Affecting me on a loneliness level

[Jdeadevil]

Hey guys, it's getting to the point now after trying multiple times where I'm getting a bit inpatient and lonely due to failed attempts and bottling out half-way through potential success. I'm really struggling, I've had quite a few experiences now which perfectly determine that I'm getting close to successfully having an OBE, but I need to be motivated and inspired; two things I never am, purely because I have no-one to talk to about it. It's depressing. To generalise, I live in a country where all people care about is playing new-age games and going on nights out, and the occasional rant about how awesome and successful they are in public compared to anyone else. Nothing interesting, and it's letting me down because I feel like I'm on my own in this practice. I've also tried looking for classes round my area that might mention anything spiritual but I don't really know what I'm looking for, maybe somewhere with guided meditation to help get me started, with other people.

Does anyone on here have Msn and/or Facebook I could talk about stuff like astral with? Preferable from the UK or somewhere of a similar time-zone..

[rain_88]

Hey man, if it makes you feel better, I am going through the same phase. Regarding to feeling that I am struggling, although I'm making steady progress; and the people surrounding me  ... Unfortunately I'm far away from there, but keep up the good work and we may see each other on the astral .)....

r_88

[Lionheart]

 There is a ton of info here to aide you with your goal. Read the Primers, watch the videos, bombard your conscious mind with information pertaining to Astral Projection. This will pay off in the end. Here is 2 helpful videos for starters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3Og_nqgNg. The first one covers the basics. The second one is really unique look at "noticing" and gaining "mental control". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxvb9pgkrvI&feature=related
Good Luck and Safe Travels! 

[embrace]

It took me close to a year to learn how to achieve OOBE. Patience is really the key sometimes But it was worth it!

[AJDIN]

Chin up man, you got dis!!

[Firmitas]

I've where you are for the past 6 months or so and was feeling pretty disconnected with the world. I just logged in for the first time in about the same length of time.
Starting to feel better already

-Firmitas

[urshebear]

I know how you feel about everyone else being tied up in life's BS and having nobody to compare notes with. Stay here with all of us and you wont be lonely plus there is heaps of resources and support. 

[Jdeadevil]

Man, you guys are awesome, we should have some sort of meet-up in the astral one day or something.

[4everaspirit]

Don't worry, it took me about 2 months before I finally figured out "how" to astral project. And believe me, I totally get how you feel about being the only one involved in something. I too get annoyed with the senseless talk most people put forth. It just doesn't really "add" anything to the world but garble. I much prefer to talk about things that are really important in the world and things that involve spiritual stuff

I'm kind of alone here on the astral projection thing myself. I tell my friends all about it, and while they contently listen, they just don't know what to think xD. Some of them keep telling me I'm just dreaming even though I clearly tell them time and time again that I have had both dreams, lucid dreams, and astral projections, and they are all different.Astral projection feels WAAAAY more real and is totally the freak of the freaky. And others say they aren't interested in trying it (lol they honestly don't know what they are missing)

[Mr.PumperNickle]

My friend was really into astral projection, but lost interest after consecutive failures in his sessions to project. He's just sticking to lucid dreaming now lol.

[milk]

You'll project when your ready.. I just had a very intense OBE that was self induced after 5 years of not really attempting.....

[Boom]

Heya, fellow brit here. Well almost, I actually moved out to Spain, but timezone is only an hour. Shoot me a pm and i'll be glad to add you to msn or skype or something.

I understand your frustration entirely. I found this world of astral projection last year and it juts absolutely clicked with me. Something just went "YES!" and I realised that my gut feeling was right, that there is more to ones self than just their physical body.. and here was an opportunity to actually experience more of myself by learning how to initiate a conscious non physical experience.

What impressed me, is that I'd found a community which was saying "yes we also believe there is more to you than your physical self"  But unlike religion, which people just expect us to follow blindly, i'm reading "Prove it for yourself, here is how you can experience it."  Wow, can any Christians say, well actually, yeah here is Jesus I will take you to him, then you can believe in him! No, they just expect us to read a book and have faith.  So yes, here I am, very excited and learning more about the hereafter and wider realities of consciousness.  I also felt the same loneliness you do in that you just can't talk to people about it.   Some people are just not interested.

As someone just getting into it, its quite easy to feel a little daunted by reading about everyone elses experience.  But trust me, I dont think there is anyone in here who can astral project at will. I'm also pretty sure that some people exaggerate their experiences to make them sound good, and some people have gone down an entire belief system which seems far fetched. So I always look at it with an open mind, but take a logical approach.

My patience started running out too, a combination of life getting busy and frustrations in achieving much, had me back away, which in turn has had me achieve nothing for over 9 months now.  I guess I crave the natural ability to be able to do it, just as I crave the natural ability to speak Spanish fluently.  End of the day, I don't, and if I do want to get into this, I'm going to have discipline myself and have incredible patience.