Hi cristina,
Welcome to the Astral Pulse forums! [:)] You have had some interesting experiences, for sure. I thought that I would move your post from Astral Chat because topics have a tendency to move off the first page rather quickly. I went and moved it here, however if you disagree, please pm me and we'll work it out. [;)]
Nick: I have no problem with my questions being moved...i'm the newbie and feel you'd know better where i might be best served. thanks very much...!
cristina
hi all: as a newbie, i'm beginning with some questions. it seems that i grew up in an environment less accepting of "gifts" than his was. I now clearly remember at a very young age seeing war-dead infantry walking through a modern parking lot (frightened the criminey (sp?) outta me-wasn't even in elementary school yet), seeing auras, having very vivid-if not lucid or premontory-dreams, and one perhaps astral trip (accidental, of course) and these all being pretty much shunned, if not out-right decried as a break in reality. Thereby, i learned to tune out these occurences. My crown center (i was, though, raised with a great appreciation for and daily practice of hatha yoga) was too, too, very sensitive for headstands of ANY sort...even with supports...my body-awareness being way outside my skull...it physically HURT to stand on my head. I have begun the recommended three-month period of awakening my secondary energy centers and am "focusing" on unblocking what would be blocked areas. (with the expected reactions of short-term rashes or hotspots in some of those areas.) anyone have any good ideas for helping me regain access to those thing "devalued"? i tried the rope technique a little prematurely, i think, because i felt all the sensations, but as soon as i felt the tugging back stop, i was past the roof and was blind...saw nothing, felt nothing. did i imagine it all? i've always had a body awareness outside my body...such that in meditation i could not assume the hand post of fully touching my thumb and "tall man" together because my etheral body--or some semblance of it reached contact before my real physical fingers did. however, after the rope...i had lost all sensation of that connection. any ideas would be greatly appreciated...well perhaps, not ANY...good, experienced, sage ideas would be very much appreciated.
and thanks for that welcome at the bottom of the forums page after i'd joined. that's a nifty little gadget to the programming.