OBE motivation

[MisterJingo]

I think the motivation for OBE is important too. Ask yourself exactly why you want to OBE and be honest with you about it. Why is important.

Taking this quote of Tayesin from another thread, i'm curious to your motivations for achiving the OBE state.
I've tried to think of what my motivation is, and to be honest, I don't have any idea. All I know is that from when I first read about OBEs they caught something inside of me. I felt a pull which could get very strong on occasion, to this area. I've been practicing OBEs for around 10 or 11 years now and I still can't define my core motive.
One possibility is innate curiosity. I read widely and deeply, and am facinated by the workings of everything. But, my interest in the paranormal really stops at OBE. I've read into other areas but none have effected me in the same way, or given me the desire to persue that direction intently.

[astralspinner]

Yep.

As C. Goodin put it:

Projectors Are Drawn To It
Like moths to flame, many of us are drawn to OOBEs. We can't really help it. It's not that OOBEs are cool, neat, fantastic, or the "in" thing to do -- at a deep level something tugs at us.

I can list any number of things I want to do when I can AP. None of them are the reason I want to do it, tho. They're just fringe benefits. AP is a goal in itself.

[Beatle]

I am new to this sight and have not had enough time to explore the expansive nature of it yet. However, I had a quick question for anyone who would be willing to answer...
Is there or has anyone developed some kind of standards or ethics about OBE or AP?

[filipcza]

If you mean things you should or shouldn't do while astral projecting, then there aren't any. It's the same as in physical life, you can do "bad" things if you choose to do so. It comes down to what your morals are.

I personally believe in karma, not as punishment, but a law of nature. It's like throwing a stone in the air, it will come down because of gravity, another law of nature, not because it's punishment for throwing it in the air. Another way of looking at karma would be this: imagine you are in a center of huge cobweb. Now every time you move, you make ripples or waves to this web. When the wave hits some other object in the web part of it is reflected back at you.

I think the wave example might be pretty close to reality, because everything is energy in vibration. Everything you do and think sends a vibration out in the universe, and eventually it is reflected back at you.

[MisterJingo]

I always thought of karma as self fulfilling... If you hate someone, that person does not feel your hate, you carry it around in you. If you love someone, you carry around that love in you. People might experience some physical manifestation of your emotional intent. But the intent will be carried and experienced only by you. Sort of like we are our own judge and jury; we are all the victim of our own prejudices. Carrying hate and anger over time isn't a pleasant thing.