Astral Projection

[Bowie]

To possibly help others here with their first astral projection, I thought I'd talk a little bit about my first ever experience with the astral world. Well, my first experience was quite frightening, to be honest. I relaxed my body, closed my eyes, and just focused on my breathing. Then, out of nowhere, I feel paralysed. I can't move my body and I can't see either. Everything is black, and my heart starts beating extremely fast, like it was gonna explode or something. Had I not reacted so badly, I'd have made to the astral world, but instead, I chickened out and struggled, which resulted in the process coming to a halt and my soul (as I like to call it) being brought back to my body. Astral projection is a scary thing if you're not prepared for it, and, unfortunately, nothing can quite prepare you completely. Well, not in my case, at least.

 

[Beary]

I've never been the person for spiritual stuff, and I admit that I am fascinated.

 

[nard]

seems interesting

i might try with when im older but id be afraid to bc like

how would you get back into your actual body

 

[Yeosin]

To possibly help others here with their first astral projection, I thought I'd talk a little bit about my first ever experience with the astral world. Well, my first experience was quite frightening, to be honest. I relaxed my body, closed my eyes, and just focused on my breathing. Then, out of nowhere, I feel paralysed. I can't move my body and I can't see either. Everything is black, and my heart starts beating extremely fast, like it was gonna explode or something. Had I not reacted so badly, I'd have made to the astral world, but instead, I chickened out and struggled, which resulted in the process coming to a halt and my soul (as I like to call it) being brought back to my body. Astral projection is a scary thing if you're not prepared for it, and, unfortunately, nothing can quite prepare you completely. Well, not in my case, at least.

Oh my god I am 100000% jealous of you.

I've been trying on and off for over a year with 0% success.

 

[Bowie]

Oh my god I am 100000% jealous of you.

I've been trying on and off for over a year with 0% success.

Don't give up!

 

[Beary]

bumpyy

 

[Nay]

Is astral projection like dissociation? Just from the posts they seem very similar!

 

[Bowie]

Is astral projection like dissociation? Just from the posts they seem very similar!

Not quite. You usually don't remember much of what you experience or have as much control with dissociation, while with astral projection, things are more familiar each time and it's easier to recall everything.

 

[Yeosin]

Is astral projection like dissociation? Just from the posts they seem very similar!

[Dissociation] from Wikipedia sounds NOTHING like AP as far as I understand about this Dissociation.

Astral Projection is basically the separation of your spiritual being from your physical being for a short period of time.
A lot of "Ghosts" live on the Astral realm, but there are many astral realms.

The Astral Plane wiki is [here].

 

[Beary]

Could someone list some steps?
I want to start trying, but i want to do it right.

 

[Yeosin]

Could someone list some steps?
I want to start trying, but i want to do it right.

I wouldn't say it's as easy as 'some steps'.

You just need to meditate to a level of sleep paralysis but a state of mental awareness.
Once you get to that point, from what I understand, you should be able to achieve a full AP.

@Bowie knows more than I.

 

[Bowie]

Could someone list some steps?
I want to start trying, but i want to do it right.

Well, I've been told that different methods are easier for different people, but the most common would be the sleep paralysis method. You have to trick your body into thinking your mind is asleep, which involves you being completely relaxed. Your body will fall asleep and you will enter sleep paralysis. Open your eyes and you'll see all kinds of (usually negative) things, so just keep your eyes closed, and then try to shift out of your body. Don't actually move, though. You want to imagine you have a separate body and control it. Imagine yourself flexing your toes, for example. Eventually, with some effort, you'll detach and, commonly, you'll find yourself looking down at your body from the ceiling.

Like I said, there are many methods out there, some which may appeal to you more than others, but that's how I do it and, with practice, you'll succeed. Just don't be too doubtful or get impatient. Patience is the real key to it, and you've got to remain in that state of relaxation for at least half an hour. The process will be quicker the more times you do it, by the way. It's totally worth the wait. Don't be too forceful with it, though. Your body will realise you're still awake if you try too hard.

 

[Yeosin]

@Bowie isn't on skype I feel alone

 

[JellyDitto]

Dear god, I would never try to do sleep paralysis. I've read some pretty scary stories about that stuff. Sounds like my worst nightmare.

 

[Yeosin]

Dear god, I would never try to do sleep paralysis. I've read some pretty scary stories about that stuff. Sounds like my worst nightmare.

But you already do sleep paralysis when you're asleep, It's what keeps you from acting out your dreams physically (I think I read that somewhere).

 

[pippy1994]

Apparently Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection are the same thing, I frequently have lucid dreams, in fact I had one yesterday. I think I may have achieved astral projection once, but I was too young to recall it.

 

[Bowie]

Apparently Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection are the same thing, I frequently have lucid dreams, in fact I had one yesterday. I think I may have achieved astral projection once, but I was too young to recall it.

Lucid dreaming is completely different to astral projection, I'm afraid. You see, in a lucid dream, you are simply aware you are in a dream, and this enables you to control your environment a little more. The big difference here is that your soul has not projected from your body and when the experience is over, you simply wake up.

With astral projection, the experience begins in your room, as this is the place your body is, which your soul extracts itself from. The living inhabitants of the astral world can't be controlled, which is something you would be able to do in a dream. You're able to invent your own environments and characters in the astral world, but that is one of many things you can do there.

So, in short, lucid dreaming is being aware in a dream, while astral projecting is your soul departing from your body and entering a world where you are capable of certain activities from lucid dreams, though the two aren't that similar as a while.

 

[Clara Oswald]

This is quite interesting. I don't really believe in the idea of a soul, however I did once read an article where a scientist found that the body lost a few grams after death. The scientist said this was the soul, however I was sceptical. Anyway I think I might give this a go, it sounds interesting, wether it's actually down to the soul or just the imagination.

 

[Greninja]

I have experienced sleep paralysis i remember i could see my room but it was pitch black and i was struggling to move but i couldn't move i was trying to call out but couldn't but when i woke up i jerked like when you have that falling sensation also in another dream i think i was lucid dreaming i could see my room and see light in the hallway next to my room i could hear my dad talking then a folded blanket started moving then i realized it was my dad moving it but he was invisable

i have never heard of astral projection i may try it sometime one question though how do you get out of the astral projection state like do you just wake up regularly or do you or something else

 

[Prabha]

To possibly help others here with their first astral projection, I thought I'd talk a little bit about my first ever experience with the astral world. Well, my first experience was quite frightening, to be honest. I relaxed my body, closed my eyes, and just focused on my breathing. Then, out of nowhere, I feel paralysed. I can't move my body and I can't see either. Everything is black, and my heart starts beating extremely fast, like it was gonna explode or something. Had I not reacted so badly, I'd have made to the astral world, but instead, I chickened out and struggled, which resulted in the process coming to a halt and my soul (as I like to call it) being brought back to my body. Astral projection is a scary thing if you're not prepared for it, and, unfortunately, nothing can quite prepare you completely. Well, not in my case, at least.

Isn't that sleep paralysis? Where your mind wakes up before your body and causes hallucinations and the ability not to move?