A curious sceptic

[bowlhead]

I would describe myself as an open-minded person. I won't discount anything until I have proven to myself that it is true or not, and this has led me to be curious about astral projection. I have tried meditating once or twice and have had two very interesting experiences that led me to dig deeper about meditation (which is how I stumbled across astral projection).

The first experience: I was lying in bed meditating and after about 30 minutes I suddenly felt as if I had passed through my bed and about 20 feet into the ground (kind of like that scene in trainspotting!). I wasn't scared but it did concern me a little bit. At that point I decided to finish my meditation for the day! The second experience I imagined a cleansing white light entering through the top of my head, pushing all the "dirt" out of my body through my feet. After about 5 minutes of this I could feel the white light pulsing through my body, it felt as if a force was pulsing from head to toe at an increadible rate. At this point I felt quite concerned and took myself out of my meditation. I felt my pulse and my heart was racing - completely the opposite from what I was trying to achieve (i.e relaxation and calm!)

I was wondering whether other people have felt these sort of things, and whether it is a precurser to astral projection. My main interest in it is to make my mind up as to whether there is life after death. I am not a religious person in the slightest, but am curious about why so many people believe in things "not of this world". I suppose I would call myself a hopeful sceptic - I hope there is something more to life after death, but I won't believe it until I can prove it. I'm wanting to give astral projection a try just to see if this proof is there - if astral projection doesn't prove anything to me, at least I can say I've tried!

[Jelal67]

Yes, these are common sensations. The second, if I am not mistaken is commonly called "vibrations." The first is similar to my first OBE, except I didn't fall that deep into the ground.

Personally, astral projection is not moving concioussness outsided the body, but rather focusing on a different plane of existance. One doesn't leave their location physically, but rather concentrating on a different place.

[Vvid1012]

this is not uncommon...just do a bit of research