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Sorry guys, but that makes absolutely no sense to me  

My suggestion would be the next time you use Kelly Howell's Brainsync tapes, try to ask your above question and see what answer you get. I have found personally that many times questions in the "NP" are answered through tests, quests and challenges. There rarely is a simple yes or no answer. Many times the answer comes from a series of experiences and you then need to "discern" the message or in this case "find" the answer for yourself. That's the only way to make it "true" for yourself  anyways. I believe half of what I hear but everything I see or in this case experience.

 So how far are you getting? What is it you "expect" to see? What problems are you still having. I am perplexed here. You say you have tried everything  that we all propose to you, yet you don't tell us what the results were. Once again, I have to think that the problem isn't with the method or the techniques. It seems the problem is with your ability to actually release your control. You do it every night while you go to sleep. You just need to learn how to stay consciously aware to obtain that conscious shift.

I have to comment on a few of your quotes quote from you here Quote 1"I guess that is technically phasing, but that kind of phasing is not the goal, I want to be able to visit places other than the ones created by my mind."

It may start in your mind, as in imagination, but then it begins to take on it's own life. When I do this, I am not consciously imaging the scenario anymore. Example 1: I focus on visually tossing a basketball into the air. Sooner or later a net appears. Now I feel motion like I am going for a lay up. Someone passes the ball back to me. Those aren't things that I willed. All I did was "get the ball rolling". I started a sequence then let it go where it wanted to. But I held my focus completely 100% on the new direction of the scenario.

 Example 2: I begin to focus on simple candle flame. I can see it, now it fades, so I bring it back. I can see it again and it fades. The more I bring it back, the stronger the visual is. Now that flame is beginning to morph into a Fireplace setting. I am not consciously directing this. I am just "passively observing" it and "allowing" it the freedom to go in whatever direction it wants. At that point, I have absolutely 0 focus on my "physical body". My entire focus is on whatever I am experiencing there. I have already shifted.

I then end that scenario and see that I am in the 3D zone, where I can now create a mental intent to do what it was that I wanted to do for that session. In this case, your intent is to visit places, not created by your mind. I have been to numerous places and numerous things that mind could not even fathom, until now that is. Spiraling in vortexes for examples and I mean, seeing the entire spiraling vortex to it's end. To do that, many times you have to ride the wave for quite awhile. I can tell from experience, that is quite hard to do, but it's also incredibly rewarding when accomplished.

Quote 2:  For now I just want to develop the ability, so I sometimes intend to be above my building, though I do forget about that intent when I start on some technique.
I could intend to go to the place I'm visualizing, though the reason would be just for practice.

That "intent" IS your technique. You have chosen to target the top of your building, so stay with it until you see it and experience it. But then what happens after you find yourself above your building? What happens if you find yourself shooting a mach speed, akin to being shot out of a cannon? Do you abort out of fear or do you hold your focus entirely on the experience? You had a simple goal of being above your building. It turned into much more than that, so what happens next?

EV gave you some great advice on "intent" and I don't really quite understand your reply. That IS the practice!


Remember these? They all knew the truth! They all knew how it all works!

 "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
                 Albert Einstein

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."
              George Bernard Shaw

"Everything you can imagine is real."
             Pablo Picasso

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night."
            Edgar Allan Poe

 Nameless, I am curious to hear EV's reply on this too. What his new revelations on this may be and how it may have led to other similar ones.  Many times, way after the fact, the experience seems to make more sense to us. It's like it needs time to "stew, then simmer"!  

Oh definitely.  My wife and I went on a week vacation in the Dominican Republic a couple weeks ago and the beds were HARD AS CONCRETE... I was waking up every hour or two, it caused me to be exhausted by the end of our week.  But, as you said, anything messing with your natural sleep rhythm has that effect and I had lucid dreams galore all week starting from the second night in.  LoL
However, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone. haha

Ouch!  Been there, done that. I find that's a good reason why I have such strange LDs and actual spontaneous OBE experiences from while staying in Motels while on the road during my Ren Faires. Some beds are really uncomfortable. But sometimes, there is just a weird energy in the air at those Motels. It's kind of like there is a residual imprint of the last guests that stayed there. Many of my Motel LDs don't make any sense at all to me. 

Back to my original point, I remember reading somewhere that you have to balance out all your karma before you can end your reincarnation cycle.  But how would you know if/when all your karma has been balanced out??

Xanth's reply from above still applies here. "That's a belief, nothing more.
I'd even go as far as to say that's a "fear-based" belief.

Usually stated by people who fear the fact that they will cease to exist upon physical death.
I fear no such thing.  "

 MJ and I haven't had a Kiosk or store in our local Mall at Christmas for going on 3 years now. But in the last two years before we left, the mood in the mall at Christmas was very negative and depressing, unlike the years before that. We were in the Mall for about 15 years and it was much more "merrier" in the past. Many of the people in those last 2 years, were shopping because they felt it was their "obligation", not because they really wanted to.
We left the mall because people stopped shopping in at Christmas. There weren't crowds any more. People did their shopping online. There were shoppers for the last two weeks before Christmas. But, we had to sign a two month lease and having only two weeks of good business, out of two months, didn't pay off anymore.

Now to the conversation on projecting while sick. I say it most definitely causes a uptick in not only the frequency of your LDs, but the amount of your actual spontaneous OBEs. This is because your sickness is completely messing with and many times totally wreaking havoc with your natural sleep rhythm.

About a month ago one of the Grandkids stayed over night with us. As usual, being winter, he had a virus. It was just sniffles and a small cough for him. I caught it and it quickly turned in pneumonia in me. I was having 3, sometimes 4 totally vivid LDs a night and some nights, the experiences were spontaneous OBE experiences. I experienced a similar pattern in the past though when I was "actively" learning and practicing what the Tibetan's call "Tibetan Dream Yoga".

 Beautiful picture Plume! 

That's a perfect fit  It looks like it is enjoying it's new home! 

I look forward to seeing your other photos as well! No need to rush though. We are patient! 

Thanks,
I'm also reading the book for the 2nd time. I wish he wrote a book of journal entries.

William doesn't talk much, even in interviews, about his actual experiences. He is more into explaining what Astral Projection is all about and how to access it. I like his approach. To reveal his own experiences would have other people either trying to mirror/imitate it, "front loading", or even worse, trying to compare their own experiences against it.
I do the same thing. I will help you to access a shift in consciousness  but what you experience is between you and your "Higher Self"!    

Wow, those are awesome!  Great job! 

Thank You Xanth!  The camera I used is MJ's cellphone and that doesn't get clear detailed photos. It's not one of those expensive I-phones, it's just a regular cellphone. She lost the old flip phone she had and updated to a actual flat screen cellphone now.

Those are really nice Lumaza. You're getting better and better. Your link worked perfectly. Beta means testing phase. I find it interesting the internet itself has never gotten out of beta.

Thanks Nameless! Trial and error, more error than anything, lol! 

Photobucket is testing a new layout. For a time there, I couldn't even access my page at all. I had to email them to get a whole new access code. I do use Internet Explorer, which I guess these days is outdated. I can view the pictures on Firefox though. But I like the "Favorites" option on Internet Explorer much better.

 For anyone interested in seeing those new Dragon designs, I just finished struggling to get the pictures on my Photobucket page. It seems Photobucket is working with "Beta" programs. I don't necessarily know what that means, lol. But it certainly does make getting a link a headache!   Once again, someone fixing something that wasn't broke to begin with. When will they ever learn?  
https://beta.photobucket.com/u/Lionheart78/a/045a7252-bada-43ee-877f-b732066da9ef

:-DThanks for the compliment Lumaza, I miss you all so much ,

It is well deserved my dear!  

I needed to come here and have fun in conversation . The amplifier is still giving me enormous fun and games with Karin. We are connecting in ways that would make you so happy. I have to come here with the photos. Just finished a few things and will be back.
Plume.

I am happy to hear that. I still focus on those Crystal Amplifiers occasionally to give you two a little boost of positive energy!   I do that with every one of my Amplifiers that I have created in the past. I have pictures of all of them on my computer here, so, it gives me some great targets for visualization, to send and share some positive energy to the recipients of them.

My new designs are little wire Dragons with Crystals in their hands/claws. I then will mount them on small pieces of Driftwood. I don't make them by twisting bulk wire together, like I do the trees. These ones are made by coiling and weaving the wires together. It's an entirely different process then the twisting of the trees. I will post some pictures of those tonight, when I get a chance to. They have been a real hit. Right now I am working on a order of 4 of them for a friend that wants to give them as Christmas gifts. They take about 3 hours a piece to make right now. I am trying to get that time down a bit though.

I couldn't think of any more, but do you guys know any more methods? It seems like a very interesting topic to ponder about. It is interesting that in the same thread, talking to beings "beyond" the veil was also discussed. Using occult maps (like the Kabbalah tree) to navigate the alternate realities, it seems like it is possible to communicate with spirits. Later then, these spirits can be directly communed with, without going into altered states. Mediums and Shamans seem to induce trances while communicating with spirits to make readings/premonitions. It is interesting to see how it all fits.

My better half creates hand made Dragon sculptures and I make Crystal Amplifiers that we sell at various Renaissance Faires across the country. So, I am approached by many like minded good natured people and I guess I should add "entities". We call our Dragon "Elemental Dragons" and base then on Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit, Light and Dark. MJ hand paints them all accordingly.
I just started to make the Crystal Amplifiers this year. I was doing what I call my daily Phase/soak session (soak, because I do it while lying in my bathtub in hot water) and a scene spontaneously revealed itself. This scene was of a beautiful Art gallery that had only "wire wrap tree sculptures of various designs. When I finished that session, I logged my experience, put my clothes on, got into the truck and drove to our local Hardware store, where I picked up some cheap aluminum and copper wire. That night I cut some pieces to attempt a design but I drew a blank. I then closed my eyes and focused on what I had seen. When I opened them, somehow I knew what to do and my hands when to work. I was amazed by what I was creating out of basically nothing but a coil of wire. I create those pieces to amplify people's positive thoughts, wishes and desires. I also do a lot of commission work now where as I am told to focus on a certain intent. Many times it's for "healing".
Here are some of the pieces I have created. I don't sell them on line. I have no website. I only sell then at the shows I do and to people that wish me to create one for them. Recently I took on a challenge to make my largest tree yet. I don't have any pictures of it at that Photobucket site yet because the recipient of the piece hasn't received it yet. But I will have pictures of it up soon.
http://s1306.photobucket.com/user/Lionheart78/story

Magick and prayer are based on "focus will and intent", as is Astral Projections. The rituals used are there to strengthen that focused will and intent.

Plume here, uses Magick already in the form of Divination, by using Tarot. She wants to learn more, because it's our Human nature to always want to delve deeper, to evolve in our chosen passion/Arts. Plume is also a amazing creator. She makes awesome handmade Dinosaur sculptures for Museums throughout the World.

Many practitioners of Magick also use Scrying as a tool to have a shift in consciousness. Once there, they can work on whatever it is that they intend to manifest in their lives. John Dee, Nostradamus are just few famous/known names that used Scrying to achieve a shift, access the Non Physical realms, the Astral Planes.

Here are a few Stickies on this Forum here that may give you some ideas on creating your own ritual for attaining a conscious shift.
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_consciousness/how_exactly_do_you_perform_the_phantom_wiggle_method-t44583.0.html
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_consciousness/the_doorway-t46013.0.html

You want to read through the entire threads. The focus targets are very simple and basic in the beginning, but you can see that the techniques evolve quite quickly.

Once you achieve your shift in consciousness you can work on whatever your desired intent may be!  

Good Luck and Safe Travels!  

I have some issues with phasing.
I can either, focus my eyes on the blackness or defocus and concentrate on my mind's eye's visuals.

Focusing on the blackness almost strains my eyes but lets me see some detailed visuals and helps stay alert. Eventually, I get tired and defocus, this causes me to daydream. Sure, daydreaming is also a phasing technique, but I can never go deep enough no matter what, also, the visuals keep randomly changing and I'm also hearing music nonstop so I'm not very immersed in anything. Every single time what happens is I spend an hour on the technique, get vivid visuals, get bored and start having a conversation with myself in my mind to stimulate myself.

I'm not really sure what to do to make the NP the most interesting place for my attention to go to.

Your initial post here is basically almost everything that I experienced when I was "newer" here as well.

I first had the "eye strains". Then it was the eyes automatically "feeling" like they were opening. To fix the eye opening problem, I used a blindfold. The one I use now is great. I sue it when I sleep at night too. I fixed the straining eye problem, but learning how to "passively observe" things.

I flitted around in visuals as well. I was mentally jumping around constantly, that is, until I learned the importance of "passively observing" and allowing things to manifest before me. I could lock onto a visual and soon join the scenario or I could just wait until a full in my face scenario was already in paly. To jump start that process, I used a mental focus on what I consider my "Happy Place". Mine is a tropical Island paradise with large beaches and all kinds of interesting things to explore. But yes, sometimes it would take hours and could be quite boring. That's when I learned how to utilize a active mind while the natural process of shifting occurred. You can find out more about that in this Sticky here:
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_consciousness/the_doorway-t46013.0.html
The techniques in that thread have really evolved. I recently have learned the importance of "defocusing" immediately after I close my eyes. This makes the shift almost instantaneous. This revelation came to me after years of daily practice.

As Xanth said. "That IS Phasing ...THAT is projection" or if you would like another term, "consciously shifting".

 Greetings Astraloid! 

However, also realize that you had the power to provide this same impact in your life WITHOUT Astral Projection as well.

True, but it was through his practice with AP that this was revealed to him.

The same could be said with Martial Arts. Years ago, as a teen, I had a Thai family move in next door to me. The Father would exercise and practice his Arts every day in his backyard, usually at the same time too. At first I watched from my window, I didn't want to disturb him. But soon I had struck up some conversations with him and he accepted my wish to be taught by him. He taught me more about avoiding a situation and quickly neutralizing it, then he did the hands on training.
He would take me to a restaurant and have me become aware of everything around me. The proximity of the tables, the railings, all kinds of things. His hands on training was based on immobilizing the target as quickly as possible. But he also taught me mental discipline. He taught me how to observe.

It could be said that I had the power to learn all that on my own, but it was through his teachings that I learned what I did.

Isnt sleep paralysis basically just an OBE where you cannot get back into your body??

Or do I have that wrong??

Your answer lies in this thread here. Give it a read. There is some great info to be found in there! 
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_out_of_body_experiences/everything_you_could_ever_want_to_know_about_sleep_paralysis-t38734.0.html

 Welcome Gaia! 

I saved the video to watch later.

I just posted another video in the above post. Grant said that he has 6 video interviews with people explaining/describing their experiences with flying a craft, in their Dreams. It's good to hear other people talking about this as well. They seem to be describing it the same way I experienced it myself.

In my Dream, I saw white streaks in the sky. Then I watched as one streak separated from the others. I watched as it got brighter and brighter as it closed in on my location. It then landed in our back yard and two small beings got out of it. They were the size of very small children. I just walked towards the craft like I knew what to do. There was no verbal communication or mental commands. It seemed I knew somehow what I was supposed to do.

 I figured you would know what I was talking about Nameless!  

Here are couple of interesting videos I found with a Google search on the topic  "Flying a ET craft in a Dream".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ZdIWq-m4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHsm1Yuv-00

It seems the host "Grant Cameron" is very interested in the connection between "consciousness" and ET experiences.

I have never seen what I could confirm to be a actual UFO craft in my "real life/physical life" here. Years ago I did witness a large, what looked like flaming ball go over my head while I was floating on a raft in a pool. I found out later that some people perceived and also experienced this "fire ball" looking thing in a completely different and "shocking" way.   I just thought it was a "Bolide". It was wasn't that high in the sky though. Trying to remember more, I think it may have had a greenish tail to it, which is also strange. At least I thought so at the time. My friends that were with me saw it as well. Many people reported it. It made the local news as well.

 I know this is a old post, but the "theme" of my question still fits here.

Have any of you ever flown the ET craft? I ask this because I have had times in the past via LDs, where I am in my backyard looking up at the night sky and I can see what looks like orbs flying in all different directions. It's quite the aerial display. A craft then lands by me and I get into it and am instructed to fly it.

The craft is small and as I approach it, I seem to be shrinking down to it's size. Once inside I see a metallic looking ball, I am told to put my two hands on it, so that it may "acclimate" to my energy or consciousness. That part is confusing. But soon, I am flying this craft, not by a instrument panel, but from my mind, telepathically.

I had this experience again last night, so once again, it is fresh in my mind. I have had about 6 experiences now wherein I am directed to fly some kind of craft. It seems to begin with me being outside admiring the night sky, then the lights/streaks begin to fill the sky. The aerial display I witness is awesome. That seems to be the trigger that shows me I am in a Dream and am Dreaming. I don't seem to be able to hold full waking consciousness for long though.

I believe that the "higher ups" aren't really concerned with earthlings' welfare in the way we might imagine or like. If the Earth would blow up or become unfit for biological life, that wouldn't be even a blip on their radar. They'd move their training grounds elsewhere, in a completely different setup. How much do we care about the welfare of our dream characters?

I agree with Baro-san here. I believe and also have been shown this to be the truth. This kind of "experiment" has been tried many times in the past.

They seem to be more concerned at this point in our development though. We are basically at that "do" or "die" stage of our development.

I have been listening to more speakers on Transhumanism and this talk of moving consciousness into robotic bodies. I used to think this was a bad thing and basically impossible to do.  But who knows, maybe that is what "they" have been working on since the dawn of man. Maybe the challenge is to take a "simple" being and make them into some form of "God". Some Humans have worked towards this by creating a "body of light", but that came from a life time of practice. Others now are trying to create a everlasting body made up of robotics to put our consciousness in. It seems like it depends whether you are coming at this from "right brain", which is more creative and spiritual compared to the "left brain", known for it's analytical and mechanical/technical thinking.

Just last night I was listening to this interesting interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gVLG3t0tYs

She spoke of how "accessing the right brain" is important in the field of "non physical" exploration

Yes, but who knows maybe the success is temporary as before or I am having a breakthrough.

I find that it does change. You will be forced to "alter" your process if you wish to keep achieving your current success. But that happens when you are ready to.

Nice to be back on track though. I also have a lot more vivid dream and dream recall last few days/weeks.

I find that comes with the "territory"/process.

Im not moving my body, I am completely immersed in the visions during theses stages. Sometimes I forget the journey there.

Your recollection will improve. Just make sure that you are using a mental affirmation upon going to sleep that is stating your/that intent.

Amazing, I have a vague memory of entering a vision tonight again. WHat is happening!?

You are "succeeding"!  Enjoy the rewards from all your effort!  What did you think was going to happen? 

I feel reminded of the old Nick Newport Lucidology material. In this video he talks about the eye's micromovements to be avoided and also some eye exercises. Is it connected to your practice?

https://vimeo.com/5300101

What a welcome walk down "memory lane".  

Thank You for the share Volgerle. When I was new to this practice Nick's Lucidology material was one of the first things to really catch my eye.

I was coming at it from the approach of having a "OBE" in the real sense of the word. So Nick's info on the importance of the mind awake/body asleep and "triggers",  was responsible for many of my early SP success. It's been quite the while since I saw that video, so it was a pleasure to once view it once again. I love rehashing old tech and teachings, especially ones that worked.  

He may be dead on with what I am trying to explain. I am basically stopping all eye movement. The pins and needles in the hands and feet,  the rising sensation, ,then the feeling of expanse immediately follows, but they are a result of my action or should I say "inaction", lol. Actually not necessarily follows. It's more like they get stronger the more I resist the urge to move my eyes in any direction. What follows is the realization that I am now experiencing a "shift in consciousness". The next task is to set an intent and explore what there is to know or see there.