Hello!

[BeyondTheBounds]

Hi, my name is Adam and I have just recently begun to rekindle my interest in Astral Projection.

Before I continue I guess I should speak a little about myself.

In my younger years (elementary school) I exhibited bouts of ESP, to the point of freaking out my peers and parents. I was able to almost read the surface thoughts of individuals I was talking to, gauge their emotions without them speaking (I can occasionally still do this), or know what people were going to say over the phone before they did. I never thought much of it, until I reached adolescence and began to experience premonitions. Sometimes they were minor, dreams of events that would occur in the day, or almost mind-shattering bouts of Deja-vu. Sometimes they were creepy, I remember staying over a friends house one night watching him play a video game (Final Fantasy 7) and at one point a number flashed through my mind, seconds later the exact same number appeared on the screen, needless to say I was freaked out. 

Eventually I heard about Astral Projection, and after purchasing Adventures Beyond the Body by William Buhlman, I began to try and project. I didn't understand much of the book but I read his techniques and after a few attempts I began to feel the classic vibration phase. I was a little worried, but continued, my entire body felt like it was quaking, the vision under my closed eyes was flashing, my head was ringing, it was going to happen, I was so close........until my mom walked into the room with a bag of laundry and my concentration was shattered. 

After that day I began to suddenly feel a bit of guilt for my attempts, thinking I would go to hell or be punished (I was raised Roman Catholic). I got rid of the book and didn't think about it again. 

Now I am a few years older and wiser, my views of spirituality have become mostly agnostic and very open, and I am ready to try again.

I am ready to touch the Astral.

I plan on picking up Mr. Buhlman's book once more and try to actually make sense of what I am reading, as well as use resources on this site to help me project.

Well that's about it, ill update on the appropriate forums with my experiences when I begin to show progress, until then its nice to meet you all! 

Any friendly advice is welcome and extremely appreciated

[dbmathis]

Hi BeyondTheBounds,

Welcome to the forums.

I was too raised in the Roman Catholic Church, actually went to a private Catholic elementary and high school. I guess they hid Astral Projection from me because I don't really remember the subject ever coming up.

I have been agnostic for about 4 - 5 years now as well and just 4 months ago started trying Astral Projection. I have had about 15 OBEs in my 4 month span of trying and I am no longer agnostic. I am basically shifting my beliefs daily based on new experiences and it's just great.

I look forward to hearing about your experiences and would like to say thanks for coming here and sharing.

Best regards

David   

[BeyondTheBounds]

Thanks dbmathis, Ive also begun to read your blog and find it extremely interesting

I also want to share an experience I had last night, when I tried to project on a whim.

It was extremely late, and I was very tired, so I laid back in my bed to fall asleep. I had been out and about biking around my campus that day so my body felt pretty weary, and relaxed. My mind however was very active so I decided to try and induce the hypnogogic state.

I began to control my breathing and count back from 100, i was surprised when I felt almost all of my awareness of stimuli, beside the sound of my breath and mental counting recede. As I continued, I felt the beginnings of the vibrations creep into my shoulders and legs, I did not get excited and continued the attempt.

However I began to notice something strange, as I was doing this my eyes were unconsciously rolling around in my head, at first I could hardly feel it, but they began to do it so rapidly I broke my focus and couldn't continue.

This all happened in the span of a few minutes, what was up with my eyes?