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RedMosha1, you're trying too hard to make it happen, which grounds you in your physical body.

Have you tried to experiment with sleep? Start forming images in your mind as if you were trying to follow a train of thought to fall asleep, and try to snap out of it so you can experience the passage from awake to asleep.

As you practice this, you will eventually get some experiences. The trick to inducing an OBE is very similar to a trick to fall asleep -- if you think about falling asleep too much, you will never fall asleep.

Let your subconscious take over, but don't let it take control entirely, that's the key to achieving a trance state. Give yourself the goal of falling asleep easily first. If you can master falling asleep and notice your body falling asleep, you will be able to go into trance much more easily.

A boring life is better than a life filled with problems... Think of a hobby to take on :p

Hi

Well... I just got my first attunement (KR1) at 10pm tonight and I don't remember feeling anything... I was watching The Office on NBC, then went on to do something else and forgot about it... :[

Anyway, I've practiced it on myself tonight, on my left index finger to be exact, which I badly cut when attempting to cut ping pong balls in half (see "ganzfeld effect with ping pong balls" @ Welcome to Astral Consciousness!)

The blood finally started coagulating and normal color returned to my skin, but I think that's just the result of removing the bandage. If I am able to take a shower tomorrow without having to put plastic foil over my finger, though, I think it'll be proof that something worked

Anyway, I lied down for my daily OBE attempt, and thinking "Reiki" and concentrating on healing myself gave me the same effect as reciting a mantra, it does a really good job at soothing the mind.

I'm a bit disappointed that I'm not feeling any kind of energy or vibration, though. I do have this feeling that my whole body is hotter, but then again, for the first time in weeks Montreal isn't snow covered, it even rained!

So hmm... We'll see if anything happens as I get attuned to higher levels...

I don't know if anyone has attempted yet, but I really recommend looking for him in the astral.

I saw a kid claiming that he could do remote viewing and would randomly pick people in chat rooms and start telling them about what their room looked like. I don't know if he was telling the truth, but if he was, Frank's nickname on these boards is probably the only thing you need to know to find him if he is indeed still alive.

It would be an interesting experiment, as well... Anyone up for a challenge?

I think closing your eyes while falling asleep is a reflex :p

I remember when it happened to me, I couldn't see... But I didn't know what it was, so I didn't get the chance to try anything.

I remember seeing darkness... That's all...

It's one of the best moments to try leaving your body or remote viewing, by the way.

I think I'll hang something over my bed or on my computer monitor that will remind me to remember... This self-suggestion thing really seems to work!

I once dreamt that I had extremely huge testicles to the point that I couldn't walk anymore and everyone was taking care of me cause I was handicapped. I then learned that there was such a disease... But still... it was a really odd dream

Dreams about teeth falling out are similar to drawing a "death" tarot card..

It is often a premonition that something in your life will change. It's very vague what this thing will be, however, it could range from great things like landing a job to bad things like death in the family.

Think "new era in your life."

(This is something I read in a dream interpretation book my mother had when a very similar dream happened to me)

The problem with Nostradamus is that his works have been over-interpreted... If you read the original verses and compare them to the predictions people have made, you'll be like "how the hell do you conclude this from that?"

So is the inside of the balls truly white? When I do it with less intense light, it's all beige

EDIT: Something that preoccupies me is that I can't seem to stay concentrated. The cause is simple: keeping your eyes open too long hurts. I feel something coming (like the beginning of hypnogogic images), but as soon as I blink, it just goes away...

Another thing that's a potential concern is... Will my eyes close on their own after a while, or will I wake up the next day with dual pink eye?

You can do a verification experiment yourself... Take a card out of a deck without looking at it, and put it somewhere in your house. Next time you have an OBE, go look at the card (you can see what it is even if it's face down), and check if the card is actually the one you saw once you wake up. You can supposedly even require to know what the card is by simply asking, and it'll appear in front of you, clear as day

This experiment might not work though. It is very easy to "slip" into a world created by you, where the card becomes what you think it might be instead of what the card actually is. I recommend teleporting to the card as soon as you get out, as the "slip" usually occurs over time.

I haven't had any OBEs yet, so all this is the conclusion of my readings, but I think it could help you find out.

About all dreams being OBEs, I think that's not entirely true -- you do have an OBE every night while you're sleeping, with your astral body hovering a few inches above your physical body, but what a dream actually is is debatable. For instance, you see dreams as images forming in your memory just like when you remember something in your head as a little movie, while vision in an OBE is actually what you see with your mind's eye (the "third eye," located in the center of your forehead)

About the blur, I read that some people have trouble seeing if they're standing too close to their physical body -- this might be happening to you...

As for things you are not able to do... Practice is the key. As you become more and more used to the astral world, you'll become better at achieving what you want.

Well, according to the bible code, we still have an "atomic holocaust" waiting for us this year -- if we make it safely to 2007 we'll know it was just a bunch of crap

I haven't APed, but read a lot about the subject, I think I can answer

In the astral, any question that starts with "Is it possible..." generally has "yes" as an answer.

Now about your example of square circles and whether things make sense...

A square and a circle are shapes that we named... A square isn't a circle, just like a car isn't a fruit, etc... So imagining a square circle wouldn't work too well... For things like geometry, however, you could possibly gain the ability to make sense of more than 3 dimensions.

I don't know if you've heard of the 4 dimension rubik's cube... There's a program out there that allows you to see it in 2 dimensions. I am pretty sure you could allow yourself to represent the 4D cube in your mind and solve it in the astral, much more easily than if you tried to solve it in your head here in the physical world.

I assume it would take a lot of effort to "forget" 3 dimensional and learn 4 dimensional, it wouldn't simply be like converting centimeters to inches, but yes, it would definitely be "possible!"

Aaahhh the knife slid off the ball and shaved a chunk of meat off my finger!! Blood everywhere!

I'm still trying to cut the balls, nevertheless...

My advice: don't do this if you're an idiot who can't hold the knife straight

Will post results soon

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Huhuhuh

EDIT again:
Well.. I was "blinded" on one eye but could still perfectly see with the other... I'll try some more to see if I can get both eyes to work

EDIT again again:
As if cutting my fingers wasn't enough, I tried to walking around with the ping pong balls on my eyes and stubbed my toe on a piece of furniture... :[

Anyway... All I see is white... The whiteness of the inside of a ping pong ball...  Perhaps I'm using a light that's too bright? Can anyone post more on getting them to work?

EDIT again again again:
Well... Nothing... I'm going to try coloring now to see if it changes anything...

Hi, and welcome!

I'll ask you some questions about energy since you asked so nicely

I read somewhere on the internet that if you are in control of your energy, it is important to be careful when practicing astral projection -- that if you gather all your energy and try to throw it out in hopes of leaving your body, something bad might happen! -- any idea what that person was on about?

I've signed up for remote Kundalini Reiki attunements, each at a 3 day interval from tomorrow till early April -- any recommendations for reading and such?

And one last one! Do you know about that ringing sound you usually hear in your head? I did a chakra cleansing exercise the other day and ever since, I could swear that the ringing sound changed, from a flat tone to a little theremin playing in my head ; do you think the exercise I did is responsible?

As for advice... Well, I have yet to achieve an OBE, but I am making good progress, or so I feel!

The best advice I can give you is not to overdo it ; let it happen, do not force it! Also, read a lot about it, give yourself a mission to fulfill in the astral, make your subconscious know of your intentions!

And well... That's about it... Enjoy yourself in these forums

Most people already use those, actually.

You'll often see references to "Boxed Nirvana" on these forums, the mp3 file can be found on the author's site --> http://gnomad.info/

Ray, tell us about your childhood.

Yep... We all have this concentration problem, I'm having the hardest time fighting all these stray thoughts...

Right now I'm working on "ameliorating my life" -- I'm writing a schedule of all the things I need to do because I've found that a lot of my stray thoughts originate from every day worries, such as homework for university, paying the bills (already one week late on sending out that rent check, damn!), as well as this big translation job with an expired deadline that we keep extending every week...

I may have a slight episode of seasonal depression... Canadian winters are tough on your head!

I think sorting things out in the physical will help me reach the astral, somehow. Much like people who die feel they have something they need to do before "going towards the light" ; there's some things I need to do here before I can start my "astral mission" (plenty of dead people to talk to, and plenty of people in real life I need to help!).

So yes, good luck with your experiments, you are on the right path!

Hmm... The story of the two dead owls is odd, to say the least... I don't know what this could mean...

In regards to the words "Pay attention" -- pay attention to what?

I'm studying translation from English to French in university, and this reminds me of something we are studying: Sometimes in English, you will have short phrases that stand on their own, but when you translate them, you need to add something like a direct or indirect object. Although it's not an incomplete sentence, it does seem like it's missing something!

The point is, you need to pay attention to something, but you haven't been told what. What is this cryptic message trying to tell you?

If the owls had no wounds, and if they really are a sign, perhaps they've been poisoned or stung. So.... Pay attention to the ingredients of things you buy, because you might be allergic, or pay attention to insects? [EDIT: Of course, the chances that the message means that is pretty low, as Novice said, the symbolism is usually personal]

I think it's important not to become paranoid over it, though... Asking your guide and telling him/her about your concerns would be a good idea!

I think 64 kbps as a minimum would definitely improve the quality.

Something to keep in mind is the following: with MP3 sound files, 64kbps is phone quality, 96kbps is cassette tape quality, and 128kbps is near-CD quality.

You probably don't need much more than 96 since it's just talking, but when you go below 64kbps, you tend to get artifacts.

This is all up to you of course, the more quality you put, the more time it'll take to upload..

It looks a bit like the arabic way of writing Allah, although there's a couple extra lines in that fire symbol, hmm

I think what is troubling me the most is the lack of a technique to blank the mind of all thought... I'm going to try the ganzfeld ping pong ball thing!

I experienced something when I quit smoking pot...

A lot of people tend to say that marijuana is not addictive... But I'm pretty sure I experienced certain withdrawal symptoms...

After a brief period of not smoking pot after having it daily for about 6 months, I started experiencing weird things. I would be unable to keep my balance and would keep falling over, I even knocked a lamp out with my feet when I first woke up with the problem.

I stopped going to school (my source of pot) for a week, and then things got worse. My alarm clock rang but I didn't move. I would say I wasn't experiencing a passive sleep paralysis... It was an extremely strong depressive feeling that prevented me from getting up, I just didn't have the will to even try and move. I was in a shell, where nobody could do anything to me. My dad tried to wake me up, I didn't even feel him shaking me. My muscles were all stiff, they became very worried.

Having experienced the "passive" kind of sleep paralysis as a little kid... I think there is a big distinction to make...

"Traumatic" sleep paralysis is probably much more voluntary than we think, i.e. the body decides to shut off because of some kind of chemical imbalance, while the kind that comes "naturally" is perhaps just a lucky moment of awareness during sleep.

Seems to me you have a problem I had before, which is trying too hard

Go read Frank's thread about phasing in the FAQs if you haven't already:

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17413

Pay particular attention to the part about the word "noticing"... I think reading this advice totally changed my approach to projecting, and has helped me a great deal in crossing the line between conscious and unconscious.

Perhaps it will help you like it helped me...

Kiwibonga,

What do you mean by having the files directly accessible on the site? Are you saying that I should have it in a .zip file for one big download or skip the id/password? Either way, I thought about the id/pass and it gives me a better idea who's visiting the site, a little more control and I like communicating with the individual.  If I supply a .zip file with all the documents in one file, then there's not that separation of year/month. Also, each journal people can read individual and not worry about download time. The grammar and spelling in the journals, I am not too concerned with.

Actually I meant the contents, as in, HTML instead of Word format.