Stuck halfway in the vibrational state?

[rcrawf91]

Hi. I'm new to OBEs and I've been trying for a while to project. SO far I can relax my conscious body so that I start to tingle, and it feels like something is falling out through my back, and all my limbs start to fall asleep. For some reason, however I can't get the vibrations to continue into my torso or head and neck, and therefore I am stuck. Does anyone have any tips on this subject? Is there something I should try in order to get past this hurdle and into the astral body?

Anything would help.

Thanks!
-R

[gillian]

This is a maybe...when I started out I could get the vibrations into certain parts of the body but not others.  I thought I was completely relaxed but in actual fact I could get deeper and when I did the vibrations moved into those other parts. 

[rcrawf91]

thanks! if I can ask, how did you 'get deeper' into relaxation. I get what you mean about not being totally relaxed, but i'm not sure where to go from there....

[T.L.]

I do not get vibrations until my physical body is completely asleep. Sometimes this happens without the person noticing, and rightfully so. The body will fall asleep once the conscious mind is no longer focused on it, the main thing is youll notice you cant feel anything... physically speaking. If you are still able to feel anything from the physical body then it is not asleep yet. Once people cross that barrier and are in a state of conscious mind, body asleep the vibrations start to pick up. So if you think you are having the vibrations yet you can sit up physically with no problem, I would suggest to you that you are not at the state we call the vibrations. When I get this if I wanted to sit up physically I would not be able to because my body is paralyzed as it went to sleep. This is just a suggestion to point you in the right direction. Good luck, I hope you succeed.

[Magickist]

rcrawf91, I've had the same problem as you, and I believe that this problem is due to you focusing too much of your energy on your physical mind, and trying too hard to relax your upper body. You just need to kind of let go for just a moment, and in that moment just start breathing lightly, focusing your mind gently on your breaths. Once you start doing that don't lose concentration, and don't concentrate too hard or you could become tense again. The key to reaching vibrations is to focus your mind onto itself or an inner object, not of the physical body. One of the easiest methods to use stated by the true master of astral projection, Hermes Trismegistus, is to just focus on the blackness of your mind, don't take it off. Once you've done that and you're somewhat relaxed try picturing any image you're comfortable with in your mind, but don't try too hard. Once you have this image, just induce yourself into it, concentrate on it, examine it, every single detail, for as long as possible. Before you've examined EVERYTHING in the image, your body should've been subconsciously relaxed by your mind, since you've most likely forgotten about it entirely while you were examining your image. Don't keep checking back to your physical body to see if this has happened, as this will break the trance, just keep concentrating on your image, and soon vibrations should occur.