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Well if they realize that they are not succeeding they better ask themselves what is my current now teaching me, what do I still need to learn being here. You are right, there is a reason for every situation and what is happening to us, and the more people try to "escape" the more they will find themselves burred even deeper into that reality and the issues they are trying to escape. If issues are to be resolved the reason behind their occurrence needs to be addressed. One must find the root cause and face it. But it always comes down to the person itself. IF someone is affected by global events there is a reason. Can't blame society or stupidity of people that things are happening to you. It affects you because you need to learn something from it. Until this is realized, souls need to do this again and again and again.
But at the same time I believe every person's personal perception forms their own reality. I perceive Earth as very beautiful, predominantly caring and loving people cross my path, I find opportunities to grow and explore. The global events do not affect me to a point where I feel drawn into this drama and emotionality involved. So, even though I live on the same planet, another person may perceive it as pure hell, experiencing horrible events, so we occupy the same "space and time" but our personal realities are very different. So, in a way if we shift our thoughts and feel what we want to be, feel it as it already is, that will trigger shift of perception and that same space and time will look to you different like another version of Earth. To me, every given moment we are constantly shifting our reality from one probability to another, manifesting from the pool of possibilities. We are not following "one" line of reality and "one" version of anything. If someone wants to be successful, it is the beliefs and how they perceive themselves that will trigger success.

I couldn't agree with you more if I ever tried LB!

That's what I try to tell these people, but they're so closed in their thinking... they *MUST* escape from their, how they view it, pathetic lives.  Meanwhile, they don't realize that they have the power to change their life - by changing their perception of it.  So very true. 

I'm putting this here because it really doesn't belong anywhere... lol

So lately on Reddit there is this new (new-ish?) concept called Reality Shifting.  Basically, what these people are trying to do is shift themselves PERMANENTLY to an alternate version of Earth where they're more successful or just living a better life.  They REALLY believe that they can do this. 

This, in my opinion, goes against every rule which I believe exists... this goes against the very notion of learning to accept who you are and the choices/decisions you've made in your life.  It's about accepting the repercussions of those decisions.

This is a huge point as I feel it's based around the meat & potatoes for the "WHY" we're here to being with. 

We always find people who want to learn to project in order to use it as some kind of escape from what they perceive to be their crappy life and I find this reality shifting stuff to be an extension of that.

In my experiences I perceive this to be a constant exchange of information between the two and a constant connection regardless of where does our focus lie at any given time. I believe the NP experiences of those connected to a physical vehicle differ from those who are not attached to one. I've had both ways influences. The time my head was struck by a lightening in a dream I woke up with a headache. I rarely have headaches and that night when I went to bed I did not have one, so the NP experience influenced my physical body. Then many times when I restrict myself from sweets a long time my body starts craving sugar, that influences my dreams and APs where I end up looking for food and eating. The urge of my body to have sugar provoke thoughts which manifest in the NP and made me look for sweets. I believe same applies for sexual urges f the body, it influences one's thoughts and they mold instantly the raw energy accordingly. Held long enough with intensity they may manifest in the physical in one form or another/ create our outer reality, but we can also perceive them immediately in dreams and other NP experiences when we shut off the outer senses. When we have the outer senses active obviously we can't perceive how our thoughts mold the raw energy to match our thoughts and emotions but they are there all in our vicinity happening instantly, we just can't see them.
What happens after we detach from physical vehicles, I don't know. We will find out when that happens.

Then I guess, the big question, which we'll probably never have an answer to:  What happens when there's no more physical body? 

I've had a lot of time on my hands at work lately... so I've been reading A LOT.  I started with one of the earlier books by Stephen LaBerge and now I've move onto, "Lucid Dreaming", I think was released in the early 2000's. 

Anyway, I'm finding it extremely fascinating in the experiments which they ran on lucid dreamers.  Experiments where they tested what happens to the physical body under certain lucid dreaming circumstances.  Everything from what happens on the EEG when they sing or count while lucid right up to sexual experiences.

Essentially, the physical body still responds strongly in the way you might think it would during any such experience happening.

The question is... is your awareness controlling your physical body, or is your physical body controlling your awareness?  If that makes sense.

Makes one wonder what happens when our physical body ceases to function... as it seems that there seems to be a huge connection between our awareness and our physical body - perhaps one can't exist without the other?  I don't believe that for a second, but again, who knows?

Back around 2005, while on vacation in Maui, Hawaii my gf and I did a one day dive course which the highlight was a wetsuit dive off the beach about three hundred yards out. That was really cool!
A few years later, in Puerto Rico, I did another one day course and was allowed to go out on the dive boat a couple days.
So, maybe four or five off-shore dives, the deepest about 75 feet. I considered getting certified but my schedule never worked out.

I really enjoy scuba and can highly recommend the experience! Learning to operate and explore in such a different environment is exciting and challenging! And honestly, if I want to describe the early NPR experiences like RTZ or Etheric OBE, the easiest parallel I can suggest is scuba diving. There is the near-fluid density of the environment, the restrictive qualities placed on sight and especially sound, the necessary conscious focus on breathing (or not breathing in the NP case!), the initial difficulty in learning to move and maintain your orientation/balance...yes, so many similarities...

Discover Scuba is what they call that these days.  It gives you just a brief glimpse of the fun to be had!

Yeah, it's definitely a magical world down there.  Reefs are beautiful.

Almost two decades ago... In my "college days" I took a few classes of interest. Scuba diving was one of them. I got licensed. It was really cool- but the only dive I've completed was 40 feet deep in murky lake water. There was some wreckage we were supposed to observe but the conditions were so bad you couldn't see your hand if you extend your arm out. I have my license locked away somewhere upstairs, and would definitely need a refresher class. I don't remember any of what I had learned, but agree with EV- the experience is magnificent!

We got certified last year in June (2022) here in Ontario.  Quite a few wrecks to dive in the waters around here, it's crazy.  So far we've dove a lot here in Ontario, but the nicest dives are down south in the Caribbean.  We did Cayman Brac last April and next week we'll be in Curacao doing a week of diving too.

Great fun and I'm totally with EV, I HIGHLY suggest it to anyone. 

So just shootin the... uhhh... having fun. 

Wondering if there's anyone else in the group who enjoys Scuba Diving?

What is your go-to reality check?  That one check you do while having a non-physical experience which NEVER FAILS to trigger an awareness increase.

For myself it's looking at my hands.  When I see they're all twisted and not looking like hands, I know immediately I'm non-physical.

Hi,
I want to know where to read more about phasing (books / terms to Google / podcasts [YouTube videos] etc..). The reason I'm asking is that in the few places I've read there's more than one type of obes/AP and that most people (at least IME) don't have the classical obe where they see their body. I know Robert Monroe's books especially his third and final talk about phasing. Any advice / help?

Thanks.

What you're asking seems to be regarding the different ways to "enter" the non-physical.  They all lead TO the non-physical though.  It's like choosing your focus, find a way to "enter the non-physical" which is easiest for you.  There's no difference beyond that.

But Lumaza nailed it.  Just head over to Youtube and do a search, you'll find loads of information.  Maybe not all of it Phasing related though.  haha

I am enjoying the conversation. But I still haven't heard what the difference is between F2 and F3, aside from a deeper lucidity. Let me ask this directly, is it the same difference as between a 'private' and 'consensus' reality? -- the latter being 'consensus'? Or is this off base?

I don't see things as being as neat and tidy as Frank or Monroe would have us believe.  The focus models (of either) are too linear.

Private area vs a Consensus area... I simply don't see the dividing line. 

I wrote this article a while back for my website regarding this very subject:  http://www.unlimitedboundaries.ca/2015/01/23/astral-projection-individual-collective-areas-consciousness-exist/

There are these non-physical concepts floating around that there are these "areas" of consciousness which are "individual" in nature, meaning it's only you there experiencing it and "collective" in nature, meaning that it's you experiencing the reality with many other individuals/awarenesses/entities/beings/etc. When you look at consciousness as a whole, you realize that this kind of separation is simply illogical. Allow me to explain.

By the very nature that everything is consciousness – everything is collective. There is only "everything". The simple fact is that the individualness you experience on a daily basis (the idea that you are separate from everyone else) is an illusion. So when people have a projection and they seem to be in a reality all by themselves, or they have what they will arbitrarily label as a lucid dream, they come to the conclusion that they were within some individual area of consciousness which is only for them and them alone.

There's only your perception of individual and collective experiences. The difference is like standing in a crowded room with a blindfold that blocks all light from your eyes and ear plugs that block all noise from your ears and then making the, obviously plain as day assumption that you're all alone. Your perception says that since you can't see or hear anyone else that you were all by yourself, even though standing all around you are these other individuals. That's how the non-physical / consciousness kind of works.

You're never alone. You only perceive yourself to be because that how you're currently interpreting the reality that you're experiencing. Someone / something could be standing right in front of you and you'd never see them because you just don't perceive them.

This is also what I mean when I say that WHAT you experience is Objective, but HOW you experience it is Subjective. So how do you experience something closer to how it's Objectively presented? You need to keep yourself grounded and centered. This will remove as much subjectiveness as possible which is being fueled by your own awareness. Even then, if you're able to do that, you still might not ever experience something 100% objective as it's really presented.

Szaxx, the reality frame you described is Focus 4 according to Frank

Focus 3... I know guys I don't write anymore but I have hundreds of Focus 3 experiences. I guess a human life is not enough to have enough of it, roaming around there at existing places.

Do share! 

Prior to your thoughts labelling an experience as bad - what is it?

Well, it's nothing I guess, it's just an experience. 
Which, I guess, describes just about everything. 

It really seems that it only makes sense on the grand scale of the cosmos - when you boil down duality in our individual, everyday life, it really doesn't apply very much.  Almost.

I've been having long discussions with the Bing AI Chat lately... today, for giggles, I asked:

How can a non-dualist reconcile the concept of good and evil in an astral projection?

It's response:
Non-dualism, also known as non-duality, is a philosophical and spiritual belief that the universe and its components are not separate or divided entities but are one interconnected and indivisible whole1. This idea of oneness transcends all dualistic concepts, such as good and evil1.

In the context of astral projection, which is an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of a subtle body, known as the astral body or body of light, through which consciousness can function separately from the physical body and travel throughout the astral plane2, the concept of non-dualism can be applied in a unique way.

From a non-dualistic perspective, good and evil are not separate entities but are part of the same whole. They are two sides of the same coin, so to speak. This means that what we perceive as 'good' or 'evil' during an astral projection could be understood as different aspects of the same reality, rather than opposing forces.

Buddhism encourages us to be wary of antithetical concepts, not only good and evil, but success and failure, rich and poor, even the duality between enlightenment and delusion34. We distinguish between the opposing terms because we want one rather than the other, yet the meaning of each depends upon the other34.

In this sense, during an astral projection, a non-dualist might perceive what others label as 'good' or 'evil' simply as different aspects of their experience. They might understand these experiences not as inherently good or evil, but as manifestations of the same underlying reality.

It's important to note that this is a complex philosophical and spiritual topic with many different interpretations. The explanation I've provided here is just one way to understand it. Different people might have different interpretations based on their personal beliefs and experiences.

I've been considering several concepts lately, one of which is non-duality and how it can exist with what we experience in our projections?  We routinely read about others experiences in where they interact with something evil, or in other cases they have good things happen to them and how all that relates to non-duality.  Really interesting.

Yes, great video!Loved "when you stop following the script laid out for your character...."
When did all of you stopped following your "script"?
I feel like I have always questioned "the script" since I was a child and really did mostly improv lol 

Oh man... my script.  I don't think I've ever been on a script.   

Stumbled upon this video tonight.  It's an hour long and well worth the watch. 

Dude!!  You've got this. 

You, also, always have a home here. 

Hi I'm jobun.
new here but not to the subjects I see posted here.
I saw this site mentioned on another site and I came to check it out.
I am very interested in a lot of the subject matter here, so I thought I'd actually participate instead of being a lurker for a while. this is my actual first time here.

I'm glad I found you. It's harder and harder to find forums that are active anymore - unless it's like FB or something. I don't do x or instagram or any of those other sites. I do participate on Facebook.

I am so looking forward to getting to know everyone.
I can sometimes disappear for awhile, but that's usually because like interrupts my playtime....LOL.

Hi Jobun!  Welcome to the Astral Pulse. 

Yeah, we actually just got the forums spruced up with new software and a few other bells and whistles.

The forums have been here for twenty year and I fully expect them to stick around another twenty, technology allowing.  haha

It is wild to me, on one hand I'll back into my wife's car with my own and say "Ah yes, I'm dreaming then", but on the other I will see myself in another body in the third-person but nothing at all tells me I'm dreaming.

  I've been wondering about that. What about the body typing this (and its environment) could seem completely outlandish and unrealistic to someone from a different reality, or time? I can flip a switch and illuminate the room I am in. I'm communicating across vast distances to people with similar interests to mine, using a small glowing brick.

Context certain plays a huge role in it.  And sometimes context can't be immediately understood when you don't have a base knowledge of the species first.  👍

Okay I can't speak for myself, but a long time friend of mine told me that he always knows he's dreaming when he sees a particular guy.

He's like... "Wait a minute, that guy isn't real, I'm dreaming".

It works consistently for him, which is comical to me because there's nothing unusual about this guy according to my friend. Same guy every time though.

He's made "that connection", not to the guy himself, but just what he looks like.  For your friend, "that guy" means HEY I'M PROJECTING!

I've had so many crazy dreams lately (for the first time in a long time I'm journaling them), I'm really surprised I haven't spontaneously become aware.   

That's definitely an interesting concept... I wonder if more people will experiment with such thing.
I'd like to specifically know how using mirrors does this.  I'm a tad skeptical really. 

Wow, thanks so much! I'm happy I reached out. 

I've been consuming a lot of Tom Campbell's work (making my way through Big T.O.E.) and stumbled upon Kepple's contributions.  I love it!  I'm super excited to dig in.

You won't go wrong with Campbell and Kepple. 

My wife might think I'm crazy if I did that.  Haha

For me, I'm certain it's a neurological thing.  I've always experienced it, it's just gotten much worse and I feel it's related to caffeine.

If I can't figure it out I'll definitely try the salt though! 👍

Thank you, maybe I will. I need to get better at AP/OBE again.

You and me both!  I stopped actively practicing a good ten years ago... deciding to get back into it.
Right now I'm suffering through some restless leg syndrome crap which is making it VERY HARD to sit still or even fall asleep.  Working through it though!  I'm giving up coffee for a while to see if that's the trigger - soooooooo sleeepy now.  haha

I've actually decided to go the opposite route and work on "lucid dreams" - which I identify as being actual projections.  I'm going to use this to prove it actually.  I've been reading Stephen LaBerge's Lucid Dreaming book.  Loving it so far. 

This page is, unfortunately, missing now.

Ok! I believe I got her back up and online!!

Check it out:  https://astralpulse.com/frankkepple.html

Most of the links on it don't work, but I don't want to mess with it right now. 
It's accessible now, that's all that's important. 

This page is, unfortunately, missing now.

Ah yes!!  I knew there was something else I needed to do!

I've got the page saved - but the original wasn't part of the files Adrian transferred over to me.

I'll have to get that back up somehow.  Give me a few days to work on that. 

I'm currently reading Stephen LaBerge's book, "Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming".

In it, he shares a BUNCH of different methods and techniques for having lucid dreams (aka Projections).  One of them I just came across is one I'm going to be attempting myself.  It's REALLY simple too which makes it nice!

First, relax your body in whatever manner you'd like.  If you're doing this upon waking, then you're probably sufficiently relaxed already.  Next, in your head count upwards, after each number say "I'm Dreaming"

One, I'm dreaming
Two, I'm dreaming
Three, I'm dreaming

Do this all the way up to 100... then go back to 1 and start over.

The idea is that as you eventually fall into a dream, you'll continue this pattern in your dream and you'll say "I'm dreaming" in the dream, which will trigger your alertness and notify you that you are non-physical and aware!

Pretty darn simple if you ask me.  It's a simple act of reminding yourself what you intend to do upon and AFTER falling asleep.