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Hello Peetz
and welcome to Astral Pulse.
From the descriptions of those experiences it would seem that you CAN go out of body if you want. Of course, fear Is a barrier to having OBEs. But if you have the intention of having a conscious OBE then that desire will probably be enough to get past the fear barrier. Have an intention to experience a full blown conscious OBE and the next time that you find yourself already half out of the body simply roll out onto the floor. You need not stay out of body long, maybe a minute or two just to experience the various sensations and then reintegrate with the physical.

Regards 
Grey

[Very close]

Timandra
Once again you are Very close! It is not a toadstool exactly BUT it is a Plant.
That being said there is still more to the selected image for you to uncover, namely the colors and what the image represents. Since you are so close and our experiment will end no later than this Friday I will give you a clue --- the selected image is in some way connected to Music.

Keep trying and see what happens! 

Good luck and regards 
Grey

Timandra
No, not a whirling dervish. However, you are right in that the circle is not a perfect circle.
Keep trying and good luck.

Regards 
Grey

Hello everyone.
Okay we do have a quorum of a sort. Today is Friday April 30. I will let this experiment continue for One more week and then will post the Selected image here on this thread in the afternoon or evening Friday May 7 (Eastern Time US).
I agree that an experiment Can become stale after a certain time and this particular experiment has run longer than most others.
So please try one (or two) more times. Remember that Timandra Did correctly see a circle inside a square.

And Good Luck   
And Regards 
Grey

Hallo Emma

Welcome to Astral Pulse. Glad that you have joined us. Will see you in the forums.

Regards 
Grey

Hallo everyone.
A quick suggestion regarding the duration of this experiment. How long would you like this particular experiment to continue? Personally one more week to as long as ten more days seems about right. Then, if anyone is interested we can begin another experiment.

Timandra
Check the astral pulse pm regarding those images that you saw.
No, it is not Planet Earth.

Regards 
Grey

Hi The One

There are Two possible reasons for your experiences.
First, you could actually be underwater somewhere in a physical world location. This Did happen to me once during an OBE. However, my experience began while flying over an ocean or lake and then I dove into the water. So I was certain at that time that I was under water.
Second you may be out of body yet so close to your physical body that your astral senses are badly distorted. This is less likely than actually being underwater yet it is distinctly possible. For some people the close proximity of their physical body while they are OOB totally messes up their perceptions and causes serious confusion.

Regards 
Grey

Hallo DaftPanzer
Welcome to Astral Pulse. Lucid dreams are potential gateways to OBEs. If a person becomes proficient in controlling their dreams and inducing lucid dreams then it Is possible to go from a lucid dream directly into an OBE. I have managed this transition several times.

Regards 
Grey

Timandra

Right, now I AM really interested. Please do pm or email me and I will give you either a thumbs up    or else a thumbs down  on any info you got.

Regards 
Grey

[Correct]

Timandra
No it is Not the Yin/Yang symbol. However, I must admit that your guess about the square being a border is Correct.

Xanth
Not it is Not a snowglobe.
Actually not that much has been revealed so far. The only info 'discovered' to date is that the selected symbol is bordered by a square and contains a noticeable circle in it. That still leaves a LOT of possibilities.

I encourage ALL participants to continue trying.

Good luck and regards 
Grey

Hallo Emma
Welcome to Astral Pulse. Hope to see your posts in the forums soon.

Regards 
Grey

[REALLY]

Timandra

OOOooh, you are REALLY close !! The shapes that you describe --- a circle inside a square are accurate as far as that goes. However, to give you FULL CREDIT you must provide more detail.
Try again and this time focus on the colors. Also try to pick up what the shapes actually represent.
I think that you are on the right track so encourage you to keep trying.

Good luck, regards 
Grey

Hello cookie

I would say that what you experienced WAS an OBE. You shared the OBE with your boyfriend yet he simply did NOT remember it. Not remembering being out of body probably happens to people nearly as much as remembering an OBE. I am sure that it has happened to me yet I can;t remember when  LOL.
Anyway from all that you posted I feel confident that it was an OBE.

Regards 
Grey

[IS]

Timandra

Yes the house in which I live IS on a slope. Nice work there! In fact it is a fairly steep hill.
Next time you get that same image of the house try to go inside to the third floor. Maybe you will be able to view the selected image.

Good Luck.

Regards 
Grey

StarChazer

Nobody can be expected to practice OBE induction methods EVERY day no matter how motivated they are. Believe me because I tried that for a few weeks and then found that I needed to take a break for a few days.
Actually the intention along with a conscious and unconscious willpower to go out of body is AS or MORE important that going through the motions of practicing everyday. Maybe say a few affirmations during waking hours everyday. An affirmation could be, "I intend to induce an out of body experience Tonight", or "I reaffirm my intention to have an OBE tonight." Something like that should work. You can create your own affirmation (s). Whatever feels and sounds right.

Good luck and regards 
Grey

Hallo Astralcow

For what it's worth I believe that you DID have an OBE. Here's why.
My criteria for determining an OBE is quite simple --- there are only two standards, and your experience qualified for both of them.
1) There needs to be vision during the experience. You had this and were aware of moving through at least 2 rooms inside your residence.
2) It has to be full separation and not only a partial separation (example - only an arm or a leg separating from the physical). Again you qualify, definately a full OBE.
As regards you not having a full astral body--- well that is really very common. Actually I would estimate that up to half of the people who have OBEs do even notice either the shape nor size of the astral body that they inhabit.

Regards 
Grey

Hello
Justin

Xanth is correct in that Tiny and Xanth "Subscribe" to different methods and theories regarding OBEs.
It is a healthy "agree to disagree"  situation. That being said I am much more in agreement with Tiny's method and theory. And that being said I world take an educated guess that you experienced BOTH a dream and an OBE. The second part of the experience Was an OBE. Unfortunately it was confusing and short. The reason for this is that you had very weak astral awareness. And that is something that happens to many people, including me. Hopefully your next OBE will be much clearer and will last much longer.

Regards 
Grey

[very special]

Hi Eyyoshi
What I am going to say applies only for me and I do Not pretend to speak for anyone else.
However, as far as I am concerned OBE/astral projection Could well be the "Something special" that you need in order to break free from your chronic depression. Of course you may find that OBEs are not all that they are made out to be --- meaning you might be disappointed that being out of body is not all that exciting.
The important point which I wish to emphasize to you is this --- you must have one or (better yet) several OBEs and decide for yourself.
Frankly I think that you WILL find something very special in the OBE. Of course the OBE will Not solve all worldly problems yet the OBE WILL give you a completely new and refreshing point of view about life. One positive result of OBEs that many people have discovered is the knowledge that life is MUCH much more than just a physical existence. And, consequently, those worldly problems, however important they might seem at any given time, appear less dire (and depressing) when viewed from a larger (super-physical) point of view.
So I encourage you to "set your sights" on achieving an OBE. IMO focusing on OBEs is not living in a fantasy world. OBEs ARE an objective reality. SO give it a try because the out of body experience very likely JUST MIGHT BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED.

Good luck and Regards 
Grey

Thanx WASD for the info.

Yoshi is Not the selected image. Nor is it any other video game character.

Regards
Grey 

Certain herbs and psychoactives CAN induce an OBE. The rub is that these substances Rarely induce an OBE. And when someone does get out of body while using a substance the OBE is usually short and confusing. I did use DXM (Robotussin) to go out of body 2 or 3 times about 6 years ago. Eventually I developed a tolerance for DXM and needed to take higher and higher doses to get the same results. The side affects made this course of action HIGHLY disadvantageous so I stopped using DXM 3 or 4 years ago. The same holds true for most similar substances, whether legal or illegal. The negative side effects eventually (far) outweigh the positives.
Brain wave generates, hemi sync CDs, meditation and esoteric disciplines are much more effective "paths" to induce an OBE. They offer the added bonus of being legal and none result in nasty headaches the following morning.

Regards 
Grey

Citation

Believe it or not it could be that you are trying too hard. After several successful OBEs when some people hit a dry spell they then try Really hard to induce another OBE. This is usually an overreaction. I know because it happens to me as well. I have found that repeating the intention of going out of body at various times during the day is more important than trying hard to induce an OBE at night. The mental intention translates into a form of autosuggestion which activates the subconscious mind. Eventually the subconscious mind will activate an astral body/physical body separation. So relax, don't get too upset about this (at least not yet), repeat OBE intentions now and then while awake and then allow the natural astral body/physical body separation to take place at night.

Regards 
Grey

[But don't give UP!]

LadySegesta
Welcome to Astral Pulse. Of course it can be frustrating to be unsuccessful after trying to AP for 2 years. But don't give UP! Many people have had OBEs months and years after first trying to induce them. An OBE can occur at anytime including when you least expect it!

Welcome and regards 
Grey

Stookie, Timandra and Xanth. Thanx to all of you for participating.

Stookie
No, not quite. Your one success is that the image is plainly visible in an upstairs floor of my residence, third floor not second though. No rainbows or dragons in the image. What is Yoshi btw.

Timandra
No, not a cup of coffee. Keep trying please.

Regards
Grey

Sublimy99

This is a method which I am currently trying. Two or three times a day I repeat the following affirmation, "I will recognize an incongruity in my next dream." The idea is that I will see something in a dream that is out of place, recognize that I am dreaming and then become lucid. This is something that has worked for me from time to time in the past. Upon becoming lucid it is then fairly easy to induce an OBE. So far my recent attempts at inducing lucidity have not been successful, but if I stick with it long enough then it should work.

Regards 
Grey

Snaipers and Asi911
Your stories are not as uncommon as you might believe. Snaipers second story, about a friend at work who fell, could probably be classified as a Near Death experience (NDE). That man was severely injured and may have been near death.
Snaipers first story, about your mother getting sick and Asi911 accident in school may not quite be NDEs. Each person was hurt but most probably was not in any immediate danger of dying. This is a category of OBE which I have called Accidental Violent Project (AVP). This is a name which fits the type of OBE that is caused by physical illness or injury but does Not really fit an NDE. Surprisingly there are nearly as many OBEs that fit this AVP category as there are that fit the NDE category. Sickness, accidents and drug / alcohol use often cause an Accidental Violent Projection.

Regards 
Grey