New, a couple of questions about the experience I had

[AstralProtectin]

I'm new to these forums though I've been lurking for quite some time, but today was the first real experience I had with Astral Projection.

I was in my bed lounging around, aware that sunday morning after waking up a couple times but still being half a sleep was the ideal time to attempt to project.  I was dreaming, gradually drifted out of it and then became aware I was half asleep.  I listened to the ringing in my ears, felt the vibrations, and tugged myself out all in one go because a voice in my head told me that was the way to do it.  This voice guided me through the whole experience.  When I was half out, it was encouraging me and telling me I am naturally gifted as this was my first time properly attempting it, this gave me the calmness and relaxation required to fully pull myself out without letting my breathing and heart rate interfere.  I felt warmness and pride when I had successfully pulled myself out, and was very calm and happy.  I looked at myself from behind my head, but my vision was extremely fuzzy.  I called for clarity but it didn't come, I also had really sluggish movement and was quite bogged down.  My brother came in and witnessed me doing it exclaiming "wow...  He really is doing it", even though he lives in a different country, thus I suspect it was my brothers' spirit.  He came and embraced my physical body, lying down with it and asked me a meaningful question which I cannot remember now.

I'm really happy I attained such an experience, but would like tips on how to decrease sluggishness and have free movement, and take my experience to a next level?

[NoY]

Congratz! 
next time try to get as far away from your body as possible , it should make it easyer to move


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[AstralProtectin]

Great, will try that next time.  Hope the clarity affirmations get easier as I get more used to it and have less to take in as well.  I take it that moving away from your body just decreases your connection to the physical, as moving when OOB is a purely mental process?

[NoY]

yes you get feedback


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[Greytraveller]

Hallo AstralProtectin
Woohoo!, Well done!
The mystery here is who or what was the voice. Either you had an unseen spirit helper (which is much more common than most people realize) or the voice was actually you trying to give yourself encouragement.

Cheers
Grey

[AstralProtectin]

Haha thankyou Greytraveller!  I look forward to getting better at it and being able to use AP as a tool for self exploration and spiritual advancement

I'm fairly convinced it was a spirit guide, the voice was filled with compassion and understanding, and explained to me in detail exactly what I needed to do differently.  It didn't communicate in ... Words, as such, but in a more conceptual manner, so I'm fairly certain it was telepathically.  When I was trying to pull myself out as a continuous motion, it tolled me to just let myself roll out with a single motion, which immediately got me out of body.  What do you think?


Thanks,

[Greytraveller]

AstralProtectin
I usually trust the person who actually had the experience. So if you believe that the voice was a spirit guide then it most probably was. And Actually spirit guides helping people get out of body is much more common than most people realize because it does happen to a Lot of people.

Cheers 
Grey

[AstralProtectin]

Thanks again for your input Greytraveller, my questions have been answered, hope to see you around the forum

Cheers