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This morning I was in my room, all of a sudden I hear my flat's door opening and closing followed by steps. Somebody stepped into my room. There was a guy standing in front of me watching me. I stared at him, speechless. As I began to feel afraid given the unusual event, I gathered some inner strength and told my self "don't be afraid, be corageous", and looked directly at the guy's face wondering "who are you?". Then it stroke me "I am dreaming". The guy dissapeared, and it was it.. I was having a lucid dream, the most lucid I've ever had... I looked at my room and it was as though I was actually living the moment, I was so in the moment, surprised by the vividness (i wasn´t very excited though). It all faded away afterwards.


The reason  I post this is because of two things:


1.- I have this strong feeling about being able to experience other reality frames if fear can be overcome. Thomas Campbell discusses this in lots of youtube videos. If there is anyone out there trying to have this experiences, I highly suggest trying to overcome fear. How? I don't think there is a prescription, it's about doing it. This is what I learnt today, it is as though I was being tested.


2.- I have had other experiences in which I have realised I am dreaming and become lucid, although never as lucid as this morning. Everytime I become lucid, the dreams fades away. Ive read that you should pay attention to your senses, and that's what I have done, however it hasn't been useful enough. Any tips or advices?


Thank you very much for your time!

I think you're all missing the point. He's not suggesting that he struggles to remain in the lucid state and comes out after a while or loses focus or anything similar, he's saying that he snaps out of it immediately on realising it. I'm have a very similar issue: immediately on knowing that I'm having a vision, I lose it. There seems to be no transition time and no period of being able to remain in the vision.

That is exactly it! Just when I realise I am dreaming I come out of that stat :p, maybe I didn't make myself clear before...

Happy New Year to you too! 

The world still is what it is. Wont change.

You know what? I agree with you. I believe it is our ability to accept "that" (the fact that the world is what it is) what can enhance the quality of our lives. It is a matter of acceptance after all. However, don't you think that by accepting you get a broader leeway? And thus, you can start to become your own author or precursor of a life path? That enables you to choose what you want to live, and what you want to live among. What do you think?

I thank you for your previous posts, and I thank you in advance for whatever you might replay, for I believe that diversity in opinions and perspectives is what enriches and strengthens what we already think. It was me after all who said: "what is the ultimate parameter?"

Cheers!

I am glad to read so many answers in order to help. I congratulate you all.

  happy new year

  What is the ultimate parameter? Is there even one? Believe in evil and you'll live among evil, believe in light and you'll live among light.. Choice is yours..

I don't belive in evil... I think there is confusion, ignorance and lack of awareness.

Love equals intelligence, love equals wisdom, love equals experience, love equals knowledge.

Gratitude is one of the most sublime and beautiful feelings. Sadness and depression comes from the difference between what you expect to live and what you actually live. Acceptance is crucial to live happily.

Bad or good does not exist, it is a matter of interpretation, it is a matter of choice.

I consider demons, black magic, and evil overall as a very imaginative thing, interesting to many, but still prone to be a fantastic thing.

What do you guys think?

In these recent days I have had a few lucid dreams, however, every time I realise I am having one I lose lucidity immediately. I dont feel excited or scared, i guess i simply dont know how to remain lucid for longer. Any tips? Thanks in advance   

Thank you Ryan, let me tell you that I have read your e-book and I found it surprisingly helpful! Still a begginer,I think I've made progress though!

You've got the right idea though in learning to meditate first.  To project from a fully conscious state, you need to put yourself into that "on the edge of sleep" state without actually going to sleep.  You do this by removing those "mind interruptions" that we usually get during the day in the form of surface thoughts of your mind.  I'd go back to practicing just your meditations... you'll quickly find that a switch in your conscious awareness towards projection/phasing is a naturally progression from practicing meditation. 
Then you'll see that it's not so much about "gaining power/energy/whatever", but it becomes an exercise in focusing your awareness and Intent towards the goal you want. 

Ryan, I find your reply very interesting.. I'm practicing meditation everyday and I've found many benefits out of it regardless of any phasing/projecting intentions.

I just felt curious to ask: What kind of meditation do you practice or suggest?

and, have you heard of Robert Bruce's New Energy Ways? and if you have, what is your opinion over it?

Thank you very much for your comments, I think Im really making progress and I find all the comments and suggestions quite helpful indeed. I had already posted this issue in another forum before I came across this one, so I'll quote myself to describe my recent progress:

I practiced astral travelling techniques many years ago, and I think I have been very close many times, but I quitted do to changes in my life style and stuff, and partly because I hadn't been patient enough. Over the years I think I have developed some patience overall.

To this point, I can relax deeply and mantras help me achieve that state quickly, however, a problem I encountered was that I didn't know how to shift my awareness to something apart my physical body. Visualizations help to some degree but I still know my eyes are closed and that the blackness I see right in front of me is because my eyelids are covering my eyes (I'm not quite sure if Im making myself clear). It is as though I had a red blanket in front of my eyes so my whole vision is red; same with my eyelids, all I see is blackness due to my eyelids covering any ray of light, that blackness I see is merely absence of physical light.

Anyway, that is not my new problem lol, I've recently noticed that when I am relaxed, if I let it, hypnagogic imagery occurs right in front of my eyes, I see some kind of blurry lights, that behave and move like smoke. Focusing on that imagery helps me shift my awareness to a non-physical state of consciousness, but this is the tricky part for me: Not only I feel so relaxed to this point that my eyelids open and get distracted by the light but, once I begin to concentrate on the imagery I do feel some change, some sensation I know is the state I want to achieve in order to project. (As I posted before, I have projected involuntarily before, so I know how projecting feels, I have just been close to it consciously but never succeeded). However, it has always been hard for me to allow that state rush into me while conscious. It is a sensation like when you are falling asleep and all of a sudden you realize you are falling asleep so you wake up, it is hard for me to describe. Your mind is letting go but then you realize your mind was letting go so that shift of awareness suddenly halts.
I hope I was clear enough, I guess words won't be enough to explain thoroughly but I think these sensations can be familiar to some.
I appreciate all the comments and as I said, Im really up to learning more and more and glad to find a place where these kind of experiences can be shared!

Hi everyone and thanks in advice for reading this. I have tried to AP since some years ago, I have never been succesful when trying to do it consciously, however, I have found myself floating above my bed a couple of times while sleeping. The experience has been great and scary at the same time. I am really motivated to learn how to Astral travel, my reasons include getting guideance and solving inner stuff I have on my mind. In the past it was mere curiosity and amazement out of knowing something such as the astral plane could exist.

I have been feeling down for some time and I would really like to fix what troubles me, I belive astral travelling will help me expand my mind and understand my problems a little better, but first I have to learn how.

*Will my current emotional status interfere with me being able to project?

*Are there other reasons apart the lack of practice that would disable me to Astral Travel like somebody stopping me from doing it given that im not ready or not entitled at this particular moment?

*Is clothing, position, environment among other stuff really that important whille attempting to project? Or is it just a matter of concentration and attitutude what really matters?

*I have just started to practice it again, I can feel some vibrations and I can relax at a certain point, however, quietting my mind seems like the hardest for me. Any advices on that?

I am really looking forward to discussing this subject and my personal outcomes this with someone else. Thanks for your time!