QuoteThere are many keys to achieving astral projection.
First, there is the necessity of sustained consciousness. It's typical while laying in bed, with the eyes closed, and doing nothing to become unconscious and fall asleep. So, what we want to focus on is how to fall asleep without loosing consciousness.
Who has ever had a daydream? With a real daydreaming consciousness is lost of everything that is around—the entire outside world. There is a dream taking place in the day. Minor daydreams can be considered any mental activity which carries the attention away in the day. With that complete consciousness of the outside world is not lost, but focus on a task might be lost, resulting in the stopping of the task. Consciousness is only lost of the task, not things in the surrounding world. For example, while writing something important down the hand, unknowingly, stops and thoughts of something that happened the other day begin to enter the mind.
A second key to falling asleep consciously is attention. It helps to have the attention on something so that consciousness is not lost. While attention is on something it is possible to notice that it is repeatedly taken away by random thoughts. Attention builds with continuous use. With continuous use, it's possible to get through the random web of thoughts.
One key to maintaining attention is reciting a mental phrase or sound. There are also some phrases which can have psychic effects. These are known as mantras:
The mantra that's going to be explained empowers a certain organ of the astral body. It should also help with maintaining attention while falling asleep.
When trying to astral project one important thing to avoid is disturbing the body, so that sleep will come (because astral projection comes with sleep). So, mantras which are used to sustain attention while falling asleep are said in the head, not aloud (so as not to disturb the body).
Also, this mantra, unlike most others, is best done mentally. With a regular mantra we are usually saying an elongated phrase or vowel. We inhale deeply, then slowly say the mantra each time that we exhale. With this mantra, though, there are no inhalations or exhalations, though it can help to first say it aloud to know what it should sound like mentally.
1. While lying in bed for sleep simply imagine saying the vowel sound E (as in see). Like this: EEEEEEEEEE...but in the mind the sound keeps going, whereas aloud it would be necessary to stop for a breath.
A good amount of time to start out with when building attention might be between 10, 15, or more minutes (depending upon whatever is comfortable). Personally, when starting out with mantras I said them for up to 45 minutes or an hour. In any case, attention develops with practice. It's possible to find, when first learning to concentrate, that its difficult to stay focused for ten minutes. On the other hand, it's only possible to get out of it what is put in. If a lot of practice is spent on attention, it will build. If little, its not difficult to guess what will come out of it.
Interesting. Just curious: Why is this all in quote? Did you get it from another web site? And if so, could you post the source you got it from?
Thanks,
Jen
It's from a lecture I was working on and am considering discarding (not for lack of usefulness but because it doesn't really apply to much that I'm working on right now).