Attempt #2 - repost

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Original post: doh

07-07-2004, 05:11 PM #1
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Attempt #2
Last night I was attempting astral projection. I managed to get my body relaxed, but that was all. After several minutes - SEVERAL minutes - I gave up on the thoughts and just thought about what I usually think about while I try to sleep. During this time the AC had turned on.

After the AC shut off I noticed the infamous vibrations that accompany projection at about the same time I noticed the infamous noise. Perhaps noises are different for everyone? Or maybe the noise is the same - but mine sounded much like an old run down car trying to start after sitting in the cold after a long time - the way one would sound between the ignition, and, for lack of better wording, 'un-ignition'. That noise continued on for the period of time in which I attempted to seperate bodies.

I gave up trying to lower myself down a 'ladder' or simply 'fall' quickly for short 'distances', and instead attempted to raise up, picturing my ceiling getting closer to me. I managed, for the most part. I could feel the loss of feeling in my physical hand, and felt more of a feeling in my astral. This continued for my whole body, until I was angled at maybe a 5 degree angle from my physical, the meeting point of the two bodies being my neck. I just couldn't manage to get my head and neck seperated, try as I might.

If anyone has suggestions, or comments, they're greatly appreciated. I know a lot of you have experienced similar, or identical feats, and have over come them. Or, you're knowledgable in the area - much more so than I, myself.

Thanks for listening, and thanks for writing.
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07-08-2004, 05:53 PM #2
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I am not more experienced than you and in fact am currently working on deliberate oobe myself. As you are, I also have trouble with the head area. I have not tried the dropping technique and have been focusing on a technique involving imagining stretching my astral body to be a foot larger than my physical body, then two feet, then back, etc. Also, throwing a ball up and catching it as it comes down. I linked this to exhale=up, inhale=down, but was concerned that this would create too much awareness of my breathing. Not that I know that this would be a bad thing, it just seemed like it might. I found this ball technique to be useful, as was the stretching technique. Both of these techniques I learned from a cd that I bought to help me.

I also tried "climbing a rope", but I am having trouble with this as I keep "feeling" the rope fall when I pull on it. My natural inclination seems to be to spiral a bit.

Could you share more of your dropping technique with me? I have been making attempts about once a day for over a week.

Also, relating to the "noise", if you are interested, there are free mp3 downloads here with created noises of that type: http://www.sonikalkemy.com/astralproject.html.

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07-10-2004, 07:34 PM #3
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Originally Posted by Isyron
Last night I was attempting astral projection. I managed to get my body relaxed, but that was all. After several minutes - SEVERAL minutes - I gave up on the thoughts and just thought about what I usually think about while I try to sleep. During this time the AC had turned on.

After the AC shut off I noticed the infamous vibrations that accompany projection at about the same time I noticed the infamous noise. Perhaps noises are different for everyone? Or maybe the noise is the same - but mine sounded much like an old run down car trying to start after sitting in the cold after a long time - the way one would sound between the ignition, and, for lack of better wording, 'un-ignition'. That noise continued on for the period of time in which I attempted to seperate bodies.

I gave up trying to lower myself down a 'ladder' or simply 'fall' quickly for short 'distances', and instead attempted to raise up, picturing my ceiling getting closer to me. I managed, for the most part. I could feel the loss of feeling in my physical hand, and felt more of a feeling in my astral. This continued for my whole body, until I was angled at maybe a 5 degree angle from my physical, the meeting point of the two bodies being my neck. I just couldn't manage to get my head and neck seperated, try as I might.

If anyone has suggestions, or comments, they're greatly appreciated. I know a lot of you have experienced similar, or identical feats, and have over come them. Or, you're knowledgable in the area - much more so than I, myself.

Thanks for listening, and thanks for writing.



Ok, it sounds like your problem is that you need to work with transfering your mind from your physical body to your astral body. I say this because of where the meeting point of the two bodies are, and that it sounds like you were thinking alot about it..........but if you wanna get more in depth in this, reply to me and we can rap.