please help me get out.

[intergalactic]

Hello everyone! I'm hoping you guys can help me. I think I was very close to an OOBE. First I tried the method I saw on this forum mind awake body asleep until I felt my body very relaxed. Second I visualized a white light coming over my body entering my head and slowly going threw my body to my toes then I visualized myself rising to the light. When I was doing this my whole body had a very weird feeling my heart started beating really fast and I started breathing faster. I found after trying to rise out of my body it almost felt like my mind was detached from my body like I wasn't connected to it but I just couldn't get out! I tried this for what seemed like 20 minutes I felt like I was stuck and that was as far as I could go.

I was hoping you guys could help me getting out. What does it feel like? Do you still feel you are connected to your physical body or do you just forget about it?

[Nick]

Hi intergalactic,

Depending on the person "getting out" can take some time or not. Everyone is different. There is some good advice on OBE/AP listed in a number of the threads in the Welcome to Permanent Astral Topics! forum. Also, look at some of the "sticky" topics in our OBE/Astral Consciousness/Experiences forums. You might pick up some valuable information from people like Frank and Major Tom, for example.

Keep reading too, such as Astral Dynamics and Mastering Astral Projection. The reading part is a nice assist to your astral endeavors.

Very best,
Nick

[Tayesin]

Hello everyone! I'm hoping you guys can help me. I think I was very close to an OOBE. First I tried the method I saw on this forum mind awake body asleep until I felt my body very relaxed. Second I visualized a white light coming over my body entering my head and slowly going threw my body to my toes then I visualized myself rising to the light. When I was doing this my whole body had a very weird feeling my heart started beating really fast and I started breathing faster. I found after trying to rise out of my body it almost felt like my mind was detached from my body like I wasn't connected to it but I just couldn't get out! I tried this for what seemed like 20 minutes I felt like I was stuck and that was as far as I could go.

I was hoping you guys could help me getting out. What does it feel like? Do you still feel you are connected to your physical body or do you just forget about it?

Hi Intergalactic,
It sounds to me as if you did very well for your first attempt.

The blocks to you getting out are all very natural, and are relative to how you work.  So they are your own blocks created by the human mind not wanting to let go of control.  So it is okay too.

The feeling of not being connected indicates to me that you were in an in-between stage and fully aware at that moment, which is a little unusual for someone starting out.  But, it is a good thing for you.

Practice every day with the method you are using.  You will find that while you are putting effort into trying to 'get out', you will need to allow nature to take it's course while you travel the tube of Light.  You can do this by imagining you are accelerating faster and faster along the tube.  This occupies the human mind while allowing the natural process to flow.

The harder breathing is fear of letting go of control....  I know the same thing from when I was a teenager doing it for the first time too.  It just indicates the need to let the experience happen and not try to control every aspect of it.  And this is normal too.

So, I think you have done really well for your first attempt and I wish you good fortune in your next efforts.

Love Always.

[intergalactic]

Thank you for your kind replies