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Astral dynamics is heavy for a first book, but it is great from a technical side, whereas Monroe's Journeys out of The Body is great from an inspiration standpoint.

Hi blade5x,
That sounds like a great experience. Many of my LD's to Obe's have been just like this.  I would experience a sort of vibration in the LD, would realize what is going on, the scene would morph, go black, then feel myself floating upwards in my bed. 

It does seem trying to create vibrations in a ld help induce this scenario.

Well, I finally projected from a LD (well not exactly finally, because I don't attempt it often, only tried twice before during a LD, note I've had 26 LDs since joining this site, and about 10 projections)

The LD was simmply amazing in terms of realism... but enough about the LD . I thought "I will be in the room, by my body", and nothing happened. Then I remember, how someone mentioned, to think about the "vibrations" and that should cause a projection. So I did that, and it worked! I was in the dream, and began to feel needles hitting me all over my upper body (I've never felt vibrations like this before), and as soon as they were over my entire body, the dream sort of warped in front of me, went dark for a few moments, and I felt myself kind of go out of control upward and found myself floating up my wall and out of my window. It only lasted a few seconds because I got to excited/freak out.

I did lose a lot of awareness transition though. I went from an incredibly realistic LD (where I had 20/20 vision, could feel the weather, and even the physics were close to real life), to floating around with really bad vision and I lost the other real feelings. I also missed out on the actual exit, because I think I was still ni the dream while I exited before everything warped and went dark.

Was an intersting experience.

That experience was mindblowing Dextro, thank you for sharing! 

Sure, I have a wave that will increase your height by at least 6". Let me pm you my Nigerian based Western Union address, so I can send it to you

Great news!!
Thank you to Adrian and the mods.

Hmm.
Well I always avoid large meals before sleep, and avoid junk food. It does seem that when I try to eat food as unprocessed as possible, ex. fruit, rice, salad I feel much more energetic and projections seem to follow.

While I don't do it often enough, I find fasting completely for at least a day, really lets me feel very grounded and energetic and projecting seems easiest.

Regards,
Jeff

Ps. Or if all else fails, I'll shovel down a six pack, 2 patty melts and a gallon of rocky road ice cream and that seems to do the trick.

Lately, due to physical exhaustion from working too much and a low energy level, maybe only two short experiences a month in addition to at least 6-10 lucid dreams.

When I was practicing everyday, raising energy and doing different exercises I would have some sort of experience everyday morning and night.  Whether it was only 10-15 seconds of trying to get off the bed, or actually passing thru a window out of the house or shifting from a lucid dream elsewhere...
Without fail, when I would take a nap in the morning, I would always get vibrations, or at least be aware of them without any further effort on my part.  

Just goes to show how important practice is,and how this work must be integrated as a part of daily life, no matter how difficult. It seems only then can the opportunity for true progress begin to present itself.

Regards,
Jeff

DXM does have an interesting effect, yet is dangerous.  On two occasions I ingested an 8oz bottle of Robo and the effects were not exactly pleasant. Besides the vomiting, there was an extreme disassociated feeling and time seemed to slowdown quite a bit, as well as feeling sort of low down do the ground while walking(like a munchkin), etc.  

Several times throughout the experience I would feel as if I was standing besides myself, however it didn't seem at all like an OBE.

Even though I researched the substance quite a bit before ingesting, I still believe it to be more dangerous than scheduled substances like psilocybin. I think Salvia may be much safer than both of those, but again this is no joke either.

Jeff

Thanks for looking.

If I wait much longer, I may passover and simply contact some of the Direct Voice participants myself....lol

Hi,
Just wanted to see if there was any further information on if the recordings will come back?

Hi Fortune,

I first started inducing Lucid Dreams since 4 or 5 years old. Also,upon my father's passing when I was very young, I used to have very vivid falling thru the ceiling type experiences, being shown how to fly and also being pulled around the house by entities and false awakenings.

For many years this was forgotten, then about 3 years ago, I reread Journeys out of the Body, by Monroe and started searching further the claims and techniques, and the rest is history.

Jeff

Hi Sarah,

"Was your emotional state different perhaps? Were you calmer when you went to bed? It may have had little to do with drinking and more about your feelings, possibly? Just a thought."

Actually I wasn't calmer, I was more hyped up.  I had gone stomping around an Industrial club and was wound up when I got home.  So usually the dreams reflect the equally incoherent state of consciousness at that time, but this time was different.  Usually most every other day, I am calm and try to be as conscious as possible and its easier to have more experiences.

Nevertheless, it was a great experience and I yearn for more like that.

I was in a dream in some building and at some point simply thought of the word "Astral".  This was all I needed and became fully conscious.  I started walking around and looking intently at everything feeling how solid everything was and how it seemed identical to the Physical. I went down a hallway and went outside onto the top of the building onto the roof.  I tried putting my hand through the ground and it didn't work. I thought of jumping off of the building to gain speed and sort of phase into some other Astral Locale but I sort of got scared.....  I also tried flying by "stretching out" and thinking of myself as already being the 20 ft. away I was trying to get to, this didn't work either.  I thought that if I kept thinking of "stretching out", I would wake back up into the physical, so I sat down Indian style on the ground.  

I preceded to sit on the ground and try to draw energy, still thinking in Physical terms of breathing in thru the nose, pores, and out through the mouth.  Amazingly as I began, I heard operatic/classical type music all around me and flowers of yellow, white and purple started blooming in mid air and forming onto branches.  I managed to reach out and grab a flower while drawing energy.  I had the best possible feeling of happiness and  contentment imaginable. I had a sort of giddy smile on my face the whole time as the experience was wonderful!

I find it interesting that I had this experience when I did, as it was after a night of drinking, which usually brings on incoherent, violent, non consciousness awareness dreams.

Hi Donal,
I am by no means an expert, but I have experimented with Hemi -Sync and use some of the Metamusic concentration waves several times a week.  

I am assuming you would be beginning with Wave 1 of the Gateway Experience?

If so, please don't rush or undermine the importance of these first series of exercises on Wave 1 .  Hemi -Sync guides you to understand certain level of consciousness/focus states, in the hopes of you producing them in the future without the aid of the cd's.

I couldn't answer how long it would take for you to experience an out of body state from Hemi-Sync.  It  depends what you put into the exercises. What I can say is  that after a couple of weeks of listening to Introduction to Focus 10, I would feel a feeling of growing larger, sinking into the bed  and a astral arm or leg move.  I would for a long time after using the cd's feel more grounded in daily life, more energetic and feel like I needed less sleep.

Hope this helps, and I am sure someone on here with more experience could elaborate further.

Jub jub,
I can't answer what type of influence the two kids will have on future projections.  I don't know if they were negs or subconscious overlay.
As far as making progress, I have been to and past this point before about a year ago, then suddenly stopped for no reason.  

It went from laying on my back at night trying to project, to literally sleeping with the computer monitor on for some light, and sleeping on my side and feeling sort of freaked out when I would be very conscious while feeling all of the sleep signs come on.  I would keep tossing and turning in the hopes of just simply falling into a dream and not having to deal with the vibes. I never really had any bad neg experiences while in my bedroom either, so I don't know why I got like that.  I would hear voices and people say my name, or feel something jump on the bed and grunt or even a female form get under the sheets and lay next to me, but no attacks. I would always have problems speaking and would usually be  partially paralyzed, so it would get awkward.  

However, while in the Astral plane I have had negs attack me and I sometimes would feel a sort of pain in the heart chakra area.  But once I am fully mobile, I simply confront them, and they usually shrink and disappear, or go away.  It just would simply suck trying to deal with this thru sleep paralysis.

In retrospect, that fear will always be there, unless you say today is the day I begin to overcome it.  It seems progress is not possible if you avoid consciously projecting due to this silly fear.  So its just a "bug" to be worked out.

Thanks for the kind words greytraveler!

Yes I have a cocker spaniel, but he couldn't possibly reach that high up or jump onto the bed!


I remember Monroe mentioned the child clinging to his back in "Journeys Out of The Body.  I also remember he mentioned a man with "whiskers" clinging to his back, which turned out to be his physical body!

I have been having these experiences my whole life, but only in the past few years have I purposely been inducing them and attempting to control them and progress.  So hopefully the cloudiness with soon dissipate...

Finally after almost a year not practicing regularly, I am consciously attempting projections both during naps and at night time.  For a long time I tried to avoid projecting at night, but not anymore. Currently I am reading Our Ultimate Reality, listening to Direct Voice Recordings daily and listening to Hemi-Sync(Metamusic) Baroque Garden for Concentration and the Hemi-Sync (Mindfood)Concentration while working.  Just by these ideas being in the forefront of my daily thoughts and by making the mental affirmation lately that I will begin to conquer fear and continue projecting, I had the following experience with out using any methods to achieve a projection, other than expecting it to happen.

I did some simple relaxation while going into nap and simply became aware, no mantras or anything. (When I do use mantras I tend to use the FA Ra On mantra, while visualizing Astral Pulse Island, or just staring into blackness).

Upon napping first while in a dream I saw my girlfriend walking in a room and suddenly thought I was seeing her thru my closed eyes or with Etheric sight due to it seeming different. I immediately tried to follow her, but the scene faded and I physically woke up.

I went back into physical relaxation and into a dream and was in an old type of elevator cage that turns upside down. I was sort of tied up in a seat belt and there was a pin hinge on the bottom of the door by my feet. Suddenly after moving at a great speed I was outside in the elevator cage  in a large open area.  After watching two people leave the unit next to me, I got a little anxious that they were leaving and I would be stuck there, so I got out of the unit.  

At this point I was almost hearing a narration of what happened when I died and what condition I found myself in, but I think it was influenced by the direct voice recording I just listened to.  Nevertheless I, for a few minutes was thinking I was dead and in the astral.  I saw a couple of disturbing things and thought how I need to raise my vibratory level.  I felt my hands and feet touch the ground which felt very real and solid.  After a couple of minutes of this, I looked upwards, raised my arms and thought about flying upwards and did.  I was doing back flips and flying fast and it felt completely amazing.  I must have gone very high up, as I then had the impression of looking at a map.  I picked a point on the "map" and focused on it, and things got larger and larger while I sped towards it. I approached a colorful scene, and was sort of diving through intense color of blues, magenta and green..

At this point I believe I became aware of my Astral or Etheric legs floating upward in my bedroom.  I awoke in my bed I believe into the Real Time Zone, to find two small children of only maybe 2 years old, slightly demonic looking and with their arms around me. They weren't necessary attacking me, but I wanted them away.  I remember having my hand over one of their mouths while they protested.  I thought about trying to talk to them first and asked them "Who are you", "why have you come" and "how often do you come" but didn't seem to get an intelligible response.  I then tried to speak to "conjure" them away, but was having problems speaking and stupidly should have realized to simply focus mentally on the thought I was trying to accomplish.

I decided to physically wake up, but this proved to be difficult.  I sat up and thought I must be awake as things seem too "real" and clear, then a hand appeared and pulled me through the bedroom wall about 15 feet away, I then was in bed again immediately after that.  I kept thinking that I wish to return to full waking consciousness and was trying to shake myself awake.  I was getting a little scared as it was seeming very hard to break the session and physically wake up.  

Finally upon waking I felt the familiar temperature drop in my body and felt rather cloudy with a slight headache.  It took about 10 minutes to feel fully awake and refreshed while I am writing this.

Ok, I sent Adrian a pm in regards to this issue.

On the homepage if you click "The Astral Planes", then on that page on the very bottom between "Astral Pulse Island" and "Out of Body Experience" is the link to the Direct Voice Recordings.  It worked yesterday, but not today.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Jub jub, that sounds like a great exhilarating experience, congrats!

Hi,
I greatly enjoy listening to the Direct Voice Recordings everyday, while working on my computer.

This morning when clicking on the "Direct Voice Recordings" link, the main Astral Pulse homepage comes up and the recordings are nowhere to be found.
Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff

Job,
I have and do use the FARAON mantra, sometimes while visualizing a pyramid, as in Astral Pulse Island.  The mantra has proved to be effective for me. It does seem to produce rougher vibrations into an OBE, than just using visualization and  going straight into the Astral.

Jeff

Hi everyone,

While taking a nap this morning, I found myself becoming Lucid in dream while driving a car, going very fast and having a hard time controlling the vehicle at such high speed.  It just didn't seem right, and I realized instantly I was dreaming and let go of the wheel while heading for something that would cause a crash and willed myself to wakeup in my bedroom into the RTZ.

Many times a feeling of going fast in a dream or feeling a pulling sensation will make me realize I am having vibrations in my etheric body and wake up in the RTZ in my bed. So I naturally then awoke in my bed having to check the reality of where I was by pulling my finger to see if it stretched, as I felt no vibes at all.  I easily got off the bed and walked around the room, I remember trying to put my hand thru a wall and couldn't.  I still had a blanket sort of attached to me, even though I remember bending down to pull it off my feet.  It was very bright in the room.  Everything was as it is in my room in the physical.  I then opened the door to my room, remembering mentally that going through a door could cause a "shift" or "phasing" into the astral.  When I opened the door either I entered into the Astral, or I had some subconscious overlay creating images and scenery that were not really there.  

First thing I noticed was stepping on sand as I walked out of my room.  I was then on some type of balcony looking over a vast area of activity.  There were grassy areas, but also futuristic type areas with explosions and smokestacks visible.  I thought about jumping over the railing and flying, but didn't.  I thought it would be best to try and sharpen up the scene as much as possible.  Every time things got a little blurry and concentration was slipping away, I would study my hand intently to use as a focal point to stay conscious.  Finally after several times of looking around amazed at how solid and real everything was, even turning on a faucet and feeling drops of water on my hands, I started to lose concentration and let myself physically wake up.  

Upon waking I had the usual cold/energetic feeling I get after an experience, which feels much different that when you normally wake up after having unconscious experiences the whole night.  This experience happened at 10:40 am, about 40 minutes after taking a nap.

Well it's not the most profound of experiences, but I thought I would share it.

Congrats on your first OBE, and your determination.  The first full blown experience is always strange and wonderful.