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Greetings to all

I have a few technique and non-technique questions regarding my experience below

I had an interesting experience while traveling in Mexico last year.  Long story short, I just happened, out of pure coincidence, to be at Chichen Itza during the Fall Equinox.  When I returned to the hotel room that night, I made a request to have an OBE while drifting to sleep.  After a brief period of sleep, I entered this semi-lucid state where a group of women dressed in black surrounded me in a circle.  They instructed me to just let go and "fall back" into my body.  

As easily as they instructed me, I felt a part of me shrink down and literally fall into my body.  I could still sense the outer shell of my physical body, but the inner body that was falling into the void of this shell was my point of awareness.  I ended up in a dream where I literally saw a tear into the fabric of my current two-dimensional dream.  When I stepped inside the tear, everything became unbelievably intense (three deminsional, colors beyond description, a feeling of bliss, etc...).  I can only describe it as if I were existing in a living, breathing Slavador Dali painting.  

I'm curious about a few different things?  Has anyone tried this "falling back into your body" technique?  If so, I do I work on making it occur naturally?  Was the tear in my regular dream an entrance into a lucid dream (although I wasn't fully lucid), or did I experience a type of phasing?  On an off note, has anyone had any experience with guides in the dream realm giving them instruction?  

I haven't consciously been attempting astral projection for quite a while, but I want to get serious about it now.  I'm just wondering what techniques I should focus on with the above mentioned experience in mind.  

Thanks much  

Hello to all

I've been observing this wonderful discussion site for quite some time, but this is my first post.  

I was wondering if someone may have an idea as to what I experienced a while back while, for the first time, attempting astral projection.  

I had just purchased William Buhlman's book Adventures Beyond the Body and began using the targeting technique when, only after one week of practice, I began experiencing the vibrational stage (it felt like a jet engine was roaring in my head).  Of course, I got too excited and snapped out of it.  I found myself in a state of sleep paralysis.

The experience probably would have ended there if it hadn't been for my cat (who sleeps on my chest at night).  He was sitting up stiff as a board looking intensely towards the corner of the living room.  I was just able to move my head to look over in the corner, and I saw the glowing green aura of a human figure.  I wasn't the least bit frightened.  In fact, I was quite amazed and excited.  After a few more moments had passed, my cat jumped off my chest, ran over to the figure, and sat directly in front of it, looking up towards its "head".  The figure slowly faded from after about 15 seconds.  When I regained full use of my body, I immediately turned on the light and recorded the experience.  

Had it not been for my cat, I would most likely have written off this experience as hallucination carried over from the dream state.  But after my "empirical" cat verified this figure's presence, I believed otherwise.  Does anyone have any ideas or theories as to what I may have seen?  I've heard anywhere from an etheric double to a spirit guide.  Any other thoughts?  Thanks kindly []

Hello EOL007

Thanks kindly for your response.  Actually, this particular event is something I experienced a couple of years ago.  For some reason (by no means out of fear or disinterest), I didn't pursue AP any further (I still don't know why, as I was blown away by the experience).  Over the course of the last two years, I've sort of dabbled here and there with AP (and always get very interesting experiences after only a week or two of practice.....although I didn't project).  Now, a voice inside of me is screaming at me to pursue AP consistently.

I remember the aura I saw as if it were yesterday.  It was a bright green with bright yellow mixed in.  The colors were very intense (a bright neon glow). The yellow seemed to be pulsing throughout the green.  I never thought to investigate the possible meaning of the colors at the time.  

That being said, I've always been interested in exploring the reading of auras and other psychic phenomenon as well as AP.  Do the techniques that one needs to practice go hand in hand with AP techniques?  I noticed Robert Bruce has a treatise on reading auras.  Should I begin here, or is it a bit to advanced for me at this stage?  I know meditation is a must in this pursuit.  Are there any techniques you would recommend?  I hope this isn't too many questions.  Because I'm a newbie, I'm just a bit overwhelmed with where to begin.  

Thanks again.  Take care []

DM  

Hi Ralphm

Thanks for the reply.  I'm curious.....is that interview you spoke of where RB discusses the Guardian of the Threshold available here?  Sounds intriguing.

Too be honest, I don't feel this is what occurred.  I felt very excited and comforted when I sensed the presence.  Plus, the few times I've attempted astral projection, I've had (within a very short period of time) very positive experiences.  I also posted another topic under Astral Consciousness titled "OBE techniques from dream guides?" in which I was given instructions in my dreams on how to project (with a technique I had never heard of).

Now, more than ever, I feel more drawn to AP.  That's why I'm a bit confused about what I saw and how I should utilize it (if it is something that can be utilized).  Of course, you could be correct.  Maybe I wasn't ready at the time and someone was keeping an eye on me until the time is right []