Astral Projection

[Spiller]

I'll send you a pm.

Hey, old chap, is there any chance I might be included here? I've had an interest in Astral Projection since my teens and have read a number of books, including Monroe, though periods of practicing his techniques have ultimately yielded only disappointment.. I've not heard of, or possibly don't remember the 'K' technique though.
I have had several inadvertent out-of-body experiences whilst meditating, but the surprise always shocks me back and awake and unable to recover the mindset I was in. I've also become lucid during dreams and been shocked back at the sight of myself.. I don't consider myself bad looking in general, but from that perspective..
I have often reached a point, usually as I start to fall asleep naturally, where I hear a jangling noise and my body vibrates, described by Monroe I think, I try to become gently aware without waking too much but am never able to proceed further.
This is something I've wanted to achieve and explore for a long time.. I don't give myself a hard time over it, though I do find that information tends to come up, perhaps when I'm ready to try again?

 

[Judge]

Yes indeed....to seek and maintain that threshold where one plane transcends another. Where one can cross it like a bridge.

Fascinating stuff.

 

[Tom]

I've heard the name & guessed it had something to do with moving your spirit or something similiar out away from your body to someplace else. And yes, were it possible I could imagine it would be useful.

But I suspect if I had the power I would just waste it on stupid things. Like pranks for one.

 

[EmReu]

I've always thought of astral projection as a means to get to the other side. But only to visit...not to stay. For the purpose of spiritual enlightenment. Something close to a near death experience but without the trauma of a possibility of death and maintaining a whole lot more control.

As a child I would astral travel often. It began by just leaving my body, then traveling around my room, and so on. As my physical consciousness expanded, so did the breadth of my astral projection. As an adult, I later visited new places and recognised them, they were important places for me, as they held space for my differences. I feel privileged to have been able to experience this kind of knowledge, as alas I haven't done so for many years.

 

[RemyZee]

hmmmmm not quite sure I can go along with this. I'm a skeptic.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

hmmmmm not quite sure I can go along with this. I'm a skeptic.

That's OK. Most of us have been "programmed" to believe in materialism... that is, all things can be explained by science... mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc. I was too, until very recently.

The Telepathy Tapes series... season 1... explores the very well known fact (within the community) that many of our non-verbal, apraxic, autistic brothers and sisters have this gift of not only tapping into the frequencies that allow for shared consciousness with loved ones, teachers, therapists, etc. but many are able to share this experience with other non-speakers at what they call "The Hill"... in some form of alternate realm... a non-physical "chat room"... and some have the ability to communicate with others who have left the physical world... angels. They don't have to be in the same zip code, state, or country. So this series digs into what is going on here... trying to obtain some rational explanation, because they are consistently 100% correct in their testing. It's as if this telepathy is their first language... frankly, because they don't have the fine motor skills for verbal speech. They seem to think it is one of the savant skills... knowledge (mathematics, physics, music, art, literature, etc.) that is obtained without ever being exposed to it in the physical world. So... there's that.

Then, season 2 begins to explain other phenomenon such as near death experiences and the research into this. There are entire texts... official records... from many cultures that go back thousands of years. In addition, it would appear that NDEs are not as uncommon as one may think. If you work in healthcare long enough, you will witness these events... thousands of documented cases. Combined, they give the religious foundations for what most of us have been told describing the "afterworld".

Basically... when all put together, highly suggests that our consciousness, our spirit, our soul, our light body... whatever you want to call it... is, for the most part, bound to our physical body here in the physical world. When our physical body dies, then it is unbound and moves on to this other realm we call "Heaven, Paradise, Valhalla, etc." What is also true is that some, like many non-speakers, have the ability to also unbind their consciousness and visit these other realms. Some indigenous cultures have religious practices where they use psychedelic compounds to also do this. Some are skilled at transcendental meditation and can also do this.

So, for us materialists, it's not about totally tearing down that paradigm, as it is the acceptance of something "additional". Both truths can exist together.