I have recently started to try and practice OBE and projecting over the last month, and I have had some success, though limited. The technique that seems to work best for me is picturing myself in another part of my room and repeating myself that I will project. Also all my success has come around 4 or 5 a.m. after about 4 hours of sleep.
Here are the details of my success: (Just 3 experiences so far)
1st experience was after reading about the above method. I had been trying other methods previously with no success. After focusing on another part of the room and chanting to myself that I will project, I began to felt vibrations throughout my whole body, and then quite a loud noise, kind of like static, but it was different, and there was a lot of popping. After this I attempted to move my hand but my physical hand didn't move, but my projected hand (Not sure what to call it) separated, and felt very heavy and difficult to move, and I wanted to test it. I was able to pass my hand through the side bars on my bed, and also through my own knee. I felt nothing in my leg, but I did feel my hand move through the space where my knee was. After this I became a little nervous, and convinced myself to wake up, though it was difficult, and I was in sleep paralysis, but I did wake up. After deciding to go back to sleep, the vibrations and noises kept coming back, but I didn't want to attempt any more, so I couldn't sleep again for the rest of the night.
2nd experience happened much like the first, same timing, same method. After feeling the vibrations take over I decided I wanted to leave my body, so I decided to try the roll out method. This worked, and I found myself next to a pile of blankets, with what I assume to be my physical body. This really threw me for a loop and I wanted to get back in. Before going back I remembered I wanted to check for the silver cord, and I'm convinced that I saw it coming from the blanket, and then I just rolled back into my body, and woke myself up again.
3rd experience: This one I tried as I was going to sleep at the beginning of the night. I allowed my body to go to sleep, I'm not sure if I reached the sleep paralysis state or not. But I then felt the vibrations (not so strong this time) and focused on floating above my body. I felt myself leaving feet first this time, and then things started moving really fast. I didn't experience the loud noise as before, and I don't think I was very lucid. I do recall deciding to float out of my window, and then I was flying. (I live in Japan by the way) I started to fly over an Asian landscape pretty fast, and then I arrived at some kind of gate on top of a mountain. After this I don't have any memory, and I woke up in the morning. I think this last experience may have been more of a lucid dream than projection, because I don't feel like I had much control over it.
Anyways, I hope some people will leave some comments that will help me understand the things I have experienced.
Quote from: vraddict on January 12, 2009, 09:24:10After this I became a little nervous, and convinced myself to wake up, though it was difficult, and I was in sleep paralysis, but I did wake up. After deciding to go back to sleep, the vibrations and noises kept coming back, but I didn't want to attempt any more, so I couldn't sleep again for the rest of the night.
This sounds a lot like my sleeping problem as a child... once I woke up and my brain was "buzzing" I knew for fact I wasn't getting sleep that night... man I HATED waking up a little passed midnight, I'd know I'd have a LONG night of waiting for daylight ahead of me. It has taken this forum/study of astral travel and a lot of deep thought to remember the agony I went through. Even if I tried to sleep I'd wake up on my own will a few minutes later frusterated out of my mind... man I wish I just relaxed and let the feeling take me where it wanted, but I had no idea it was anything beyond an active brain producing extremely vivid, conscious nightmares... I'd probably remember a lot more if I had. It seems I could only control waking up if the experience occured not too long before falling asleep... I do remember falling into this state in the middle of sleep and I had no control over waking myself up... I remember saying to myself "oh no... not again" and being thrown into a "world"... that feeling has stayed with me while the details have faded away. I remember trying SO HARD to close my eyes so I wouldn't have to see the "nightmare" but it never accomplished much. I do remember floating over my bathroom tub, which I recently made the connection is located directly under my bed/bedroom. I do remember floating around in my bedroom... I don't remember having control but I remember the 'reality' of it... whether that consitutes a lucid dream or just not being capable to grasp the concept of what was happening, I'm not sure... hopefully I will find out soon enough.