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Welcome Ainars, one thing i would say is reality is subjective.  Hallucinations, dreams, imagination, memories, are different states of consciousness that at times may even seem more real than this physical existence, so it's all in the eye of the beholder in my opinion.

Once again welcome to the forum

Welcome to the forum Scott, the following is how it happened to me.  I read and read about the subject just for the sake of knowledge, at the time I wasn't trying to have an AP yet because I was afraid but I was fascinated with the subject so I read all of Monroe's books, plus Bruce Moens' experiences and after about 4 months I had an OBE.  In my personal opinion if you have expectations on wanting to have an AP it may work against you since once you start feeling it will not work the frustration might work as a block to having the first one.  I'd say learn as much as possible about the subject, try techniques once in a while but without any expectation and before you know it you may have one.

My two cents and again welcome to the forum

I've had AP's, Lucid dreams, but I have never been able to communicate with my spirit guides.  I have gone to bed with the intention of having some sort of communication but after years of trying nothing yet.  Am I blocking this communication in some way? 

Is there any way to communicate with my spirit guides or I just have to wait until the setting is right?

Thank you

I go to sleep hoping to have a lucid dream or something even greater but not much luck recently.  I've had OBE's, lucid dreams, and to me they are as real as waking life.  One thing I always find interesting is that once I become lucid or even if I'm not it feels like i belong in that dream.  I remember once while being awake thinking of all the cool things I would do while lucid like flying, going through walls, how fascinating it will be; once I was lucid and became aware and remebered what i wanted to do it wasn't that appealing as if I had done it all the time. 

So in my view waking life and dreams is like steeping into different worlds or realities.

My two cents

I have been struggling with the "ego" issue for sometime.

I was always reading about getting rid of the ego, ignoring the ego, how the ego is evil and bad and so on but then in another thread I read XANTH's explanation on learning to exist with the ego and accept others' egos as well, the ego can be a good companion if treated right

just reading that is like lifting a huge weight off my shoulders because now I see it as something that is part of me but instead of dominating me into arguing, buying, stressing, over things to make me feel good which is only temporary now I just see it as something I need to tame.  instead of arguing I may compromise or even give in because in the end "winning" an argument just gives you a temporary high but the one who gave in and just let go of the argument may be at peace not even thinking about it.  Let the EGO take over in an argument and taht is how families are torn apart, brothers, sisters don't talk for years because they let their egos take over and no one gave in, hey that is how wars are even started.

If I'm walking down the sreet and I see a pair of shoes I like which in my mind will make me think I will stand out in the crowd, people will admire me, put me in a pedestal because of the wonderful shoes; well that is the EGO saying you need to spend that money and buy those unnecessary shoes because social acceptance matters; who cares if you will go into debt, or that you will spend rent money on it.

Yeah there will be that temporary high of having those expensive shoes, feeling important but a couple of days later you realize "Oh crap, now I don't have money for the rent" and even if the money is no issue, I'm sure that the expensive shoes will mae their way into some corner only to be replaced by the next expensive thing.

But if we control this ego and let go of the assumption that I must have "something" to be accepted then that is liberating.

just wanted to write my thoughts, it's like finding a piece for a puzzle you've been looking for

Thanks once again XANTH

Liberation liberation but yeah he/she would seem weird to everyone else, but i think it's impossible to completely drop the ego

Just created a blog and added a few articles. 

Still a work in progress, may change the theme and layout, basically I will have a blog on things with my opinion on it and I will also document how I got started on OBE's, I will also talk about the people and books that have influenced me and will give reviews of their books such as Monroe, Moen, Seth speaks, and many more.

One of my goals is to get back into having OBE's and maybe help anyone along the way on things that have worked for me

here's the link

http://explorer-within.com/

Thank you

Bottom line it will be dangerous if deep down you think it is.

we are so powerful we can UNCONSCIOUSLY create anything based on our beliefs

I have never experienced anything bad and in fact I tried to do it once, tried to think of fear while projecting but I only got a devilish laugh but i wasn't even afraid, every time I have been able to project it feels so natural so peaceful

The other day I decided to get music so I could listen to it while running.  I came across the song dust in the wind and as soon as I heard it I felt as if I had been transported to a different place, like the place I was at 20 years ago when I was listening to it a lot, it wasn't anything visual but just the way I felt was just awesome, so now I'm just looking for old songs that take me back to when I was younger.

The interesting part is that while listening to it, if I close my eyes then it feels like i'm in a different place.  Like being in an altered state of mind. 

In my opinion having a projection it's not just about laying down and waiting for the right moment to project it's also about certain things that trigger your state of being to change that state of mind, and it can be as simple as music, solitude, walking in nature.  I know it's not the same as having a full blown OBE but in those moments in my personal view we can detach and have a projection that way, all this while being conscious.

After a long day, being tired I decided to take a shower.  It felt very relaxing with warm water, as the water was falling down I closed my eyes just feeling the water, after about two minutes this pulsating colorful pattern began to form in my field of vision; it was like a donut shaped cloud one after another just retreating away, as time passed this shaped was clearer and clearer every time and then after a few minutes like a small window showed up that began getting bigger and bigger until I could see like a field of falling leaves in the vast prairie, it was awesome, I wasn't there though.  I was just an observer.  All this while I was standing up, feeling the water coming down and seeing this.  It lasted maybe about 20 seconds and it just faded, I felt that if I had stayed in that state of consciousness longer I would've ended up inside this scene.

Can anyone tell me what was the pulsating cloud I saw while having my eyes closed, it had rhythm, and it was colorful.  I will definitely try it again and see if I can get there again.

So this happened a couple of months ago.  I had a very vivid OBE where I found myself shooting up into the sky, I didn't mind it because it felt really good but at the same time I remembered I wanted to ask some things.  The first thing I asked was to see my deceased dog that had been gone for some years already but it was my first dog so I always had him in my mind.  Anyways once I asked and while shooting up in the air the figure began to appear and then a dog figure and finally I saw it was my dog in front of me and again as I was going up in the air.  It was like a reflection, he looked at me with peaceful eyes and the moved his head to the side and faded away. 

Did I just created him because I wanted to see him or do you think it was actually my dog.  Once he was gone I went back to my physical body, I still ask myself was it really him or was it my creation to satisfy a question?

Have you seen your pet when you asked?

Thanks  Ruben

I wonder why is it that when out of body' everything around feels so normal that one forgets to do awesome things.

I have found myself saying; "ok I'm out now" but then I struggle to know what to do next.  I think the most I have done has been flying but sometimes while awake I say to my self " I will visit here, ask to see this, talk to my guide" so many things but once out I just don't do it. 

Has this happened to anyone?  What do you do to pursue things you want to do besides flying?

Ruben

You shall ask and the universe will give

In my opinion if you believe you need a self defense class then you will need it, nothing wrong with that some actually welcome it because it makes it more interesting.

In my personal journey I have never encountered the so called negs, in fact once I was so curious that I actually asked to see a neg or bad entity and all I experienced was a devilish laugh but I wasn't scared at all.  In my opinion we are so powerful that we create without being conscious about it.

I was also wondering what do they do exactly
i mean sometimes i see people suffers so badly that makes me doubt there are any guardians are watching them
like children dying from a very painful cancer that happens all the time
i do believe in spirituality but sometimes there are things i cant explain it to my self

I think even those that have it so bad in this physical life chose to have the circumstances to have that experience, our inner self, higher self whatever you want to call it only see it as a experience and that's where the guides come in to help us through them.  You can even see children with cancer smiling and more than often making the most out of their situation not because they want to be tough little soldiers but because they are kids and that is their nature, they might not worry as much as an adult, on the other hand you have a billionaire that loses half his fortune and kills himself because he thinks life has ended for him, and according to him the pain of losing so much is unbearable so in some ways suffering, pain may be subjective and in the end all we go through are experiences.

my two cents

"Do not waste the precious moments of this, your present reality, seeking to unveil all of life's secrets. Those secrets are a secret for a reason. Grant your God the benefit of the doubt. Use your NOW moment for the Highest Purpose- the creation and the expression of WHO YOU REALLY ARE. Decide who you are- who you want to be-and then do everything in your power to be that."  ― Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God

I've been reading "Conversations with God" and although I may not agree with everything in it the above quote resonates deeply with me, it is true that at one time or another we asked ourselves questions such as "what is the purpose of my life, where did we come from, where is humanity going, how do i get enlightened? and many more but it seems people try so hard to answer or get an answer for these questions that we lose focus on the fact that we as individuals are the ones who can choose our path our purpose just by experiencing.

I remember when I was doing this experiment where I would start every day with some affirmations just affirming the fact that i am the presence of God, i create my experience, and giving thanks for what I was given; at first it seemd as though I was just saying something with nothing behind it but as time passed, and kept saying these words without expectation then my perspective began to shift to that of having inner peace and actually enjoying the day without thinking of how miserable work would be and it didn't end there.  Things at worke changed where the environment was better, circumstances in my life also changed where I ddin't have to worry about certain things that had to do with money, so in my assesment it seems that god, the source, the all that is, the universe changed things in my life in order to have that inner peace.


Trying to get there again

If you go to sleep and wake up on another planet.

I have read that there are certain people who do have a body on another planet.

To my understanding we're living all our experiences at the same time and with intent we can access those other experiences.  Since time is an illusion all lives, experiences past, present, future are happening simultaneously

I was doing some school work around 2 in the morning, I decided to sit on the couch and close my eyes; at that point I was already in that stage of wanting to go to sleep but I was still awake.  All of a sudden I started seeing these faces forming in front of me, they'd be like mist forming into faces of a man with mouth open or man with serious face or woman just staring back.  I don't get creeped out easily since I have never had a bad experience but this did give me the chills, first time ever that happened to me.  I just opened my eyes and that was it.

I've heard that when you are in sleep paralysis you may hear sounds and see images that are not there and this is just a creation of the mind the hipnagogic stage but I have had sleep paralysis since I was a kid not as frequent anymore but other than the vibrations and buzzing I have never heard or seen anything and these images I saw started just a few seconds after I closed my eyes.

What do you think it was?  My creation?  Something else?

Thanks

I've had very amazing experiences from seeing my hands, arms melt to flying, going to space, feeling the sensation of going back to my physical body, flying through doors, and just reading about everyone's experiences.  Amazing how powerful we are, such creators and yet I feel at the moment that I can't get back to it with the same intensity I was once able to.

It's true that I have kids now, more responsibilities, more things to keep my focus on this plane but just about everyday I try to lay down and try to experience an OBE, I don't get frustrated but I don't pursue any more than that.

Basically my drive to read this forum, read books, try to OBE has diminished significantly over the past couple of years and from time to time I get this rush of how amazing all this is basically a hint of who I really am but it only lasts a couple of seconds and that's it, back to being fully immersed in this physical world.

is there anything i can do, should i meditate more, be with nature more, do affirmations, what do you think could help me get back on the path i once was.

I really miss the excitement of feeling the vibrations because I knew something was about to happen, sometimes I didn't even need them anymore, once I was even on dual locality i actually felt I was in two places at once, and all of a sudden everything just stopped, is this part of the plan or what?

I need to get back.

Some help please

Thanks

Welcome to the forum Mark, what helped me the most was reading Robert Monroe's books; after reading his books I went on to reading Bruce Moen.

Take care and again welcome to the forum

I may be mistaken but as I understand the future is one of many possibilities that could happen, and since there is not time as we know it in the astral plane the future is actually happening right now so we just have to tune to that particular probability.

My two cents

I had a very vivid dream last night that it was the end of the world, or at least my end of the world.  It was very short but again it was very vivid.  I was driving down this road, down a bumpy hill and I remember there was a woman riding with me and there were houses on the side of the road, old houses; it seemed like a different country.  Hilly dirt road and all of a sudden I looked into the horizon and there were three volcanoes that just erupted, all of a sudden I could the mushroom shape filled with smoke on all three volcanoes and as I was watching that the earth started trembling.  Oddly enough I wasn't scared but more amazed than anything else, I saw this huge cloud of smoke coming from all three volcanoes coming our way and I guess at that point I said good bye to this earth.  I remember getting out of the car with the woman and just leaning against a house by the road just waiting for the smoke to swallow us.  I remember in a split second I wondered if it was going to hurt and what would happen next, and just like that I remember no more but it was a very interesting dream.

I wonder if it has any meaning at all or if it just happened because of all the weird news going on around the world.

Just wanted to share

I've been on a dry spell for months now, I used to have an OBE probably at least once a week if not more then I noticed that the more I read or thought about astral travel the more OBE's I would have but then I got married, then kids came so my thought pattern drastically changed so the OBE's frequency gradually went down to maybe every month to a couple of months and after five years after my marriage I just can't remember the last time I had an OBE.

There have been times I have tried to start reading about astral travel again, watching videos, but what I have noticed is that no matter how much I read or how many videos I watch it will not work unless my mind is deeply focused on it.

Even on my first OBE and some afterwards things just happened without even asking for one and I'm almost certain those OBE's happened because of how focused I was on the subject so in my personal experience it has to do on how tuned in or how focused I would be on astral travel in order to have OBE's

These days my mind is so focused on the kids, and other things that I'm sure it will not happen unless I get away for a couple of days and just reprogram my mind on how awesome and life changing OBE's can be.

So I think you may have your dry spell due to thinking about other stuff or maybe you are came to a point where you were expecting it too much, so I don't know maybe just study the subject, read about other people's experiences and all of a sudden it will come back again with the frequency you like or even better.

Just my two cents, good luck on your journey

The very first image was a random one, I was rubbing my eyes with my hands for only a few seconds when i noticed the dot in the distance.  the other ones i was able to focus and they happened, I will try again tonight; maybe put something like a cloth on my eyes so it's pitch black.  Hopefully it happens again

This morning I was laying down in bed.  It had been probably about 20 minutes after I woke up, I remember being fully awake, in full control of my body and I was just being lazy.  Anyways I started rubbing my eyes with my hands and obviously as I was doing that with my hands over my eyes it was pitch black; well somehow I was able to see a speck of color in the darkness so I thought let me focus on it and I did.  As I focused on that dot of color it became bigger and bigger until I could see light through it.  It was big enough that all of a sudden the light started taking shape, it started to turn green then it transformed in a bed of green leaves, the color was very vivid and I was kind of shocked because I was fully awake, so the image went away.  I thought let me try it again, I actually took my hands off my eyes for a couple of seconds and put them back on, again in the darkness I saw the dot, I focused on it and again it grew more and more.  It looked as though it was a passage to another dimension.  This time it transformed into an scene of a house in the distance in a what it looked like a prairie, it looked like it was almost sunset and somehow I lost focus and it vanished.  I tried it the third time and this time the image was that of a silhouette of a man laying down, the background was brown with no recognizable structures, just brown; the man was glowing and was just laying down.  It was a very weird experience, I was awake.

Where did the images come from?  I will try it again tonight maybe I can see more than this morning.

Anyone ever experienced this?

I think it has to do with the fact that everything is happening at the same time, so align your vibration or thoughts to that time period that you want to visit and if it's strong enough you might see a glimpse of that time period.