New Technique Found!

[mjolnir_knight]

I had awoke from a good five hours of sleep (my body has seemed to have programed itself to wake up around seven) and naturally I was still very tired.  So I started to go back to sleep.  Seeing as I was pretty darn tired, I started to drift off rapidly.  Then, just as I was reaching the boundary of sleep (I now believe that I had effortlessly achieved a mind awake/ body asleep state), a very random idea popped in my head.  You know how in a dream, something that would normally sound extremely ridiculous in real life sounds perfectly suitable?  (My friend dreamed that there was a mass of birds flying overhead and thought that an astroid had hit the earth)  This was a moment like that.  Or, maybe, it was one of those lightbulb moments.  I'm hoping the latter of the two.  I thought that since I was so close to sleep, therefore closer to the astral plane, and also in a deep hypnogogic state, that whatever I imagined would come true.  At that instant, I also thought that if I could trick my body into sleep, but put all of my effort into staying awake, I would project.  I tried it by thinking of the first thing that came to mind and that was the most vivid: a scene from the novel I was writing.  As I imagined, I could literally see the scene, but I put all of my concentration into staying conscious. (If you have ever had surgeory, it is a bit like trying to fight the anesthetic.  Not that it's impossible, but that's kind of what it is like.)  Literally within seconds, I got immensely strong vibratoins, I fealt as if I was being rocked back and fourth, I heard a roaring in my ears, then a buzzing.  I was starting to project, then my cat jumped on the bed.     I wanted to KILL it. 

So, basically all you have to do is this:  either stay up very late (2-3 AM) and naturally wake up or set your alarm clock to wake up in 4-5 hours;  begin to fall back asleep normally and catch yourself when you are about to fall asleep (believe me, it's easier to do when you are this tired than when you are initially falling asleep);  when you believe that you are able to hallucinate, imagine something briefly to test it (don't think about it too long, you will fall asleep);  if you are able to see what you imagined, than congrats you are almost there; now, imagine the most vivid thing that you can, but at the same time, put ALL (I mean ALL) of your concentration into remaining (don't worry if you don't put much effort into imagining your object or scene [I actually found it easier to imagine a scene] your subconscious will fill in the details of it [NOTE: it helps if you have seen or imagined it many times before; you can even imagine yourself projecting if you wish, but I haven't tried it]);  hopefully, if you can replicate my results (minus the cat) than you will be off on your astral adventure in no time.

-Patrick

[Nay]

You explain it so well Patrick, thank you!!  I can really relate with the straining to hold onto something and not to mention the cat problem.... I've had my moments with my beloved cats. 

Keep up the great work, I'm looking forward to your next experience. 

[Mark K]

I had awoke from a good five hours of sleep (my body has seemed to have programed itself to wake up around seven) and naturally I was still very tired.  So I started to go back to sleep.  Seeing as I was pretty darn tired, I started to drift off rapidly.  Then, just as I was reaching the boundary of sleep (I now believe that I had effortlessly achieved a mind awake/ body asleep state), a very random idea popped in my head.  You know how in a dream, something that would normally sound extremely ridiculous in real life sounds perfectly suitable?  (My friend dreamed that there was a mass of birds flying overhead and thought that an astroid had hit the earth)  This was a moment like that.  Or, maybe, it was one of those lightbulb moments.  I'm hoping the latter of the two.  I thought that since I was so close to sleep, therefore closer to the astral plane, and also in a deep hypnogogic state, that whatever I imagined would come true.  At that instant, I also thought that if I could trick my body into sleep, but put all of my effort into staying awake, I would project.  I tried it by thinking of the first thing that came to mind and that was the most vivid: a scene from the novel I was writing.  As I imagined, I could literally see the scene, but I put all of my concentration into staying conscious. (If you have ever had surgeory, it is a bit like trying to fight the anesthetic.  Not that it's impossible, but that's kind of what it is like.)  Literally within seconds, I got immensely strong vibratoins, I fealt as if I was being rocked back and fourth, I heard a roaring in my ears, then a buzzing.  I was starting to project, then my cat jumped on the bed.     I wanted to KILL it. 

So, basically all you have to do is this:  either stay up very late (2-3 AM) and naturally wake up or set your alarm clock to wake up in 4-5 hours;  begin to fall back asleep normally and catch yourself when you are about to fall asleep (believe me, it's easier to do when you are this tired than when you are initially falling asleep);  when you believe that you are able to hallucinate, imagine something briefly to test it (don't think about it too long, you will fall asleep);  if you are able to see what you imagined, than congrats you are almost there; now, imagine the most vivid thing that you can, but at the same time, put ALL (I mean ALL) of your concentration into remaining (don't worry if you don't put much effort into imagining your object or scene [I actually found it easier to imagine a scene] your subconscious will fill in the details of it [NOTE: it helps if you have seen or imagined it many times before; you can even imagine yourself projecting if you wish, but I haven't tried it]);  hopefully, if you can replicate my results (minus the cat) than you will be off on your astral adventure in no time.

-Patrick

I had a similar experience a couple of days ago.
I decided to take the day off work and was enjoying my sleep in ()... usually im outa bed by 7:10, so my body clock would have been a bit out of sync.
While i was half asleep half awake, i noticed i was in sleep paralysis for the 2nd time of the morning.
For some reason, i decided i would connect with god (i dont know why, im not religeous)... so anyway, within seconds i was surrounded by white light and a smokey sorta haze and i knew god was there... somewhere...
i dont remember much else, except that there was some sort of ipod computer thing there that was taking my order... or something wierd like that

Oh yeah, if you think a cat is bad, try being woken out of your vibrations by some doof who called the wrong number  I made sure she knew i wasnt too happy bout it