a question for the expierenced members.

[Shake]

last night was my first night really trying to meditate and achieve some sort of astral projection/obe. I've been meditating everynight before i go to bed but i was ignorant to what i was doing until i researched astral projection and read other peoples experiences via forums etc.

i started off really trying to clear my mind. and tried imagining myself being lifted by clouds or some sort of gas. but i didn't get any effects. and seeing how I'm new to this i didn't think anything of it, i just thought "well it takes years to achieve projection so let's just try again tomorrow night" then i fell asleep. i began to dream and usually i just go along with whats happening when i do. rarely do i obtain control and actually realize that I'm dreaming. but this was one of those times i did gain awareness. i stopped what i was doing and began to concentrate on whatever was in front of me. i did this for a while (or what seemed to be a while) then something happened.

the best way to describe what i saw was one of those glass maps you see in movies that naval submarines use or spaceships have. they usually tend to have writing on them but you can see through the other side. i saw this but it was in a sort of an explosion form and massively green with alien symbols on it (i say alien because i didn't recognize them)and was disturbingly loud. I lifted suddenly from a laying down position to an upright position then proceeded to go through it and began to grow frightened (because i was new to this feeling and didn't know what to expect). the feeling can best be described as taking a sudden dip while driving or going down a rollercoaster, where you get that icky feeling inside your stomach. but it was over me entirely. and i felt i couldn't control what was happening to me and it was just too powerful, like it was sucking me in. i was in a 1st person view and i began to try and escape what was happening. i looked down at my right hand and began to snap my fingers in some ill attempt to wake up or exit whatever i was doing and i was in my bed again.

i know dreaming about projection/obe and actually achieving it are totally different. can anyone please explain to me your thoughts on what it was?

[Gandalf]

I think you experienced the onset of a projection/astral related experience... well done!

Unfortunately, the experience was scuppered by uncontrolled release of emotion.. in your case, fear.


This is very common. You need to remain as emotionally neutral as possible during an experience to avoid emotional 'white noise'.

The thing you need to realise about the astral is that your environment will be directly affected by your release of emotion, so if you think fearful thoughts then this will generate a fearful situation, which then generates more fearful thoughts etc and so it goes.

My advice is that if this starts happening then end the experience right away and try again.

Remember that there is nothing to fear in reality. You are just experiencing a natural fear of the unknown, which is manifesting in a typically bizarre manner. Just take your time and progress slowly, taking a bit at a time and not moving forward until you are completely comfortable with your current stage.