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Thanks, Major Tom!  My astral experiences have brought me much happiness and comfort.  I was thinking that perhaps we could have an astral wedding!  That would be great!  I look forward to more adventures!  And you all have been a terrific help!

Hm... well the name wouldn't have been used in ancient Rome; it's originally a Hebrew name.  There were some emperors of the Holy Roman Empire named Joseph.  And Empress Josephine, who was Napoleon Bonaparte's wife.  

Maybe it refers to someone in the future?

Hi,

I just joined the forum a couple of days ago, and am enjoying it and learning a lot.  I'm new to astral projection, though I was interested in it when I was a teenager.  Just recently though have I begun to have real experiences.  I've unknowingly been phasing while asleep.

Other stuff about me: I'm 28, a cataloging and acquisitions librarian at a university, an aspiring novelist, and lover of anime and video games!  I also like to study foreign languages--currently trying to brush up Latin and French, while trying to pick up Japanese and Irish.  I'm nothing if not ambitious!  

I recently suffered the death of my 25-year-old fiance.  Hence, "Almost Mrs. Murphy".  You'll probably hear a lot about him.  He's the main reason I want to practice astral projection.  I've already had some astral encounters with him, and it has made life much more bearable!

I'm also Catholic.  And proud to join the many Saints who seem to have had astral experiences!  Not that I consider myself a Saint, of course.  I did see Heaven last night with my fiance though.  Literally!

I look forward to learning more and exchanging experiences!  

Hi Eagle,

Thanks for sharing your experience.  I am just learning about all this myself.

I find that phasing really comes easily to me.  The experiences I've had have just happened on their own, without my willingly doing anything. Maybe because I am a very introverted, introspective type, I don't know.  I have always been one to sit still, to sort of detach myself from the world around me, and just spend time with my thoughts and with the images inside my mind.  

I've tried OBE on and off throughout my life, but never had any success with it.  But it sounds like that comes more easily to you.  I would say, go with what you already know!  You'll end up in the same place whichever method you use, so I don't think you have to choose.  Honestly, I feel like phasing chose me, rather than the other way around!  Since I didn't even know what phasing was when I had my first experiences!  

If you are still interested in phasing, you might want to start by just doing the Noticing Exercise.  I think that's the first step, and then once you are good at seeing images, then start doing the rundown.  I think that's how it goes.

Alette,

I lost my fiance 8 weeks ago in a crash.  Very sudden and unexpected, of course.  Since then, I've had several very vivid and happy meetings with him.  At first, it seemed that he was visiting me in my dreams.  But I was probably unknowingly projecting.  So far all of my projections have just happened on their own, while I sleep.

Last night was a bit different.  I knew I was projecting.  Went through different images, but then I cleared them away, and I called his name.  And he came, just like that, immediately.  Not only that, but we went to "Heaven" together!  Or near it--we were outside, and there was this huge silver and gold city that was sending out this dazzling light.  It was the first time that our meeting didn't happen, or seem to happen, in my bedroom.  In another projection, I was talking with someone else, and I told her that I wanted to see my fiance, and just like that he appeared!  So, all you really have to do is just want to see him.

It's wonderful, because it really is like being with them physically.  I don't know if it's that way for everyone, but whenever I see my fiance, he's always quite solid, and looks just as he always did--and even better!  He usually has this radiant glow about him, but I can always feel him, just as when he was here in the physical.  Maybe because I just miss his physical presence so much.

I know you and your husband are facing something frightening and distressing.  But I think I can promise you that everything is going to be well!  Not that you won't feel grief, of course--I definitely have my share of grief--but just knowing that death is not an end, that he won't have to cope with illness any more, that you're still together, that you're both part of this incredible universe, and that it's not really so different from just being in a different room or a different house... it really has lifted my spirits, and given me a new lease on life!  A new purpose in life!

Take care, and know you're in my thoughts!

[glorious]

I say "I think" because I am still so utterly amazed that I could do this!  Anyway, I had the most wonderful experience last night!  Unfortunately, like my other experiences, this one sort of happened by itself, but I think I was pretty conscious once it began.

Earlier in the evening, I had been practicing, just starting out with the Noticing Exercise.  Just as I was thinking I was seeing nothing spectacular (no pretty colors this time), I began to see clearer images.  I saw a very clear, color image of what looked like the outside of a theatre--lights, a big marquee, and lots of people standing around.  I must have gotten too excited, because I lost it then.  I got tired and just went to sleep.  I was satisfied with just getting a clear image.

At some point while I was asleep, my mind became awake, or semi-awake.  I became aware of looking at the darkness in my mind.  But then the darkness began to sort of move.  And these bright red geometric designs appeared.  They were sort of ornate "rings," but made up of straight lines.  Sort of like the Star of David, but more complex, you know?  These red rings moved toward me, one right after another, very quickly.  It was like going through a corridor made of these red rings.  

Then a white light sort of enveloped me.  And the next thing I knew, I was sitting inside a huge theatre!  I was surrounded by people, and I was in this sort of small cramped seat, and I could see a movie screen far down in front, surrounded by curtains.  Like those old, ornate movie houses with the tiny seats and no leg-room.  I'm guessing this was based on the theatre I had seen right before I went to sleep.

Well, I thought it was nice, but I was annoyed.  I thought, "I didn't come here to watch some cruddy movie!"  I got up from my seat, and everything went black.  I don't know if this was the 3-D Blackness, or if it was just plain black because I had gotten rid of the theatre.  I really didn't stop to take note of it.  

Instead, I immediately called out my fiance's name, as hard as I could (to make sure he would hear me).  And immediately, I saw sort of a large, fuzzy outline of his face come toward me, and then, his whole body appeared in rather solid form.  I was thrilled and relieved.  I kissed him and told him how handsome he looked.  He smiled, but he had sort of a puzzled look on his face.  He asked me, "What are you doing out here?"  By "out here" I think he meant outside "Heaven," or else, he was asking what I was doing just standing out in the dark!

At the time, I just smiled and said, "I'm exploring the universe!"  He sort of looked around and said something like, "Well, there's nothing to see here."  So, I took his hand and said, "Take me to where you're living now."  He smiled at me and said, "Let's swim!"  So we "swam" into the darkness.  I thought it was great fun, even though in the physical world, neither of us were the swimming type.  

Before we had "swum" very far, the darkness disappeared, and there was an intense, radiant light everywhere.  I saw what I can only assume was "Heaven."  We were in sort of an open countryside landscape, and not far away was an enormous city of silver and gold, surrounded by a huge wall.  All the light seemed to be radiating out from the city, and it was hard to make out any details of the city because of the light.  I saw all kinds of other people, just ordinary looking people, of all different races.  They seemed to be standing in a line, waiting to enter the city.  

My fiance and I did not join them, however.  Instead, there was, I think, a golden tree there.  He and I sat down on the ground and leaned against the tree.  We kissed and cuddled together.  I told him how greatly I love him and miss him, how great my grief has been lately, and how sorry I am for certain things I had, or had not, done when he was with me on Earth.  I was sad, and I was hanging my head, looking down at my lap.  I saw him put his hand on my knee and sort of caress it.  He said, "You have to forgive yourself.  You shouldn't feel so guilty.  Especially about not having a child."  I hadn't told him I felt guilty about not having his child, but he knew.

I looked at him, and he kissed me again, and said he loves and misses me too.  Then he said something like, "I was disappointed when you didn't come Wednesday."  I didn't really know what he meant by that.  I sort of laughed and said, "What, was I supposed to die yesterday?  Or do you mean this coming Wednesday?"  He just shook his head as if to say, "Never mind."  I still don't know what he meant by that.  For one thing, I wouldn't have thought that in Heaven there would be any concept of "time" or "days" as we know them.  Maybe he meant that he'd been expecting me to come there earlier.  Or maybe this is one of those things that will make sense later?  Or maybe it was just dreamy nonsense.  I'll have to be mindful of Wednesdays and see if anything unusual or important happens.

After that, I don't remember any more.  I guess I came back to the physical world, though as with my other experiences, I don't recall waking up.  I guess I just came back and kept on sleeping.

But it was such a glorious experience!  I feel so happy today!  And it's great, because for the last week or two, I haven't had many "good" days.  And I am just so excited by the prospect of being able to be with him, and see the universe, and know that I am part of something much greater!  I can't wait to do it again!

[Froglet]

Froglet--it wasn't your mistake; I understood what you had said, but I just started running with the idea, just sort of writing down my thoughts as I went along.  That just happens sometimes, as you'll probably come to notice.

Frank--thank you so much for giving me some confirmation, as well as consolation.  I believe it's true that we always are connected with our loved ones; sometimes I get hung up on missing his physical presence.  But I believe that our relationship now may become even better and closer!

I am so excited to know that I have gotten off to a good start with phasing!  Who knew that admiring those pretty dancing colors could come to have such significance?  I look forward to practicing with consciously initiating my experiences.

I think my fiance is waiting for me.  He's always sending me "signs" in the physical world, usually through birds.  And one time flowers.  I think he knows I am capable of coming to him---he always listened patiently when I would start talking about "strange" things like this.

Anyway, thanks for your help!

I've always been really curious, but at the same time, I got the sense that they're just a normal occurrences.  I often asked my parents when I was a kid--why do I see this funny moving pattern in the sky?  Why do I see these gorgeous moving colors when I close my eyes?  Why do I see funny shapes moving around?  

Looking back, I don't think my parents knew what the heck I was talking about.  They would tell me I was just imagining things. Either that, or they would give me some vaguely physiological explanation, like, "It's just the chemicals in your eyes adjusting to the light/dark" or "It's probably just a speck of dust floating across your eye."

And maybe there is some boring physiological explanation, but I really wonder now...maybe they're glimpses of the invisible universe!  I keep thinking about Star Trek--how sometimes the Holodeck would go on the fritz and you could see part of the "grid" behind the images.  Maybe that happens here in the physical world too?

StellarCat,

I really believe in "soulmates"!  I've been fantasizing about being able to meet up with my deceased fiance (whom I feel is my soulmate) and go on some awesome "astral dates"!  

I say "fantasizing" because I am just now starting to practice AP, specifically phasing.  My Beloved's death is my main inspiration.  So, here's hoping!

Good luck--I hope you learn more about your astral man!

Hi all, this is my first post, though I've been lurking for a while.

I am so fascinated with phasing, and so glad to learn of a new, leading-edge concept and method of astral projection.  The more "traditional" OBE stuff was leaving me frustrated.  Then I just happened to find this site!  It's as I always say, there are no "coincidences"!  

I have experienced AP, especially since my fiance's recent death; my primary driving force is that I hope to remain connected with him!  I have had some very intense experiences, usually involving him coming to me while I'm lying down at night, talking to me, holding me, looking very radiant.  I've also seen my deceased grandmother, and a child who I believe was to have been our son, but instead he's going to be one of my "guides."

I also had a very strange experience one night.  A lady was standing at my bed (I am always aware of being in my bed in my apartment whenever I have these experiences).  I didn't know the lady, but she seemed benevolent.  She asked me if I'd like to come to where she was.  I said "OK, what the hell?"  She took my hand, and suddenly, my apartment seemed to stretch out and then disappear.  

I was still lying on my bed, flat on my back, but suddenly some blue lights, then stars, then entire galaxies began to rush around me very fast.  It was as if my bed and I were traveling very quickly downward--but without any real sensation of motion!  I was very afraid, but I told myself to just stay still and watch.  Then I saw a strange image, it was a galaxy, but it had grid lines, arrows, and written notes, almost like it was some kind of blueprint for a galaxy.  That image stayed still in front of me for a few seconds.  Then I was back in my room immediately!  

The lady was still there, and she said, "You see, either you can travel through the universe, or the universe can travel around you.  It's quite simple, really."  I was like, "Wow, that's cool.  But all I really want is to see [my fiance]."  And no sooner had I thought or said that, then he appeared!  I got up and gave him a big hug.  Then, everything ended (though I don't recall waking up).  Whenever he shows up, I get so excited, I can't stay with him for long!

Anyway.... My experiences were much more than dreams, I know that much.  A friend told me they were OBEs.  But they didn't fit with what I had read about OBEs---I never experienced vibrations, or any real motion.  I always just felt like I was still in the physical, still lying in my bed, just like normal.  Your phasing experiences sounded a lot more similar to what I had experienced.

Do you think I was phasing?  Or were they lucid dreams?  Or--?  I can say that I have always been very mindful of seeing things when I close my eyes...colors, moving shapes, grey fog, stars.  I've always enjoyed that, ever since I can remember!  I used to ask my mom what the colors and shapes and things were.  She told me, "It's sleep."  I've always really enjoyed going to sleep--which is probably why she said that!  And then,  sometimes even when I'm awake and looking at something physical, I can "see through" the physical and see strange shapes and motions or patterns.  So, I am hoping that phasing will come somewhat "naturally" to me!  I am certainly going to explore it further!  

I can't wait to check out F3!!!

Thanks, and I'll "see you around"!