Okay, so I'm new to the idea of astral projection. It's something I never even knew existed until my bro told me about it and to be honest... I'm scared.. mainly because I saw this !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YbOMDI59k&feature=player_detailpage
But also because I am a very serious cyclist, hoping to make a career out of it very soon and I am afraid that opening my eyes to the real world outside my "bubble" will broaden my perspective too much, meaning I will not have the same single minded focus needed to succeed.
So can anyone tell me.. if I astral project will my astral body get kidnapped or loured away by an evil mo-fo or is it safe ?.. and do you find it hard to focus on things (and i mean REALLY focus) after *peeking over the fence to the other side, so to speak ?
Any advice would be much appreciated
Thank you
Rob :)
It's impossible to get kidnapped or abducted, and your body can't be taken over. You might have these idea because of our silly culture and horror movies. Don't believe hollywood, cars don't explode when you shoot at them!
However, fear is something you might need to deal with. You are in full control, but the phase is much more controlled by thought. If you fear the unknown, or have strong fear it's possible that you put yourself in a situation where scary things happen. Basically you scare yourself, and then feed the situation with more fear. This only sometimes happens to people who are afraid of the unknown or have anxiety issues. If you know that you're in control then nothing will happen. Learning not to fear the unknown is the most important thing. For example many people who see a dark hooded figure will become scared. But why is it a dark hooded figure? Why is he there? It might be just your interpretation of this figure, because you fear the unknown. It might be your imagination, and this figure might not exist at all. Or maybe there really is a dark hooded figure, but that still doesn't mean he's scary or evil.
If you open your eyes to this and broaden your perspective, and then become distracted from cycling then I guess that was what you wanted? If you truly want to become a professional cyclist then doing astral projection won't stop you. Energy work and astral projection can actually help you. However, maybe you'll find out you don't really want to spend all your time on being a cyclist. I'm not saying that will happen, but it's possible. If it happens it's not a bad thing, but you sound like you really like cycling, so I think you're on the right path.
Personally I found out what life is all about, and now it's a lot easier for me to focus on what really matters to me.
So, my advice? Go for it.
Will you get kidnapped or lured away? No. Seriously. You won't. :)
You'll need to beat your fears though before you can do this... the only way to beat your fears is through courage.
KNOW you're safe. :)
What you will gain from this is a greater focus. Not decreased. :)
Like Tom Campbell says you need to get over your fear to Phase. The opposite of fear is courage, you need to go into this will attitude of whatever happens happens. Until people fully realize this as the truth they will not be able to successfully Astral travel. The Astral world can be a scary place if you let it be. If you can't control yourself, your worse fears will come true. Once you realize this as true you will know that you and you alone are the one responsible for actions in the Astral. As thoughts = actions.
Going through the TMI Gateway series, the 4th tape is about releasing fear and absorbing the pure energy that is underlying the fear back into yourself. The 3 steps are basically:
1. Identify the fear - Release it and let it float away. This is JUST the "label" of the fear, as far as I understand it. So for example, "Fear of Spiders". That's it.. just the idea/concept of arachnophobia, not how it makes you feel, not the memory of seeing a spider.. just the concept "Fear of Spiders".
2. Feel the fear - Release it and let it float away. This is the actual feeling that you have when you think of the thing or idea that scares you. Using the same example, try to really feel how seeing or being close to a spider makes you feel, go beyond just the memory or sight of a spider and really feel the emotion and then visualise the emotion floating away.
3. See the memory - See it objectively for what it is, free of emotion and fear and then absorb that into yourself. Using the same example again, you might think of an actual spider in a web, or just a spider crawling on the wall or floor near you. Study the spider, let curiousity to observe the spider allow you to explore it but objectively and without emotion. Then visualise that entering in to you.
I have read about similar cleansing techniques and they all tend to follow this same process.
Light487, Lionheart, Ryan and Orion... Sound lads, I guess that settles it.
Tonight... I will try to project for the first time, thanks for the support, I really appreciate it ! :)
Rob.
Well the idea is that you should probably be meditating to work on your fears, identify them, know them, get over them etc BEFORE you go AP'ing.. if you are not truly and totally in control of those fears, you will find that they will manifest and then cause you to be scared and maybe add more fuel to the fire that prevents you from trying again.
When you scare yourself in physical, like if you fall off your bike, crash your car, burn yourself etc. Your mind "learns" from that "mistake" and creates neural pathways in an attempt to create preventative behaviours so it won't happen again. So if you were to scare yourself in AP, it's likely that pathways will be formed to create behaviour to disrupt future attempts.
So therefore, you should first work at removing all barriers and behaviours preventing you from AP'ing, including fear, until you can literally look fear in the face and shrug it off like it is nothing. That way, when something "weird", "unknown" or potentially "scary" thing happens.. and it will, you will be ready to "cope" with it and not feed the thing with your own fear which will then just make the fear stronger.
Think of it like a mirror. If you smile, the reflection will smile back at you but if you look angry, the reflection will look back at you angrily. Now think of the person in mirror as being a "real" and separate thing to yourself. If you look angry, the other thing looks angry or scary. Now you "react" to that anger/scariness with more fear and of course now the mirror reflects that increased anger/fear back at you and so on.. cycling out of control.
That's how the Astral and mental planes of existence work. Thought = reality/action.
Hi Rob,
Welcome to the pulse. I read your post with interest. It sounds like a big part of you doesn't want to try Astral Projection. Which is perfectly your choice. Youre focussed on your cycling. (I am also a cyclist too :) ) and therefore that is the choice of your life.
Millions of people lead perfectly happy lives without even being aware of, or having any concious astral projections. It is not something you have to do.
But if youre finding it interesting, then just read about it, watch videos about it, listen to pod casts. If youre not ready to astral project, then your attempts to do it will probably fail. I think the majority of people on this forum are pretty honest, and only speaking of their experiences. I have read a lot and come to my own conclusions about the wider realities.
Anyway good luck :)