take your time, it's all you have. :)

[Eukaryote]

I agree. Recently I decided to take a break from OBE attempts and focus exclusivly on trances and LDing. I've found a sharp increase in my ability with each.

[coral1]

For about a month I`ve been doing nothing but energy raising and have had several good [but brief] projections from LD`s.For me, I think that trying  too hard for a concious projection was a block. I`m going to get my body humming and go with the flow! It doesen`t work for me when I try to force things to happen, and there`s plenty of time...

coral1

[RandomName]

I have recently realised that "Once your in, your in" involving AP. I toyed with it and energy raising for a while and lost interest. Then i had a POWERFUL lucid dream experience. I decided to attempt AP again. not much luck, all the way to vibrations. Then, one night, i awoke and projected immediatly. I had my fun and woke up about 30 min later. Wrote it all down and started having repeated failed INDUCED attempts. Recently my energy has been much higher and I have had more interesting dreams. No matter how much i ignore AP or get bored, I still com back due to constant reminders. Once you start AP, you can't necessarily stop the side effects ever. All of them are good, so who would want to

-Andrew(aka Psi)

[fredhedd]

i believe it's important, especialy for the beginner, when doing any type of obe practice that you focus on one thing and stick w/ it until you are very comfortable w/ it.  make each step very familiar before moving onto the next phase.  

if you are having trouble projecting then maybe when you lay dow next time your goal should just be to settle into a nice trance state and have some good thought.  this will take the pressure off of you to project and may even induce a spontaneous projection because you may be more relaxed w/ no pressure on you.  

if you are having trouble getting into  a trance state maybe your goal should be to raise energy and activate all of your chakras.

this stuff takes time and the more familiar you are w/ each step the faster you are going to be able to project when you finally do cross that threshold.  if you over develop yourself in all of the other areas you will be able to project consciously consisitently w/ confidence.

each step in the obe process is also a goal, not just something to get past. happy flying
fred