Hi
My name is Ben and I am 21 years old.
I started reading about OBEs on the internet around the age of 14, after my mother told me of two times she had experienced involuntary OBEs.
One of them was while reading, she suddenly found herself flying in the room, and looked down at herself, still reading. She started panicking because she thought she was dying, or about to witness her own death, and she slowly started drifting away from her body despites her efforts to get back. She then suddenly blacked out and found herself in her body again, absolutely dumbfounded and scared, with the book still in her hands ; her body was still awake when it happened... She slept with the lights on for the next month or so ;p
I have been attempting to induce OBEs myself, after reading Robert Peterson's book, which I am sure most of you are familiar with. My mother's experiences were very convincing to me, since everything she described to me, I found very similar accounts of on the internet -- there was clearly no mere coincidence there.
In any case... Over all these years that I have been trying, I haven't been training seriously enough, in my opinion. Getting to the point where I do not feel my body anymore is very easy to do, but after that happens, I mostly either fall asleep or get scared, or my heart starts racing because I feel I am getting closer, which causes me to drift away from my relaxed state.
I thought of joining a message board to get some help achieving astral projection... And here I am.
I haven't attempted to project in many years now, I got discouraged after trying for several months and getting no results. I've tried twice in the past 2 days, still with no luck, and encountered certain problems.
There are concerns I have that are possibly preventing me from being fully relaxed, or believing that I can indeed astral project.
- I have trouble sleeping on my back because I can't seem to keep my head straight. I tend to sleep on my side with my arm under my head, and the other arm pushed up against the blanket so that I can breathe easily.
Now I've somehow convinced myself that it is impossible or at least very difficult to achieve astral projection if you aren't on your back ; is there any truth to this?
- The psychological part plays an important role in actually achieving astral projection (according to what I've read, once again).
One thing that preoccupies me is that I am mostly looking forward to doing all the "bad" things you can't do in the physical plane ; watching girls undress, reading exam topics before an exam, being able to read people's minds, etc.
I am not very confident, and I tend to feel very guilty by nature whenever I do something wrong. Now I feel that the reason I am having trouble projecting is because my "higher being" does not want me to do these things, it knows that I will use this power to do selfish things. Has anyone heard of such a thing happening, or am I just overthinking this?
If I write a letter to myself, do you think it could potentially help me get some progress with this feeling? I think I'll try doing that, actually :p
- It is possible to visit someone in their sleep ; a lot of people reported seeing others hovering a few inches above their body while asleep. Is it possible to somehow interact with someone who is sleeping? Is it 'dangerous'? Can I give someone here my address and ask them to come 'wake my spirit up' during the night to help me become conscious during my sleep?
- How significant is 'family psychic ability'? My mother has also had experiences with Ouija boards, she was told that she had a good ability, and was making it very easy for the visiting spirit to stay energized -- an innate ability to get in touch with her subconscious. Could this affect me?
Anyway, I'll browse around some more, hopefully my questions aren't TOO common :O
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies :)
- Ben
Welcome to the forum - :smile:
Try to focus on the experience itself (see my nickname) rather than your expectations of it.
It really doesn't matter whether you are on your back, side, or stomach. Most of the projections I've had have been from dreams, while sleeping on my side.
The Permanent Topics and FAQ sections are a gold mine of information. The simple act of reading those threads can do a lot to increase your chances.