Being healthy can be a nice benefit, but I am not sure how much it can help APing. It certainly will not hurt. I like my meat. I like juicy steaks and greasy hamburgers. I can AP. So being a vegan is not a must. Though it is best not to have a full stomach and have just eaten a heavy meal before trying to AP. Being unhealthy might be distracting, such as aches, pains, coughing, etc, which can hinder projecting but mostly because it is distracting and not because you are unhealthy.
If you are wanting to be more healthy, I would suggest you do it for the long term physical effects and not just to be able to AP.
no, its not just to ap, i was already wanting to do it for ethics AND health and i was just wondering if my choice had any benefit with ap. imo its foolish to change your diet so drastically just to be able to ap better.
thanks for the help, i had no idea trying to ap n a full stomach wasn't such a good idea!
from what i know about AP, the energy body and health....
ease and lucidity of projection is determined by the amount of energy that is being channeled from the etheric body to the astral body, now, the amount of energy which is available to the astral body is determined by the state of the physical/etheric body..
an unhealthy physical body houses tension, strain and muscular knots which inhibit a smooth and direct flow of energy around the etheric body..
a healthy body which is free from tension, strain etc can easily accomodate a smooth, free flow of energy all around the etheric body, which makes projection easier.
thats what the yoga asanas are for, to completely eliminate all tension in the body and increase the amount of energy flow which i think is all to do with yoga meditation.
even when were not talking about energy, tension in the body makes it much harder to get into the trance state if your constantly having to consciously relax an arm or whatever.
i find my right arm hard to relax but ive found stretching and limbering it up releases tension, hence can harness more energy.
thats all i know though, i know nothing about healthy dieting and ease of projection. My diet is extremely poor.
i think that stress and health work together in being able to have a successful projection. this is mostly because the better you feel, the more relaxed you are, the less you have to try and relax - if you get what i'm saying. i find that when i'm under stress, i meditate more but can project less...and the times that i meditate when i'm not stressed, it's almost like an instant projection. if i'm feeling sick or achy or stuffy or whatever, it's hard to focus and get to that deep level of trance.
i don't think if this helps at all, but i sure hope so!
Trying to project on a full stomach gives you a greater chance of falling asleep, for one thing. Think about the last time you ate a hearty meal, and then how you felt afterwards. A full tummy equals a sleepy person. It is really not healthy to stuff yourself when you eat anyway, but I think we all probably like to endulge in gluttony every now and then. I hear light meals are ok, but I rarely project soon after eating so I cannot say for sure on this.
i'm a raw foodist/vegan, so i'll have EXCELLENT health with little toxin in my body once i detox. (its only been 7 days, and i cheated today) so if i'm really healthy, will aping be easier? just wondering.