Leaving the house...

[Astir]

I can go out of body fairly easily these days...but I have trouble leaving the house. When I am able to leave I don't remember how I did, and when I try to leave I can't imagine how I can. I'm pretty sure I use windows...not the door for some reason. 
While I was out today I thought briefly on the state of my body with a touch of concern. My best guess is that I do not roam too far from my body because of health issues that I have...so I keep close.

It's hard to convince myself that I'm safe no matter how distant. 

[Awakened_Mind]

You view your body as being a sought of 'safe house'? You feel safer in your home.

Can you not venture further because you simply cannot do it, due to some astral complications or is fear the main issue?

-AM

[Astir]

I can and I have. It's just that it's very difficult.
I want to go places always. I always think to go to a warm beach, California, my hometown. But maybe 1 out of 10 times I can just barely get outside the house. Recently I was able to get as far as Mount Shasta and then I felt myself being pulled backward, white holes burned into the landscape...I went back to my body.

I need to find a new way to stay outside.

[Awakened_Mind]

Are you doing much energy work currently? If it's happening sometimes and not others, this may help you out.

It may also be an issue with your body. It can draw the astral body back during projection. Try using aphorisms and assuring yourself of the saftey of OBE's frequently.

Do you exercise?

-AM

[Hagethuriel]

Why not try mystic projection then ? You can link with a core image of your choice and take the mental body in projection of consciousness to that realm . Above the 4th Astral Plane there is no strife or negativity . You should feel quite safe and unstressed there . To do this ;
Open in Protection ie LBRP or as you do
Sit in an armchair with the arms supported the palms up , limbs uncrossed
Deep Cleanse Breathe crown down to feet
Power Up drawing up energy from the feet to the crown
Enter a Light Trance
Close the Eyes
Draw attention to the Brow Centre
Visualise the core image
Project consciousness into the realm


Here is one Method to begin Meditation to Develop Clairient Abilities
Begin by sitting in a comfortable arm chair
Place your arms loosely supported on the arms of the chair and turn your palms up to catch the energy .Your limbs should be uncrossed and bare your feet ,if you can, before you close your eyes to begin .Energy will come in thru crown ,palms ,soles and heart most easily .So spread your knees slightly and uncross all limbs feet are bare if you can do it and flat on the floor .

Develop deep cleansing breath techniques
Take these deep breaths in slowly and deliberately thru your nostrils and audibly exhale the breath through your mouth .As each deep cleansing breath enters your body have it come in as white cleansing light .You might visualise a candle of light in front of your third eye if it helps .

1. Swirl energy down from the crown to head , clearing away the cobwebs of the mind.
2.Bring the swirling energy down into the hearts and lungs, breathing away all anxieties and worries.
3.Draw the energy into the arms from the heart , pool it out into each fingertip .
4.Swirl the energy into the guts where we can manifest disease from negativity , clean it all out and away .
5.Draw the energy in again in this last deep cleansing breath pull it all the way down into the legs .
Pool it into the feet and out through each toe.


Power Up
You may choose" top down" from the universe to the crown or from "earth up" thru the soles of the feet .
ie :Bring light up with each breath ,visualising the feet drawing up light from Mother Earth through the legs which are like channels .
1.Pull it up from the right and left leg at the same time . Exhale half your breath only .
2. As you inhale draw up energy to the groin , exhale only half your breath .
3.Inhale and draw the energy up through your heart , exhaling half your breath only .
4.Inhale and push the energy down through your arms , seeing it flow from each fingertip. Exhale half your breath.
5.Inhale and bring it up to the shoulders . Visualise the dragon head erupting now from your shoulders. Release it and exhale half your breath .
6. Pull the energy finally up to your crown and fully release your breath .

Now you may become aware of feeling lighter ,happier ,healthier . You may feel tingling buzzing or warmth running up thru your limbs .Or you might feel energy inside  the limbs and in the palms of your hand .

Dwell in the power of the now in the chamber of the soul's eye
Close your eyes and take your consciousness to your third eye. Go to your forehead and sit in this chamber in the power of the now and if a thought about the physical life or the day drifts in ,observe it briefly and let it go .Sit in the power of the now .Nothing else matters .
Sit routinely
Try to sit at the same time in the same chair daily.Sit for 15 minutes and build up from there .
Close giving thanks to the spirit guides and angels who came to help you
Record your meditation in a journal immediately
Colours develop over time like dream qualities so a newbie may open to a vision  like black and white tv.So at first it may seem a gray oval stretching horizontally with black and white shapes .This will often become an indigo oval with sapphire shapes .Then it will commonly become purple and then you will see in fullscreen streaming colours.Some begin seeing in colours right away . It is like dreaming , we all do it but some never recall one whilst others have lucid dreams in full colour and 3D streaming develops over time too . So at first you may get one message like " I saw a flower" then streams like " i saw an old man holding a red rose ".Then you learn to interpret meditation visions much as we do dream imageray and you might say "I feel this is your grandfather ".Eventually you will get multiple streams ,when this occurs it is time to look to the spirit  teachers that will arrive for lessons ."Knock and the door will be open to you ""When the student is ready the teacher arrives "

[Astir]

I just typed a long thing and my cat deleted it...amazing what they are capable of. 

Anyway...
No I don't get regular exercise in the winter. Just gets too cold here. I have noticed my muscles have shrank a bit. The last time I went out of body I felt an ache in my neck and I felt attached to the entire length of my body, as if with velcro. It was difficult to sit up, but I managed.

I should mention I use stimulants and a sleep disorder to induce sleep paralysis...sounds worse than it is. I basically have a cup of coffee and then lay down as if to take a nap...and my body -- due to some aspect of narcolepsy -- passes out before my mind if I hold very still. And then I am able to leave, usually easily. I've always been this way. When my disorder was treated with adderall I used to go into sleep paralysis 4 times a week no matter what (I was always a tired kid, my body now as I understand it, is just easily put out of sync with my brain when it comes to rest.) I can't stay awake in the day without something and even sometimes with. Yet my sleep is upset by anything I choose to help me function while awake.

Just lucky I guess. 

[Hagethuriel]

Why not practice evocation and call some spirits in to visit you instead  ?

[Astir]

Why not practice evocation and call some spirits in to visit you instead  ?

Well, because I've had enough of spirits already in this lifetime. I don't call, and they come over anyway. I used to attract them like crazy.

[CFTraveler]

Astir wrote:

I just typed a long thing and my cat deleted it...amazing what they are capable of. 

My cat Coco does it all the time.  I see it as her keeping me from running my mouth off too much.

[David Warner]

Astir,

After 20years, I am still at my safe house, being my parents is where my temple, security, when I start the obe and begin the journey.

It is absolute and perfectly fine to start in the house, feeling comfort, security, joy and safe. Eventually you will move further outward and explore the neighborhood, world, universe and into the higher levels. But remember, little-steps first to start and once you gain skill, confidence, intent, and barriers to over-come you will be more relaxed.

Even I have my good and bad days at projecting - sometimes I'm out for 10 seconds or 30 minutes - it can vary. But having the experience and projection is better than not!

Good Luck...

Tvos