Types of Meditation for OOBE

[djed]

Types of Meditation
My first practice of meditation was from a yoga book written by an Indian Yogi. Light a candle in a darkened room and stare at the flame for a couple of minutes then concentrate on keeping the afterimage in the center of your eyes.(not easy at first) When the afterimage has disappeared, open the eyes slowly enough to see the flame again and repeat the process. Carry on for about 15 minutes; it will make the mind quiet.
The next meditation is on the breath. Focus the mind on the breathing. Breathe in counting
"1-2" Breathe out, "3-4". A refinement on this is to take your pulse first to set the rhythm of the counting.
My main meditation has been by mantra given me on initiation to the Transcendental Meditation program, from which I started to get spontaneous OOBE waking up in bed in the early mornings.
In addition to this, I now use the method, devised by R. Bruce, by stimulating chakras and raising energy which somehow ends up in a sort of Trance Meditation, which is a preparation to use given techniques like visualizing climbing a rope to go OOB.
What other kinds of effective meditations do you know of?

[ivang]

This is very interesting.  If you don't mind me asking, what book was it you read by an Indian Yogi?

I think I'll try the candle meditation.

Thank you.

[djed]

This is very interesting.  If you don't mind me asking, what book was it you read by an Indian Yogi?

I think I'll try the candle meditation.

Thank you.

Hello ivang, sorry I dont know the title or name of author, but it was a book of the basic asana exercises, including this simple candle meditation.
It was a long time ago but I have remembered about seven of the exercises, and the candle meditation(which I find relaxing before attempting OOBE)

[djed]

Trance Meditation, which is a preparation to use given techniques like visualizing climbing a rope to go OOB.

I should point out that visualization is used in all of Bruce's offered techniques to enable exit in OOBE, and, as pointed out to me by a couple of friends, that visualization is an important art to learn in phasing. 

[Jarrod]

I forgot who made the post but somebody mentioned on here several days ago that simply daydreaming was a good way to turn the focus inward, and if you do it while falling asleep and stay conscious it puts you in a very deep state.

[Astral316]

No-mind meditation is my personal fav.

[Jilt]

Works nearly every time for me after I've had at least 5 hours of sleep:

. lie on your back and focus your closed eyes and inner awareness at the third eye area and clear your mind

. breathe deeply, relax and really HOLD your mind blank by concentrating with your closed eyes focused at a point in the distance (if you stop looking forward you can lapse into normal sleep)

. stay calm with an attitude of joyous expectation and inner strength (i.e. martial artist - calm but powerful with nothing to fear)

. do the rope climbing technique and within 10-60 seconds, I'm out

If you just want to meditate and not go OOB, eliminate the last step.

[djed]

@Astral316

No-mind meditation is my personal fav.

This sounds like the goal of TM meditation, they call it transcendance.
It is being fully awake with no thoughts. Only experienced this once or twice, except for a few times when I knew my body was asleep but my mind was fully awake.
Cheers djed