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Geez i sure hope so...

Welcome 

I have been interest in AP for 6 years now. You would think i might be at an accomplished point by now but there have been many year long spans where the thought of APing  or any energy work at all does not even cross my mind. Recently i have decided that enough is enough, it's time to buckle down and just do it- lol.

In my few experiences, i have also come face to face with a closed door. In my OBE is doesn't seem like i cross through it, i simply am at one side of the door, and suddenly past it. I have also had an OBE long ago where in the astral my door was wide open even though in waking life it was almost closed.

Congratulations on your AP accomplishments

That is a good question. Maybe because everyone was told to study a picture of the island and that is what they associate it with it. I definitely wouldn't doubt that each traveler butt his/her own "touch" to it that others don't see.

Being a beginner at projection i can state that the problems with most beginners is that they worry too much about what they think they are supposed to feel. For example, when you are trying to project and automatically wait to feel the vibrational stage and in your head you are thinking "Is that it? Is that what I'm supposed to feel? Am i getting close". From the words of the wise and experienced: Just let go!

There is a theory that are astral body projects a double of itself and goes along on it' own travels without you really being aware. However, i cannot vouch for this. Just a theory.

My journal is relatively new. http://dreamshards8.blogspot.com/ It is not just limited to OBE's though that is what i have been focusing in on the holistic sense lately.

I am fairly new to projecting as well and i also experience blackness when i first enter. It is definitely something i want to improve in my experiences. It sounds like your experience was very pleasant one, congratulations.

I am curious as to whether people see the akashic records as a literal place or just somewhere inside there consciousness where they can access information. Everyone sees it a little different right? I had an experience that made sense to me, and i know we don't always see the astral realm the same.

Well anyways, i woke up early morning and it took awhile for me to go back to sleep. I planned on projecting right as i "switched over". My intent was to go to the akashic records for some answers about my life as I have been very confused about my relationships and where i am going with my education. When i felt my state change, everything was complete black and went i finally came to focus i was standing in a small simple hallway of a house. There were about five or six door ways and each had these labels and scribbles near the handle. I had to concentrate and squint really hard to read what it was. One door was labeled dreams or wishes or something. I walked in, it looked sort of like a room in my grandmother's house. There were tons of picture frames lined up of my family and friends. I was pleased about this answer.
I went into another door that was for my fate. There were these new articles about me dying, it didn't really say how. Apparently I had killed my friend and a week later was found dead. I see this more as symbolism and not literal...of course.
The third door I walked in was labeled "lies" I walked in and it was just a big mess. Blankets and pillows and random things were all upside down.  I am not a big liar,  I actually can't stand lieing, but I understood this room represented my negativity I hold on certain things.
I remember seeing another room where all of my childhood toys and things were in. I was really amused by this, it was very detailed and I remember everything I focused on being from when I was younger. The last door I went in I wanted to see the fate of my son. When I opened it there was nothing. Everything was white and clean, no furniture, just emptiness. I quickly closed this door, realizing that it was not my place and maybe impossible to look inside his consciousness.

I actually thought about you said right after i woke up. Maybe it just seemed blurry because i don't remember it clearly. I remember my vision blacking out during the phase and trying to rub and blow on my hands. It kind of worked, but i couldn't hold the experience for too long. Think you for the insight.

After last night, i can count a handful of times in the past couple of years where i thought i had projected but then woke up to see it was a dream. This is how my experience specifically went last night:

The past few nights i have woken up around 5 a.m. and could not fall back asleep until 7 a.m. I usually don't do this, i think it has something to do with trying to learn to wake myself up again and attempt to project. I thought about attempting to project this time, and decided to just try to fall asleep and catch myself at the last second and attempt to leave my body. I have not had any luck projecting while in a waking state and I've attempted for quite some time now. I end up getting frustrated and going to bed. So i was laying there and i felt myself falling asleep. I then got up in the dream and thought that i had projected for the first minute. I saw my brother and he was chasing me. I gently woke up and decided it had been a dream. I drifted off again. This time i felt myself looking up at the ceiling in my astral body. I tried the rolling over technique to leave my body and even the rope technique but i felt paralyzed. Everything was blurry like i was still dreaming. I drifted off into another dream where i again got up thinking i had projected for a short time, then woke up and realized i had not.

This seems to keep happening to me, and I'm not sure how to stop it. I am have practiced lucid dreaming and am usually successful so i don't think that's the problem. I feel so close to projecting-it is frustrating.

I have heard that time is similar to dreaming. Sometimes in the morning i fall back asleep and in the dream it has been hours, and i wake up and it's been twenty minutes in the waking world. I wouldn't count on it being an exact equation.

Very inspiring, and I feel like all of my feelings and ponders are made clear and less foggy by his lecture. I will have to check out his book as well, I'm still in the middle of the lectures though. Thinks for the great find!

Trust me, you have no stopped dreaming. I think it is physically impossible to not go through the REM stage and not be completely fatigued. You have just stopped remember your dreams. Dream recall is a big part of your dream experience. I'm sure your exams have a lot to do with it, since you are focusing on something else besides dream recall. None the less, i wouldn't worry about it too much. You could try to remember your dreams better with a number of techniques, or you could just wait till your mind is a little less cluttered perhaps?

Thanks for the welcome. There is no doubt in my mind that i am able to bring about astral travels, but i do believe it can be a big learning milestone, such as walking. Some people may not even have to try very hard but for many others it takes time and effort.

I have not experienced this directly through projecting myself, but in the past have had nightmares i would wake up with scars on my body. My metaphysical teacher told me there was this negative entity clinging to my back. I was going through a very stressful time in my life and came to the conclusion that i was self inflicting these task-of course not on purpose. It sounds like the same goes for your negative astral experiences, and maybe the only way for it to go away is to not try and suppress it anymore. Face it with confidence and know you can turn this darkness into light.

Hello everyone, obviously i am new here I am 20 years old and have been interested in astral travel since i was 13-when i discovered that astral projection explained that incredible experience i had when i was 6 years old. I have been into many different occult practices but most of the time am trying to get through my busy hectic life. Recently i have decided i want to try harder to set time for what has intrigued me for many years. I have felt successful in dream work but have still not been able to leave my body at will. I do believe with consistency of practice i can manifest this goal.

I think the misconceptions of the 2012 prophecy is wayyyy too overplayed. Most people are ready to jump on the fear bandwagon when they have not read anything about what the Mayans and other ancients actually believed about this year. But hey, the apocalypse was in 2000 remember? I think we can all relax knowing it already has happened.

I think you maybe you are asking the wrong question, or maybe to the wrong people. It's a very debatable concept-as our chakras in general. For some people the use of chakras really help in the work they are trying to do. I would try it out to see if you have any positive results.

How does it make you feel? Does it frighten your or more intrigue you? There could be a number of causes for the light, maybe only yourself can figure out what it means. Sometimes when I'm in the middle of a ritual, or even just working out in my living room, i see little particles of light dashing about all around me, or even just big blurs.

I have found that crystal work is excellent for beginners when it come to channeling your own energies for magickal work. I would use a crystal or stone of some sort in almost every meditation or ritual when i was quite younger. In my own belief the stones do hold some energy and healing properties as everything from this earth is pulsing with energy. I might have the same effect i do with stones as i would by picking up a handful of dirt and putting it in a bag and using that in the same sense. At the same time, different crystals and stones have different effects upon us. I still think this has a lot to do with the different personalities we hold inside simultaneously. None the less, they are still very interesting to work with and your research is also moving.