Different schools of training will have different opinions.
I'm of the firm opinion you can indeed project and not go anywhere. Some part of your Astral double is stuck from a closed Chakra. There are recent accounts on these boards of people getting hands and feet out, but being stuck at head or tail. That's actually encouraging, since it gives you a deffinate point to work on.
My suggestion is work on energy building and Chakra opening. It seems you have a predisposition or talent to AP/OOB (I'm a big believer that everyone has subjects they do easily and some they really really have to work at). Don't stick to one system as being the only way to do it. Most of my training and experience isn't from this site, so some parts of here I find interesting and otehrs I'm passing on until I'm really desperate.
Thanks Rastus
It feels like a whole new world nd adventure for me, so I am sure that by practicing, I'll eventually get the hang of it.
hi everyone
Ok, I am new here and have read quite a lot and tried a lot, but haven't initiated an OBE or a AP yet. But let me start from the beginning...
When I was about 12 years old I had a very strange dream, what made it even stranger to me was that after I woke up I could remember it as clearly as if I actually did it. I was dreaming that I walked on our school football field. I jumped all over the place, but my jumps were several metres high. I could jump easily over trees more than 10 meres high and the feeling in my stomach was excellent, just like bunjeejumping. I can remember the cold dampness of the grass under my feet and the cool air all over my body. It was a magnificent experience for me, but I couldn't understand it back then, so I asumed it was one heck of a dream.
About one year later I suddenly woke up in my bed one night with a strange feelingf vibration all over my boddy, or it felt that way. I couldn't move a muscle and I heard a very loud BUZZING sound. This lasted for about a minute or two (I think) and it gradually faded away. Needless to say, I was VERY scared. I always thought it was some kind of Alien experiment or something.
Wel, now that I came across this website my past experiences are explainable, but how I did it or how it happened I don't know. SO, I have started to do relaxing exercises and practiced to try and initiate an OBE as explained in the downloadable guides.
On my seccond evening of trying it I was able to "rub" with my hands the charka from my feet up to the top of my head. Then I tried to imagine myself floating above myself. I stated to slightly feel the "cobwebs" on my face, but that was as far as I could get. After a while I gave up and went to sleep.
I think about an hour later I woke up with a feeling as-if I want to leave my body, or some part of me wanted to. IT felt very strange and also scary. I felt as-if I was seperate from my body but still "inside" it. I tried to pull myself out, but it was like being glued to myself. So, I thought "more practice and don't rush it". But when I turned on my bed I couldn't sleep, because I kept on feeling like I'm being "pulled" out. After a wile it stoped and I looked on my clock, it was 4:15am.
So, what I am curious about is; what happened to me, is it normal? After I gave up tryng to OBE and went to sleep, did my "self" decided to go out anyway after about 1 hour?
thanks for your inpout in advance.