Hello everyone, my name is Ben and i just stumbled on this website yesterday while researching OBEs. I just recently (3-4 days ago) started researching OBE, mostly reading different forums. Mostly astralweb (Which i now view as more of a cult, jeez those guys are weird ;D) and outofbody.co.uk forums. I stumbled here and i have to say this place looks like the most liberal, "real-deal" type forum.
My interest in OBE was sparked recently by a friend and I started to do some research on the web, even going so far as to spend about 45 minutes yesterday trying to project (I'm not sure im ready yet, but i do believe i started to enter focus 10, i remember experiencing the beginning of dreams only to "bring myself back" so to speak, to continue my focus on my heartbeat. It was then that i started to feel totally unproportional, i.e., shrinking then growing, and also the "living inside my head" feeling. Could i perhaps have begun the phasing process or is it just wishful thinking from my first experiance?
Another thing i learned recently from my mother is that my dad(who passed away when i was 11, i am 18 now.) was a very spiritual person who attended some astral projection courses and also was very interested in chakras, etc. Again, this could be wishful thinking but perhaps I am one of the more spiritually inclined people? Maybe I just have an older soul! :)
Anyway, i hope to stick around and continue on my path, thanks for having me guys and good luck to all of you!
P.S. Frank you are really a fountain of knowledge and an inspiration to us all, I've learned more from reading 6 or 7 of your posts than i did from 9 years of Catholic School! Keep it up man, you're doing great work. And that goes for all the "teachers" here, you really do help us all and if it wasn't for you guys there would be alot of us clueless, so thanks guys :)
Hi!
I'm pretty sure you'll be able to get what you want by dedicating yourself to the things tought on these forums, i bid you good luck and enjoy your stay
Yours,
Leannain
Thanks, Leannain :)
Another thing, I don't know if its coincidince or not, but last night i remember having the 1st lucid dream of my life!(that i can remember of course ;) i remember thinking to myself "this is a dream!" but i cant seem to remember anything else, i must of had alot of fun ;) I also havnt been able to remember my regular dreams in forever, however last night i remember what was probably my last dream of the night pretty clearly, so i started a dream journal on my laptop ;)
Any progress is good progress ;D
Hello Ben
Thanks for a great introduction. Welcome to the Forums.
Sounds like you are already making progress. Keep it up, and we look forward to hearing of your experiences!
Great news about the lucid dream - the journal will really help with remembering dreams and having more lucid dreams.
Sarah
Welcome to the Astral Pulse forums! :)
Nick
Welcome to the forum!
Hope you like it here.
Yours,
Frank