I've been practicing different methods of aping for about 8 weeks now and i have never once gotten vibrations, i have gotten different sensations that make it feel like im about to "leave my body" but, no vibrations, is there any technique i can use to get them? do you absolutly have to have them to ap?
Just get one method and stick with that for a month or so. Don't worry about what sensations you feel or don't feel. Any technique can bring on vibrations you just have to stick with it. You don't have to get vibrations. I may have only had a few OBEs and I have only gotten my heart chakra going crazy and even thats beginning to go down to almost nothing. Get one technique and stick with it for about a month or two and see if anything happens and if something happens stick with it and keep using that technique.
Vibrations aren't necessary. AP is the goal, not vibes. If they happen you'll be prepared, but don't expect them. LOTS of people AP without feeling vibrations.
Just concentrate your energy and concentration onto the contents of your MIND. If you just observe what's inside your mind for a while without any intruding thoughts your body should subconsciously start to feel heavier and more relaxed. Once this happens DO NOT stop concentrating on your mind ONLY, and the vibration state should occasionally occur. I myself haven't reached the vibration state, but I'm getting closer every day as I gain more knowledge and experience. I wish you luck on your goals. :-)
The goal is (that's what I do anyway) to slowly build down activity in your mind. Remember that 'staying concious' doesn't mean you should be able to name 20 digits of Pi at any time during your practice ( :-P).
If you try to hard to stay concious it usually doesn't work for me, the only thing you have to watch out for, is that you do not lose track of what your doing. Don't get too distracted by the sensations, dont fall into your hypnogagic images (you might fall asleep) and don't forget that you are trying astral projection.
Especially in the beginning, I would look back at my session, and noticed I had just lay on the bed not doing anything, I completely forgot I was attempting astral projection.
Also, don't wait for the vibrations, if you keep anticipating them, you will get too excited. In the ideal situation, you lay down with completely relaxed muscles, your only intent is to project and the only thing on your mind is your technique.
Try to work towards it one step at a time, until the step becomes natural to you, then take the next. Also the most importing thing to remember for me was, that trying too hard negates the relaxation, and trying to learn too many things at the same time negates the 'the only thing on your mind part' :lol:
I'm glad I don't ever feel vibrations. :-P
I've felt them in my hands once while I was already out. That's it. I don't think they're necessary by any means...they're more like a "possible symptom" of AP. Though I suppose it can serve as an indicator...
People tend to get too hung up on symptoms and miss the objective. I think that's one of the negative side effects of reading too much before trying something yourself. I've never gotten vibrations and I have OBE'd and phased more times than I can count.
Another problem with focusing on signs/symptoms is that you become so obsessed with those small 'targets' that if/when they come, you get too excited and blow your mental state -- thus taking you back to square 1 to start again.
Experiences vary for everyone, so instead of trying to reach a symptom, try to reach your goal. Everything else should fade away in your awareness until its only your awareness that's left. The rest is somewhat 'downhill' from there.
For me , vibrations serve as my trigger to go OBE although I've astral projected plenty of times without them as well. Lately my OBEs have been so rare that once I get vibes I get too excited to do anything with them and end up losing them and waking back up.. It now takes a very conscious effort to keep my excitement under control when I feel them. That in itself makes it that much harder for me to achieve astral projection now...
What I've learned may surprise you.. I had 85% of my OBEs in a hard wooden school desk sitting upright while a classroom of roughly 30 students were all being noisy and a teacher trying to lecture on world war 2.. In no way was I really too comfortable to speak of.. When my body would fall asleep , it would feel as though I was slipping sideways out the desk.. Each time I would attempt to straighten myself , I would instantly be back in my original upright position.. I got fed up with it one day and decided I would just fall out the desk and if I really fell then I really fell!!! To my surprise my astral body was the one slipping out the desk while my physical body remained asleep.. I learned it may very well have been a subconscious paranoia of my mind thinking I would fall out my desk if I fell asleep like that since I had no sides to the desk to hold me in ... That paranoia put pressure on my astral body and created almost an effortless exit. Keep that in mind and you might understand how some of the techniques going around on the net actually try to get you to "put pressure" on your astral body.. Creating some kind of .. "back of the mind" worry about your body moving some kind of way will have an effect on your astral body.. at least for me it does.
I hope that makes sense :) If not ask me and I'll go into further detail.
Peace and good luck!
Vibrations aren't always necessary to leave the body. Some people can exit without experiencing vibrations at all. I have before.
-AM
edit: sorry just realised Stookie had already said this.
I think many, many people do not experience them at all. It's funny because my sister always gets them...she says they're awful. So I'm glad I don't. :-)
I find the vibrations extremely interesting.. Vibrations for me have never really been a pleasant feeling to speak of. I do get the rare chance to experiment with them and its a wonderful thing to attempt to do energy exercises while you are experiencing full body paralysis and vibrations.. Whenever I feel vibrations , I'm always fully paralyzed yet can switch between taking control of my body or taking control of the vibrations.. What allows me to leave my body is controlling the body parts that feel like they are vibrating.. Not the physical body parts but the vibrations take the shape of the limbs themselves..That makes me believe the vibrations are indeed my astral body separating simply because of the way I exit my body.. its the vibrations I control in the form of a second body that I mentally force away from it's physical counterpart. It feels like peeling out of plastic wrap and once I move that vibrating body part away from the physical body far enough , I feel like the pulling effect is no longer present and suddenly it feels completely free and weightless.. Its a great feeling :)
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I haven't tried this myself, but you guys can play.
http://www.psychic101.com/astral_projection.html
Happy shaking!