just a few words of intro .became interested a few months ago when i listened to a cd i downloaded from bear share and now iam hooked ive read a few books and visited a few web sites and found them very interesting.so i had a few trys at astral projection using a relaxation method but when i feel as if i am going to split my heart starts to race and i get a shortness of breath is this safe :?: i then loose the thread and am back at square one but i will keep on trying and hope for the best.sorry about blabbing on :wink: COOL SITE
Hi Blueben,
Welcome to the forum. The symptoms you experienced are very common and usually due to energy center activity and not a racing heart etc. A good test is to actually measure your heart beat - you will see that it is most likely at a resting rate between 60-90 beats per min... but may actually be little lower.
Similarly the throat center can make one feel a shortness of breath or mild to moderate gagging sensations. These will dissipate as your practice becomes more regular. For myself sometimes this type of discomfort comes back if I have been working on the higher centers, but on the whole they don't bother me too much. Some people find a need to swallow... if you do then do.. why gag!
e.g. Although this is for a different objective - I have seen trance mediumship tutors advice their students to avoid clearing the throat for spoken trance development. I feel this is wrong - as why should one suffer discomfort! In the end run the energy center or chakra will develop at its own pace regardless - so why make things hard for oneself!
You are doing well - take your time and your practice will become all the more easier!
Best,
Stephen
thanks for the welcome and the advice it seems iam closer than i thought :D
Hi,
Welcome to the Astral Pulse forums, Blueben! :) Let us know about that website, and bear share.
Also, take a look at some of our threads in the OBE/AP area of the forum for some tips. Robert Bruce and Brian Mercer maintain a subforum here on OBE/AP and their book on Mastering Astral Projection which you might like checking out too.
All the best,
Nick
bearshare.com is just a download site for free music ,ebooks and just about anything you can put on a cd thats posted by members its also free to join the sites i looked at are on line are on line astral projection ,simple spirit,astral dynamics and the astral society , iam sure most people have been to these at one time or another .
thank for the welcome
regards steve