Astral Projection
Out-of-body experiences, also known as Astral Travel or OBEs, are journeys into the astral plane. These journeys can be of the normal world around you, but are not limited to that. They are a safe release that always guarantees a return.
Before you do anything, you MUST first be sure you have no fear of OBEs. You must also be passive, relaxed, and patient!
The Method
*Relax in a bed or reclining chair.
*Take deep breaths, allowing your breath to slow naturally. Do not force it to slow down.
*Induce sensations of "dropping" rapidly through the bed, several "inches" at a time. These must be quick "drops", not slow sinking feelings.
*Continue until you feel yourself "on the floor" and then rise up again.
*Allow yourself to drift towards sleep, pulling yourself back each time... but do NOT physically move your body. You should being feeling very heavy.
*As you drift towards sleep, you will see images. Use these images or create your own to focus on and stay aware.
*Soon you will feel vibrations. These are mild and you must remain passive.
*Visualize yourself floating above your body and feeling the "drops". As soon as you have left your body, you will know, mostly at first by the following sensation followed by a temporary "blindness" and lightweight feeling.
Remember:
This will take practice, so give it time! Remember, once you are out, move far away from your body or you may be pulled back in. When you want to return, simply visualize your body and being back in it.
Separation Techniques
MethodsHow to ImplementFloating outSince the energy body is weightless it's normally quite easy to just float away from the physical body. Try imagining yourself lifting... feeling the release... and it should come naturally after the vibrational state starts. Sit up and outOnce vibrations begin you can induce an OBE by "sitting up" in your energy body- unlike physical movement this is caused by the mind not the muscles. Rolling outA favorite of Robert Monroe... this is a way to have an experience where you simply do a sideways roll. Requesting SeperationWhen you enter the vibrational state make a firm demand to escape your physical state. Remember not to mention your body. ("I seperate now" or "I go to the other room" is preferred to "I leave my body" because this focuses on your body instead of elsewhere.) Always focus on a destination AWAY from your body. Pulling yourself outThis can be achieved by lifting your astral arm and grabbing onto a solid object to pull out your entire astral body. Requesting AssistanceCall out for a hand- sometimes there will be assistance in the astral realm which will help you. There have been reports of people calling for help when they were in the vibrational stage and feeling a hand grab theirs and pull them out. They claim the being disappeared but their presence could still be felt.
This table was adapted from the one Starla (Lynn) posted to the forum and gave me permission to use. She got much of the information from William Buhlman's Adventures Beyond the Body, but it is entirely paraphrased. The Control Techniques table was from Starla as well.
Situations and Control Techniques
SituationsSolutions to Control Inner vibrations with loud buzzingYou are experiencing the vibrational state. Immediately direct you attention AWAY from your body! Inability to move your physical bodyThis is normal and temporary. It will pass after your energy body and physical body re-align. Unintentional return to your physical bodyUsually this happens because you thought about your physical body. Don't let your mind wander to your physical body until you are ready to go back. Focus on the astral environment and the energy body you are traveling in. Blurred visionFirmly request clarity by saying "CLARITY NOW", or make up another phrase. Feeling of fear or panicRepeatedly assure yourself that you are safe and secure. Sensation of rapid inner movementThis is normal. A basic shift of the consciousness to a deeper level. Take a deep breath and don't let it bug ya. Heaviness or inability to move when in the astral bodyHappens occasionally when the body isn't full ready for seperation. Firmly demand awareness and capability to move. Entering the vibrational state but being unable to leave the bodyDirect your attention- again- AWAY from the physical body to another part of your house (maybe even just the door or a favorite room). DO NOT think about the physical body. Vivid thoughts or picturesYou may be entering a dream state or someone might be communicating with you. Let the pictures come naturally but maintain awareness.
This table was adapted from the one Starla (Lynn) posted to the forum and gave me permission to use. She got much of the information from William Buhlman's Adventures Beyond the Body, but it is entirely paraphrased.
Monroe Techniques for Astral Projection By Robert Monroe
One of the chief barriers people learning to project face is fear. Many are afraid that they may die, or be harmed in some way as a result of their projection. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Cantebury Institute, reknowned for its occult studies, executed an experiment in projection involving over 2,000 people. None of them were hurt in any way by this, and now, three years later, none have complained of any newly arising problems.
Once you are aware that you cannot be harmed by projecting, you should begin monroe's techniques, step by step.
Step one:
Relax the body. According to Monroe, "the ability to relax is the first prerequisite, perhaps even the first step itself" to having an OBE. (out of body experience) This includes both physical and mental relaxation. Monroe does not suggest a method of attaining this relaxation, although progressive muscle relaxation, coupled with deep breathing exercises (inhale 1, exhale 2, inhale 3.... until 50 or 100) are known to work well.
Step two:
Enter the state bordering sleep. This is known as the hypnagogic state. Once again, Monroe doesn't recommend any method of doing this. One way is to hold your forearm up, while keeping your upper arm on the bed, or ground. As you start to fall asleep, your arm will fall, and you will awaken again. With practice, you can learn to control the Hypnagogic state without using your arm. Another method is to concentrate on an object. When other images start to enter your thoughts, you have entered the Hypnagogic state. Passively watch these images. This will also help you maintain this state of near-sleep. Monroe calls this Condition A.
Step three:
Deepen this state. Begin to clear your mind. observe your field of vision through your closed eyes. Do nothing more for a while. Simply look through your closed eyelids at the blackness in front of you. After a while, you may notice light patterns. These are simply neural discharges. They have no specific effect. Ignore them. When they cease, one has entered what Monroe calls Condition B.
From here, one must enter an even deeper state of relaxation which Monroe calls Condition C-- a state of such relaxation that you lose all awareness of the body and sensory stimulation. You are almost in a void in which your only source of stimulation will be your own thoughts. The ideal state for leaving your body is Condition D. This is Condition C when it is voluntarily induced from a rested and refreshed condition and is not the effect of normal fatigue. To achieve Condition D, Monroe suggests that you practice entering it in the morning or after a short nap.
Step Four:
Enter a state of vibration. This is the most important part of the technique, and also the most vague. Many projectors have noted these vibrations at the onset of projection. They can be experienced as a mild tingling, or as is electricity is being shot through the body. Their cause is a mystery. It may actually be the astral body trying to leave the physical one. For entering into the vibrational state, he offers the following directions:
1. Remove all jewelry or other items that might be touching your skin.
2. Darken the room so that no light can be seen through your eyelids, but do not shut out all light.
3. Lie down with your body along a north-south axis, with your head pointed toward magnetic north.
4. Loosen all clothing, but keep covered so that you are slightly warmer than might normally be comfortable.
5. Be sure you are in a location where, and at a time when, there will be absolutely no noise to disturb you.
6. Enter a state of relaxation
7. Give yourself the mental suggestion that you will remember all that occurs during the upcoming session that will be beneficial to your well-being. Repeat this five times.
8. Proceed to breath through your half-open mouth.
9. As you breath, concentrate on the void in front of you.
10. Select a point a foot away from your forehead, then change your point of mental reference to six feet.
11. Turn the point 90 degrees upward by drawing an imaginary line parallel to your body axis up and above your head. Focus there and reach out for the vibrations at that point and bring them back into your body.
Even if you don't know what these vibrations are, you will know when you have achieved contact with them.
Step five:
Learn to control the vibrational state. Practice controlling them by mentally pushing them into your head, down to your toes, making them surge throughout your entire body, and producing vibrational waves from head to foot. To produce this wave effect, concentrate of the vibrations and mentally push a wave out of your head and guide it down your body. Practice this until you can induce these waves on command. Once you have control of the vibrational state, you are ready to leave the body.
Step six:
Begin with a partial seperation. The key here is thought control. Keep your mind firmly focused on the idea of leaving the body. Do not let it wander. Stray thought might cause you to lose control of the state. Now, having entered the vibrational state, begin exploring the OBE by releasing a hand or a foot of the "second body".
Monroe suggests that you extend a limb until it comes in contact with a familiar object, such as a wall near your bed. Then push it through the object. Return the limb by placing it back into coincidence with the physical one, decrease the vibrational rate, and then terminate the experiment. Lie quietly until you have fully returned to normal. This exercise will prepare you for full seperation.
Step seven:
Disassociate yourself from the body. Monroe suggests two methods for this. One method is to lift out of the body. To do this, think about getting lighter and lighter after entering this vibrational state. Think about how nice it would be to float upward. Keep this thought in mind at all costs and let no extraneous thoughts interrupt it. An OBE will occur naturally at this point.
Another method is the "rotation method" or "roll-out" technique. When you have achieved the vibrational state, try to roll over as if you were turning over in bed. Do not attempt to roll over physically. Try to twist your body from the top and virtually roll over into your second body right out of your physical self. At this point, you will be out of the body but next to it. Think of floating upward, and you should find yourself floating above the body. Monroe suggests you begin with the lift-out method, but argues that both are equally efficacious.
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