Hi, I just had my first (limited) experience.. and, as simple as it was, it felt incredible.
I'll explain this as thoroughly as i can in case it helps someone. I just joined this forum to share my experience
I have so far, only been able to project using a lucid dream (but I've only been trying for a month). And my one projection was very short, and I didn't have much control.
Via meditation, I tried the rope method. This involved me lying down, and completely relaxing my body. If I was not completely relaxed.. I would breathe in, then breathe out and relax more. If any body part felt like it was tense, I concentrated on relaxing it with my next exhalation. I was sure to be in a position where I could breathe properly when fully relaxed, and not snore / have difficulty breathing. Once relaxed, I concentrated on imagining that there was a rope above me and I was constantly pulling myself up, and the higher I would pull, the higher my relaxation and the further I would leave my body behind as it drifted asleep. I understand that the idea is to fall asleep as I already do most nights, but to keep my mind focused on this task of pulling out. I have not had much success with this method, as I believe (as with most forms of meditation that require a deep focus) this can be difficult.
In my best meditation attempt, I have felt the back of my neck start to vibrate, and heard some soft, distant, humming... high pitch, so it could almost be mistaken for singing. The first few times I have always become too excited when I hit this point and I was soon out of it. I haven't been able to encourage the vibrations to take over my body.
The second form is through a lucid dream, I've found that by practicing the rope method (having my mind focused while falling asleep), I have been able to lucid dream more often. When I realised I was in a dream, I lay down on the floor in my dream, and thought "i want to leave my body". I was suddenly in my bed with a strong vibrational energy all over consuming my body.. like when you sit in a strange position and your leg starts tingling, except it was a lighter sensation, and pleasant. I heard myself breathing, but then I noticed it was out of sync, and this caused me to wake up (I wasn't sleeping alone this night). The next time, i had a similar start.. I lay down in my dream, and willed myself out of my body. I felt the vibrations and then 'sat up' outside of my body. My viewpoint was as though I was sitting, however I had trouble controlling myself, I pivoted to stand up but then immediately fell down so that my head was were my feet were.. I sat up again, and saw myself sleeping as I sat up, then I tried again to stand.. but fell back down into my original position, and woke up. It was as though once I turned, my body had momentum that I couldn't stop or control.
Next time I get to this, I'm going to try to think about the command "I will leave my body.. and stand up".. since this worked very well for getting out, I think maybe these self-thoughts may be helpful to controlling the experience.
Can anyone offer some pointers as to how I can better meditate to this state?
Anyone have similar problems of becoming too excited by the fact that it might be working?
Many thanks in advance.
I'll explain this as thoroughly as i can in case it helps someone. I just joined this forum to share my experience
I have so far, only been able to project using a lucid dream (but I've only been trying for a month). And my one projection was very short, and I didn't have much control.
Via meditation, I tried the rope method. This involved me lying down, and completely relaxing my body. If I was not completely relaxed.. I would breathe in, then breathe out and relax more. If any body part felt like it was tense, I concentrated on relaxing it with my next exhalation. I was sure to be in a position where I could breathe properly when fully relaxed, and not snore / have difficulty breathing. Once relaxed, I concentrated on imagining that there was a rope above me and I was constantly pulling myself up, and the higher I would pull, the higher my relaxation and the further I would leave my body behind as it drifted asleep. I understand that the idea is to fall asleep as I already do most nights, but to keep my mind focused on this task of pulling out. I have not had much success with this method, as I believe (as with most forms of meditation that require a deep focus) this can be difficult.
In my best meditation attempt, I have felt the back of my neck start to vibrate, and heard some soft, distant, humming... high pitch, so it could almost be mistaken for singing. The first few times I have always become too excited when I hit this point and I was soon out of it. I haven't been able to encourage the vibrations to take over my body.
The second form is through a lucid dream, I've found that by practicing the rope method (having my mind focused while falling asleep), I have been able to lucid dream more often. When I realised I was in a dream, I lay down on the floor in my dream, and thought "i want to leave my body". I was suddenly in my bed with a strong vibrational energy all over consuming my body.. like when you sit in a strange position and your leg starts tingling, except it was a lighter sensation, and pleasant. I heard myself breathing, but then I noticed it was out of sync, and this caused me to wake up (I wasn't sleeping alone this night). The next time, i had a similar start.. I lay down in my dream, and willed myself out of my body. I felt the vibrations and then 'sat up' outside of my body. My viewpoint was as though I was sitting, however I had trouble controlling myself, I pivoted to stand up but then immediately fell down so that my head was were my feet were.. I sat up again, and saw myself sleeping as I sat up, then I tried again to stand.. but fell back down into my original position, and woke up. It was as though once I turned, my body had momentum that I couldn't stop or control.
Next time I get to this, I'm going to try to think about the command "I will leave my body.. and stand up".. since this worked very well for getting out, I think maybe these self-thoughts may be helpful to controlling the experience.
Can anyone offer some pointers as to how I can better meditate to this state?
Anyone have similar problems of becoming too excited by the fact that it might be working?
Many thanks in advance.