Advice please

[Audreybot]

Hello! I'll start off by saying I'm new here, and relatively new to the world of astral projection. I've been trying without success to project for about half a year, maybe more. Whenever I would try to project, I would end up falling asleep and having lucid dreams instead.

However, yesterday morning when I was trying to take a nap on the couch, I felt as if I was vibrating and shaking out of my body. I got excited but was able to calm myself down, and after a few minutes I rolled out of my body. I stood up and looked out at what appeared to be an alien landscape, while still being able to feel myself laying on the couch. I wanted to explore, but I suddenly got really freaked out and couldn't move. Everything got darker until I could barely see, and I fled back to my body (I'm not quite sure how, it just happened) and then fell asleep.

I dream every night and this felt very different, but is it possible that this was just a weird dream? And if it wasn't, what happened? If this really was astral projection, how could I get past my fear?

Anyway, thanks for reading, and any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

[Szaxx]

Hi and welcome to the Pulse.
Your fear is yours only. Its you who's scaring yourself. With this why get scared?
Have a search on the site and the FAQ section, there's lots on this subject.

[Made O pHI]

The only way to get past your fears is to ask yourself what you fear.
Maybe right out a list of fears you have and ask yourself what you need to do to overcome these fears.
i.e. Am I scared to be separated from my physical body ? What are my fears about separating from my physical body ? What are my fears about OBEs/AP ?

[Contenteo]

Good job.

The fear is normal. Until you get a full fledged projection in and confront your fears head on and defeat them, they will well up from time to time.

I have many 'semi-projections' very much like that. Weird enough, those semi projections are where I have encountered the vast majority 90%+ of the scary things I have seen thus far. At this point, I blame the 'semi' aspect. I have a hypothesis that if you don't full disconnect and have crossed streams of data, primal fears usually inevitably get the better of you.

Anyway, good job, don't be discouraged.

Cheers,
Contenteo