Hi, (sorry for the super-long rant)
I figured that I would introduce myself as I plan to dwell in the forums as time permits. I am not part of any sect, religion or similar types of groups although I know a fair amount about many of them. In general, I feel that all the well-known ones all express the exact same idea but that their view on things are slightly different. People have skewed some of them for their own personal purposes (which is a shame) but retrieving the oldest possible texts typically clears things up. It's like looking at a medal and each group looking at it from a different angle. The more I read and understand, the more things mesh together. Interesting.
From the youngest of age I can remember, I've always believed in "magic", which I can best define as "the manipulation of energy"; technically we're already all doing magic with our physical body. The rocks may believe we're doing "magic". It's another point of view once more. I've read a form of "daily thought of the day" from a Khabalist throughout high school, which kick-started my mind on the world of the invisible. As I started university, I finally got connected to the Internet (I almost feel like there's a soul group attached to it; kinda like a rock has one). I was first interested by stories of mythical/fabled civilization (Atlantis being the most prominent; Did I ever dwell it? Is it due to surface soon? <shrug>). This eventually got me to pages that pushed metaphysics as a whole and interestingly enough, astral projections got inserted into my life by a music group of the same name.
I later on found articles about Kundalini and I think that my chakras started working at that point. I could feel energy surging through in a peaceful continuous flow. From that point on, I can feel emotions as waves inside my body (it feels like a form of shiver) but the temperature does not cause it. I don't believe theses are my emotions although some are. I do not react to them in a physical way (besides the shiver-like behavior). It feels like surging a circuit, but the lasting effect is that of a frequency to which the body seems to vibrate to.
I also stumbled upon early versions of tutorials about astral projection, where I got to a point where I heard an increasingly loud frequency, which scared me away on the spot. Eventually, I ended up having many projects and had to put my meta-study aside for school. What I just recently realized is that in elementary school, we had "meditation sessions". For one hour, they would play a tape and we were to relax with our eyes closed in the gym. I never really understood why/where this comes from, but it must have been from someone trying to push this. All I can say is that, this is too young for most kids.
Anyhow, only recently have I had the time to work on energy buildup/concentration and OOBE. Currently, I can get into the first trance stage but this is not the deep trance stage (not yet at least). The interesting thing is that a few times ago when the meditation location's mood was just perfect, I could consistency feel my heart charka beating to the point where concentration was really hard to keep :(. I need more concentration to achieve the later form of trance and likely project. I feel like it's a mere mater of time and work. My old youngsters dreams of continuously flying through a world at will makes me believe that I've done this before maybe also in this body <shrug>. In theses dreams, will was making me fly and I recall times where I willed it but would not fly very high (as if slowed down by a form of gravity). It all just sound like cases I've read. Interesting is all I can say.
The forum seems to be primarily populated with two age groups [15-25] and [30-49]. The first seems to seek a different goal than the later (ie: more result based) but it seems the high-level path is the same as they will eventually end up recognizing the need to work abstractly first.
This rant is already longer than it should be;
Chris
Hi there legend. :D
Where's the rant? lol
Welcome to the forums, hope you find everything helpful! Look forward to hearing more from you.
Nay
Astute observations?
Most people are here for a 'reason'. I know the site is about AP/OBE, but there are a lot more forums. The reason is it's all related. AP/OBE is just a facet or tool of all the 'is' for a given persons reality. I gently encourage you to explore all that you are and can be, as opposed to any particular talent or technique.
-Namaste
Quote from: RastusAstute observations?
Most people are here for a 'reason'. I know the site is about AP/OBE, but there are a lot more forums. The reason is it's all related. AP/OBE is just a facet or tool of all the 'is' for a given persons reality. I gently encourage you to explore all that you are and can be, as opposed to any particular talent or technique.
-Namaste
I completely agree with you on this. I don't want to be part of a "religious clan" for a lack of a better word for that reason. I don't believe that a single "clan" holds everything I'm looking for. I generally follow my instinct for this and for now, this is where I feel I should dwell for a bit. I'm sure that once I'll learn my dues from this doctrine, that I will move on to the next one as I've always done.
All roads lead to Rome. Some are just faster than others
I think the best part of this site is definitely the breadth of information it covers. If it were focused soley on OBE it would be missing out on so much, and we wouldn't have as much to talk about! :D