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#1
Hey everyone-

  What is the title of this painting (link below). I have tried to find the real name of this painting forever and have come up short.  The painting is here : http://people.tribe.net/santmat/photos/6e4d7154-7eeb-414f-a452-d0d09c1b369b

I love it because it show a person who is looking into the inner realms after apparently going through the Fzero, focus 21 state of the star light sky.  Brilliant representation

Any help would be appreciated,
Han

Ps. Sorry mods if this is in the wrong location
#2
Welcome to Astral Consciousness! / Equipment for OBE
September 15, 2005, 16:24:54
I just saw something on the Internet that reminded me that OBE's in the future will be available to everyone through electronic means.  Take a look at:

http://www.innerworlds.50megs.com/winshakti/rotating/index.htm

Now, I am not saying this device necessarily works, only that in the future devices like this will make projection as easy as riding a bike.  Instant OBE for as little as $225.  Hell, id buy a device like that.

When this happens, science will really look into this phenomenon (either that or the FDA will ban the machine, creating a black market).  At first science will be clumsy and attribute it to electrical charges, but a short time later the wider reality will be discovered by the mainstream and Mystical notions will go bye bye .

I can just hear the wails of agony coming from the evangelicals lobbying the government to ban the device,  "That's the DEVIL's machine!" :lol:

Still it is always Best to know how to do it "manually"

Han
#3
I stumbled upon this site today www.neilslade.com and it looks like many of our problems here could be solved.  I have noticed that when I phase that there comes a point of almost Brain silence and I feel like I click into a deep focus 10 state.  From there, it is very easy to Astrally project.  

Just read this site, especially the article on the moons of Jupiter.  When you read this site have AP in mind as only one of the many possibilities this skill could give you.

Any thoughts?

Han Solo

PS.  I will be trying this in the near future and will get back to you on the progress.
#4
Welcome to Astral Chat! / AP around the net
September 06, 2005, 22:02:10
Hey-


Just wondering if people researching the Ap phenomenon is more or less extensive in the Western societies compared to Non Western.  For example, are there really active sites like the Astral pulse in Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, etc?  

Also,  I know that in the Eastern Religions they talk about Ap, but is it being actively researched on the net.

Thanks,
Han
#5
Hello everyone-

 I need experienced projectors for an experiment I am conducting, and the more feedback we get the more understanding of projecting we can learn. Anyway, I hate writing so without further ado, here it is:


1.  I would like you to think of a limiting belief, phobia, disorder, or fear that you have and write it down on a piece of paper.  This will be your intent.

2.  When you project I would like you to call out to see a representation of your intent.  For instance lets say that you have never been able to lose weight.  You would project and say something along the lines of "I will see a representation of unhealthy food", or "I will see a representation of over eating"

If the representation is that of an overweight person, direct all your mental energy to shape that person to have the figure you want.  

If you did a fear of spiders then utterly destroy your representation of your fear.  Use your own judgment for the best course of action.  

This may take a couple of projections to "solve"

3.  See if any changes occur in physical reality

4. Post your responses in this thread.

Thank you for any input and energy you can apply to this task.  We often think of projecting as an "ends", but what if it can be used as a means for change.

Han Solo
#6
What up-


 I was wondering what you guys think about the new Burger King Commercials with the fictional band Coq Roq.  Love it or hate it?  I'm not talking about the masks, but more the attitude or vibe of the commercials.

A guess this band was made up by an advertising agency and is causing quite a stir with those in the "Women's Movement"(going against nature since the 60's).  You can see their website at www.coqroq.com (an awesome site by the way).

My views:  I love these commercials.  It shows men not being afraid, or for god's sake, guilty for their testosterone.  Lately television and movies are programming men to become wussy, needy, lamers.  Also, I think men and women are finally coming to the conclusion that the metro sexual scene, pink shirts and crap, is just not natural and is not sparking attraction in the opposite sex.

Anyway, I know the majority of people here will probably hate these commercials, but personally I love the powerful "F* society, I live in my own reality" vibe that they exhibit so well (even if they were designed by a corporate ad agency  :D  )

Han Solo
#7
I wake up Saturday morning to be greeted by the sun rudely intruding into my bedroom to welcome me to a new day.  It was now very hot in my room and I was hung over, probably still a little tipsy, from partying on Friday night/Saturday morning.  So, I decided to retreat in to the darkened recesses of my basement to continue my sleep.  Once there, I layed down and thought "why don't I try and phase?", but quickly dismissed it due to my condition.  I thought I am just going to lay down and see what happens and I will be open to anything, vaguely aware that It would be neat to write a report on phasing while hungover.
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I am getting lost in vast depths of consciousness but maintaining awareness by a thread, until I feel the electric vibes that one associates with the traditional OBE experience.  I think "don't panic" just let them happen.  I feel the swaying "exist sensations", next thing I remember is i am racing upstairs to open the door to see if I can fly.  I open the door and there is snow outside.  I think to myself "It has to be like 90 degrees outside, why would there be snow".  All of a sudden I am in the back drive of my house and it is perfect weather out.  I decide to try and fly to no avail, so I think to myself "I really don't even care about flying, I want to go to Focus 2, then Focus 3".  I say "out loud" I want to go to focus 2" :) I am feeling movement, then I feel the "Vibes" in my physical body.
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I let them happen to me and while they are happening I am trying to think of a rundown.  All of a sudden I am in some kind of refinery trying to get out due to the fact an arsonist has set a fire.  I am running around trying to get out when I run in to, and grab by the throat, the arsonist.  It was furry little creature, with sharp teeth, that said it was a chubacabra! :D I thought to my self "now that I got that handled I am going to try and phase into F3, or FZ, by making the slats appear.  Like magic the slats appeared to show darkness on the other side, so I transitioned into FZ.  Floating around, in a pretty groggy state, I thought what should i do in here.  I remembered in one of Franks post that he said to visualize Negs to prove to yourself that they exist here "in the imagination".  Before I had a chance to think otherwise my mind says very reluctantly "MONSTER..." (THANKS FRANK :evil: ) then I feel the body vibes again of F1
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I "wake up" to music blaring in my headphones(?)(that weren't on) and a distinct impression of something "dark" behind the couch were I am laying.  I start "saying/thinking" "Cancel, Cancel" (old Silva mind control technique) wake up, wake up.  I wake up upstairs to be surrounded by creatures, so I think " I will destroy them and then phase out of Focus 2".  After some attempts at energy balls that didn't work I find a method to destroy them.  
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I am some old lady's kitchen and I look around at the drab setting and think "this is boring, I am going into FZ again".  So I stare AT the wall looking for the slats to appear.  Nothing.  Clicked out.  

(Reason: I don't think it worked this time due to the fact I didn't use the Fuzzy vision technique and instead zoomed in on the wall looking for some change to take place)

Problems:

1.  All these experiences felt VERY dreamlike, but I am not about to dismiss them due to all the control I had in my thinking processes regarding "out of body" /phasing techniques.  Body vibes were real enough.

2.  The environments where not crystal clear and very shadowy.  I have had lucid dreams with AMAZING clarity in both the visual aspects and mind clarity.  These were of lesser quality. I am more used to the phasing approach which may afford me more mental clarity.  Are all "OBE's" like this.  Is there any real difference besides the view of projecting inside/outside the mind/body?

3.  The total, almost instantaneous, ease of the transition into FZ from focus 2, using the slats method, left me feeling it was a fraudulent transition on my minds part.

4.  My demeanor when projecting by phasing is that of a scientist.  Very detached in the focus 2 environment.  However, in these experiences I fell into the "Alice in Wonderland" effect and would have to pull myself out of these settings with a great amount of effort.

5.  Do you feel the body "buzz" when phasing?  I never have before.  Although I knew what it was like due to my run in with sleep paralysis.

6.  Is this what Frank talks about when he says that mystics, OBE'rs, wade through the Astral sludge?

7.  Will I gain more clarity with more experience, in both Phasing and OBE.  If not, then authors should tell their readers how foggy and dreamlike these experiences are.  I know they are both Focus 2 so should feel the same, but I have had amazing clarity in my lucid dreams before.

8.  Does Focus 3 still contain this "dreamlike" quality?


Han
#8
I AM.

              You AREN'T.

Not yet, anyway.

               But you CAN BE

If you take my Workshop.


Han
#9
Welcome to Writers Corner! / Crystals in AK
June 24, 2005, 18:55:23
Spirits and crystals and UFOs
So many mysteries nobody knows.
I went to dig crystals in Arkansas
And boy was I filled with awe.
We beat on drums, told stories and sang
And the voices of angels rang.
Women from Venus and men from Mars,
Sweat Lodges and seminars.
Devas and faeries and sprites and elves
Got us in touch with our higher Selves.
Buddha and Christ, Zoroaster and Ra
All were with us in Arkansas.
Totems of Eagle and Wolf and Flea
Great Spirit spoke through them to me.
Spirits of Chigger and Fly and Tick
Lyme Disease is only Karmic.
Angels and faeries and UFOs,
I saw them all and I'm thrilled to my toes.
Spirits and crystals, I'm so elated
'Cause everything is interrelated


Pouring my heart out,
Han
#10
First, I am just taking a fun stab at Frank here, and its nothing personal.  Plus some of you kiddies out there may learn something. To start off with here is a segment of Franks newsletter:

QuoteSpeaking about payment, I have been looking into methods of payment
for the Virtual Classroom subscriptions, which will need to be via
the usual credit or debit cards, of course. I have looked into
various services but all are extremely expensive in terms of the
commissions they charge for this kind of "online" business as they
see it. It would appear that if you live in the USA then getting
online Merchant Accounts is much easier. I was accepted by one
company in France where I live but they wanted a hefty 10%
commission plus 1.5 euro per transaction! This is just daft in my
view. With 20 people in the class each paying 16 Euro a week for
their teaching I would be paying around 140 euro a month in
transaction fees alone! This may not sound a lot of money to
perhaps many people, but as I said in the last newsletter, I live a
very frugal life and 140 Euro keeps me in pasta for about 8 months!

Anyhow, after doing a bit of digging I discovered that PayPal's
fees are quite reasonable for this kind of thing, so they are the
payment service I will be using. To be able to accept credit and
debit cards directly I need to open a business Merchant Account
with PayPal and for that I will need to open a basic business bank
account together with a Visa card so I can eventually "verify" the
new PayPal account and get it all up and running properly. All this
form-filling, financial stuff, registering new businesses, and all
that jazz is a bit over my head. So after going around in circles
the past couple of weeks, I have decided to place the whole thing
in the very capable hands of a total financial wizard and great
friend of mine, Jim Ashley, who shall be dealing with all the
financial side of things on my behalf. I don't want to start
getting embroiled in accounting and things like that. I want to
concentrate 100% of my time advising people on what I feel is the
best way forward in terms of their development. So Jim will be
dealing with the PayPal, financial and accounts side of things from
the UK.

This has taken a little while to organise but everything will be
ready in about a week to ten days. Like I say, I live a very frugal
life and I'm not really part of the capitalist machine, as it were.
I don't have lines of credit and a wallet full of credit cards,
loans and all that jazz. But Jim will soon have it all sorted and
we'll be up and running in no time. Problem is, living in France as
I do, the business bureaucracy in France is horrendous. I speak
French good enough to make myself understood from day to day, but
nowhere near good enough to understand the intricacies of French
business legalities and procedures. Being English I have the right
to set up the new business in England where everything is much more
understandable, as it is a liberal market economy like the USA.
Regulations tend to be fairly straightforward, so that's why I have
decided to fiscally locate the financial side of things in the UK.


Now that you have it in context, lets take it a step at a time and learn something about this EVIL CAPITALIST MACHINE!

QuoteIt would appear that if you live in the USA then getting
online Merchant Accounts is much easier. I was accepted by one
company in France where I live but they wanted a hefty 10%
commission plus 1.5 euro per transaction

It is much easier in the USA because of COMPETITION.  You see, competition lowers prices and increases the quality of service, so it is natural for commission fees to be lower because banks are scrambling to get business.  France is more socialist, so therefore the State limits competition and prices rise for business, which pass that on to consumers, and this limits the growth in the economy hurting everybody.  Ever wonder why France and Germany have 10% + unemployment?  They usually do this in the form of REGULATION (which you discuss later).  All regulation does is protect the established businesses from start ups there by decreasing competition, in effect giving established businesses semi monopoly privileges.

So, what does Frank do?  He chooses Paypal, the new online form of completion to banks.  Frank choose Paypal because of the savings benefit for his business/him.  Good job Frank, that was a great capitalist decision!  What was the detriment?  You see in a highly competitive market some win and some lose, so who lost?  The banks in France, and France's economy, because they could not compete.  Why couldn't they compete?  They are not allowed to compete due to GOVERNMENT socialist regulation.  Money moves, but in this case France's economy lost due to bad politics.

QuoteI don't have lines of credit and a wallet full of credit cards,
loans and all that jazz. But Jim will soon have it all sorted and
we'll be up and running in no time. Problem is, living in France as
I do, the business bureaucracy in France is horrendous. I speak
French good enough to make myself understood from day to day, but
nowhere near good enough to understand the intricacies of French
business legalities and procedures

This is along the same point as above.  As government gets bigger, like socialist France, bureaucracy gets bigger.  As Bureaucracy gets bigger the cost to the citizens dramatically rise.  Also, big established business loves this due to the fact that every piece of red tape put up protects them from start ups that could compete with them, and lower cost (profit margins) to consumers.  Most people just throw up their hands because the cost of starting a new business will wipe out any profit they could hope to gain in the immediate future.  Thus, economies stagnate.

QuoteBeing English I have the right to set up the new business in England where everything is much more understandable, as it is a liberal market economy like the USA. Regulations tend to be fairly straightforward, so that's why I have decided to fiscally locate the financial side of things in the UK  

However, this is one capitalist alternative, and that is incorporate or start a business in a place that is business friendly and has less red tape.  Ever wonder why so many businesses are incorporated in the small island of Bermuda?  This is just a natural action because the flow of money, like energy current, takes the path of least resistance.   What did Frank do? DING DING DING! That's right, took the proper, and capitalistic, way around this barrier and incorporated in the UK where it is easier.  Believe me, even if you understood the language better you would have still located in the UK due to the cost, and time, of setting up a business in France. (I could have done it better, but whatever)  Don't blame the companies for incorporating overseas, blame your GOVERNMENT!


QuoteLike I say, I live a very frugal life and I'm not really part of the capitalist machine, as it were

Now you are, and thank God! (or focus 4?)  If you hadn't taken the capitalistic, and proper, way of setting up your business WE ALL would suffer.  You lowered prices for people who will be using your service and ensured the probability of your business staying around longer.  What is the alternative?  Pay more to get your business started, so we can pay more to use it, in order to support sniveling, do nothing, GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS! NO THANKS!

Quoteliberal market economy like the USA

HA HA HA!  Still had to laugh at this.  When USA rose to power it was due to the free market.  However, now it is NO SUCH THING!  Big business lobbies for new regulation in order to eliminate competition, and politicians love to stay in power=Big oppressive government.  Not as big as our counterparts in France, but getting there.  

"Government is force, it is like fire, a dangerous servant, and a frightening master"  George Washington

Long live Frank, our beloved Capitalist!! :lol:

Han

PS.  Socialist are like mystics, they live in a dream world!
#11
Hey guys- (if you haven't seen the episode you probably wont know what I am talking about)

 I am not a big fan of TV, but last night I happened to catch Trading spouses where one mom was a Vegan and the other lived in the bayou on an alligator farm.  I thought this was a perfect demonstration of judgment and pushing ones values down an others throat in a very aggressive fashion.  I just could not believe the utter hypocrisy and feeling of superiority on the super liberal Vegans part.  

The vegan mom, and family, made me feel nauseous with the contempt they had for others way of life.  I laughed at the Vegan mom when she tried alligator meat, and beat the other families dog! :lol:   These type of people scare me, especially when they run for office.

I took one look at her husband and KNEW he wasn't happy, but he is probably too much of a wuss to do anything about it.  Their son had his first taste of hypocrisy when he said "I felt really bad that my mom ate meat, because she has never let me eat it before".  She wouldn't even give her husband any money.  I loved his quote "What is mine is hers, and what is hers is hers" :?

I know I am probably not going to get much support on these forums, but I HATE hypocrisy (probably why I hate politicians)

WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE!

OMG! I just found a forum today where the Vegan Villian is speaking out, and people are giving her an ear full  http://www.centertao.org/viewtopic.php?t=172&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

*edit*  never mind, there are over 32000 replies at trading spouses forums.

Han
#12
This is area that is becoming very popular now a days.  I have a few reservations of channeled information and was wondering if people can clear them up.  

1.  What channelers are getting "real information" from real "spirits" and are not either frauds or people channeling their subconscious mind.   What about "the Wonders" www.thewonders.com.  You can hear them in the archives from www.newsforthesoul.com.  The crimsoncouncil.com?  Seth? etc.  

2.  Why is channeled information so vague?  Also, they tend to say the same stuff over and over.  

3.  How do we know that these spirits don't just want to be worshiped as gods and create a following to increase their own influence.

4.  Is this any different than getting information from entities in focus 3 of Franks model, or information from the "Astral"?  Are entities in the astral this Vague?

5.  With all the information out there to learn, why do people always ask the channeler stupid stuff like when are they going to find their "soul mate".  Hell, I could give them guidance on this, for instance "GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE--do you think you are going to find them while meditating?"   :lol:  

Han Solo
#13
Welcome to Astral Chat! / Tesla and Phasing
June 03, 2005, 14:22:14
Hey everyone-

I know that most people involved in the paranormal LOVE Tesla, and I am no exception.  I write this because at work today I was reading Tesla's Autobiography (found here: http://www.rastko.org.yu/istorija/tesla/ntesla-autobiography.html), and sure enough he starts talking about Phasing!

From what I read previously I thought Tesla did not believe in spirits.  This is because he and Mark Twain used to make fun of spiritualist.  However, check out this excerpt:

QuoteThere was another and still more important reason for my late awakening. In my boyhood I suffered from a peculiar affliction due to the appearance of images, often accompanied by strong flashes of light, which marred the sight of real objects and interfered with my thoughts and action. They were pictures of things and scenes which I had really seen, never of those imagined. When a word was spoken to me the image of the object it designated would present itself vividly to my vision and sometimes I was quite unable to distinguish whether what I saw was tangible or not. This caused me great discomfort and anxiety. None of the students of psychology or physiology whom I have consulted, could ever explain satisfactorily these phenomenon. They seem to have been unique although I was probably predisposed as I know that my brother experienced a similar trouble. The theory I have formulated is that the images were the result of a reflex action from the brain on the retina under great excitation. They certainly were not hallucinations such as are produced in diseased and anguished minds, for in other respects I was normal and composed. To give an idea of my distress, suppose that I had witnessed a funeral or some such nerve-wracking spectacle. Then, inevitably, in the stillness of night, a vivid picture of the scene would thrust itself before my eyes and persist despite all my efforts to banish it. If my explanation is correct, it should be possible to project on a screen the image of any object one conceives and make it visible. Such an advance would revolutionize all human relations. I am convinced that this wonder can and will be accomplished in time to come. I may add that I have devoted much thought to the solution of the problem.

I have managed to reflect such a picture, which I have seen in my mind, to the mind of another person, in another room. To free myself of these tormenting appearances, I tried to concentrate my mind on something else I had seen, and in this way I would often obtain temporary relief; but in order to get it I had to conjure continuously new images. It was not long before I found that I had exhausted all of those at my command; my 'reel' had run out as it were, because I had seen little of the world - only objects in my home and the immediate surroundings. As I performed these mental operations for the second or third time, in order to chase the appearances from my vision, the remedy gradually lost all its force. Then I instinctively commenced to make excursions beyond the limits of the small world of which I had knowledge, and I saw new scenes. These were at first very blurred and indistinct, and would flit away when I tried to concentrate my attention upon them. They gained in strength and distinctness and finally assumed the concreteness of real things. I soon discovered that my best comfort was attained if I simply went on in my vision further and further, getting new impressions all the time, and so I began to travel; of course, in my mind. Every night, (and sometimes during the day), when alone, I would start on my journeys - see new places, cities and countries; live there, meet people and make friendships and acquaintances and, however unbelievable, it is a fact that they were just as dear to me as those in actual life, and not a bit less intense in their manifestations.

This I did constantly until I was about seventeen, when my thoughts turned seriously to invention. Then I observed to my delight that I could visualize with the greatest facility. I needed no models, drawings or experiments. I could picture them all as real in my mind. Thus I have been led unconsciously to evolve what I consider a new method of materializing inventive concepts and ideas, which is radially opposite to the purely experimental and is in my opinion ever so much more expeditious and efficient.

The moment one constructs a device to carry into practice a crude idea, he finds himself unavoidably engrossed with the details of the apparatus. As he goes on improving and reconstructing, his force of concentration diminishes and he loses sight of the great underlying principle. Results may be obtained, but always at the sacrifice of quality. My method is different. I do not rush into actual work. When I get an idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device in my mind. It is absolutely immaterial to me whether I run my turbine in thought or test it in my shop. I even note if it is out of balance. There is no difference whatever; the results are the same. In this way I am able to rapidly develop and perfect a conception without touching anything. When I have gone so far as to embody in the invention every possible improvement I can think of and see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete form this final product of my brain. Invariably my device works as I conceived that it should, and the experiment comes out exactly as I planned it. In twenty years there has not been a single exception. Why should it be otherwise? Engineering, electrical and mechanical, is positive in results. There is scarcely a subject that cannot be examined beforehand, from the available theoretical and practical data. The carrying out into practice of a crude idea as is being generally done, is, I hold, nothing but a waste of energy, money, and time.

My early affliction had however, another compensation. The incessant mental exertion developed my powers of observation and enabled me to discover a truth of great importance. I had noted that the appearance of images was always preceded by actual vision of scenes under peculiar and generally very exceptional conditions, and I was impelled on each occasion to locate the original impulse. After a while this effort grew to be almost automatic and I gained great facility in connecting cause and effect. Soon I became aware, to my surprise, that every thought I conceived was suggested by an external impression. Not only this but all my actions were prompted in a similar way. In the course of time it became perfectly evident to me that I was merely an automation endowed with power of movement responding to the stimuli of the sense organs and thinking and acting accordingly. The practical result of this was the art of teleautomatics which has been so far carried out only in an imperfect manner. Its latent possibilities will, however be eventually shown. I have been years planning self-controlled automata and believe that mechanisms can be produced which will act as if possessed of reason, to a limited degree, and will create a revolution in many commercial and industrial departments. I was about twelve years of age when I first succeeded in banishing an image from my vision by willful effort, but I never had any control over the flashes of light to which I have referred. They were, perhaps, my strangest and [most] inexplicable experience. They usually occurred when I found myself in a dangerous or distressing situations or when I was greatly exhilarated. In some instances I have seen all the air around me filled with tongues of living flame. Their intensity, instead of diminishing, increased with time and seemingly attained a maximum when I was about twenty-five years old.

Neat huh!  I was wondering since Frank is also an electrical engineer if he might also be able to figure out things that Tesla once did that are now lost to us.

His electric car that never need charging, that ran on the "energy from the either" and went 90 miles an hour in 1931

so on.  

I also know that Einstein astral projected, but he called it image streaming.  

Hans solo
#14
Welcome to Metaphysics! / X Ray Vision
April 26, 2005, 20:30:29
Hey guys-

 Take a  look at this:

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/11797_phenomenon.html

http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/humanfiles/feature2.shtml

What kind of vision would like be called in metaphysical terms.

Hans solo
#15
hey everyone-

  This may be a stupid question, but has anyone tried to meet up with the disembodied spirit that was once Robert Monroe?  I bet he would be willing to teach the projector a thing or two, or at least show him around :wink:

  As I have not meet any guides yet I have no idea how hard this would be, but for anyone with the abilities of Frank or Adrian I bet it would be possible.

  It would be interesting to see where he ended up in the astral, or if he just goes everywhere because he knows it is possible.  It is amazing how very few people even know of Astral projecting and probably spend forever in one place.  Oh well, this thought just ran across my mind while putting his book Far Journeys on hold at the local library.

 Would be neat to hear if someone was able to run across "him".

Hans Solo
#16
Hey everyone-

 I am an extreme newbie with phasing, but I have been able to reach the 3D blackness "relatively easily" due to using an eye pillow.  When I don't use one I have a much tougher time if at all seeing this.  Mainly because after I relax my eyes they may start to open a little if they are not fully fatigued.  They may also start to "flutter" with out the weight of an eye pillow.  Also, the eye pillow blocks out any remaining light.  I think that because of the weight of an eye pillow it is more beneficial than a sleep mask.  If you don't know what an eye pillow is do a google search or check out:

http://www.apeacefulco.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PC&Product_Code=DTEP&Category_Code=Dreamtime

Also, use silicone ear plugs (available at your nearest drug store).