JEFF MASH - you're suggestion worked!

[Jeff_Mash]

quote:Originally posted by Gandalf:
I was floating in the air, right away, I demanded more clarity and I got it!, not quite as much as *normal*  life but near about.

I find that the more calm and less rushed that I am, the stronger my clarity is.  For example, many times when we project, we are automatically in "rush mode!"  Either we think to ourselves, "I'm out!!!  Let me hurry and do something before this experience ends,"......or we think, "Oh no!  I can't see.  I don't have control......what am I supposed to do?"

A billion thoughts start to roam through our minds, and we end up getting too excited.  The key for me is to mentally tell myself once I'm projecting, "Ok Jeff, you're out.  Now you're in control, and you can make this experience last as long as you want."

I then do a few things to beef up my awareness.

1) I demand for more awareness, as you've already tried with good results.

2) I take in a few DEEP astral breaths.  With each breath of air t hat I take in, I feel myself become more grounded and aware of my environment.

3) I stare at something.  Not so much my hands, since even staring at your astral hands can remind you of your body, which will end the experience.  Usually, I'll stare at something in my astral environment.  This not only increases my awareness, but it helps me remember the experience better when I return.

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I found myself slowly moving round the room in a circulur fashion, round and round. Everytime I neared my body I felt a slight tugging sensation.

I too often feel a strong attraction when I'm in the immediete vicinity of my physical body.  I usually have to walk or crawl away from it in order to have full control of my experience.

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It was night time and it was dark in the room, however during the projection the room was bright, like the light was on.
I looked over and saw my body on the bed, it was asleep but was sitting kind of upright.
However, I knew that the room should have been dark and my body should be flat out on the bed.

I see these types of inconsistencies all the time, and the only way I can explain them is that "perception is a crazy thing!"  What we perceive when projecting doesn't have to fit what we THINK is real.

If you project when it's physically dark outside, but suddenly in your projection, it's bright and sunny, this doesn't mean that this experience is "not that real."  How do we know that in that particular realm, it ISN'T sunny?

Even thought energy is creative ebergy.  We are very, very powerful spiritual beings.  When we're projecting, you can CREATE things with your mind, and on that level, in that realm, whatever you create is REAL.  It may not seem like what you see is real or accurate when you come back to the physical, but why should it?  You aren't operating in the bounds of physical laws when you're projecting.  You're now in an environment of thought, of energy, of consciousness.  It's tough to measure those things to what we "know" in the physical.

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My theory was that I projected in my bedroom but into one of the astral buffer zones, so it was still my room but some reality fluctuations were in effect, ie the light. As I say, I think I may have generated this to make my first heightened awareness obe less scary.

Again, many books and authors I have read make people feel that "reality fluctuations" are not real.....hence, they are fluctuations/differences in reality.  That is assuming that your real, physical world is REALITY and your astral environment is not.  

On the contrary, your astral environment is just as real as your physical environment.  When projecting, you aren;t looking with physical eyes anymore.  You are perceiving energy.  So you may be perceiving energy of what your room looks like, and interpreting it slightly different, which is why sometimes your furniture may look different, or be out of place.  ANd in that astral environment where a mere thought can create or change your environment, you can see how volatile it can be at times.

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Anyway, thats it, I zipped back into body again pretty quick but I found this obe more rewarding than any before!

That's awesome.  Congrats.

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That awareness trick works!

Well, I didin't invent it.  I just use it!


Keep smiling,

Jeff Mash
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[Gandalf]

Hi Jeff,
Remember I was talking about how  I don't have very much awareness during obe?

You suggested 'demanding awareness'.
Well, a couple of night ago I found myself out again.
(this usually happens about once a week now, I dont try to have an obe, I just wake up some night when its happening)

I was floating in the air, right away, I demanded more clarity and I got it!, not quite as much as *normal*  life but near about.
I found myself slowly moving round the room in a circulur fashion, round and round. Everytime I neared my body I felt a slight tugging sensation.

here's the strange bit!

It was night time and it was dark in the room, however during the projection the room was bright, like the light was on.
I looked over and saw my body on the bed, it was asleep but was sitting kind of upright.
However, I knew that the room should have been dark and my body should be flat out on the bed.

So I'm not sure what was going on there. Usually all my obes are in RT with no visual problems.

Maybe I imagined the light being on to make it less scary. It was after all the first obe with a decent amount of awareness.

My theory was that I projected in my bedroom but into one of the astral buffer zones, so it was still my room but some reality fluctuations were in effect, ie the light. As I say, I think I may have generated this to make my first heightened awareness obe less scary.

Anyway, thats it, I zipped back into body again pretty quick but I found this obe more rewarding than any before!

That awareness trick works!

Cheers,
Douglas