting there involved a sort of phasing technique using the physical image as an object for the subconscious mind. Not sure if the original image still exists, perhaps Xanth could check in the website root. Astral Pulse Island is a tropical island surrounded by vivid blue ocean with a pyramid in the centre.

The lady in this video was told by doctors that the bladder cancer she had been diagnosed with was incurable and terminal. Not accepting it, she travelled to a "medicine-less hospital" in China to seek a healing by practitioners of the ZhiNeng QiGong medicine-less hospital. In this video, a CT scan technician displays the frozen image of the bladder tumour on the left of the screen, then next to it a live image of the bladder cancer to view as the healing took place for comparison purposes. The practitioners commence chanting in Chinese something similar to "not there, not there, not there........." which dispels the illusion of the bladder cancer. The tumour is thus very rapidly seen to dissolve completely, and the lady is pronounced healed.  No disease or imperfection can appear in the physical Being without a mental equivalence, including cancer for example. So the basis of all permanent healing is to dispel the illusion of disease, and to restore harmony and balance with our natural state of Perfection.

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I would once again like to extend my gratitude to Xanth for his most valuable work as an administrator in the past, over many years. Keeping the Astral Pulse running smoothly at every level from server, through back-end operating systems to forum software has at times been challenging, and not without issues, but dedication of Xanth to the forum has been invaluable. I would also like to thank Xanth once again for taking over and upgrading the Astral Pulse to ensure its smooth running on the latest software for the benefit of members and countless future visitors.

["There is nothing outside of yourself, look within. Everything you want is there. You are That." ~ Rumi]

Anyone else experience this weird "become the teacher/wisdomholder you once sought" effect? It's pretty fun to be honest and has lead to alot of personal growth for me over the years.

To make along story short, I have always felt that I did not belong here, on this "place" called "Earth", but I knew I must be here for a reason. Always been Spiritually aware and close to nature. Due to my interest, from experience, in Astral Projection, I created this forum in 2002. Then around 2003, I was inspired to write a book entitled "Our Ultimate Reality, Life, the Universe and Destiny of Mankind". That was followed by 8 years of weekly newsletters on a multitude of Spiritual, metaphysical and life matters, read by people around the world.  If you are interested you can download the books from the downloads page of my website, link in my sig of this post.

I can say, for sure, that the entire knowledge of the Universe is within every human being to the extent we may access it. As you experienced yourself, the more focussed you become on Spiritual matters, the more it flows. All the knowledge and answers you seek can only be found within yourself, not "out there". Also, because the knowledge of the Universe is within everyone, although most are usually not aware of it, when they hear or see the truth, it often resonates within them as true. I have always said - if something heard or seen written resonates as true, then accept it as true, if not, then reject it.

To conclude, here is a quote from the great Sufi mystic:

"There is nothing outside of yourself, look within. Everything you want is there. You are That." ~ Rumi

Hi!

My name's Chloe. I've been astral projecting for years and then fell out of it for a while when my professional life and its problems made me too depressed to easily astral project. Been experimenting with some things lately again after some interesting unexpected out of body experiences and decided I might as well join here as I used to lurk this forum in the past and always had a desire to join. My personal mission in life is to at least try and reverse engineer out of body experiences.

Welcome to the Astral Pulse Chloe. There is a vast repository of information here encompassing a wide range of knowledge and experience from members past and present to draw upon, and willing and able to answer any questions. Perhaps you could expand upon your desire to "reverse engineering out of body experiences", e.g. methodology or the meaning of the experience itself.

The name "Easter" is derived from the ancient Celtic tradition of Ostara, which most likely would have been celebrated in Wales as as well. Ostara took place around the Vernal Equinox, around 21 March on the Gregorian calendar, to celebrate a new cycle of birth, life and renewal, still symbolised today with eggs, rabbits etc. The Vernal Equinox is also when day and night are of equal duration. 

Later, religion moved Easter to April for its own purposes.

From what you have shared so far, your early experiences has most similarity with a meditative method which has become to be referred to as "Phasing". You can find great introductory information about Phasing on Xanth's webpage:

An Easy Guide and a Step By Step Book on Astral Projection

Here you also view/download Xanth's excellent book:

What is Astral Projection, and How To Do It

Also, over a couple of decades ago there was a member, Frank Kepple, who was an expert and highly accomplished at Phasing, who most generously shared a considerable amount of knowledge here on the forum, which can be viewed/downloaded here:

Frank Kepple Phasing Posts

I should add that even though your earlier experiences arose from a meditative state, now you are older a different approach might be more appropriate. Phasing though is an excellent place to begin, and lays the foundation to experiment with other methods should phasing not meet your objectives.

I agree with Lumaza with regards to group meditations. They certainly can serve a purpose for some people and objectives, however, success at Phasing requires absolute focus, concentration and motivation with no distractions, through which, when persevered with, Phasing can become a progressively easier and a more natural ability. With regards to maintaining motivation, there is always support in this forum, but ultimately it is preferable to develop a level of self-discipline. Buddhist monks, sitting together, as a group, in meditation, are not are not there to motivate each other, but to focus within themselves, which is also true of Phasing.

Welcome to the Astral Pulse.

Well this is a primarily a discussion forum as opposed to a social network type scenario, but that said, here you will find a wealth of information and discussions on AP, OBE etc, and experienced projectors who are generally willing and able to help with any questions you may have. "Out of Body Experiences" are a completely natural ability, but which requires a disciplined and focussed approach as opposed to serious training.

its not just me I am not seeing a whole lot of peoples avatars
you got some kind of bug

Many if not most users choose not to have an avatar, and of those that do they probably added it much more recently.

To upload your avatar, click your user name in  the top right corner of the forum, and select "Profile Details".

You joined the forum over 20 years ago, during which time the forum software has been migrated across different software and platforms multiple times. Your avatar probably went astray during this process. It is unfortunate this occurred, but I suggest you upload another avatar.

The account and associated data has now been deleted as requested.

Like Lucid, I have visited Wales several times, mostly the north and Snowdonia area. Beautiful area and country and very friendly people. If you really want to live there, imagine, with all the associated feelings, as frequently as possible, that you are living there right now, and believe it. Sooner or later it will happen. Don't attempt to figure out how, trust the Universe.

After many years reading and thinking about AP and it's implications for who and what we are and what life is really all about, it is time for me to commit to learning how to achieve it for myself. I'm looking forward to exploring The Astral Pulse, learning as much as I can to help me on my journey and hopefully sharing my experiences along the way.

Welcome to the Astral Pulse. Here you will find a wealth of information on AP, OBE etc., and members able and willing to answer any questions you may have.

ITC - Instrumental Transcommunication, which is, as I am sure this video clearly states, is basically direct non-physical communication through the medium of electronic devices. There is also a related process, EVP - Electronic Voice Phenomena, which is basically recording non-physical, or extra-terrestrial originated images on magnetic and other media. These are interesting but potentially highly risky or unreliable practices, as are other similar forms of non-physical communication, including channelling. This is why, as you say, it is crucial that anyone engaging in these practices fill themselves with Love and other high emotional vibrations in order to protect themselves against predatory etheric and low-Astral entities which are desperate to make contact with view to using people to whatever degree a person allows for their own nefarious purposes, to which end these entities often claim to be Light Beings, Jesus., ET's etc., in order to entice the person, often flattering  their ego to convince them to cooperate.  The lower the vibratory frequency an entity is, the closer they are to the Earth vibration, and the easier it is for them to communicate, and the riskier it is to pursue. With all forms of "channelling", whether considered risky or not, it is often very difficult or impossible to verify the entity is who they claim to be, and therefore whether what they are communicating, and intentions are genuine or not. This is why no discarnate or other entity, such as ET's, can or should be trusted at "face value", without absolute proof of who they say they are, or by the absolute authenticity of the information received.

Also, as you say, personally encountering loved ones, pets, people known to you etc. during an etheric or astral projection can also usually be relied upon.

There are of course benevolent discarnate entities and ET's out there who genuinely wish to help people on Earth through whatever medium they can establish communications through, it is just a matter of knowing which ones to trust.

With regards to that video, I haven't watched it but certainly sounds very possible. With regard to the above however, whether enabling the masses to potentially communicate with non-physical entities in this way is a good idea, is entirely another matter.

Ultimately the only communication that can be absolutely trusted are those of the Heart.

Yes I absolutely agree with you on the extent billionaires and large multinational companies such as the pharmaceutical companies influence politicians to enact things which are definitely not in the interest of the electorate, They call it "lobbying" but bribery might be more appropriate. And yes, politicians do not seem to care about the people they purport to represent, only how much money they can line their numbered bank accounts with, to which end they will say anything to get elected. But as you say, when they transition they will find themselves in an environment along with all others of their ilk, that reflects their personality and level of vibration exactly, with only each other to exploit. This is not a punishment, it is an opportunity to learn and evolve. 

To be fair, I get the POV Frosty that the big enterprises are swallowing up small businesses.

When I was young, in England, there were no "supermarkets" as such. There were individual shops for buying bread, vegetables, cheese, hardware etc. Them along came supermarkets and put most of them out of business, because people found in much more convenient to shop for all their needs in one place.  Same with Amazon on a much larger scale. Amazon enables hundreds of millions of people to shop from home for almost anything they need and have it delivered to the door the next day or even the same day, and in particular has provided disabled and other people with the ability  to have access to shopping they did not previously have. So it is not supermarkets or Amazon that are "bad" per se. I have been closely involved with technology for well over 40 years and seen it all. I remember that Amazon, Google, Microsoft  etc starting from humble beginnings by people who saw the potential, dropped out of college, and dedicated themselves to making it work, many started working out of their garage. However as these companies grew and prospered, the control of them was progressively usurped by people intent on exploiting the reach and influence of these companies and their original founders for their own nefarious purposes. That controversial Tesla owner for example grew up in South Africa under very difficult and often abusive conditions, before finding the opportunity to move to Canada to join his brother who wrote software together to make a living. He eventually co-founding PayPal and later saw the potential of Tesla.

I am not condoning these people or what they became in any way whatsoever, or their impact on the world today, but there is always a much bigger picture to consider. All these people are infinitely Loved children, Expressions of God and part of the overall Perfection of the Universe, as are we All. All participants have freedom of choice as to whether to buy from Amazon, drive a Tesla, use a computer running Windows, use mobile phones, use the Internet, search with Google, send messages with GMail etc.

I grew up in a world with no computers, Internet, mobile phones etc and 14 " TV in black and white with two channels,  Was I happy? Yes extremely, I spent most of my time outside in nature.

If you ask me there's a dog eat dog world out there, and those who oppress the poor are in for it. If the biggest fish does not take responsibility for the power they have, they will suffer a fate worse than death which will crease them to Eternity.

If you believe that the world is "dog eat dog" then that will be your experience. Always strive to see the good, beauty and perfection in all people and "things" - they are all God. Those who oppress the poor and deliberately negatively impact other people are of a lower vibration and not as far along the path. When the transition from Earth they will go to a corresponding lower vibration level of the Astral where together they will continue to learn and evolve through experience, always infinitely Loved by God, as are we all.

A higher power created this world, And gave the top dogs  the ability to help further us humans, I call Him  GOD and He sees all...even when we think things are bad, because of stupid humans, He will see to it, Eternally, that we will all be all safe, even if it means after death.

God blessed us all, out of Divine Love, the gift of Eternal Life and the opportunity, through Spiritual Evolution, to become fully God realised, as God.

No human has been endowed with more power than any other, all are equal. God does not get directly involved in the affairs of humans at all, as that would be contrary to the very reason humans are here in the first place. Nothing is "bad" and no humans are "stupid" before an infinitely Loving and Perfect God, with Which are One.

He keeps check on the people He puts in Power, and with great power comes great responsibility and I know I would not like being the one with all the power in this world if I didn't have Something beyond myself helping me and everyone in mind when I make planetary decisions.

God does not "put anyone in power" or "check" on anyone. God is only concerned with the Eternal and allows God's children to live and evolve in their own way. ALL is Perfect.

With regard to your other post:

When I say we are all *sinners*, I mean, we don't do everything perfectly in our  service to others.
How many times i fail others, has been  too many  times to count.

There are no "sinners" in the world in the sense used by religion, and neither do people need to be "saved". These are constructs of religion for its own purposes and/or beliefs.

However much you succeed or not in being of service to others or not is irrelevant. All that matters is being willing to be of service to others, and extending service to others whether accepted or not or successful or not.

"Service to others before self" is an aspect of the primary reason people are on Earth for numerous lives, which is to fully transcend the influence of the ego, to fully align with Unconditional Love.

The very highest service we can offer humanity is to show people the truth of our own Divinity and the infinite power we have within us. This was Jesus primary mission on Earth just as many before him and since.

The Light is infinitely more powerful than the dark - we can take a light into a dark room to illuminate it, but is impossible to take darkness into a room filled with Light and make it darker. Once enough people do recognise the truth of their own Divinity and power and Light within, the darkness such as that you referred to in your post will dissipate, and humanity will finally know and experience the truth of the "Kingdom of Heaven on Earth".

Regardless of the dramas playing out in the world, we should strive to take the "high road" knowing that the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth will be fully realised, if not by our generation then by generations to come.

Frosty, I understand and respect the way you perceive the world.  I will respond with an alternative perspective which you may wish to consider.

Firstly, on a more "down to Earth" level, everyone on Earth has been endowed with the freewill to make their own choices in life and to experience, learn and thus evolve or devolve accordingly. The only reason that billionaires and their ilk can exploit people is because people are making the choice, at some level to be exploited. Every time people experience negative consequences as a result, it is a learning experience which they can choose to ignore, or continue to repeat until they final do learn. It is all about balance, which is perfect. An excellent example to illustrate this is "big pharma" which not only exploit people financially, but do so while exposing them to a vast array of laboratory chemicals, called "medicine" which can progressively toxify the body causing further sickness without ever healing the underlying cause of the condition. I will concede that medicines, vaccines etc have helped to reduce the symptoms of a condition in the short term and in some cases save lives. However people becoming sick and exposing themselves to pharmaceutical chemicals is a personal choice which people are making at some level, as a result of eating unhealthy or inappropriate foods and leading an unhealthy lifestyle, thus putting themselves in the hands of the "medical industry". So they are choosing an unhealthy diet, and then choose doctors and medicines in the hope of correcting it. There are five places in the world where the residents routinely live to well over 100, never become sick or see a doctor, and still live an active lifestyle, participating in dancing, martial arts etc. These people choose a diet consisting of 97% whole plant based, and live a healthy lifestyle. While millions of people choose to eat fast food, junk food, sugar, alcohol, and I am going to say meat and dairy products, they are choosing, at some level, for whatever reason to potentially expose themselves to health issues, and of big pharma and the medical industry generally. This why chronic conditions such as cancer, diabetes and a whole range of others has never been higher and increasing, and inflicting children at progressively younger ages. So it is all about balance and freedom of choice, which is one of the great benefits of choosing the countless challenges presented by living on this planet.

Ultimately it is all Perfect, because the Universe, God, Source, with which we are all One, can be none other than Perfect. Everyone on Earth, no matter who they are or what they have done, is an Expression, a child of God, infinitely Loved and always Perfect, all participating in this drama we call living on Earth. I use diet and lifestyle as just one of numerous choices that people can make, such as where to purchase goods from, who they vote for, choice of religion to adhere to, risks to take, people to associate with etc., and countless other choices, all of which can influence their own life experience through freedom of choice, through which to learn, evolve, devolve or stand still.  If millions of people didn't choose to buy from Amazon, use Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, watch Youtube, buy Tesla cars, etc., there would be no billionaires behind them. Millions of people choose the low prices. selection and convenience of Amazon rather than spend hours driving around small shops and paying a higher price - if they can find what they are looking for at all. Mass freedom of choice. Earth is a relatively unique planet in these respects, which is why Higher Selves choose Earth to send personalities to as a potential fast track to further Spiritual evolution. As Shakespeare said - "all the world is a stage". The world is a mass simulation projected by the collective mind of its participants who choose to come here.

Secondly, it is impossible to fight low vibration with further low vibration. Earth and humanity can only evolve by raising the vibratory frequency of the planet as a whole, which in turn causes the negative forces to which you referred in your post to dissipate. By watching, listening to or reading the "news" and becoming emotionally involved with all the drama playing out, you lower your own vibration through anger, fear and other low emotions etc. which not only contributes to lowering the vibration of the planet, thereby becoming part of that which you are against, you also drag yourself down physically and mentally. The only solution therefore is to switch off the "news", only watch uplifting youtube videos etc. focussing only on your own Universe which is entirely in your own control, by only uplifting activities that bring pleasure, joy etc. helping those within the sphere of your own Universe etc. thereby increasing your own vibration, which will in turn contributes to raising the vibration of the planet and its people as a whole, which will reduce negativity in the world to the same degree, while experiencing a much happier and healthy life yourself.

I absolute respect your feelings on these matters, but I hope this provides an alternative perspective for you to consider.

I for one absolutely respect your perspective on these matters, after all, there is no "right" or "wrong", only evolution through experience. This is one of the great virtues of a respectful community such as ours, any exchange that facilitates different perspectives we may consider with an open mind is definitely of value, and we can do that here with the certainty that individual perspectives will be respected.

Over the last forty years, I have paid attention to planetary alignments and such...and honestly never really noticed anything. maybe I am just an insensitive knucklehead...

No you are not being insensitive. The whole concept of astrology has no basis in reality. Astrology, in general terms, is about different cultures looking for patterns in the night sky and endeavouring to associate them with physical causation. There are many reasons why this concept is flawed not the least of which is that the physical universe does not really exist. Even if it did exist, nothing perceived as physical can possibly influence the non-physical, which is the only origin of experiential causation.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone❤️

It really made a difference to my enthusiasm and now I'm even more super excited!

I guess half the battle for me in starting again is about being accepted somewhere new with strange hobbies because I have social anxiety and I always tend to be a little reserved when unsure of how I am taken.

🤗

Well there is certainly nothing strange about Astral Projection or any other metaphysical ability. Everyone has the ability to practice these, but just because they do not, for whatever reason, does not make it strange - it is normal. Never worry about being accepted by others, you simply need to accept yourself for who you really are, an infinitely Loved Expression, Child of Source, God, with Whom we are all One.