I was a member here a little less than a year ago under a different username. A few months back I met with one of the psychic readers that I work with and she helped me confirm some intuitive information I was receiving in regard to myself. Basically that I needed to take a break from all pursuits "metaphysical" and with good reason. At the time I was coming up on almost 7 months of intense psychic/spiritual/energetic training. My guidance had been trying to tell me to take a break. I didn't quite get the message and this need to stop and reflect manifested as a very dissociated and unfocused practice. I pretty much started to branch off in too many directions at once and spread myself way too thin. When I spoke to the reader I work with she told me that energetically I had shifted my frequency up, but my body and mind hadn't caught up yet.
So, I took a break from my work, which included AP work. AP was one of the first practices that I really undertook seriously. I have been practicing for about 3 years off and on, but its been just recently that I have started to REALLY work at it.
I have been practicing almost everyday (sometimes class and work won't allow it....time) for a couple of weeks (it was my new years' resolution). I've also been studying magickal practice and the other day I decided to create a Sigil (kind of like an advanced/complex method of using affirmations) to show me the next step to take in order to achieve conscious exit AP. The next day (yesterday) I got an urge to Google AP eBooks and I was somehow lead to Astral Pulse, specifically the Frank Kepple posts. I read through his "walkthrough" of the gateway disc and I got a great big kick in the head (it literally felt like it) from one of my power animals (a jack-rabbit....thus the kick). I stopped to listen and she yelled, "that's it!! this is the way you need to practice!"
Later last night I went and spoke to her in our usual setting and she told me that she had been trying to find a way to show me that I wasn't really letting my body fall to the background when I practice and that I needed to find a way to work that would engage my mind more. I had used Monroe's discs before but I think incorrectly. She said my Sigil gave her a good opening to lead me in the right direction.
Needless to say, I'm excited to be working toward conscious exit AP again and I look toward to further interaction with the forum.
Also. Thank everyone here who makes this possible. I really do appreciate it.
Rusty
Welcome back to the forums!
It's always good to take a small break from things once in a while to get a new perspective on your trainings. :)
I've done so many times in the past 10 years.
Welcome! And I completely agree that you need to be grounded on all levels - there is nothing wrong with a break for as long as needed. It's good to recognize that. :)