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I'd make you live a moral and just life. 

Tom doesn't seem to interact much on facebook these days.  I don't think I've seen an actual post from him in a very long time now. 

As for your question, I obviously can't answer for Tom... but...
In that video link I posted, one of the first things he talks about is the "intellectual" level vs the "being" level.  I know you understand the two concepts very well. 
Perhaps this is just some part of projection that is known to you on the intellectual level, yet hasn't made it entirely to your being level? 

I can apply a bit of logic to this... the fact you experience projecting both ways (with separation and without), it reinforces the idea that the separation isn't required or you (or anyone really) would never be able to phase like we do. 

It's just a thought.  I know you're MUCH more advanced at this than most people.  So who knows really. 

Do you only get the separation sensations when you awake in SP? 

Here is a new video put out by Tom which answers a lot of the questions posed in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0FuXKHzE2c

This topic has been moved to Welcome to Spiritual Evolution!.

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/index.php?topic=46382.0

I have a lot of the same questions. I realize that it's been awhile since people have posted to this. Are there still people here to engage in conversation?

Yup!  Fire away. 

Wow, I'd never thought about it like that before, I think that might be it! I've read about auric vision being able to determine spiritual and physical ailments/blockages, in your experience, does the denser matter denote something negative, or something positive?

That would be entirely up to however you decide to interpret it.  It's not my place to tell you that. 

When you see differences like this in someone's aura, try asking them about something regarding their emotional state or that specific area.
I have never personally delved too deep into it.  I just know I can see it. 

And your experience is just as valid as mine. But we are looking at things differently. You can see a progression and development, I can not.

What is your ultimate outcome? What are you changing into? When you say "hopefully it's different in a positive sense." What does "positive" even mean? Are you moving forward? To where?

You seem to think you are becoming something. I'm saying you are already everything you want to become. But in order to experience anything, you have to forget your everything. So I guess your changing, is really remembering.

And if you finally remember who you really are, like Szaxx said...
So a movement forward would actually be a movement towards the annihilation of the individual you. Experience ends. Duality ends.

Ahhhhhhhh, I think I understand what you mean now.

Correct me if I'm wrong (it happens a lot LoL), but it seems to me that you're trying to say that our consciousness is already in a perfect state before coming here... it becomes (maybe that's the wrong word too) "imperfect" upon being born here... and then regardless what happens, the moment you return to "there" (aka: you physically die), you become that perfect state again.  So what you're saying is that the core you is always what it is and the physical you just needs to realize it?

Yes, it's a sense of "becoming" (moving "forward" towards) something more than you are in terms of "Love" (not to be confused for the emotion "love" - they're completely separate concepts).  We humans don't really have a word or a description for it, so we have to use our imperfect language to do this - and that's where the massive confusion comes in.  Hence why you get a lot of "hippie" terms such as "moving towards Love" or "becoming Love". 

One could say that "enlightenment" is the process by which you realize that you already are "Love" and you just have to learn to get your consciousness out of the way of that process.  Which is, in a nutshell, what I think you're getting at.  Adyashanti calls the active part of that concept as "allowing everything to be as it is". 

Kind of a bummer...and that's why we all (the individual you's) continue to play the game of "getting" somewhere. But the "getting" is all we do because there's nowhere to go.

It's not really a bummer... it is simply what it is.  The way I see it, when you physically die here... as I said before, the physical you and everything physical about you ceases to exist.  Whatever happens to what remains after all that physicalness is stripped away... well then, I guess that's the real big question.  It's not really one I worry about though. 

[that core change is the very reason for why we're here in the first place.]

I can only share from my own experience, but the CORE of who I am is nothing like the CORE of who was I was even 5 years ago (to a much lesser degree, even YESTERDAY).  I'm not talking physical me... I'm talking strictly about the non-physical me, although through that core, my physical HAS changed completely as well.

Ever since my early to mid teen years I've had a sense that I wasn't going to make it out of my 30's alive (I'm 36 right now, so I'm doing pretty good so far).  I was positive that I'd be dead by now, but I eventually came to realize what that feeling was... it wasn't a physical death at all, it was a spiritual death and rebirth.  It was a complete change of who I was not on a physical level but beyond that (the "core" me) and I completely feel it now when I compare myself now to that older me.

So you can see that at no point can I ever think that the core of us is the same... that core change is the very reason for why we're here in the first place.  It's in one state when you're born into this reality and when you leave, through the choices and the Intent behind those choices, hopefully it's different in a positive sense. 

What are your thoughts about heaven and hell and angels and demons? Does anyone have experiences with these?

My reply should be fairly obvious at this point... they're nothing but labels and beliefs/expectations/desires/interpretations. 
They're not objective "things". 

I don't see colours either.  Perhaps, instead of colours, you use "other" ways of seeing... like perhaps, density?  I've noticed that's how I see things instead of in colour.  I'll see an area that looks more dense compared to the rest of it.  It's all unique and individual to you, so who knows. 

Not to be the doubting Thomas and all but it sounds a little convenient that experienced projectors suddenly don't care about things like winning lottery numbers and such when glimpsing into the future.

Why is that convenient?

We're probably in the best position (compared to someone new at this) to know that your chance to actually win the lottery is the same as you picking the numbers for that lottery in a projection. 
Seriously... just get your quick pick like everyone else and enjoy the excitement!  hehe

Nope.  Me "now" is completely and utterly different from the me "then". 

The "core" of who you are *IS* what changes.  That's what spiritually grows.  Spirituality has nothing to do with the "physical" or the "mental".
The physical "you", which you are right now (aka: the meat body you see in the mirror) DOES NOT go with you when you pass on from this reality. 
The only thing that moves on is that "core".  THAT is what grows, that is what you're here to effect change within.

Take a look around: everything you see, feel, know (physically speaking) disappears into nothingness when you die.  It's all part and parcel part of this reality.  It was all created when you were born INTO this reality.  The intangible parts of you, the parts we have a hard time describing (the non-physical parts), that is what goes with you.  Essentially, the Love... what you've learned on the level beyond everything physical.  Yes, it's outside of this physical reality, but that doesn't mean it's outside of time.  Time exists in more than just this reality.  Time is what effects change.  Without time there is no change. 

You've entirely missed the point of the journey.

He was quite the man, human being and consciousness.  I am happy to have lived during the same time as he.

Yea, I knew I was probably going to mis-communicate my ideas.

I think you misunderstood me.
The "now" I am talking about is the "now" in the future. So whatever you become, you will be that in the future "now". Growing spiritually, becoming better or worse, is only relative to what you are in the present moment. And the present moment is always. This is the state of conflict the mind is always in. Wanting to be something it is not.
That's all I was trying to say. I am feeling this conflict more and more. I'm becoming more aware of it. I'm accepting what the mind really is and spending a lot less energy trying to change it.

Your overthinking of this is going to drive you insane.

As much as you're consciousness... you're a consciousness who is playing the part of a physical human being caught in the web of time within this physical reality.
You're stuck on the concept of "time" as it relates non-physically to you.  That's what you can't seem to wrap your head around... what you are "now" is different from what you'll be in a second from now, or a minute from now, or a year... you're NEVER the same.

The only state of conflict is the one you've created for yourself.  Step back and you'll see it.  Then take a step back again and just accept "you are" and move on.  Any further consideration of it, as I said before, will drive you insane.  Unless you're going for that, then by all means, go nuts. 

I am here to become God-like.     I am here to learn how to learn, and how to overcome to have power of the elements.    In the end though this forum isn't the only place I draw inspiration from, as psychedelics are a also a big part of learning from reality. 

Wow, I don't even know where to begin with this...

You're in a for a big disappointment. 

Once you get to the top of the mountain and look around... you notice you're REALLY just standing in big open field... with everyone else.  LoL

What's that saying?
Before enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water.

The fun part is watching people when this realization makes it into their core.  KNOWING it is one thing... UNDERSTANDING it is another thing altogether. 

It's cool Ricochet, I never dug Tom Campbell either.

LE GASP! 

No worries, I still love ya. 

Definitely good to see ya back!

Remember, in most cases, "body follows mind". 

I have no guilt that I will be cheating. If someone has certain abilities, why not use them. I for example will be so excited to be able to help so many needy people with a big chunk of the money. I feel no guilt winning that way what so ever.

But that's the thing... consciously, no, I seriously doubt you would have any guilt over it.  I know for a FACT I wouldn't. 

That doesn't mean our subconscious/higher self/etc would feel the same way.  Just sayin...
Spiritual growth isn't always reflected in the conscious decisions we make.

Anyway, I'm obviously not saying that's how it is... it's just a different perspective on the possibilities.  Lots of possibilities these days. 

I will only ever be WHAT I AM now.

That's a cop-out and I get the feeling you know it.

You are a consciousness playing the part of a human being, correct.  But, you have the power to mould that human being.
You can be a good person or a bad person, or anywhere in between.  Whatever suits your fancy and your spiritual goals.

You're focusing too much on the vibrations.
They're nothing to focus exclusively on or aim for... they're a signpost that reads, "Keep doing what you're doing, because you're doing it right". 
Then just keep doing your method/technique/exercise and shoot PAST them.

I absolutely agree with that. These type of things are where Tom misses the target. His own guilt that he would "cheat" creates the obstacles he experiences. That does not mean someone else wouldn't succeed.

There's a distinct possibility in that.

That then begs the question is there ANYONE out there who has claimed to have won a large sum of money using numbers they divined in some manner?  That'd be something neat to look into really.

Yeah, unfortunately, we don't support a marketplace here on the Astral Pulse.

Sorry about that. 

1.  Because the future is nothing but a probability.  A butterflies wings really can change the flow of probability.
2.  Because your subconscious mind won't allow you to cheat.

Thanks for the reply,

Yeah through lucid dreaming I have learned that life is also a dream that operates under many of the same principles even though it might not seem like it. I've only had a couple close AP encounters that were extremely intense and short, yet I've had many long lucid dreams but they weren't the same experience really. I found similarities but I noticed many teachers like robert bruce who teaches both AP and LD claims they are definitely not the same 'realm' of experience even though it's a projection.

I think if you stop being overly analytical about the experiences, you'll find MUCH MORE similarities than differences. 

As for Robert Bruce, I'll just put it plainly... He is wrong.  But he's wrong within his own paradigm.  He BELIEVES what he says, so meh.  No biggie.
Robert Bruce and I don't agree on very much. 

EDIT: Found an article about it by robert bruce http://blog.astraldynamics.com/2009/11/30/the-differences-between-real-time-and-astral-obe-and-lucid-dreaming/

Really cool integrates what you were saying about both just being projections, he finally says the AP is more of a physical/astral body double, whereas lucid dreaming is more of a mental projection, however the lucid dream can have astral experiences and the asrtal realm is also overlapped with the mental so can ironically go both ways.

Robert Bruce is STUCK on this concept that he's a spirit IN a body and that his spirit is comprised of many different bodies.  He's very much of the classical projection mindset.
I'm beyond that kind of thinking.  It holds him back from recognizing the truth of reality.  It's too self-limiting.  That, and he's a pure fear monger.  Again... whatever.

http://www.unlimitedboundaries.ca/2015/09/03/is-astral-projection-just-a-form-of-lucid-dreaming/

Give that a read.