Beginner Needs Advice

[smilecollecter]

dear John, Have you practiced and practiced the energy work from astral dynamics?  I tried going straight to the exit parts without the energy work and got some movement of my body double (different writers call it different things) but no conscious exit.  I could feel the vibrations more frequently and that was exciting to my progress.  Last week I began doing more of the energy work and yesterday afternoon I laid down to take my nap ( I work 6 nights a week) and at the end of my nap I woke up and got out of bed three times and went down the hall three times before I realized I had left my body on the bed...ya...hooo! It was actually the third time going down the hall that I thought I should check and see if I was awake for real or if I was out of body.  It was the latter.  It was different than the times I leave and go flying at night in my dreams.  This was real time in my house.  I tried it again today but nothing happened.  I desire to get to a point (with lots of practice) that I can leave my body at will no matter what's happening to my physical body. Anyway, yesterday must have had all the right elements going for me to succeed. I also read about the warnings in the book about too much focus on certain chakras and the negative things that can happen if we don't do the energy work.  I'm glad now that I naturally do things like eat great food and gardening, etc. to keep me balanced and grounded so that I don't rush ahead with this adventure before I'm ready.  I hope this helps you some.

[JohnCurtis]

I'm trying to learn how to induce OBE's by using the techniques in "Astral Dynamics".  I can get to the point where my arms and legs tingle, my heart chakra throbs and races, and I feel like I'm floating.  And sometimes I feel pressure building inside my head.  But this is as far as I get.  I've gotten to this point at least 25 times, but never past it.  Does anyone have any advice for me on how to move on to the next phase of an OBE?  John