Help - Stiff Energy Body/Astral Questions

[Achak]

So this morning I was able to use the roll over method, after waking up from a dream and staying still, hoping the deep sleep state would help.  At first I tried to sit up, but I could not loosen the rest of my body, only my torso and head were free.  So I sat back down in my body, and rolled out.  That worked...but once I was out I couldn't move my body, only my head.  I was able to float around just by thinking, and went through my window, outside.  Is there any way to change this if it happens again?  Id like to be able to move the rest of my energy body (I don't really need it because I feel like the energy body is created by our thoughts, and thought alone is whats needed - but its nice to be able to move...).  

I've been reading about Astral Projection and all that stuff for a while, and just today after my OBE I realized, I have no clue as to how one goes about getting to the Astral Planes.  Do you simply think of going? Do you fly somewhere? Do you ask something to take you there? What happens when you astral travel? Do you go through a tunnel of light that spews you out in some random area?  If you have place in mind, how did you find this place to begin with if you have never been there before?  Ive read the astral planes are mind created spaces, and are synthetic in regards to being created by intelligent beings? If this is true, can my mind create a place to go that is a complete fabrication of my thoughts?(Like some parts of dream space).  How do we know when we are in a foreign place that is free of mind creation?  If I am having an OBE, how would I transition to an astral one?  

[Xanth]

So this morning I was able to use the roll over method, after waking up from a dream and staying still, hoping the deep sleep state would help.  At first I tried to sit up, but I could not loosen the rest of my body, only my torso and head were free.  So I sat back down in my body, and rolled out.  That worked...but once I was out I couldn't move my body, only my head.  I was able to float around just by thinking, and went through my window, outside.  Is there any way to change this if it happens again?  Id like to be able to move the rest of my energy body (I don't really need it because I feel like the energy body is created by our thoughts, and thought alone is whats needed - but its nice to be able to move...).  

Technically, when you're at that point... you don't objectively *HAVE* a body, it's just something that you manifest to make yourself feel proper.  With that said, and as you found out, you can move just fine either way... interacting with your environment should be done as easily too.  Saying to "Just think what you want to do..." is actually kinda wrong.  I'll explain...

It's actually the same principle in effect in the physical... you don't stand there and THINK about the movements you make, you just MOVE.  You don't think "I'm gonna move my hand and pickup that pen"... you just DO IT.
Well, the same applies to the non-physical.  Don't think about doing things... just do it.

I've been reading about Astral Projection and all that stuff for a while, and just today after my OBE I realized, I have no clue as to how one goes about getting to the Astral Planes.  Do you simply think of going? Do you fly somewhere? Do you ask something to take you there? What happens when you astral travel? Do you go through a tunnel of light that spews you out in some random area?  If you have place in mind, how did you find this place to begin with if you have never been there before?  Ive read the astral planes are mind created spaces, and are synthetic in regards to being created by intelligent beings? If this is true, can my mind create a place to go that is a complete fabrication of my thoughts?(Like some parts of dream space).  How do we know when we are in a foreign place that is free of mind creation?  If I am having an OBE, how would I transition to an astral one?

Try walking into a mirror...
Entering a painting/picture of some kind...
Fly straight up as fast and as far as you can...

Those are a few options. 

[Achak]

Thanks for the help.  If you have any other suggestions you are willing to give as how to get to the astral planes that be great. 

I also have one more question.  What are the Astral Planes specifically? (Created by human thought, created by other beings, dream landscapes of others, how they originated, what they consist of as far as its inhabitants, dangers associated with any of them - I know you can't get hurt, so Ive heard)