People of Urg-Astral experience

[Major Tom]

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[Chris]

Thank you for sharing your experience.  You just confirmed one of my own types of experiences... seemingly visiting other worlds with people in them and places I somehow know or have visited before.

This is one of the things about OBE and travel in the astral that bugs me the most.  I frequently visit other worlds such as you described.  In fact early this morning I did it again.  Very often they are beautiful lush tropical places and I have a sense of having been there before and deep recognition.  I talk to people who recognize me.  Then I leave.  It is always hard trying to get back to there when I TRY to get back there.  When I stop trying to control the experience it seems I go back to those places from time to time on my own.

This brings up another point... It's almost as if my conscious is always riding on the back of my subconscious or that deeper part of me that knows better than my physical consciousness.  I believe this physical consciousness doesn't do most of the driving while in the astral.  I think it merges with the rest of our consciousness in the astral and participates, but the collective consciousness makes all the choices and decisions.  I believe this because rarely can I decide while awake what I wish to do and actually do it while I'm in the astral.  Once I've merged with other portions of my consciousness we now seem to have higher goals or different ones at least and the goals of this physical consciousness fall to the wayside.  However, if I am successful in merging, the benefit is bringing back memories of the beautiful experiences.

"Do not empty the mind... focus it!"

[Usiimers]

It is currently 8:30 in the morning.  I planned on sleeping until 9 today but I woke up at 6:30 to think about this experience much more.  
I had a dream that Jim Henson's son was a large black man and I wanted him to get me a job.  
I realized this was a dream and calmly did the rope technique and kept telling myself I was leaving my body.  
I emerged in my room.  It was dark and I wasn't too excited just being there in my house.  I concentrated on leaving and hopefully going to an astral plane.  
I went through a shift in perception...
Then I materialized in one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.  
It was a beautiful tropical place and I feel as if I've been there before.  In fact, I think I might have been.  The water and sky are the most vibrant blue you could imagine.  I feel a cool and refreshing breeze.  
I find myself on a high up boat with probably ten or twelve people on it.  There is a woman with two children that I talk to.  
After some small talk I ask the woman if she knows what Earth is.
She humorously says," OOOhh, like the Mediteranean!"  I find that hilarious because it is the only think she thinks of when I mention Earth.  
I ask her where we are.  She says we are in Urg.  I keep telling them how beautiful it is and how much I love this place.  
I then realize that in order to remember this experience I should probably head out soon.  I tell them that I should get back to my body in a little bit.  The two children look sad.  I promise that I'll return sometime soon.  
A man laying on the boat enjoying the sun laughs at me.  
I say how I won't remember if I don't leave then.  I tell them all goodbye.  
I then keep saying remember over and over to myself.  
I feel a falling sensation and I'm back in my bed with chills going down my spine from such an awe-inspiring experience.  
I'm still thinking about this quite a bit considering it only happened a few hours ago.  Maybe I should attempt to return to Urg sometime soon...