I am open to suggestions from those who are frequent conscious obe'rs and AP'rs.
Here's my dilema: I am a frequent flyer for astral travels and OBE's, my situation is when I wake up is when my body is completely buzzing. It's as if I am either on my way IN or it would be a great time to exit. So.. I would like to attempt an exit upon awakening, yet after a few minutes the buzzing sensations subsides and I am awake.
Even when I try to go back to sleep and maintain the sensation it still fades. So, how do I
1) maintain the buzz
2) consciously exit at this point
or am I buzzing because of re-entry?
ugh, thanks in advance for helpful hints and suggestions.
Fliesatnite
I know exactly what you're talking about... I've had only 10 exits but dozens of these "disappearing vibrations" you describe, often related to paralysis episodes and/or projection into the etheric body. They are never usually consciously induced...
The etheric body "expands" when you fall asleep. The deeper you go, the farther from the physical the consciousness is able to "stick out."
When you feel this sudden "deflation" (when the buzzing subsides), the etheric body is pretty much "sucked back into the body" from its expanded state. When you experience it often, it means you are finally gaining better awareness of these short periods of time before you fall asleep and when you are starting to wake up. The problem is we are extremely used to suddenly regaining consciousness and waking up, but we don't very often remember this trance phase right at the end of sleep. The truth is, every time we wake up, we have this small period of time where we are "in limbo" and could project if only we had our full senses.
When you suddenly wake up in this state, you are usually exiting trance, so you are not in a stable state. What you must do is mentally prepare yourself to remember how to act next time it happens, because the natural reflex is to break the trance and wake up. I recommend affirmations accompanied by visualization. Whenever you wake up, try to remember what this "half awake" state you experience right as you exit sleep feels like, try to remember to detect it as it happens.
Once you are aware in this state, make sure you remain immobile and do not look around with the physical eyes. Remain perfectly still and concentrate on your mind's eye (the "screen" where memory-images are displayed, not the third eye). Try to recognize patterns, but do not physically look. If you manage to do this, you will slowly pull out of the body and get closer to this "dream image." The result should be a lucid dream. Once you are there, feel for your energy body, and try to look around at "reality" -- the dream landscape should slowly transform into the room your physical body is located, and you'll be able to project from that point.
(This is how I do it, anyway :P)
Thank you so much for your well thought out reply. I do try to remain calm and I recognize the vibrations to be connected to the astral, that's the frustrating part. I think what is happening is my mind is waking up and thoughts begin to process, which obviously makes the vibrations go away. But it's more of a fading away than a sudden deflation. The whole process takes a few minutes.
I guess I was also wondering if you have any type of ritiual or 'thing you do' that keeps you in this particular state, since the vibrations are quite intense. Oh and while I'm thinking of it, this happens pretty much every morning. So I want to take 'advantage' of the situation and do a conscious exit. Perhaps I should set my alarm for an hour ahead of when I am supposed to get up and then another alarm for when I actually need to get up? Do you think that might fascilitate my exit? Plus, like you recommended, affirmations.
It sounds as though you know EXACTLY the feelings I've described, and I'm grateful that you replied. It's difficult to do the mind asleep body awake thing, but I think I might try the seperate alarm method. I don't have any idea why this hadn't occured to me before! :roll:
Kiwi has it on the money. When you wake up dont do anything but recall where you were and what happened . If you want to try exit from this point the screen Kiwi spoke of is great. Try what you want but ive found it very helpful to see a point of light on the screen (that is your third eye) and follow it with my conciousnes. This usually brings on the vibes for those that have them and will allow for a concious obe. At the worst it helps me to become lucid and sometimes in the same dream i just left.
Thank you Enoch and Kiwi for your replies, I think I get the jest of what you are saying. I will try this method the next time it happens. Hopefully it will be successful and if it is, I will certainly let you both know!!
Thanks again!
Personally, when I try an OBE session, I get as far as noticing slight vibrations that only last a couple of seconds. How do I move past this sudden truncation of vibrations and have them last longer? Looking forward to your answers.
Don
In all honosty my best advice is (if you dont already) start with lucid dreaming. It is a much simpler and less draining way to get out of body. Some would argue that its not a true obe. But it is. You just wake up already out. Many of the best dreamers like Moss and Castaneda would say the same. Once you have a few ld's you willfind obe much easier to perform if you really need to after that.
Its just my opinion but both ld and obe are the same. The only technique that differs is remote viewing.
Enoch, that is great advice! Might I add a tidbit? OBEguy if you haven't achieved an obe as of yet. Ask yourself a dozen times a day if you're dreaming. When you really are dreaming, ask yourself in your dream is this a dream? Once you've determined that you are lucid then you can take control, you can fly or whatever you like.
I personally have had many, many OBE's in fact since I was 9, but during the dream state. I have had only 1 conscious OBE and that was just recently.
As far as the vibrations go.. are you trying to achieve a conscious OBE or trying to get them while you are waking up or going to sleep?
I think a conscious OBE is much more difficult to try, as Enoch said (and probably others too) it is much simpler to start in the dreamstate by becoming aware first.
Good luck to you, and I will post my next waking vibrations and keeping my fingers crossed.
I have achieved OBEs while in the sleep state. I've also had lucid dreams.
My specific question is how do I prolong the vibrations? Particularly when I'm practising in the afternoon. They currently only last a couple of seconds. Am I focusing too much on the vibrations, therefore stopping them. Is fear involved? What do I need to do to exend the length of the vibrations?
Don
If you are focusing instead of just Letting go it will bring them to a fast end. The state your in while on the brink should be for lack of better words trying not to think. A near perfect meditation that includes paralysis. To make it happen just invite the vibes in more by relaxing more still and loosing yourself in "non thought". As they arise have no reaction at all. They (the vibes) will do the rest. At a certain point you should feel as if you have expanded and are bigger than you should be. In actuality you are because your energy body (the body you feel at that point) is limitless in size.
Find what point the vibes come in at. If your doing anything to expand the vibes it should be in the breathing.