Status Report: 1 week

[Lion Kimbro]

Update:

I just tried an AP; Wow! I'm learning a lot.

I did relaxation, (toe->head, x2) and then went to a light trance, using repetitions of "Down", and imagining self on a cloud decending into a deep pit, feeling the fall as I say "Down" and exhale. Soon, in a light trance.

Sort of muddled about in light trance for short while. "What now?"

Started doing rope, but not really into it, shifted to yoyo. Started to feel the "up" intention over my body, but felt very loose. Then focused on rope.

Something happened, and I suddenly felt the sensation of urgency. Strange, no? But it was a feeling like: "Something is going to happen." I focused on the feeling, and suddenly, everything changed- I felt like a tractor beam was pulling at me, trying to lift me up by the 3rd eye. Kept doing rope, and felt like a powerful river was going up into a grate, but I was too big to go through the grate. I felt myself, and realized that my forehead was convulsing, and by body was tensing all over. I relaxed myself physically, but then sensations became more intense, and my body (fear response?) would tense up again..!

There is also a *feeling* of intention, and for a period of time, there was a direct corrospondense between "I am going to project now" and the intensity of sensations. I kept going forward, feeling fear, back, feeling brave, forward, feeling fear, back, feeling brave. And all through this, there is a sensation of being in a river flowing around my third eye.

"If I could just relax my body and face, and keep doing rope. If I could just ignore the sensations, and get out..!"

I felt many other things too, and I wasn't able to mentally name them, and thus can't record them. I remember feeling like the back of my head was like lead. I remember feeling like there was a warm fire in front of/on me. I felt distinctly forward, and I felt an expansion of myself. There was vibration, and it felt like I had overlapping (but slightly out of sync, or perhaps differently felt) hearts.

My heart beat SLOWED when I said, "Enough of this for now." and got up, excited. I shook myself vigorously to get up. I still feel a slight buzz.

I did not make it out this time, but I now have a lot more data than I used to, and I've got a looooong stretch of time before me wherein I will continue my OOBE efforts. Mon-Fri, trying Yoyo/Rope, and Saturday for study.

[Jeff_Mash]

Thanks for sharing that experience, Lion.  I was able to relate to what you said about "feeling something is going to happen."

Usually, when I wake up spontaneously in the middle of the night in a mind awake/body asleep state, I have this feeling.  I've learned to recognize it for what it is, and project right from there.  It's a common feeling that intuitively, we all know that something is "just not normal."  

Some people get freaked out by this feeling and try to move, only to find that they're temporarily paralyzed, and they get freaked out.  Others, like myself, simply relax and give in, allowing the feeling to permeate our bodies, and we roll out from there.

Thank again for the experience.  It's good to see how much you've progressed without losing consciousness in your last attempt.


Keep smiling,

Jeff Mash
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[Lion Kimbro]

I attempted AP on Mon-Thurs by a Rope/Yoyo combination.
I missed Friday. I try to AP in early morning, before things come up during the day.

I can get the mild paralysis, (am I in Robert Bruce's "light trance"?), but I'm not feeling the vibrations. My relaxation exercise: Go from toes to head, tensing and relaxing. I perform the exercise twice, it takes ~7 minutes total.

Dream recall is up.

Motivation became an issue: Losing interest. "What's so exciting about floating near the cieling?" I've looked for help elsewhere, and found it: Napoleon Hill says to recognize the root desire, which is here "the desire for freedom of body and mind." So, I can focus on my Love for Freedom. Next, Paul Twitchell says to contemplate on the desire, Napoleon Hill also says that emotion follows action, recommends a one word symbol to arouse desire ("Project!" ?), and of course, good old fashion enthusiasm.

Reading people's stories here is helpful too; It is exciting to read about people who have made it out their first time.

I'll check in next week as well.

I am soliciting advice, and advice on feeling the vibrations in particular. Rope/Yoyo by itself isn't doing it, except in my 3rd eye.