Oh my gosh, the most exciting thing just happened to me while I was doing the noticing exercise! :grin:
I was just lying here noticing, and I started seeing snatches of imagery and scenes. Then, I saw this one beautiful scene--it looked very Venetian, very Renaissance. There was a beautiful large building, very ornate--a kind of palazzo, I guess, and in front of it was a big wide open plaza. Both the building and the plaza were of red and white stone. And along the perimeter of the plaza were decorative pillars.
I was looking at this place from above. I saw it, and I felt a strong desire to take a closer look, and to my amazement, rather than disappearing as most images do, this one stayed. And it was like a camera zoomed in on it. And as it zoomed closer, I saw a young man and woman walking side by side across the plaza, toward the building. I realized it was me and Patrick! I had on a white short-sleeved blouse and a light blue skirt. Patrick was also wearing a white button-down shirt, and black slacks--looking dapper as always. :desire:
In a moment, I was no longer watching from above, but as if I was walking right beside the "other me." "She" and Patrick were talking about something--I couldn't really hear what. But there was such an air of happiness and excitment, as if "we" had a big day planned. We went inside the building, which turned out to be some kind of shopping arcade. It felt very cool, and was very pretty in there... everything was white and grey marble, and there was a fountain in the middle, and above the fountain was a glass dome, streaming with sunlight.
Patrick went over to a window in the wall to the left. On the other side was a clerk, an old man with a mustache. Patrick turned to the "other me" and said, "Just a minute, I'll buy the tickets." The "other me" said OK, and wandered into a nearby shop, and I followed her. It looked like a convenience store type of place. There was a coffee and soda stand on one side, and various different kinds of merchendise. The "other me" was in front of a magazine rack, and was reaching out to pick up a magazine. In the blink of an eye, I was "inside" her! I was looking at her/my hands, stretched toward the magazines! All I could do was just stare at those hands--they were my hands! Exactly!
I felt a sort of odd feeling... do you ever look at your hands or any other part of your body that happens to be visible, and think, "Am I real? Is this really me? Is any of this real?" That's exactly what thought was going through my/her head! And I occasionally get that feeling in my normal waking life too--now it makes me wonder if when I get that feeling, maybe "another me" has just "phased into me" and is looking out in amazement! :lol: Is that crazy? I mean, it really is almost the same kind of feeling you get from deja vu!
Unfortunately, as usual, I got really excited at that point! And naturally, I lost the phase! :roll: And I guess that "other me" just snapped out of her funk and went on her merry way to wherever she and "her Patrick" were going! :lol:
Anyway---so what do you think? Have any of you experienced something similar to this? It was strange to me that I started out as just a disembodied, 3rd-person observer... seeing another me... then suddenly becoming one and the same with her. But maybe that's how phasing always happens, only I'm usually not conscious at the time it occurs. I have been a disembodied, 3rd-person observer before, but not like this--not seeing "another me."
I wonder exactly where I did phase to... do you think I could have phased into a parallel physical life (if there is such a thing)? Or was this a parallel life in F3, or wherever? Ah, wherever it was, it was happy! :smile: I was with Patrick! And this is the first experience I've had in quite a while that included him!
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Also, during this event, I did not feel any of the strange physical sensations I did the other day--the energy, the paralysis, the difficulty keeping my eyes closed. It was very peaceful. I was just laying, very relaxed, the images started flashing, and I was very gently phased into this one image. I wonder if maybe I just got lucky, that I happened to catch a scene that was really connected to me--and that's why I was able to latch onto it and enter it so easily.
I don't know! I'll see what you all have to say! :mrgreen:
Wow :punk: That's awesome! :thumbsup: ... though now I'm a little jealous :wink:
I second that, Awesome! :grin:
I'm not up to date on the phasing but it certainly sounds like that is exactly what you did!! WOOT!
Quote from: heatherfelt a sort of odd feeling... do you ever look at your hands or any other part of your body that happens to be visible, and think, "Am I real? Is this really me? Is any of this real?" That's exactly what thought was going through my/her head! And I occasionally get that feeling in my normal waking life too--now it makes me wonder if when I get that feeling, maybe "another me" has just "phased into me" and is looking out in amazement! Laughing Is that crazy? I mean, it really is almost the same kind of feeling you get from deja vu!
It's hard to describe, isn't? I've tried over the years to describe it and I can never really get the whole essence of it. But I know exactly what you mean. When I was just a child around 7 or 8, in my waking life I would look at my hands and think,
"how did we get here on earth, how did it all start?" I swear I would go into some kinda of trance and all these answers, feelings, and emotions would start just coming at me....hard to explain..LOL it would always end up with me not being able to handle it because there was just too much info..
But I digress... Congrats Heather, keep it up!! :peace:
QuoteWhen I was just a child around 7 or 8, in my waking life I would look at my hands and think, "how did we get here on earth, how did it all start?" I swear I would go into some kinda of trance and all these answers, feelings, and emotions would start just coming at me....hard to explain..LOL it would always end up with me not being able to handle it because there was just too much info.
:lol: Yes, that always happened to me as a child. I would ponder those questions long and hard, and like you, I'd eventually get overwhelmed and bewildered by the response! Now, I just get the occasional brief strange feeling. It happens most often when I look in a mirror, and for a brief moment, I don't recognize myself. I start wondering why I've got this strange organic structure around me! :lol:
I felt really strange about having these thoughts, until one morning, Patrick and I were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, getting ready to go out somewhere, and he was staring at the mirror with this perplexed look on his face. He said, "Do you ever feel like you're looking at someone else?" I thought that was an uncharacteristic thing for him to say, but I agreed wholeheartedly, and we both felt quite relieved, and I think, closer. :smile:
Congrats! :popcorn2:
I have not been able to phase like that yet, but I have had dreams like where I am seeing events through a copy of myself or somebody else (usually somebody else) and get deja vu type feelings...
It does sound like phasing. This is one of Frank K.'s posts (sorry I don't have a link):
QuoteWhen you start your mental rundown, it will appear as if you are looking at yourself in mind from a distance. This is what I call 3rd-person view. During your rundown, you should engage your senses within the rundown as much as possible. In other words, don't just try to "see" but touch, taste, smell, feel... as much as you can. It's not easy but work on trying as much as you can. The more you engage your senses the more likely you will reach the next stage, as follows...
At some point, you get what I call, "the switch".
This is where you will switch from third-person, looking-at-a-distance to actually viewing what you were previously imagining as a first-person view. In other words, it'll be like it's you, Andali, looking out of your own eyes in your own body, but your environment will have changed. Note: when I say your own body, I don't mean your actual physical body. But it will be a replica of your physical and it will feel like your physical body in all respects.
Once you make the switch, you are now within Focus 2 of consciousness. (According to the Phasing Model that is.) As I say, there is no direct correlation to the Monroe Model. Once you are within F2oC you then decide where you want to go. You can have a look around where you are, or shift to another area, it's entirely up to you. I posted the technique of shifting areas from F2 to F3 just recently. Do a search on slat-effect and that should bring up the post.
Good reference piece, Present. I agree totally with what you said. :nod:
That is an exact description of phasing using a rundown which is what I think your next step should be. The first time I phased consciously was nuts. It happened differently for me though. I was imagining myself on a beach from first person instead of third as my rundown. I was running along the beach, climbing a large ladder up to a diving board and jumping not into the water but onto a trampoline (thanks Selski). I would hit that trampoline and catapult into the sea. It was going well, I could feel the sand under my feet and the sun on my face and the trampoline bouncing became powerful. I felt like I was really doing it! Suddenly everything got very quiet and black and out of nowhere I simply stepped through the blackness and walked out into the parking lot of a gas station. It felt as I passed through the blackness like all the particles in my body had just passed through a strainer and I entered F2 fully. I looked around shocked. I could not tell the difference between this state and the waking state. I saw someone I knew standing by a car in the parking lot and I walked up to them, said hi, and stood there dumbfounded waiting for the to react.
The person looked around like they didnt know why they were there. They looked at the car next to them, at me, and then spoke.
"Hi...."
I woke up instantly, completely dumbfounded by the reality of it all and still to this day I have only had 2 other experiences nearly as realistic and engrossing as that. Way to go. Your in the big time now kid! :happy5: Keep it up and you will be a phasing master in no time. Get working on a fun rundown for yourself, something simple and repetitive but not mundane.
Heather
That's brilliant - you superstar!
And what a wonderful experience too.
Quote from: Heather B.do you ever look at your hands or any other part of your body that happens to be visible, and think, "Am I real? Is this really me?
I used to do this when I was younger. I'd look at my arm (say) and make it move and think it was an animal, totally separate from "me", so I know
exactly what you are talking about.
Here's to many more happy moments... :grin:
Sarah
WTG Heather!!! :notworthy:
What a fab experience! Makes me want to zoom off home and see if I can do it also :grin:
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Steve
very interesting experience.. Congratulations Heater :)
Thanks for your usual good insight and support, everyone!
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This week has been pretty quiet as far as projection activity. However, I am currently working on creating a good run-down. Thanks for posting that excerpt from Frank, TPM! :smile:
What Frank described is quite what I experienced, only I didn't create the scenario. It was such an amazing feeling, making "the switch"--I definitely want to achieve that again, and be able to induce it! I think it would be especially fun for it to occur in an environment/scenario of my own creating! :grin:
I think I go overboard with my imagining, though, instead of focusing on the essentials--I get more engrossed in the scenery and design, as if I'm creating a scene in a book or film, rather than immersing myself in the sensations of the environment. I'm working on simplifying it and making myself a part of the environment, rather than holding myself apart as the "creator" of the environment. I hope I'm making sense!
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