AP problems

[APGuy]

It seems as if you can reach the mind awake body asleep stage.  It took me two months of practice before I could do that.  But can't really help because I have the same problem.  I get to what at least seems to be the right state of mind that I've read of but still nothing.[V]
I also had memory of my dreams for awhile but that went away for me too.

[Jeff_Mash]

quote:Originally posted by Arisen

Hi,
I started practicing Astral Projection a week ago. Ive been practicing twice a day, each practice being 10 minutes long (I cant really stay concentrated more than that, at the moment [V]).

In my opinion, ten minutes is not enough.  It usually takes me at least ten minutes just to relax my body.  You have to relax your body first, and then comes the hard part: relaxing your mind!  Your body could be 100% relaxed, but if your mind isn't conditioned, it will all be pointless.

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The problem being, I always get to the light trance stage quite easily. Then I get the light paralysis. Then I get a sort of heavy feeling.

Good....those are all good benchmarks for physical relaxation.  That means your body is doing what you want it to, but it still sounds like your mind is too focused on the body (and on results) that you're missing the mark.

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But I never get any further than that. The feelings always die down. What could I be doing wrong? Or do I just need more practice? Or more practice time?

I would say more practice and more practice time.  Shoot, I've been projecting for over 5 years now and even I need more practice!  I don't know if you ever reach a point where you go, "That's it!  I've finally come to the point where I don't need anymore practice!"

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Another question: Before, when I was doing AP (about a year back), I started to remember my dreams. Sometimes, I also had Lucid dreams.

But this time, I cant remember them as I used to. Last time, I started to remember them after 2 practices. Ive had well over that, and still cant remember them.

You know, one of the things that really helped me, both in recalling my dreams AND with my OBE's was the act of writing down my experiences.  

If you have a dream, no matter how small, write it down!  And especially if you have an OBE, you should definitely write that down.  

What this does is train your mind to focus on the non-physical memories that you have when you come back to your body, and the better you get at that, the more proficient you'll become when you try and focus on your thoughts and astral projection techniques.

Go to my website to download this tool which will help you log all your experiences into it, and then it will analyze them for you: http://www.obejournal.com

Hope that helps.

[electricdreamer]

Um, I think if you are lucid (or retaining your waking consciousness) you can AP from the lucid dream by simply willing it-look for anamolies-like doors, tunnels, staircases etc and take it from there....

[Arisen]

Hi,
Ok. Thanks.

Jeff_Mash: Could you get me a free version? Please? []


~James~

[Jeff_Mash]

quote:Originally posted by Arisen
Jeff_Mash: Could you get me a free version? Please? []

James, the version on the site IS free.  You don't have to pay to download it or to start using it.

[Arisen]

Hi,
I started practicing Astral Projection a week ago. Ive been practicing twice a day, each practice being 10 minutes long (I cant really stay concentrated more than that, at the moment [V]).

The problem being, I always get to the light trance stage quite easily. Then I get the light paralysis. Then I get a sort of heavy feeling.

But I never get any further than that. The feelings always die down. What could I be doing wrong? Or do I just need more practice? Or more practice time?

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Another question: Before, when I was doing AP (about a year back), I started to remember my dreams. Sometimes, I also had Lucid dreams.

But this time, I cant remember them as I used to. Last time, I started to remember them after 2 practices. Ive had well over that, and still cant remember them.

Any help?

Thanks in advance.


~James~