HOW DO I START?

1. Read the Beginner's Guide. This tells you what steps to work on. Pay particular
attention to the Focus 10 portion, as this is commonly misunderstood.

2. Read "My Favorite Technique" under the Weekly Commentary.

3. Read "Top Astral Projection Mistakes". I say read this because no matter what
technique you are trying, if you are making these mistakes, you will fail.

4. Start saying affirmations before you go to bed such as, "Tonight I will astral
project". Say this until you fall asleep (this could be 100 times!)

5. Start reading books on it. This will saturate your subconscious, which is very
powerful. Your subconscious mind will then start coming up with ways to bring this
experience into your conscious reality.

6. Start a dream/astral projection journal. The written word is as powerful as the

spoken affirmation. Seeing yourself write down your experiences will also help trigger
the subconscious into action.

7. Review your personal habits and environment. Are you getting up early on
Saturday and Sunday to go play with friends, work around the house, or are you
setting aside 2-4 hours of "extra sleep" so you can induce the groggy state? Is your
phone and beeper turned off? If you have kids then this may not even work for you,
which means that you should be going to bed with the kids (yes, that could be as
early as 7:00 p.m.!) so you wake up earlier than normal, and then can "sleep in" till
the kids get up. Are you drinking or doing drugs which may be impairing your ability?
Anything that disrupts your focus, is probably not good, whether that be television,
disruptive relationships, caffeine, or drugs.

8. If you are young and full of energy, are you letting your impatience play too much
of a factor and giving up? Or refusing to sleep in because you're just a bundle of
energy and want to get your day started? Remember that astral projection takes
discipline and a ton of patience. This is difficult for young people because they want
results NOW and that is not how to learn this difficult skill. You can't learn French
NOW so have the same expectations with astral projection. Speaking of French, if
you were to take a French class, how much homework would you have to do? How
many language tapes would you have to listen to in order to pick up the nuance and
vocabulary? If you wish to be fluent in astral projection, then plan on spending as
much "study" time as you would an advanced calculus class. Perhaps maybe you are
too young to take this up? This is an individual decision that I cannot make for you.
You will get as much results out of astral projection in direct proportion to what you
put in. If you only practice for half an hour a week, then your grade will be about an
F+. I spend, as I would any difficult class, 4-10 hours a week on this. I constantly
say affirmations, reduce distractions, keep a journal, go to bed early, sleep in late on
the weekends... whatever it takes to make the grade.

9. Review your goals. Why is it you want to do this? Just curious? Well, that may not
be enough. Maybe you need to adjust your goals and "heighten" them to something
that will motivate you. The reasons to motivate you don't necessarily have to be
"lofty spiritual goals" either; there is no judge here telling you why you should be
pursuing this. It could be to visit a lover who is on an extended leave, resolve issues
with a deceased soul, healing a person you love, etc. As I put in the "Beginner's
Guide" if you don't have the "Desire" you won't have the motivation to go the
distance with astral projection.

10. Just do it! Start today! There is enough here on this webpage to get you started.
There are no road signs in life, you'll just have to learn some of the nuances along
the way. That's what "experience" is all about.

Hope this helps my friend.

Anne

Beginner's Guide
Although I have provided links to other interesting Astral Projection web sites, I
would like to cover several experiences that I went through as a beginner that might
help you.
First, what is astral projection? Astral projection is simply the transferring of the
consciousness from the physical body to the astral body. We have several 'vehicles'
for our consciousness, and the astral body is one of them.
Now, I will outline the progress of how I learned to astral project:
Desire:
First is the desire. I have a friend who experiences the beginning states of astral
projection, but has no interest in pursuing it, therefore never goes anywhere. "Why?"
she asks. Well, if you don't build the interest and suitable desire, you're more than
likely to go nowhere, and that is probably as it should be. We are all on individual
paths, and no one can judge the course of another.
Fear:
"Fear is the great barrier to human growth." Robert Monroe, Ultimate Journey. This is
why once you've built the desire, relaxed and can concentrate, you need to lose the
fear. One of the biggest obstacles is the initial fear of the vibrational stage. There is
also the fear that you'll die; fear that you won't come back; fear that your body will
be possessed. I have never known of anyone to suffer any of these ailments. In fact,
after visiting a particularly gorgeous place, I'll do everything in my power to NOT
come back! But to no avail! No matter what you do, you WILL come back (unless of
course you have a heart attack in the middle of your sleep). Fear is a reoccurring
theme (and/or lesson) that people have to overcome in order to advance in astral
projection. You're not alone; everyone, at some time or another, will have to surpass
one of the biggest obstacles. This theme, however, applies to all areas of our life, so
when you can overcome this one, your whole life will be enriched. I've read a vast
array of books, talked with many people on this subject, and I have drawn one
conclusion, and that is to face it. You can read until you're blue in the face on how to
deal with fear, how to control your emotions, that there's nothing to fear but fear
itself, but until you face it head on and overcome it, these will be just words. And
even when you face it and think you have learned the lesson, it will take on another
shape and another form and reoccur until the lesson is thoroughly worked out. Then
you will see it disappear from your life because it is no longer needed. I met my
guide once in the astral and he told me that there were seven cycles of life and fear
is one of them. We will cycle through these lessons until each one is resolved. What
happens in our life is neutral, and it's up to us to view it as positive, negative,
spiritual, or mundane.
Concentration:
One of my personal big obstacles! I can relax just fine, but when I try and quiet my
mind and focus on one thing, a thought slips in and I'm off on a fantasy. My most
successful attempts are when I can clear the mind and use several techniques; either
focusing on my third eye, using a particular visualization tool or affirmation. Practice
concentration, via meditation, looking at candles, or whatever your preference is.
Robert Peterson in "Out of Body Experiences" states that, "The single most important
factor in leaving the body is that you focus your consciousness down to a single,
focused, barely noticeable thread." Do you ever stop and listen for that "high pitched
noise" in your head? Sometimes, if it's really quiet, I can stop and listen for it. Robert
Peterson states that if you can hold your concentration on this very noise for three
minutes that the vibrations will rush in.
Relaxation:
Countless people have repeatedly stressed this and that's because it's true. If you're
upset over a job, spouse, health, finances, or whatever, more than likely this will be
what is consuming you, not astral projection. Clear your load if you want to pursue
astral projection. We cannot escape work, loved ones, bills or traffic, but we can do a
little to minimize the "noise" in our life and this may also include having to make long
term decisions. Is your career keeping you from pursuing the higher things? Are you
accumulating too much physical goodies via credit which perpetuates the stressful
job in order to pay for them and thus keeps you up at night? Is your spouse in tune
with you and your goals, or creating disharmony? If we want to project, we
eventually have to lead a lifestyle that is conducive to it. We cannot live like monks in
a quiet monastery, but we do have choices and we can chose compatible mates, get
less stressful jobs, work towards simple lifestyles that allow for freedom and more
quiet time.
Here are some things that I have personally implemented myself: knowing when is
"enough" in my career. I'm a SQL Server Database Administrator, and people ask me
why I don't go into development, well, because it's too stressful and time consuming
and not worth the $5-$10 more an hour. I changed my work hours from 7:00-3:00
so I could avoid longer time in traffic (it's rotten here in Seattle). I try and pay my
bills off before accumulating more stuff to keep anxiety down. I keep my associations
to meaningful ones (quality vs. quantity type friends) which means only a couple. I
develop patience and tolerance towards my loved ones which keeps me from getting
unduly upset. I meditate regularly and keep extraneous noises like TV and radio to a
minimum. These are just a few examples. It won't happen overnight, but if you work
on your goals, you'll get there.
Focus 10: (aka the hypnagogic state-- see Glossary for term definition).
People say, "I'm relaxed and all, but I still can't leave". It is more than just
relaxation. The body must be **asleep** yet the mind awake. I try and catch myself
as I'm coming out of sleep in the morning which is an acquired skill, but doable (I
can't do this at night because I'm too tired)-- See "My Favorite Technique" under the
Weekly Commentary link. You shouldn't be able to feel your body (sort of like going
numb). Your sense of hearing and touch will vanish and you will start to see images
float across your mind. Don't let yourself slip into a dream, but instead gently hold
your concentration and keep deepening the sleep state. If you do this coming out of
morning sleep, catch yourself before you fully wake up and gently focus on your third
eye. Don't strain, otherwise you wake up. The vibrating should follow.
Separation:
Ok, now the interesting stuff! There is no way to fully prepare a person for astral
projection. Practice, desire and trial and error are the best teachers. However, you
can at least expect some or all of the following things. For me, one of the first
experiences I felt prior to separation was the buzzing. My whole body vibrated!
The first time is always shocking and you'll usually throw yourself out of the state
before anything happens, but if you can, just let the vibrations continue. You're so
close! I now know that when these vibrations start, I'm well on my way to
separation. Usually, when the vibrating starts, I can raise my astral hands, legs and
so forth. The last for me to detach is usually my head. I think our heads contain the
strongest hold to our physical body. There were many times where my whole body
was significantly raised, but my head would just stick. I'm not alone. Albert Taylor
wrote in Soul Traveler, "I woke up in the paralysis state and, without my producing,
the lower half of my body began to float. Like the hinged lid of a music box, my
astral body moved up and my head rotated backward! The soles of my astral feet
were pointing straight at the ceiling. I was upside down and facing backward, but my
astral head was still connected to my physical head. I hung there upside down
staring at the headboard of our bed. I couldn't seem to break free, so I gave up and
reconnected."
After thinking about this awhile (I also posted this to my Science Results page), I
think this is because most of our primary chakras are in the head region and chakras
are energy (and where there is energy, there is magnetism). When I project, the first
thing to raise are my hands, and hands don't have a primary chakra. So it's the utter
stilling of the head area chakras (thus reducing the magnetic pull) that allows
separation.
Ok, so your body is vibrating and you can lift your limbs; now you should start
hearing popping, cracking, hissing noises. It can be one or many of these symptoms.
I have also heard screams (ugh) and nasty noises, but I now just ignore them. Who
knows what kind of parasites hang around our astral body, but I can tell you, they
are harmless. So now that you've gotten this far, get out! I do this several ways.
Rollout (this is also the technique Robert Monroe used). I rollout by simply acting
like I'm falling out of bed, as in rolling out of my body, onto the floor.
Arch my back and buck myself out. Sometimes if my head gets stuck I just
"throw" myself out. This takes sheer will power.
Grab something solid and pull! It doesn't matter how far away the solid object is, I
think you're basically using the solid object as a mental crutch to get out.
Rise and move. I surprised myself lately by just doing this passive technique. I
"willed" myself to rise above my body and move onto the floor, which I did. I'm
sure with time, it gets easier and easier, no matter which technique you use. I
remember how I struggled over and over to get out of my body, but now, once
the vibrating starts, I always say, "gosh, it's so easy, what was I fussing over?"
I also have a theory where I think we have this substance that connects us to
our physical body, and that it is magnetic in nature. I think over time as we
 continually leave our body, this elasticity gets stretched and loosens its tight
grip. Some people are born with loose holds on their physical body and can pop
out with little to no effort. My girlfriend's brother leaves his body all the time
during his afternoon nap but has no idea why and doesn't really care.
Move away from body: When you are close to your physical body, you are probably
still in your etheric body. The etheric body is electromagnetic in nature, and you will
experience some of the following until you get away from the magnetic range (also
read the article under Weekly Commentary called "Our Five Bodies".
You get pulled back. The body has a natural magnetic pull to your etheric, and
until you get far enough away and move into your astral, you will be repeatedly
pulled back into it. This feels like being drunk because the pull from your
physical pulls you to and fro, trying to attach you back to your physical. This is
rather a comical state, but can be annoying if you are simply trying to look
around while close to your body.
Astral blindness is also another common side effect. If I'm too close to my body
(within about 10 feet), I am equivalent to being blind. I usually use my hands
to feel around, or since I know the layout of my room, I just move away from
my body. Besides, in the astral, it's not like you have to be careful of bumping
into things and hurting yourself. I do know that the better I get, the more I can
simply "will" myself to see, but this is still a lot easier if I just get away from
the physical body. When I move far enough away, my astral vision comes into
focus, the wobbling stops and I'm totally free.
There are strong auditory distractions, and as I mentioned before, if I'm close to
my body, I can hear radio waves (in the form of talking, music, etc.) I also
noticed (after reading over my journal) that there is this really annoying
buzzing in the equivalent of my astral ears that sounds like a hornet is in my
ear! This only happens which I'm close to my body, but on more than one
occasion, I have leapt back to my body out of freight because I thought some
bug was in my ear! And I do hate bugs!
Spouses: If your spouse loves attention in the physical, he or she will be even
more eager in the astral. Tip: just ignore them and move away. You can try and
talk to them, but unless they are developed, they will hold no conscious
memory of you.
As you can see, once you get the hang of things, it's better to just get out of
the room and start your journey.
Take off: Once you are away from your body, you will slowly progress from the
old physical habit of leaving out your front door to just zooming through the
roof (and when you're really experienced, you will just think yourself to your
destinations). You will eventually overcome your fear of heights (I've done
work in the astral where I've helped my closest friend into the outer
atmosphere to help her with her fear of heights). It's all very heady because
you're not used to the speed, the height, the colors, and the sounds. So what
do you do? I learned that all I had to do is ask and my consciousness would do
the rest. One of my first trips was to the moon, then I asked to see a deceased
relative, I also asked to see a place of great beauty and I'm still recuperating
from that wonderful experience!
If you want the specifics for my particular technique, I wrote an article under
the "Weekly Commentary" link that is called "My Favorite Technique".
 Good luck and have fun.
Anne
Advanced Astral Projection
Here are the pre-requisites for advanced Astral Projection:
1. Fundamental knowledge of the basics steps Beginner's Guide
<http://astralvoyage.com/projection/beginners.html>. All three articles must be
understood.
2. Core understanding of the fundamental truths of astral projection The
Fundamental Truths to Astral Projection
<http://astralvoyage.com/projection/nofluff.html>
3. Have overcome a majority of fears associated with projection, such as startling
noises, disturbing sights and odd sensations, or at least possess the ability to control
most of these fears as they arise. This to me is a never ending struggle because
there are an endless source of energies in the astral, each one bringing forth a
different response from us (usually fear).
4. Several projections achieved so that a person can practice what they've learned.
Everyone knows you can read until you're blue in the face on how to do something,
but until you've done it a few times, it just doesn't sink in (imagine a pilot flying for
the first time with nothing but written theory under his belt). It is impossible for you
to know what it feels like to consciously exist in astral form (and all the laws
governing) until you've done it! People say, "Oh, I won't be afraid.... I won't get
distracted..." but they do become afraid and distracted almost every time in the
beginning because there is nothing to prepare you in the physical for this experience.
Even reading about someone else's experiences won't prepare you sufficiently
because each astral experience is unique.
Once you leave the proximity of the physical body, the key to an advanced projection
is:
- A Plan: Advanced projectors know that not having a plan will result in a huge waste
of effort. And it wouldn't hurt to have a second and third goal for projection in case
you are able to accomplish the first in one session. For example, after I went to the
moon, my body had yet to pull me back and once my goal was accomplished I did a
"now what!?" Even for advanced projector's, the ability to project is sporadic (unless
they have a naturally loose hold over their astral body) and each excursion is to be
relished. A plan might include any number of goals (meet a guide, see an event in
history or future- like the building of the Pyramids, healing, visiting acquaintances,
etc.) Have at least three!
- Focus: Too many times a beginner will fall into the Alice in Wonderland trip and slip
into the dream body. When projecting, focus is needed to keep your consciousness
sharp on your goal. The strangest things (astral entities or astral counterparts to
physical objects--regardless of their presence in current time) may show up in front
of you and you can get sidetracked faster than anything! A case in point: I projected
once and found a cute kitten on my stairs and let myself get distracted, and then was
unnerved by a spider's web I saw a few moments later (both fear and lack of focus
taking control of the experience resulting in a total waste towards my primary goal).
Another very common distraction is the ever present astral entity desiring sexual
contact. Many times people will find themselves in the embrace of a stranger. Morals
are not the same in the astral for obvious reasons and unless this is one of your
goals, beware. Also, when things start to get fuzzy from your consciousness slipping
into unconsciousness, or the dream body, you can use excellent statements such as
"Clarity Now!" to clear things up.
- Use of Will: This can be used in conjunction with Focus. The Will is needed to get
you where you want. When you become advanced, you WILL yourself to your
destination. You no longer take familiar physical routes, but use intense desire/will to
get you to your destination instantaneously. This is particularly helpful if you don't
have a firm point in space/time for where you want to go (past, future, non-earth
locations). An example of Will was when I won the daily lottery. It took me five
attempts in one morning to succeed! My success was when I really WILLED for the
numbers. It wasn't until I expelled a great amount of force that they popped up.
Passive desire may not be enough (but sometimes it is). Dr. Douglas M. Baker states
in his article, "The Techniques of Astral Projection" states that for advanced astral
projection "the desire factor is present and strong but is overshadowed by the will. A
powerful will is required to project the astral form over great distances."
- Knowledge: Before you can do advanced things like healing, you need to further
your field of study into chakras, energies, karma and how each one works. For
example, someone may be suffering an ailment to learn a specific life lesson or
because of a karmic tie. Before healing anyone, you should consult with their higher
self and ask if you should even be doing it. You can't heal until you know what
polluted energies look like (what color they are and why).
To be an advanced projector, one must really master the non-physical self.

Top Astral Projection Mistakes

If you feel like you've been trying to project for a long time and seem to be getting
nowhere, you may need to review your techniques and adjust accordingly.
The following are what I see as the most common mistakes people make while trying
to learn to astral project. While these really aren't "mistakes" because they work for
some people, they do seem to slow progress down.
1. Trying at night. If you try to project at night, especially before you go to bed, nine
times out of ten, you will fall asleep. You've had a long day, your body is worn out, so
how can you expect to achieve Focus 10 or Focus 12 (body asleep, mind awake)? You
need to either try earlier in the afternoon, or switch to weekends when you can sleep
in. If you switch to the weekends and use, for example, my technique that I wrote
about under the Astral Projection link called "My Favorite Technique" then you're very
relaxed and can slip back into sleep, yet the mind is refreshed and more likely to get
into Focus 10. Try it and see.
2. Fear. Are you afraid you are going to die? That someone will cut your cord? You'll
be possessed? Any of these fears will keep you thinking about this, and not letting
yourself project. Always address your fears before expecting any results.
3. Inner dialog. Are you talking the whole time? Saying things like, "Is this right?" or
"I wonder if I'm close?" To induce the vibrations, you have to have no thoughts. Your
thoughts need to be narrowed down to a single thread. When you are trying to get
your body asleep, stop talking to yourself and "listen". Listen to the faint ring in your
head, but don't analyze it. Listen, but don't talk. When I induce the vibrations, my
body has fallen asleep, the ringing has faded (because now I'm asleep), and I'm
gently focusing on my third eye. All my thoughts are gone. This takes a while to
master, but is necessary. Also, if you do slip off onto other thoughts, just let that
happen, but gently pull your thoughts back to the single thread and keep focusing on
your third eye.
4. Not understanding relaxation vs. body asleep. I get mails all the time from people
saying that they are trying to astral project with their eyes open! To leave your body,
you have to reduce the magnetic pull to the point that separation can occur. All
things electrical create a magnetic pull. Even thinking sends out electronic pulses and
creates magnetism. Pulse and heart rate also creates energy. Do not confuse
"relaxation" with Focus 10. Focus 10 is Body Asleep. You have to learn how to fall
asleep physically, but keep your consciousness from slipping into a dream. When the
body falls asleep, everything slows down which reduces your bodies magnetic pull.
Then, if you can master the "no thought" part, the vibrations will rush in. And when
they do, you still have to keep your thoughts to a minimum because the excitement
will increase the heart and pulse rate and then you'll be sending me mails saying that
you can only raise your astral arms or legs! Most of the primary chakras are in the
head and torso region which is why your head is the last to separate. So excited
thoughts only make it harder. As my guide told me, "Get out of your head!" To tell if
your body is asleep, you should no longer feel it, shouldn't be able to hear, and
hypnogogic imagery will start appearing. Don't fight the images, just don't let them
take over or you'll start to dream. Always gently bring your consciousness back to
the project at hand.
5. Impatience. Conscious astral projection can take months or even years to
accomplish. If you are expecting results in days or weeks, you will more than likely
give up or doubt its existence. Astral projection takes discipline, dedication, and a ton
of patience. It will happen, but be prepared for the long haul. It's worth the wait and
effort.
These five are the top reasons, but others can include not removing distractions
(kids, pets, phones, spouses), or not getting enough sleep so that when you do sleep
you sleep like a log and can't keep the mind awake.
If you want more info on the "fundamental truths" to astral projection, read the
article called, "The Fundamental Truths to Astral Projection."
Beginner's Guide <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/beginners.html>
Time Travel in the Astral
"The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, even if a
stubborn one."
Albert Einstein
"You can go anywhere in any time, past, present, or future, via OBEs."
Robert Monroe, Ultimate Journey
"Eventually someone will remember that telepathy is an instantaneous form of
telecommunications, clairvoyance as instantaneous form of perceiving. And, pre-
cognition and retire-cognition (as parapsychologists call them) are forms of time
travel. So, somewhere among its many mysteries, human consciousness possesses a
"machine" that can do all of the above."
Ingo Swann
"It's a poor kind of memory that only works backwards."
The White Queen, in Through the Looking-Glass
Right from the start I have to tell you that this is real. There have been so many
occasions where I've seen things in the astral prior to them happening in the
physical. These include the moment of my step mothers death, the daily lottery
numbers that I specifically asked for, weather events, job situations, and so on.
Transcending time is real and this is where I think more attention needs to be paid.
Lottery:
For people interested in winning the lottery: First of all, it's possible, but this is no
easy feat! I am still discovering what is real information and what is not. It seems to
me that "dream" quality visions (dreaming or meditating) are less frequently real. If
a floating image comes through my mind, it is usually only imagery. We have
different vehicles for our consciousness, and the dream vehicle is typically symbolic,
while the astral and mental vehicles are fairly accurate. Information received from
levels higher than the mental plane can come in forms such as a blinding white light
and are very accurate (but beyond the scope of this document).
I've seen the lottery during dreaming, lucid dreaming, and astral projection and only
experiences while astral projecting have provided accurate results. Dreaming, both
lucid and otherwise, has only provided sporadic accurate information. When I find
myself "dreaming" and then take control of the dream (which is lucid dreaming) I can
quite lucidly seek and see very clear lottery numbers, but they are usually not real,
and when they have been real, I can only seem to remember the last digit. What I do
find true, however, for "seeing the future" while dreaming is that what I see of the
future is "symbolic" or very close to the fact. When I say symbolic, I mean, for
example, I asked to see the Sunday paper for the next day, and what I saw was a
men's football sports team, wearing blue. But on the actual Sunday paper the next
day, it was a women's soccer team (and they were wearing blue). While not exact,
symbolically, it was accurate (sports team wearing blue). This probably would work
for horse races because you could ask for the winning colors. I also once dreamed
that my boss was packing up a truck at our work and I cried because I knew he was
leaving and I would miss him dearly. The next day his credit card and entry card keys
were in his out basket and he had been fired. Dreams can be both symbolic and
actual. Sometimes dreams can be confused with astral projection. I once saw with
absolute clarity snow on our backyard tree, but I didn't know it was going to snow
that night. When I got up the next morning, the same tree, bare the night before,
was laden with a few inches of white fluffy snow the next morning. This was probably
an involuntary astral projection and not a dream.
Click here if you want to read a general question/observation on the lottery: Lottery
Observation <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/observation.html>
Studies:
I've been looking high and low for information about studies conducted on
precognition while out of body and have only been able to find a few resources. Dr.
Slate wrote in his book, "Astral Projection and Psychic Empowerment, "A study
conducted in our laboratory to investigate ESP during the out-of-body state found
significant improvements in telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance when compared
to previous ESP performance. On average, the accuracy of ALL forms of ESP
improved around 50% during the out-of-body state.
I also found several pages on the topic of time travel in Dr. Bruce Goldberg's book,
Astral Voyages. He states, "It is relatively simple to traverse time while on the astral
plane. All one needs to do is focus on a specified period of time in the "past" or
"future", and he or she will be instantaneously transported there." One technique he
recommends for shorter trips is to imagine a clock face with its hands rapidly turning
forward or backward.
Note:
The whole time travel concept can drive a person buggy. Questions like, "well, if my
future is already determined, why do I have to do anything now?", or "If I go into the
future and see myself with a different person, should I break up with the one I'm
with now?" We can debate endlessly about time. Some say it's 70 per fate, 30%
choice, whereas I think it is 70% choice, 30% fate.
I read an interesting comment from a remote viewing e-groups that I wanted to
include that pertained to time travel:
From the RV group:
"Can someone direct me to any research on experiments targeting places or events
for the next year? i remember the snow and waumbaugh book but that material was
not really controlled in any way so although it was interesting it was not verifiable or
statistically significant in the general sense of the word. thanks in advance." stuart
"Dear Stuart, There have been lots of future event targets done including a book by
Joseph McMoneagel of which the name escapes me right now (something with
millennium in it). He speaks to the problem of front loading (knowing what the target
is). I've done some targets, one of which saw Tucson with a lot of water and people
heading for the mountains. I didn't know what the target was, and I didn't have a
time frame. (This could be 10,000 years in the future.) Ed Dames is pretty famous
for his future gloomy predictions. (I think his accuracy rate is pretty low.) I think one
of the problems with viewing or predicting the future is the idea that the future is
fixed. I don't believe that this is true. I feel that those of us in this great theater that
we call life, change the future with our thoughts, beliefs and intentions. If we really
see ourselves involved in cataclysmic earth changes, or suffering great losses with
y2k, we will probably set that stage for great changes or losses in our personal lives.
A number of years ago, Dr. Chet Snow wrote a book called Mass Dreams of the
Future in which many people were hypnotized and projected into their future.
Depending on the belief system of the people, their future took on this belief. Those
that were survivalists, went to a mad max type place, those that were techno-types
went to techy futures, those who liked nature went back to it and so on. I've seen
some very accurate predictions, like astrologist Dr. Louie Turi and some really lame
predictions. This is a very unpredictable science." Peggy
Alternate Voyages
What are Alternate Voyages? These are my journeys into the subtle realm. They can
be messages from the higher self during meditation, an astral journey, or a profound
dream.
There comes a point in a person's development where they can learn as much from
their altered state of consciousness as their waking state. The lucidity of the mind
becomes seamless from sleep to wakefulness.
Being able to share my experiences here also shows the importance of keeping a
journal, for without one, many of these experiences would be consciously forgotten. I
am including what I think may be interesting experiences and have excluded ones
that hold no relevance to the public such as my company layoff dreams (which
indeed happened shortly after), etc.
Some of my "dreams" can possibly be taken as a prophecy. Many of my prophesy
dreams come true (about 75%). However, there are many things that effect a
prophecy such as picking up on people's fears, seeing "plans" that may never come
to fruitation such as a thwarted terrorist attack, a person's belief system, seeing
events that happen in movies only (I saw many comets hitting earth right before the
movies Armageddon and Deep Impact were released). So these dreams are to be
considered with those points in mind.
One final note here is that I wondered if other people are being pressed so heavily
for change. In the last year, my subconscious mind is working feverishly to help me
overcome ego, fear and illusion. Why so much now? Is this related to the earth
changes that I see happening? Is there little time to lose?
•Mount Rainier - A Threat? <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/rainier.html>
•Earth-Bound Asteroid <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/asteroid.html>
•Soul Rescue <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/rescue.html>
•1(800)Project <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/800Project.html>
•The Daily Lottery <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/dailylottery.html>
•Death and Back <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/deathback.html>
•Full Chakra Activation <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/fullchakra.html>
•A Higher Plane <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/highplane.html>
•Higher Orbit Flight Training <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/orbit.html>
•Saying Goodbye (or See You Later)
<http://astralvoyage.com/projection/goodbye.html>
•The Higher Astral Plane <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/higherastral.html>
•Trip to the Moon <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/triptomoon.html>
•New President? <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/newpres.html>
•Why Am I Here? <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/whyhere.html>
•Meeting a Master <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/master.html>
•A Gift <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/gift.html>
•War <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/war.html>
•Anger Turned to Love <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/angerlove.html>
•The Next Step <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/nextstep.html>
•Body of Christ <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/bodyofchrist.html>
•Atlantis <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/atlantis.html>

Astral Projection Aids

I have come to the conclusion that the success of each aid depends on what kind of
sleeper you are (light or deep).
Here's a summary of each aid listed accordingly:

The Dream Mask: The flashing and/or beeping cues will wake up a light sleeper
rather quickly. Rarely am I deep enough that when I see these flashes behind my
closed eyelids that I don't fully wake up.
The Calea Herb: This herb makes deep sleep difficult to attain. I do use this herb, but
only a minor quantity as I'm a light sleeper (1 gel capsule). I tried 2, but I never got
beyond a light doze. If you are a deep sleeper, and can't remember your dreams, this
will help.
Tapes. These put most everyone to sleep but are effective for both sleep types.
Part of achieving a projection is based on the ability of keeping the body asleep, yet
the mind awake OR to sleep light enough that you bounce in and out of the
hypnagogic state often enough to "catch" yourself and induce the vibrations. This can
be done with these astral projection aids if you use the right one for your sleep type.
My other tester Kristina, who is a DEEP sleeper, gets really good use out of the mask,
whereas I sleep very lightly, and even on the lowest setting, am typically jarred
awake. Dr. Douglas M. Baker in his article, "The Techniques of Astral Projection"
discusses the importance of light sleeping. He states, "It is quite useless to think of
astral projection and activity in the inner worlds if you sleep heavily, without memory
being brought through of your dreams and astral life."
If you can, alternate your aids as the subconscious mind bores of them rather easily
and they stop working. Regardless of the aid I'm using, I switch after a week. Ideally,
you would have four aids and use one a week.
•Hemi Sync Tapes <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/hemi_sync.html>
•Meditation Tapes <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/tapes.html>
•Lucid Dreaming Mask <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/ld.html>
•Untested Astral Projection Aids (new!)
<http://astralvoyage.com/projection/new_aids.html>

The Magnetic Body Range

Often we go along with what is told to us because it's popular, hard to prove, or a
general public consensus. The term 'cord range activity area' (which is what I believe
is really the Magnetic Body Range) is commonly described as the area near your
physical body that, when first projecting, pulls our astral bodies to and fro because of
the astral cord. The cord supposedly acts as a link from our astral form to our
physical body (like an umbilical cord), and when we die, it dissolves, or breaks, and
separation is final. When we initially separate from our physical, we experience the
sensation of a magnetic pull (likened to being drunk), astral blindness, auditory
signals from radio and tv frequencies, and vibrationally low entities.
I believe that the astral cord has nothing to do with the symptoms experienced when
too close to the physical body during initial projection. If the cord remains attached
to us throughout our excursion, then moving 10 feet away from the physical body
does nothing to remove us from the "cord range" as it follows us everywhere. I
believe it is being in the etheric field (or as I call it, the Magnetic Body Range) that
creates these symptoms, not the astral cord.
The human body is surrounded by an electromagnetic field (this is science, not any
paranormal theory). Kalen Craig, author of the "The Kalen Universe" and retired
Naval Researcher (http://www.kalenuniverse.com/) states that "Our primary
postulate is that space (ether) exists as a super fluid of electric and gravitational
fields composed of quantum action particles ..." This to me explains why when we
first project, and are near the "etheric" body, we experience the magnetic pull (as
magnetism is created from moving electrical particles). As soon as we leave the
magnetic body range then all of these symptoms vanish.
Some extraordinary people have exhibited certain magnetic and electrical properties.
For instance, a 14-year old Soviet student, Inga Gaiduchenko, has been likened to a
human magnet. Not long ago, she demonstrated to specialists at the Moscow
Technological Institute that pens, china, spoons, books and other objects can adhere
to her hands, just as if she was a magnet for non-metallic items. Pauline Shaw, a
housewife of Manchester, England, has so much electrostatic energy in her that she
routinely blows out home appliances with a single touch!
It is proposed that 'ether' accommodates electromagnetic and gravitational waves.
Our etheric body is also electromagnetic in nature which is why when I used
neodymium earth magnets, my etheric activity greatly increased (but not so much
my astral projections). If the cord does exist, it is only to keep us connected to our
physical body, yet does not possess any electromagnetic properties.
More Anatomy Articles <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/anatomy.html>
The Higher Planes
A reader asked me today about the higher planes. A common answer to the question
of “What are the higher planes like?” is “You wouldn’t understand.” But if I said that,
this would be a really short and lame article. So I’m going to try and not only
describe the higher planes, but tell you what they, and some of the mid planes, are
for and a bit of their history. How can I do that? Well, I had been planning to write
this article well before the reader asked the question because I’ve experienced the
higher planes on enough occasions (and compared the experience to other
documented experiences) that I feel I now have enough to share with you.
You can almost think of the higher plane as what existed prior to the Big Bang. What
was before everything you see around you? Before man, planets, solar systems… and
even light… was just conscious energy. It was formless, no boundaries, an
incomprehensionable state of oneness. Here you have what we now call the higher
plane. But then it wasn’t the higher plane because there was no lower plane to give it
the word “higher”. It just was the Oneness of God. Then the Big Bang happens.. It
did explode out, but it didn’t just explode out physically, it exploded out in so many
layers we haven’t a clue. From this, we now have the mental plane, the etheric, the
astral, parallel and holographic universes, and eventually the physical. This is the
Creator’s Divine Will now in action. So to go back to the “higher plane” is to go back
to The Source. The Source before it created ego, separation, and all the experiences
that appears to be outside of itself.
There are a lot of planes wedged in between The Source (relatively speaking as The
Source is part of everything). A religions leader, guru, priest, or shaman may dream
and enter one of the higher plane and declare this “heaven,” but as long as heaven is
described as anything relating to pearly gates, ego, and having seemingly physical
properties and rewards, it is not heaven. The heaven used by many religions is
meant to control the masses. How else can we get people to kill when specifically
“Thou shalt not kill”? We reward them with harems in the afterlife, honorable
placement next to God, riches and so forth. From there, we can get them to kill
through hari-kari, Holy Wars, stoning, burnings, and the like. Burning at the cross
sounds like ancient history, but “holy men” were doing this up until recently, and
stoning is still commonplace in many countries.
Jesus was able to perform miracles. With all his powers, why did he not just kill his
adversary? Sounds easy enough to me. A man who can miraculously heal also has
the potential to kill. But he chose not to. He knew what I know, and that you may
know. Killing doesn’t get you back to The Source. It is no exaggeration when it was
stated that to get to heaven (The Source) is as hard as shoving a camel through the
eye of a needle.
And you know why the Source is never dangled as a carrot to the populace, like the
other mid planes are? A real Master would have you set your sights higher than the
astral plane or where you think the “pearly gates” are. The Source cannot be used as
a carrot because the ego is left behind. This is the greatest fear to most people on
earth. Feverish readers beg me to assure them that they would like to astral project
(or ascend) as long as they don’t lose their identity (ego). To most people, this is a
punishment, not a reward. So you have to assure them that when they die, they will
still be them and still enjoy things they enjoy here when times are optimal.
The Source is energy. When you experience the source, you are part of everything.
You have no division, no separation, and no ego. You are size-less and without real
description. You permeate all matter, on all planes. You then experience what was
intended, Divine Will, at its source. There are no words, no vision, just pure
conscious Divine energy. What do you do there? You do what Divine Will does: Create
and experience. You then descend again into your creation and experience it. Over
and over we create and experience our Divine Will.
AP Topics <http://astralvoyage.com/page1.html>

The Fundamental Truths To Astral Projection

Intro
There are many techniques and paths open to you in order to pursue astral
projection, however, fundamental truths still exist, regardless of techniques, and are
critical for you to understand in order to attain success.
Below is a no fluff guide mixed in with "truths" about astral projection. This is meant
to be used in conjunction with the three articles contained under the Beginner's
Guide link. This guide is really more of an accessory to the Beginner's Guide to
simply point out specific concepts that need to be understood.
Reduce Magnetic Hold/Mimic Sleep State
Simply stated, the magnetic hold over the astral body must be reduced. This
naturally happens nightly in deep theta, or delta but we are usually preoccupied in
dreams to take notice. When you go to bed, the following process happens: you lie
down, mentally digest your life's activities while in alpha and as you drift off, your
body enters light theta. As your sleep starts deepening further still (entering delta),
your astral and etheric body start to vibrate and your chakras open to receive energy
to replenish yourself for your next day's activities (your heart rate also slows and
body temperature drops). The vibrations, of which you are not consciously aware of,
allow for the slight misalignment of the etheric vehicle from the physical body in
order for the chakras to open. This accounts for the jerk we sometimes encounter
when our bodies realign themselves. The trick to projection is to consciously mimic
the REM sleep cycle (see "Sleep and Inducing a Projection" article). If you were to
mentally wake yourself up in theta (using a dream mask, or becoming lucid in a
dream) and thought of your body, yet remained physically asleep, you would find
that your body was in the deep vibrational state required for separation. But to
become lucid in a dream is not sufficient for it's the focusing on the body that
terminates the dream and leaves you in the hypnopompic state (the state of
consciousness coming out of sleep). Click here to see the different levels of
consciousness related to sleep Sleep Cycles
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It was no fluke that Sylvan Muldoon had so much success with astral projection. He
was bed ridden for years and whenever we are ill, our magnetic hold is naturally
loosened. Robert Monroe was also an older projector and as we age, our magnetic
hold loosens. This is why teenagers have such a tough time of projection; they are
healthy and their magnetic hold is very tight (except in those instances where this
person has a naturally loose hold over their astral body). How many books have you
read recently where the projector was under 30?
Find the Right Aid For Your Sleep Type
Now, to mimic this sleep state can be done several ways. One is mastering
meditation. The other is using valid aids. I say valid because there are so called
"aids" that are just mental crutches and don't do a thing. First, before you can figure
out what aid to use, you have to know your body sleep type. Deep sleepers require
different aids than light sleepers. I am a light sleeper (and light sleepers are also
better projectors because they can bounce in and out of the hypnagogic state which
is the state of consciousness going into sleep). Brain entrainment tapes help light
sleepers go under but too much so for the deep sleeper. My tester Kristina is a deep
sleeper and finds the lucid dream mask very good as she is able to maintain her
sleep state, yet notice the cues in her dreams. I myself practically leap out of bed
when these flashing lights start pulsing. The dream herb (calea) keeps you from
going into deep sleep and for me, it's like taking a shot of espresso before bed, but is
effective for Kristina.
Another effective means of modifying the brain waves are hemisync tapes. I've listed
two good ones on my webpage (the Transcendence cd and the astral projection one
from Brainwave Mind Voyages) Both are under $20. Very much part of our existence
is vibrations (both light and sound), and these tapes alter your brain waves. They
WILL increase the hypnagogic state and are worth the $15.00 they cost. I also
recommend the Gateway series, but you're going to drop a lot more money for these
and should start with the cheap ones first. The dream mask isn't cheap either, but if
you're a deep sleeper and can afford it, it's good. All these companies are listed on
my site under the Aids Link.
Before a person can progress beyond this point, they have to achieve the first stages
of separation (the vibrations). Here is what I recommend: Decide if you are a light or
deep sleeper. This is pretty self explanatory. Deep sleepers have to be shaken to be
woken up and light sleepers wake at the drop of a pin. Then, pick up legitimate aids
(definitely the tapes, and maybe the mask if you're a deep sleeper... depends on how
much you want to invest in this whole process). Then, focus on learning how to put
the body asleep and yet keep the mind awake. I cannot stress this enough; you have
to really mimic sleep. To be relaxed is not sufficient. We relax all the time, but
nothing happens. You have to literally hear your body falling asleep (I often hear a
slight snore or two!) but I keep the mind focused. This is rather difficult to achieve,
as you naturally want to start dreaming or fantasizing. Images will appear and take
your concentration away. A good tip for that is to focus on the internal ringing in your
head. Sometimes you won't hear it, but if you focus on this, it will start to slightly be
heard. If you're already in theta, and start to listen for this and think of nothing else,
the vibrations may happen within 5-10 minutes.
Other Tips
Some other important tips; try in the morning vs. night. Most people are too tired
and get nowhere except really frustrated when they try at night. If you can, set your
alarm for an hour early, enter theta and focus on the internal ringing. Afternoon naps
are really good as well as it disrupts our natural sleep pattern and leaves us in that
groggy state which is perfect for projection.
Saturating your subconscious is effective too. Whatever we dwell on, we manifest.
This can be done with reading astral projection topics, affirmations, or just thinking a
lot about it. The reason that so many techniques exist is because someone had
success off of an attempt and thinks that it will now work from then on. The fact is,
most of the time, when we switch techniques, it initially works because we stimulate
our subconscious into activity. Whatever we do for too long, our subconscious bores
of and it stops working. The rope technique, visualizing a box in front of you, asking
for help, all those are just the stimulated subconscious. I can't tell you how many e-
mails I get saying "it worked for a week but never to return". I myself stimulate my
subconscious by switching my concentration from one area of thinking to another. No
matter what your technique, if your body is not asleep and mind awake, it won't be
effective more than once or twice. Try and reduce other outside strong mental
stimulants as well. Like I said, what we dwell on is what we manifest. When I go
through periods of stress or something exciting happens, my projections terminate.
To be honest, the more boring your life is the better.
Try and take control of dreams. This is hard, but the dream state is an excellent
portal into projection. People sometimes try to master this by checking their watch
throughout the day and asking if they are dreaming. Of course, you MUST do a
reality check in your dreams, otherwise you will think you are awake. Many times my
tester and I have questioned if we are asleep (we are) but think we are not because
we failed to do the reality test (like levitation or something else normally impossible.)
Summary
In summary, really understand body asleep/mind awake concept, get your
appropriate aids together, and start utilizing morning hours to achieve the desired
state of awareness. Discipline yourself from mind wandering and focus on putting
your body into sleep paralysis.
Initially, you may experience such things as seeing through closed eyelids (etheric
projection, not astral), intense heat waves (stimulation of chakras, aka kundalini
energy) or fear when you finally do experience the pre-projection vibrations and you
just didn't realize they felt like a huge earthquake. This is the beginning, but very
important. Most people can't get past this because they don't grasp the fundamental
truths of projection.
More Anatomy Articles <http://astralvoyage.com/projection/anatomy.html>
The Five Bodies
Eastern esoteric yoga informs us that the human has not only the physical body, but
a series of overlapping, multidimensional bodies. These bodies are variously
described according to different traditions, but essentially they include the
etheric/electromagnetic body (seat of the chakras), the astral/emotional body (the
basic formative dimension for emotions as polarized expressions), the mental body
(the sphere of abstract knowledge and concrete thinking, the realm of Forms). The
last is the causal body (seat of the Soul, the timeless, spiritualized agent behind
sequential human incarnations).
Physical
This is pretty self explanatory. The physical body has the lowest vibrations and is
attached to the etheric and the astral.
Etheric
The etheric body can leave the physical, but when it does, I don't think it goes any
great distance. I think its role is a "life energy" body. When the body goes to sleep,
the etheric expands, the chakras open, and we receive energy and restore our
depleted supply. This is why it is also referred to as the vitality sheath or health body.
When I'm tired and drained, I can lay down for half an hour, enter a trance like state
and wake up feeling totally refreshed. This is not the projection of the astral body,
but a charging of the etheric. If the etheric projected a great deal, our bodies would
feel drained, not refreshed, upon return. When I astral project, my etheric is doing its
job of replenishing my body, and when I come back, I am refreshed. The two are
independent.
When people experience "duality" aka mind splitting (where the consciousness
resides at two locations) I believe one part of the consciousness is in the etheric and
another one is in the astral.
There are also a lot of discrepancies on the silver cord. I personally have never seen
this cord (but I haven't really looked for it either). Is has been suggested that the
cord is related to etheric projection, not astral. If the cord was associated with just
astral projection, then we would see it every time we astrally projected.
I remember once leaving my body and out of curiosity I looked back towards my
physical body. I saw a body, but it was in a totally different position than my
physical! It was the etheric body that I was seeing. In the astral, we see the astral
counterparts of the physical, but I think we can also see our etheric shell (this
explains why I saw the etheric body, and not the physical).
On several occasions, during meditation, I have been able to see the ceiling through
my physical eyelids. This is also not astral projection.
People who are sickly have reported more OBEs. I think this is because the etheric is
weak and the astral is able to separate more easily. Both our physical and etheric
bodies are magnetic in nature and influence the pull of the astral.
When objects are moved, I think it is more from the influence of the etheric body,
rather than the astral which does not share the same vibrations as objects in the
physical. The etheric is of a higher vibration than the physical, but lower than the
astral.
Astral
The astral body is aligned with the physical and is of a lower vibration when it is
attached. To unattach, the frequencies must be raised. The astral body can transcend
various levels in the astral plane. It reacts to thoughts and can see the astral
counterpart of the physical world. It cannot affect physical objects because they do
not share the same vibrations. The astral body can transcend time and space. There
is a feeling of separation when consciously projecting from the body. Rushing,
vibrating, roaring, crackling and popping (to name a few). When in the astral, our
filter is removed and we are able to see, hear and feel more.
Mental
The mental body is where remote viewing happens. When you achieve bi-location
during remote viewing, there is no feeling of separation as with astral projection.
There is also no visual distortion as there sometimes is with astral projection
(depending on where you are at on the astral plane). My first "projection" was a
mental one. I went straight from the physical to the mental body which explains why
there were no vibrations. I just involuntarily "popped" out and was several blocks
away. I also think the mental body is often independent of our physical one. Unlike
astral projection, when I separate, I detach from the body and travel accordingly. In
the mental, you just show up somewhere and have done nothing to travel there. The
mental body does not contain the thought "junk" of the astral. You may be able to
see partial thoughts formed in the astral (as in a partially built ship), but not in the
mental. When I wake up in the mental, I am usually nowhere near my body and have
no sensation of a body of any kind. I once "woke up" in the mental and I had no way
to determine where I was. It was pitch black, I had no ears, no eyes, no body. It was
a void that I remained in until a sudden return to the physical. It was a pure state of
'being'.
The mental body also transcends time and space. Advanced remote viewers, using
their mental body, communicate telepathically.
Causal
The causal body is where past life memories are stored. This plane is one up from the
astral. When we die, we enter the astral and eventually experience a second death
(the astral body diminishes) and we enter the causal plane where we then remember
our past lives and can then make decisions for our next.
Our Amygdala: The Astral Projection Switch?

I'm always curious about how the physical body, especially the brain, behaves during
projection, conscious or otherwise. As I've mentioned on my site, it appears the
following occurs during a projection:

- Pulse and heart rate drop (this is also present in spontaneous projections when
laughing gas is used)
- Body temperature is lowest (thus reducing heat which causes energy resulting in
magnetism which keeps us in)
- Brain signals become slow and long which reduce electricity in the brain
- Breathing is slower which sends less oxygen to the brain. You might think the brain,
compared to the body, doesn't account for much blood circulation, but because of the
high energy demand of the brain, oxygen delivery and blood flow to this organ is
quite large. Although the brain's weight is only 2% of the body's, its oxygen
consumption rate is 20% of the body's, and blood flow 15%.

We could probably deduce that the brain is the last to separate from the physical
because most of our energy is generated there through electricity in the form of
nerve impulses called "action potentials". This also means if we want a conscious
projection, we must quell activity in the head through control of breathing and
body/brain interaction. I don't say "thought processes" because I think as long as
we're not sending signals to our body such as "I'm hungry, I'm cold, I'm afraid" we
can still "think" and induce the hypnagogic state. I used to believe that "thinking"
itself was a hindrance, but most of us fall asleep with thoughts on our mind. As long
as it's not accompanied with worry or our thoughts are not excessive, we should be
okay. We also think continually in the astral and this doesn't noticeably bring us back
to our physical shells, unless the body itself is calling for us.

So where's the trigger? When does consciousness shift from the physical plane to the
subtle? Is it more easily reproducible?

This led me to further investigations into the brain, and primarily, the frontal lobes.
This is where 90% of our brain is untapped to conscious use. What activities do the
frontal lobes perform that we know of? Laughter, listening to music and our emotions
to name a few. These fall into the higher cognitive functions of the mind. The back
part of the brain, sometimes called the "reptilian" portion is responsible for our
survival instincts.
This led me to a fascinating article by Neil Slade from Dormant Brain Lab. They claim,
through years of medical research, that the "amygdala" (pronounced ah-MIG-doll-uh)
is located in the frontal lobes and can be voluntarily "clicked forward" to
automatically trigger emotional highs, nirvana, bliss, and yes..... astral projection!

Neil Slade does what he calls "Brain Travel" by clicking his amygdala forward. He
states, "it is an elementary thing to switch on the remote/astral travel components of
your brain, which reside primarily in the frontal lobes. Both Eric and I have been
doing this for decades, myself having learned this skill at the age of 18 from a master
of meditation."

Neil states that during sleep, our reptilian brain ego function is at its lowest point of
control which allows our frontal lobes to take over. This happens during REM sleep
(and this is also what I said under my sleep article; that we shouldn't mimic sleep,
but REM sleep!) He also states that "during sleep, our brain's electrochemical
currents are allowed free access to the frontal lobes- precisely because our amygdala
are clicked forward out of reptilian self-preservation circuits".

Now you might think, "who is this Neil guy?" Although his writing is very humorous
and flashy (he states that humor is a sign of frontal lobe activity, hence of a "higher"
nature) he's got the credentials.

Here's a bit of background on Neil:

"Neil Slade attended Metropolitan State College, the University of Colorado, and the
University of Denver, and graduated Magna cum laude in 1978. He was assistant to
Brain and Behavior Researcher T.D.A. Lingo, Ph.B, B.Sci. M.A., for 11 years at
Colorado's Dormant Brain Research and Development Laboratory, established by
director Lingo in 1957. Since December 1997, Neil has been a regular guest on the
internationally broadcast Art Bell Coast to Coast radio program. This included a
record 4 appearances in one month with an estimated audience of 15-20 million
listeners for each interview and live audience question and answer session. Neil has
recorded and released 8 albums of original music, and has written and published
three books on learning, creativity, and the brain."

And his credential go on!

The amygdala is not something he made up or was coined by Dormant Brain Lab.
The amygdala can be easily referenced in any medical brain material. It was first
established in the scientific community by brain researchers Jose Delgado of Yale
University, James Olds and Peter Milner of the Montreal Neurological Institute, and
Dr. Robert Heath of Tulane University Medical School.

So here we are. We know the brain creates energy, that during REM sleep that
energy is reduced, and that electrochemical currents switch from the reptilian
"survival" mode to the "highly cognitive" frontal lobes. So the switch, it seems, is
pointing the amygdala from back to front. Neil offers insight on his webpage for
clicking your amygdala forward at will, but I also invested the $20 dollars and bought
one of his books. I'll let you know how it goes...

For those interested, here is his link: http://www.neilslade.com/

Here are some drawings of the amygdala:
Amygdala (1)
Amygdala (2)
Amygdala (3)

Take care,
Anne

The Catatonic State

There is a state of awareness that most of us encounter at some time or another that
is not astral projection, nor is it a dream.

The catatonic state of awareness is when our consciousness detaches and transfers
itself from our physical body to our etheric body (but not yet in the astral body).
However, the etheric body is still considerably attached to the physical, and has most
of the "control".

Clinical psychologists call this Sleep Paralysis, but they are wrong. They define this as
a REM sleep state and that the consciousness can not become aware of anything by
perceiving it and that it can be aware of nothing except what it "hallucinates". When
I read about Sleep Paralysis, I have to smile, because here are some of the
symptoms:
- Vibrations and shaking
- The sensation of floating, as in "out of body"
- The sense that other beings are in the room or vicinity
- The ability to see through closed eyes.

We are immobile because the abilities are no longer with the physical. You can "see"
through closed eyelids because we are seeing in the etheric body (I get this all the
time). Your physical "muscles" don't work because your consciousness is no longer
sending conscious signals to your physical body. Since the etheric is also known as
the electromagnetic body, you can hear radio waves and people on the lower planes.
Another common side effect is the inability to move (again, because you are not
completely attached to the physical body so you cannot scream, move, or anything of
a physical nature). It's like having a mind, and no body. This can be a terrifying state
(and is for about 90% of reported cases) because although you can hear people in or
near your room, you are immobile! If you read my Science and Astral Projection Link
(and then read the "test results") you'll see that the catatonic state increases with
the use of these magnets due to the nature of the etheric body.

The chemical process that creates this catatonic state, thus allowing the
consciousness to switch vehicles, starts with REM sleep. REM sleep begins with
signals from an area at the base of the brain called the pons. These signals travel to
a brain region called the thalamus, which relays them to the cerebral cortex. The
pons also sends signals that shut off neurons in the spinal cord, causing temporary
paralysis of the limb muscles (the catatonic state).

So what does one do in this state? Well, I'm a big advocate that fear should be
overcome, so I try and face it, regardless of the outcome. Just this weekend I woke
up in this state and felt someone in my room, I killed all fear and just "welcomed" it.
It turned into a very pleasant experience unlike the one before where I was very
afraid.

You can also try and project from this state. Several days ago I woke up in this state,
told myself to try and not be afraid, and then focused on my third eye. Vibrations
rushed in, but I just couldn't let the nagging thought escape me that I was
"vulnerable" in this state, so the vibrations continued for a few minutes, and then
dissipated.

It's important to learn control and develop the ability to manipulate the
consciousness in this state. Practice and facing fear is the only way to get around
this.

Here is additional information from Trionic Research Institute on the Catatonic State
(or what they refer to as ASP-Awareness during Sleep Paralysis) Trionic Research
Institute

The Filter Factor

We express and experience our higher selves through a filtering process. This filter is
our physical body. Unfortunately, this body is grossly limited in comparison to our
astral and mental bodies. Just because we cannot currently hear, smell or see things
to the same degree as other beings, it does not mean that it isn't there. A dog can
hear and smell far more than us, a hawk can see significantly farther than us, radios
and televisions can pick up waves and signals that we cannot detect without the
proper tools and devices, yet we know they exist. We are so limited!

In the astral, this cumbersome filter is removed thus revealing to us a vast amount
of sensory input that we normally do not have access to. To experience the full
benefit of having no physical body takes a little practice, but it is well worth it.

Colors:

In our physical body we can only see a small range of colors. I can remember how
astounded I was to enter into the astral and perceive a much greater range of colors
than I ever had while in the physical. The perception of colors is based on light, and
in the higher planes of the astral, objects can radiate (the air for example). On one
occasion I left my body and requested: "Take me to a very beautiful place." I
immediately was whisked away to a place of such extraordinary beauty and colors
that I gasped over and over in disbelief and delight. I am sure that any pastor or
priest who had seen this would definitely declare this to be "heaven" for no place on
earth looks like this. There were colors that were out of this world. Everything
shimmered: the water, the air, everything! It was coursing with life and beauty. Oh,
to come back to my body was a sour moment indeed!

Sounds:

I don't recall ever reading about this in any astral projection book, but I was quite
surprised to discover that we can hear radio waves while in the magnetic body range!
So many times I have left my body, when suddenly I hear music and talking (see my
topic called Radio Frequencies under the Commentary link for more details). If I turn
a certain way or shift my focus, I can pick up on the different frequencies in perfect
clarity. I know this to be real for several reasons; one is that I will hear classical
pieces that are too marvelous for me to ever reconstruct in perfect clarity in my own
mind, plus I will hear exact words to songs that I only partially know. I also (I
believe) transcended time because I've heard gorgeous songs that I know do not
exist today. These are not classical or jazz pieces that I'm not familiar with and
wouldn't know if they exists, but songs that would be played on a soft rock station
today. Gorgeous! If only I could write and sing, I would be quite famous! I also had a
recent experience where I was coming out of sleep (the hypnopompic state) and I
could again hear a radio. This time I heard the time! It said, "Good morning, it's 8:00
o'clock" and at that exact moment, the downstairs bird clock chimed the black-
capped chickadee which represented 8:00 o'clock. This so startled me that I made
myself wake up and I looked over at my bedside clock to confirm that it was indeed
8:00 o'clock! Why is this possible? Quite simply because our etheric is also known as
the electromagnetic body, and radio frequencies are affected by this.

Emotions:

This is always a marvel because while I am a loving and sensitive person, feelings
are so incredibly deep when out of the body. When out of the body, you will love,
fear, pity, more deeply than in the physical. I'm not sure what filter removes this
sensitivity while in the physical, but emotions are enhanced in the astral. Perhaps
when we build up "walls", they are, in part, due to our physical brain. It is said that
our astral body is the formative dimension for emotions, and from what I've
experienced, this is definitely true. I guess this is why they call the astral the
"emotional" body.

Exceptions:

There are several senses that I have not experienced in a great degree while in the
astral and that is smell, touch and taste. I don't recall ever having any wonderful
experiences where any of those senses were better than my physical ones. Robert
Monroe stated in Journeys Out of the Body that, "Smell and taste have been
conspicuously absent to date." Only sight, sound and feelings were overly enhanced,
but that could easily be me. I'd be interested in hearing others who may have
experienced those senses with over amplification. Perhaps touch and taste are too
closely related to physical sensations, whereas sight, sound and emotions are of a
more spiritual nature?

Update: 8/11/03: A reader just sent me a really interesting theory why taste and
smell are not as noticeable in the astral. Here it is:

I was reading the article titled "The Filter Factor," and I have a suggestion as to the
reason that smell and taste may not be experienced as enhanced in the astral. I was
thinking that our senses of sight and hearing are based on the perception of waves or
energy, where taste and smell are based on the perception of chemical compounds.
Although it would seem that energy definitely does exist in planes beyond the
physical, matter seems not to. This would explain not being able to sense those
things triggered by actual phyisical molecules.

Parallel Universes
More and more as our science heralds itself into greater perspectives such as
relativity and quantum mechanics our sense of limits and definitions are ever
expanding. Time, as we thought of it, was a measurable object, which bound us to a
litany of experiences. We had “today, yesterday and tomorrow.” Einstein suggests
that time and space do have their measurable limits because when you join time and
space joined together you get what is called spacetime. With this theory, events do
not fit into the eternally now paradigm. An event of ‘spatially separated simultaneous
events for one person became past and future events for another observer simply
passing by through space and in time relative to the first’. However, I disagree with
this because the second observer, if they knew how, could “step into” the exact
experience of the first observer at an apparent later time. Time really is a solitary
element and there is only the ever present now. We can step back into the past and
into the future. Our observable space, through bi-location, also breaks the spacetime
laws.
To the best of our knowledge, the universe is infinite in all directions. However, our
views on the universe are akin to how we once thought of the world: flat. We think of
one universe that goes in all directions, but we seldom think of many universes doing
the very same thing. Why do we limit the infinity of the universe to one level? Well,
basically because we do not have tangible access to those other levels (at least we
think we don’t, but we do).

Because there are still gaps in our current quantum physics and relativity, scientists
are grappling with possible solutions and one of them is the parallel universe. The
“problem” lies in that if what is possible in terms of parallel universes is true, it would
again require a rewriting of quantum science as we know it, and also disrupt
mainstream religion. If you doubt the religious implications, one need only to reflect
back on Galileo’s dismissal from the church for his scientific views that conflicted with
the church (all which later were accepted by science and eventually by those bodies
of religion that initially rejected his views.)

The solving of one scientific gap creates another. But regardless of closed minds and
stifling views, science will go on exploring and one day will truly discover that there
are parallel universes.

Since this is a webpage about subtle realms, and not science (since I’m not a
scientist), my view on parallel universes has more to do with how it affects us in our
current existence as multidimensional beings. Why should we care about parallel
universes even if they did exist? Good question! First, scientists state that if there
were parallel universes, they might possibly be exact copies of this one with its own
planets, stars and galaxies. It would also have humans, and it is even suggested that
there may also exist exact copies of each of us in these parallel universes. Yes, that
means you.

Not surprisingly, I get readers who, when they go to sleep, enter into a secondary or
parallel life. It is real, continual, and meaningful. You might think of it as a “past” life,
but often the technologies are greater than our own. I myself have experiences
where I have profound relationships with others, remember well-traveled paths and
places that are not known to me now. How many of you have been absolutely heart
broken over someone deeply “familiar” to you in a dream to only wake wondering
why you would feel such things for someone not in your current state of awareness?
They quite possibly are from a parallel life. Your current “reality channel” has just
temporarily changed channels. Each one is as real as the other, and playing at the
same time.

People that we feel deeply attached to in this life, and the karmic issues associated
with them, are usually present in one or more parallel dimensions. Because our
subconscious mind, or overself, has access to it all, bits and pieces will seep into our
current consciousness through altered states of awareness (most often sleep), yet it
can manifest as an attraction towards something specific (such as idolizing gangster
movies, when you are in fact doing their payroll in another dimension).

Robert Monroe talked about collecting his soul fragments from other locales. This
may be our task as well. We may not be attempting to ascend on one plane, but
many! Our problems here very well may be our problems there.

So to you I say, have a good day… in all of them.

Anne

Science and Astral Projection

INTRODUCTION
Why write an article about science and astral projection if the current techniques
available are tried, tested and true? It's my opinion that this is not the case. Why do
so many people have trouble leaving their body if the current techniques were the
best ones? We are still writing, teaching, and using techniques that are decades old!
What if our medical and IT technologies were decades old (you wouldn't be reading
this webpage, for one). What is currently taught is not sufficient. We need new ideas,
new concepts. I am not a scientist, but I do have ideas that I think are relevant. Each
of these topics reveals possible components that may aid in unveiling the matter
behind the astral and mental worlds. They are outlined as follows:

• Thinking Outloud about Vibrations, Resonance and Mass

• Why should we care about vibrations?

• The Impact of Electrical and Magnetic Forces on the Astral Body

• Non-Scientific Studies on Magnetism

• The Polar Molecule Movement Theory by Mario Fernandez

• Foundation: Basic Physics

• Test Structure (includes picture of neodymium magnet)

 • Test Results for Phase I

• Test Results for Phase II

• GENERAL SUMMARY

OTHER SCIENCE THEORIES

• Experiment Could Reveal 'Extra Dimensions.'

• Time Dilation

• String Theory: A Possible Explanation of Multiple Dimensions

• Parallel Universes

Interested in trying these magnet experiments? Click here for more details.

AP Topics

Passive versus Active Method of Projection

There exists a great fallacy where one thinks they have to first be mentally alert and
physically awake before they can start the separation process. This is the cause of a
lot of frustration as the person puts in their mind the intent to relax, and what
happens is the opposite. They become aware of every twitch, every itch and actually
become hyper aware instead! They proceed to measure their body’s relaxation level,
weigh their progress, and analyze their depth. Their nose starts to itch and they
desperately want to scratch it, but that would ruin the supposed state they are in.
How can one project doing all this!?
There are only two recourses from this standard method of separation. First, you can
flat out abandon "trying" to fall asleep! The more one tries, the more it eludes them.
Why put ourselves through so much tumultuous efforts? If you aren't the type that
can lie down, scratch your nose when it needs scratching, and just go to sleep, then
abandon this method of separation. People say, "I can't relax!" or "I can't get this
part to stop twitching." But this always marvels me because every one of these
people manages to fall asleep every night of their life when they are not trying! See
the difference? When something is held with great expectation, the excitement and
tension surrounding it is increases, not wanes.

Now, what I propose to people is to abandon this whole process of "relaxing to

project." What I suggest is that you realize you project anyway naturally during
sleep, and to instead tackle this from another perspective - sleep itself. There have
been thousands of documented cases where people think they are dreaming only to
find out, what they heard, learned and saw was indeed an astral experience. I
believe that dreams are just odd interpretations of our astral experiences. When we
are not lucid, our subconscious mind works out daily issues, plans events for us to
live through, etc. Most times we interpret these events as inconsequential, but they
are always “real”, even if we don’t understand them. Now, we don't have to accept
the continual Alice in Wonderland dreamscape. We can take charge of our dreams,
with practice, and still enjoy the astral experience. If we take this approach, we don't
have to fuss with making our body fall asleep, as that part has already occurred.
What we have to learn instead, is how to go lucid from this subconscious state. We
can do this in several ways.

1. Get a lucid dreaming mask. This (unfortunately expensive) mask detects when you
are in REM and sends a signal to a set of lights to start flashing. This wakes me up,
but if you're a deep sleeper, it's a great tool.

2. Set your alarm for some ungodly hour, such as 2:00 a.m. Wake up and stay awake
for one hour. When you go back to sleep, you often become lucid or even project.

3. Start saying affirmations that you will become aware during your sleep. Saturate
your subconscious mind with lucid dreaming books. Look at your hands during the
day and question if you are dreaming.

4. Try a lucid dreaming herb (check under my aids link).

Tips:
- Avoid alcohol and drugs as these make you sleep deeply, thus making lucidity that
much harder to attain.
- Don't go to bed so late that you just zonk out. Deep sleep is what you want to
avoid. A very tired body won't ever go lucid (or very rarely).

Note that this is not easy. No matter which angle we take, work will have to be done.
All your life, you’ve passed the sleep time oblivious to what is really going on. The
subconscious mind has controlled this aspect of you since birth. Regaining that
control is not something that happens over night. No matter how ridiculous the
situation, the critical faculty just isn’t operative! Simple repetitive questioning is what
will get you to realize you’re dreaming. And then control is consciously yours!

In summary, if we waited for the stressed out body to fall asleep at a time when it
just doesn't feel like it, we could be waiting years and years to enjoy the subtle
realm. If you're like the rest of us with work, school, commutes, bills, relationships,
etc., more than likely you're going to have to switch methods to a more passive one.

Good luck,
Anne

Sleep and Inducing a Projection

I have stated that one of several ways to induce a projection is to "mimic sleep".
However, this statement needs clarification. It isn't just sleep that needs to be
mimicked, but the correct cycle of sleep.

Scientists divided non-REM sleep into four stages, accounting for about 75 percent of
total sleep. In each stage, brain waves become progressively larger and slower, and
sleep becomes deeper. After reaching stage 4, the deepest period, the pattern
reverses, and sleep becomes progressively lighter until REM sleep, the most active
period, occurs. This cycle typically occurs about once every 90 minutes in humans.
The time which most conscious projections occur is during the REM cycle (or the
hypnagogic/hypnopompic state). Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is an intense
activity in the brain during which dreaming occurs and with practice, astral
projection. During the REM sleep state, the brain functions in the alpha/theta brain
wave state which can also be achieved in meditation.

I've often said that it's not advisable to practice at night because you're just too
tired. Stages 1-4 indicate progressive degrees of sleep with stage 1 being the lightest
(alpha) and stage 4 being very deep sleep (delta). Usually after about 90 minutes we
have progressed through all 4 stages and then we enter REM sleep (theta). This is
the stage of sleep when most people dream. Stage REM is usually very short early in
the night but gradually increase as the night goes on. By the time morning rolls
around, we are in REM almost all the time. 99% of my projections have been in the
morning bouncing in and out of REM sleep and also why multiple published authors
report projecting after "several sleep cycles" because they have transitioned out of
sleep stages 1-4 and are in REM. I think many dreams are indeed disguised astral
projections because people have shared the same unusual dream content, received
information not normally accessible to them and visited people and were seen.

I also found references to companies on the net that use Rapid Eye Technology to
simulate the REM sleep state in order to perform passive emotional healing. They do
this by mimicking the REM state via eye movements (moving side to side and
gradually moving up). I found this an interesting correlation because the astral
utilizes the "emotional body" and by duplicating REM sleep, (the time we naturally
project) to work on emotional wounds does make sense. Even doctors that don't
utilize Rapid Eye Technology state that "dreams help people process emotional
material".

In summary, the goal isn't to mimic sleep, but mimic REM sleep.

Healing

We leave our bodies every night to recharge ourselves. Those deprived of sleep too
long can even die. Every night we restore energy, heal broken neural connections,
and so on. I remember one night leaving my body and actually witnessing, in
microscopic terms, the healing of neural paths in my brain that naturally break down.
Whenever I'm feeling down or "drained", I just tell myself to hang in there because I
know a good night's rest will "restore" myself and lift any deteriorated mood.

This is one type of healing. The other healing is life long and I would consider vastly
more important; and that's healing our soul. Lives are crippled and growth delayed
because people refuse to heal from the wrongs they felt were done to them by
others. That wrong can be blamed on God, parents, employers, spouses, and self.
What good is healing a broken bone or disease, if the soul remains broken? Let us
focus on that before we focus on our physical shells. Long after we have left the
physical plane of existence, our soul carries with it the scars incurred while here on
earth.

It has recently been asked of me, "What is healing?" I feel that healing is the
removal of obstacles that are blocking or slowing our spiritual growth. That obstacle
is many things; fear, love lost, physical addictions, hate, and so on. The process of
removing these from our life is healing. So how do you heal? I would think that first
we have to see the obstacle. Acknowledge that our progress has been slowed down
by this weight. Understand the obstacle. Why is it there? Why do I refuse to let go?
Next is to learn the lesson. Why did this happen? Was it to learn to love, control ones
self, being judgmental? Was it to learn that we are only here temporarily and the
material things we deem important, aren't really so? Was it karma? This is an
individual process, and can only be asked by each person. Once we see why and how
the issue came about, then we can work on acceptance and a cure. Acceptance if it's
unfixable (as in the past) and curable if it's an addiction, a current relationship or
situation.

The wonderful thing about the astral and healing is that this process can happen in
minutes, whereas it can take years (if at all) while in the physical. I have to share a
particular example that William Buhlman included in his book, "Adventures Beyond
The Body". Michael Crichton (author of Jurassic Park) described his OBE in his book
Travels. On one occasion, he initiated his obe with his guide and friend, Gary.
Basically, Michael leaves his body through his third chakra, moves into the astral
plane and meets his father. He then says, "I felt worried. I hadn't had an easy time
with my father. Now he was showing up while I was vulnerable, in an altered state of
consciousness. I wondered what he would do, what would happen. He approached
me. My father looked the same, only translucent and misty, like everything else in
this place. I didn't want to have a long conversation with him. I was quite nervous.

Suddenly he embraced me.

In the instant of that embrace, I saw and felt everything in my relationship with my
father, all the feelings he had had and why he had found me difficult, all the feelings I
had had and why I had misunderstood him, all the love that there was between us,
and all the confusion and misunderstanding that had overpowered it. I saw all the
things he had done for me and all the ways he had helped me. I saw every aspect of
our relationship at once, the way you can take in at a glance something small you
hold in your hand. it was an instant of compassionate acceptance and love.

I burst into tears."

Gary asked, "What is happening now?"

Michael replied, "He's hugging me."

And then it was over. He then proceeded to say that this whole experience happened
in just a few seconds and that in those few seconds his relationship with his father
had been resolved in a flash.

We all have wounds that need to be addressed and healed. This can usually be found
where there is "blame" directed at someone or something. For example, if we say
that our lives could have been better if our parents had put us through school, if God
had blessed us more, if that guy at work wasn't such a jerk, etc, then we can
probably find the blame and in turn find the wounds. The healing comes in
acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, and responsibility. Blaming others is easy and
requires no self analysis. A hard concept for me to learn was that it is not what is
said or done to us, but how we react. We can be as miserable, or as happy as we
decide to be. The next time you are in the astral, ask to meet the higher self of the
person you feel has done you wrong and then accept and forgive them. In the astral,
that person will be stripped of all pretenses, walls, and blocks (actually, you both will)
which is when real progress can be made. I believe that you will come back with a
load lifted and a brighter outlook. What happens to us is not a punishment, but a
lesson.

There is also the need for physical healing. You can heal yourself, or others, using
several methods. One is to enter focus 12 (mind awake, body asleep, also known as
the hypnagogic state) and use visualization. The way that you visualize is up to you.
I'll provide you an example. A man was diagnosed with cancer. He would meditate
every night and visualize little men taking miniature tools and chipping away at the
cancer until it was gone. Over the next few months, his cancer was gone. You can
imagine as you breath in, that healing energy is entering your ailing spot, and as you
breath out, the disease, or ailment is leaving your body. You can imagine balls of
energy rolling through your body, wiping out problems as it goes. The list is endless
on how you can use visualization tools to heal yourself and others. The other way to
heal is in the astral, and since we are so much more powerful in the astral, this is the
more effective tool. Unfortunately, this requires knowledge and manipulation of the
astral world and it seems difficult for most to achieve this. I read of a young girl who
entered the astral and healed a sick relative. She would put her astral hands over the
part of the body that was sick and send healing energy to that individual. You also
may be able to ask the higher self of a sick person why they are sick. A lot of times
sickness is caused from an emotional wound and can be addressed once it is
established what the real problem is. Some people even get sick because they are
avoiding something such as a job they detest or facing a person. A person may not
be consciously aware of why they are sick, so you can use the astral to access their
subconscious and get to the root of a thinking pattern that is leading to the problem.

Is Low Blood Pressure Linked to Astral Projection Ability?

A "polar molecule movement theory" was recently submitted to me by Mario

Fernandez, a reader of my web page, but I wanted to analyze it in more detail here.
Mario's theory is posted below (and also under the Science page) with my comments
following.

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THE POLAR MOLECULE MOVEMENT THEORY by Mario Fernandez

The following came to me in a sudden intuition, while attempting an astral projection

in the afternoon.

I have read about Anne's conviction that projections are deeply related to
magnetism. Admitting the magnetic field of the body pulls the etheric or astral body
back, one should try to understand the source of that pull, in order to minimize it.

Now, not all molecules behave the same, in terms of their magnetic properties. Some
molecules are like little magnets, while others do not show magnet-like properties.
The magnet-like molecules are the so-called "polar" molecules, while the others are
called "non-polar" molecules. It is easy to check the difference between both kinds of
molecules with a simple experiment. Place a cup of lard and a separate cup of water
in the microwave oven and microwave for, say, one minute. You will see the cup of
water is boiling, while the cup of lard is lukewarm, at best. Now, the lard represents
the fat inside your body (sorry about that), while the water represents mostly your
bloodstream. The microwaves are nothing but rapid electromagnetic pulses that
change the orientation of the tiny magnet-like polar molecules, many times per
second. The more polar a molecule is, the more heat it will pick up in the microwave
oven. Water is one of the most polar molecules in our body. Well, this shows that we
should not care about our non-polar molecules, such as our fat, since they do not
contribute to our magnetic pull. On the other hand, our polar molecules create a
magnetic field around them as they vibrate or as they move around.

Why do they vibrate? They vibrate because of their temperature: as the temperature
is higher, so are the vibrations. And why do they move around? They move around
because the water molecules in your bloodstream travel all around within your body,
pumped by your heart. This leads us to two conclusions. First, projections should be
easiest at the time the body reaches its lowest temperature: maybe between 4 and 6
A.M. Second, projections should also be easiest at the time our pulse rate is at its
minimum, and thus the bloodstream movement is slowest. Maybe we should think of
some ways to lower our heart rate without risk. Or maybe another aid-device could
be designed: one that would wake us once a selected heart rate has been achieved.
________________________________________

I think Mario's conclusion is excellent. When I was researching laughing gas (nitrous
oxide) for its ability to cause spontaneous projections, they mentioned "lower blood
pressure" as one of the side effects. I looked up low blood pressure and it is indeed
lowest during sleep which is when we project naturally.

When we sleep (or meditate) the heart rate decreases prior to a decline in body
temperature (which reduces energy and thus magnetism) and allows for separation. I
repeatedly tell readers that if they are trying to project, to "reduce all thought and
focus on the third eye." A projector should also focus on slowing down their heart
rate via breath and mind control. Just thinking of lowering our heart rate will work
just as thinking of something sour will make our mouths water. The goal is to
"deaden" as much of the bodily activity as possible in an attempt to mimic sleep.

Starting immediately, I will gather statistics from readers who have naturally loose
holds over their astral bodies. The people having naturally loose holds over their body
that I've asked so far ALL have naturally low blood pressure. Even myself, when I
had my physical several years ago was told that my blood pressure was rather low.

Internal Ringing and Astral Projection

What is the link between initial separation and our ears/hearing? Typical sounds
associated with separation have been labeled: roaring, screaming, buzzing, bees in
ears, high pitched noises, etc. I am also able to hear a greater range of sound waves
when I first leave my body (read my radio frequency article).

I and other projectors have told people to listen to the internal ringing in their ears to
bring on a projection. Numerous people responded to success with this. Why? The
conclusion I originally drew was that it was because this narrowed our thread of
thought, which reduced the electrical input to the brain and less input reduces
energy, thus magnetism.... This may be PART of the reason, but I think it also relates
to the following:

Most internal ringing is normal. Why? Because the internal mechanism of the healthy
ear creates sound vibrations, and your "ear sounds" or otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)
can be recorded by a microphone probe fitted to your ear! In fact, OAEs are routinely
used to test for normal hearing in newborn babies. This internal ringing is normal.
However, excessive ringing is called tinnitus and is so annoying that it leads subjects
to severe depression. Although excessive ringing in the ears is considered a disease,
it has been documented that "in more than half of the cases, the exact cause of the
tinnitus cannot be identified". Now, the American Tinnitus Association, using the
brain imaging technique called PET (positron emission tomography) surprisingly
discovered that when internal ringing was present, the hippocampus (viewed by
some scientists as the seat of emotion in the brain) was stimulated. And where is the
hippocampus? It is part of the temporal lobe along with the olfactory cortex and
the..... amygdala! (see the amygdala link). Although each function separately, they
are grouped together as "the limbic system". The vibration of one, stimulates the
other.

I wrote about the amygdala based on information from Neil Slade's site and how this
part of the brain, when properly triggered, helped achieve the out of body state. Neil
Slade states repeatedly that listening to certain types of music flips the amygdala
switch forward. He sites numerous examples of how certain music enhances learning,
mental travel (OBEs) and remote viewing. Here is one of his quotes: "Just as in any
other kind of music, our impressions and emotions while in our out-of-our-body
experience leave and transmit the same impressions to the listener. Thus, this
particular Out-Of Body Brain Travel Music will facilitate your own remote viewing and
astral Brain Travel to this alien place."

Sound has been linked to OBEs for ages. My first mental projection while listening to
classical music. The Monroe Institute and many other sites (including Neil Slade's
site) sell "brain music" that help achieve altered states of consciousness and astral
projection. Crystal bowls are used that supposedly resonate with different chakras
and stimulate projection and awareness. However, it wasn't until this year (2001)
that I realized that REM sleep, sound (hemi sync or otherwise) were related to OBEs
via the frontal lobe.

Take care,
Anne

Mind Awake - Body Asleep

Despite the article under my Beginner's Guide called "Top Astral Projection Mistakes"
I still get a plethora of e-mails from readers who still do not understand the key
principle that their body has to be asleep when projecting (unless they have a very
natural lose hold, use substances or are very advanced with meditation or light work)
so I'm writing a separate article just for this.
The statements and or questions that come from readers are: "Should my eyes be
open?", "Why do I itch when trying to relax?", "I can't seem to relax enough to get
into that state." "My arm feels pain, is that normal?" or "My hemi-sync tapes aren't
working cause I don't go very deep."

There is one common thread in these questions/comments and that is, the person is
trying to do this while totally lucid, or thinks that they need to be in some special
trance to project. Neither is the case. The body has to be ASLEEP. Every night you
sleep and every night you project. There is no magic or mystery to the state that
your body needs to be in to release the astral form. People say, "I can't get into that
state." Yet, in fact, they do it every night of their lives! We all do.

You're itching because you're not asleep and are concentrating too hard on
something that you do later in the evening effortlessly. Do you get incessantly itchy
when you're going to sleep at night? Of course not! You just scratch your nose or
whatever and go to sleep. Most beginners, when trying to project, are "thinking"
about getting into a state which keeps them from actually getting into that state.

People refuse to read and comprehend the words under my Beginner's Guide that
says over and over that you are mimicking sleep. You are not relaxing. You are
asleep! It's as easy and uncomplicated as that.

Do the same rituals that you do every night before bed, except do it at another time
(like in the morning or afternoon). It's a lot easier than people realize. They think
they have to convolute the process but they don't. It's just sleep, plain and simple. I
prefer doing this in the morning because the whole relaxation process is already done
for me. It's easy to slip back into the sleep state.

So if you want to project, do all the preparations you do for sleep. Scratch, toss &
turn, process your day, and put projection in the back of your mind. Allow yourself to
enjoy the process and go to sleep. In fact, even allow yourself to slip into a dream.
The ONLY difference is that for projection, you mentally check back every so often so
that you don't totally lose yourself in a dream to the point where you can't take
control of your consciousness mind. If you do lose that control, oh well, you'll get a
darned good nap. If you do get control during a dream (which is still a form of
projection but the subconscious mind has control, which is not what we want), then
keep the body sleeping while attempting to either go fully lucid using clarity
affirmations or induce the vibrations by spinning, or focusing on the third eye and
going totally deeper for a full body exit.

It doesn't matter how you access the astral. You can do it with a full body roll-out via
vibrations, or you can do it by becoming lucid in a dream and taking conscious
control. Either way will still require that the physical body be sleeping.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Why is this taking so long?

• When are you best able to leave your body?

• What does it feel like?

• What tools do you use?

• What do you do when you are out of your body?

• What about past lives?

• How do I get around?

• What lies ahead?

• Since you can time travel, can you go to the past and change something or,
learn from the future, to effect the present?

• You had said that there is an image of every physical object in the astral. Can
you touch or change a particular object in the astral? Say, if it is a piece of
paper, can you write? If you can, will it be in the altered condition when you
return to the physical world?

• How clear are your visions when you astral project/remote view?

• Can you see yourself when you astral travel? How do you look? What clothes
are you wearing (same as in the physical plane?) etc?

• When you project or remote view, can you see any person in the world?
Suppose you do it for me, can you see what I am doing at any given point of
time? If so, can you tell me what dress I am wearing now or what dress I will
be wearing two days later?

• When you remote view, by just taking the name of the person, can you see the
person? Is it possible that you see some other person with the same name?

• When you are in the astral world, can you meet people in the physical world? If
so, can you communicate with them in any way?

• How do you communicate in the astral? What language do you use?

• Can you distinguish between a living person roaming the astral and a ghost?

• Someone had mentioned that there are several astral worlds to explore. How
do these worlds look? What if you took a camera and took pictures?

• Can you astral travel to other planets and solar systems? If so, have you seen
life there?

• Are there any sub-humans in the astral?

• How do dead people look in appearance? Can you touch them? Can ghosts
physically harm you i.e. push you or throw something at you?
• Are people generally good in the astral world or are there nasty elements too?

• Can you speak with the dead people that you meet?

• After death, when does one finish a birth and enter the next? Do all people end
up wandering as ghosts for a while before they go on to their next birth?

• Why don't the dead come and make their presence felt if they are there and
can see us? Have you known of cases where the dead have helped or guided
the living?

• Does the soul have a name (an inner name) - something like a permanent
name that does not ever change?

• Since you are able to view the past, present and future concurrently, isn't it
strange that everything is already pre-destined for us? And if this is true, then
does this mean that we have actually no part to play of our own. Are we merely
puppets performing a certain fixed role?

• How powerful is the will of the human mind? Is it so powerful that it can
change destiny? E.g. suppose a person is not destined to have a house of his
own, he perseveres and struggles and somehow with sheer determination
manages to have a house for himself. Can he actually do that or was he only
able to do that because he was actually destined to do it.

• Are you clear about the "purpose of your life" i.e. what you are supposed to do
in this birth?

• Has knowing you past life helped you in understanding your present birth?

• Do you see the karmic cycle of what-you-do-is-what-you-get in life

demonstrated clearly in people's life (since you know your past lives)?

• How accurately can you predict? How sure can you be of what you see? Is
there a possibility of your seeing something wrong?

• If you can see things very clearly, then why don't you demonstrate it by way of
accurate predictions for non-believers?

• Do you think that astral travel is a god's boon to you or do you think that with
sufficient knowledge and practice anyone can do it?

• Can you see the aura of a person?

• Do you have ESP or a well-developed intuitive power? By looking at a person

can you judge how he or she is? (Trying to ascertain how other faculties get
affected after achieving astral travel)

• How do psychics work and how different are they from your approach to seeing
things in the future? Are you more, or less, accurate than a psychic?
Why is this taking so long?
I found that my obstacles were numerous, but all related to self, as are all obstacles;
I wasn't taking the time to practice; I was trying at night (which meant I mostly fell
asleep), I was trying too hard, and lastly, I wasn't ready. What do I mean by me not
being ready? I mean that I was impatient, demanding immediate results, and
because this wasn't happening according to my self inflicted timeline, I was then
throwing away my efforts, excusing the obvious facts, and my new found reality. So
many of us demand answers and results now, but there is no race to spirituality,
advancement, or knowledge. It will happen as you are ready, not as you demand it.
Relax.
Also, I tell people that this is like a muscle which we have not used, so it has
atrophied. If you were to spend your whole life in a wheelchair, would you expect
that you could walk immediately? It takes a lot of work and practice to develop this
"muscle".

TOP

When are you best able to leave your body?

Primarily in the morning. Even Robert Monroe went through several sleep cycles
before he left his body. If you do it at night, you are usually too tired and will fall into
a deep slumber. Unfortunately, most of us cannot sleep-in, except for weekends, but
that's how it is. When I won the daily lottery via astral projection, it was because it
was snowing outside and I didn't have to go to work that day.

TOP

What does it feel like?

There is an unmistakable feel to leaving your body. You are very lucid and it has no
dream qualities about it. When you lift your limbs, you can feel them rising. They are
your limbs at that point, not the inanimate flesh on the bed.

TOP

What tools do you use?

What really started me on my path to success was the Gateway series tapes by the
Monroe Institute. Also, read as much as you can because you want to saturate your
subconscious mind with the topic. Whatever you dwell on, it will eventually come
forth in your consciousness. I also use affirmations and keep a dream journal. And
starting this year, I began research into neodymium earch magnets as an aid.

TOP

What do you do when you are out of your body?

First, I went to the moon. Often when you leave your body you see astral matter that
is not visible to the physical eye. When I went to the moon I was greeted by a man I
didn't know and then he showed me around a "compound" where people (mainly
men, I think) used this facility, but for what, I don't know. It had a sterile feel to it
though. What is it you want to do? I find that the astral is pretty much unlimited. You
decide what and where you want to go and then state your desire. I do this a lot. For
example, if you want to see a friend, just say, "Take me to Cindy's house!"

TOP

What about past lives?

I've only done this once and it was interesting. I wasn't who I thought I'd be. I
expressed the desire to see a past life and the next thing I knew I was a "fly boy" in
a fighter plane during the last World War! My current best friend was also a pilot and
a friend of mine as well. I plan on doing more past life regressions. I feel close to
many cultures and time periods and want to explore that.

TOP

How do I get around?

At first I went by the physical route I knew so well, but this took too long and I
became frustrated. I eventually just "thought" my way around and saved myself a lot
of time!

TOP

What lies ahead?

Visiting distant galaxies, helping anyone who is interested, investigating past lives,
healing, meeting guides/helpers and so forth. What isn't there to do?

TOP

Since you can time travel, can you go to the past and change something or,
learn from the future, to effect the present?

This is a revolving question and would take a volume to explain, of which I am not
the person to do that. If I tell you that you are going to wear red tomorrow, you can
express free will and wear blue.

TOP

You had said that there is an image of every physical object in the astral.
Can you touch or change a particular object in the astral? Say, if it is a piece
of paper, can you write? If you can, will it be in the altered condition when
you return to the physical world?

The astral counterpart is exactly that. For example, once in the astral, I picked up a
lipstick and drew something on the bathroom mirror, but it was not there in the
physical. I have heard of cases where electric objects can be affected by the astral.
All things can be changed in the astral but whether they will be changed in the
physical depends on how close vibrationally you are to the physical. I have read that
things exist in the astral because of our thoughts, and how long that remains in the
astral depends on how much it is thought about. For example, mass religion may
construct a "heaven" which becomes almost a permanent place in the astral because
of so many millions of continual thoughts; whereas the lipstick I drew on the mirror
will not be there after a few hours. That is why you can sometimes see furniture in
your room that is not your own. It is probably the previous owner's furniture, which
has its own imprint that has remained, and will take months to years to fade.

TOP

How clear are your visions when you astral project/remote view?

These are very clear. When you bi-locate during remote viewing, your consciousness
is literally at the target. It is no different than being there in the physical (see
Glossary for a breakdown of terms like bi-locate and target). The astral, depending
on what level you are on, is just as clear. The higher the level, the more brilliant. The
lower levels tend to be "darker", and more dull in nature.

TOP

Can you see yourself when you astral travel? How do you look? What clothes
are you wearing (same as in the physical plane?) etc?

I initially said that you could see yourself lying there on the bed, but I think that
what we are really seeing is the etheric body. I don't think we can see the physical
body because it's not of the same vibration (like I keep saying over and over... we
see the astral counterpart of what is in the physical). I've gotten several e-mails
where they can't see ANY body on the bed. That's because they are in both the astral
and etheric vehicle so there's nothing to see on the bed! On a related note, I had a
very strange astral experience once where I kept having the same dream over and
over about tornadoes (twisted sisters). After about the 4th time that I dreamt this, I
realized that it was a dream (lucid dream). I then created an astral "counterpart" of
myself and left that counterpart to live out the dream so no one would worry and
then my "self" flew away. I've never heard of anyone doing this before. As far as
what you are wearing, I don't pay attention, but I don't feel naked.

TOP

When you project or remote view, can you see any person in the world?
Suppose you do it for me, can you see what I am doing at any given point of
time? If so, can you tell me what dress I am wearing now or what dress I
will be wearing two days later?

Yes, you can see what you are wearing and what you'll be wearing two days into the
future. The future is changeable though (see Time Travel).

TOP

When you remote view, by just taking the name of the person, can you see
the person? Is it possible that you see some other person with the same
name?

No, you see the person that you are trying to see. Your higher self knows all and will
direct you to the correct person. I don't even have to have the name, just the intent.
I once remote viewed a missing girl and I saw her perfectly even though there are
probably many girls with the name of Erika Baker. The parents of the missing girl
sent me her picture and it was a perfect match to what I had seen.

TOP

When you are in the astral world, can you meet people in the physical
world? If so, can you communicate with them in any way?

Not typically because you have different vibrations which is why you can't see
"ghosts" or people who are astral projecting. There are people who can project near
the physical vibration rate and can be seen by others, and communicate as well, but
this is rare (and usually unintentional).

TOP

How do you communicate in the astral? What language do you use?

Typically, your own language, but then there is what Robert Monroe calls a ROTE
(thought ball) and it doesn't matter what language you speak, because it's all done
telepathically.

TOP

Can you distinguish between a living person roaming the astral and a ghost?

Not always. Because you are both occupying the same space and you are both really
just "ghosts". A ghost is simply a spirit without the body. Also, people have
mentioned that they have been questioned by astral entities as to whether or not
they had "bodies" in the physical which means some of them cannot tell as well. The
only time I can tell is if I can "sense" that they have died.

TOP

Someone had mentioned that there are several astral worlds to explore.
How do these worlds look? What if you took a camera and took pictures?

Not so much "worlds", but levels, each separated by vibrations. The higher the
vibration, the finer the frequency (to the point that even the air sparkles). Then once
you leave the astral, you then enter the mental and then so forth. Some levels are
not visual in nature, just pure knowledge. You cannot take a camera because it is of
a different vibration, and even if you could, the camera works off of a certain range
of light particles, and the astral is totally different.

TOP

Can you astral travel to other planets and solar systems? If so, have you
seen life there?

I've been to the moon, and when I described another location I had been to,
someone said it was Mars (dome shaped buildings and a dark, shadowy
atmosphere--like inside Mars). The life you see there is not physical, but astral (the
life on Mars may have been physical, but not detected by our current technology.
When I went to the moon, there was a structure there that was no longer inhabited,
but when it was, it was by humans (mainly men). It appeared to be some sort of
compound. I couldn't tell what.

TOP

Are there any sub-humans in the astral?

You bet! And if you astral project, and stay near the lower astral worlds, you are
bound to run into them. Some call them parasites, but I only run into them when I
am just leaving my body and am close to the physical world. As soon as I raise my
vibrations, they cannot enter the higher worlds.

TOP

How do dead people look in appearance? Can you touch them? Can ghosts
physically harm you i.e. push you or throw something at you?

Dead people can have many appearances. It has been commented over and over
that the higher their vibration, the more they appear like a radiant star. Once you
tune into their frequencies they will look younger than when they died, free of any
physical defects. They also have various garments on. You can touch them in the
astral and this can be a very warming experience.

TOP

Are people generally good in the astral world or are there nasty elements
too?

Both. After a cycle on earth, the spirits leave the physical and have to inhabit another
locale, and what they were here, may be what they will be there. People are not
"bad", but instead are judged that way because they are hurt, confused, afraid,
shamed, and so forth. When they leave this physical life, they have a chance to heal
before they begin another. People also get to see the wrongs they have done to
others, and I hear this is a very painful process.

TOP

Can you speak with the dead people that you meet?

Yes and No. Depending on where each of you are at vibrationally. I tried to speak to
my dead step mother, but she wasn't able to communicate back with me. It was all
non-verbal.

TOP

After death, when does one finish a birth and enter the next? Do all people
end up wandering as ghosts for a while before they go on to their next
birth?

No. People only wander around the earth if they are lost, confused, clinging to the
material world (or to a person who has not died yet) and so forth. There are many
places and people to experience in the afterlife. We chose our next incarnation at our
own pace after we review what we accomplished and what didn't get learned. This
can be a short while, or a century in physical life terms (time is non-existent once in
the astral or higher planes). It may not necessarily be here on earth. When you finish
your physical earth cycle, you will go to the next plane of existence, never to return
to earth (unless you chose to in order to teach, lead, heal, etc.) Going through the
earth cycles can take a thousand lifetimes or just several. That is up to us. That is
why it is so important to not cling to material goods, to carry fear and hatred in our
hearts. All of the spiritual figures throughout our history have taught the same thing;
the true meaning of life is love for one another and ourselves. All things that we
pursue to make us temporarily happy are unnecessary in the long run, and are only
obstacles that keep us from our true path of enlightenment.

TOP

Why don't the dead come and make their presence felt if they are there and
can see us? Have you known of cases where the dead have helped or guided
the living?

They do make their presence felt. There are countless stories of people visiting live
relatives shortly after they have died, helped them in time of need, spoke to them in
their dreams and so forth.

TOP

Does the soul have a name (an inner name) - something like a permanent
name that does not ever change?

God. What I mean by that is, is that God created us, fills us, and never dies, just as
we never die. In our final process, we unite with God and are God.

TOP

Since you are able to view the past, present and future concurrently, isn't it
strange that everything is already pre-destined for us? And if this is true,
then does this mean that we have actually no part to play of our own. Are
we merely puppets performing a certain fixed role?

God gave us free will so our future is as we make it. You have an ultimate destiny,
but how you walk on the path towards that destiny is up to you. Someone once said,
"It's not what is done or said to you, it's how you react." I also read recently that our
lives are like blank sheets of paper and how we react to situations colors that paper.
What is done to us is neither good or bad, just neutral.

TOP

How powerful is the will of the human mind? Is it so powerful that it can
change destiny? E.g. suppose a person is not destined to have a house of his
own, he perseveres and struggles and somehow with sheer determination
manages to have a house for himself. Can he actually do that or was he only
able to do that because he was actually destined to do it?
The power of the mind is infinite. When we clear ourselves of our blocks (fear,
judgment, hatred, negativity) we can then overcome anything. Miracles of old will be
miracles of today.

TOP

Are you clear about the "purpose of your life" i.e. what you are supposed to
do in this birth?

I am personally very clear on my path. If you want to know what it is, I'll tell you
briefly; we are here to learn and love. We cannot move beyond this physical realm
until we learn about ourselves. Every action we take to help our fellow man, helps
ourselves. The highest moral you can have is love. There are also different soul
purposes while here on earth; there are the teachers, caretakers, healers, leaders,
guides and learners. My role is the teacher.

TOP

Has knowing you past life helped you in understanding your present birth?

Looking at your past life will help show you some of the lessons you are to learn. If
you see yourself repeating the same behavior, this can help you focus on your goals.
We are here but a short while, so we need to use our time wisely. There is no race to
spirituality, but if we can take the short road, that would be nice.

TOP

Do you see the karmic cycle of what-you-do-is-what-you-get in life

demonstrated clearly in people's life (since you know your past lives)?

I had a dream once that my step-mother (who was unkind to me in the physical) did
me a kind service in a dream. I was very happy and grateful for the service that she
had done. At that moment, a message was sent to me saying that his was done to
help undue a wrong she had done me during her physical life. I would say this is
karmic cycle in process.

TOP

How accurately can you predict? How sure can you be of what you see? Is
there a possibility of your seeing something wrong?

Some things are very clear, and some are symbolic. Half my dreams that are psychic
are of a symbolic nature. I dreamt once that my boss was packing his truck with all
of his personal belongings and I was so upset I cried. When I went to work the next
day, he had been fired and in his outbasket were all of his credit cards and access
keys. While he did not literally "pack his truck" he had been fired and his things had
been removed. You cannot always be sure of what you see. For example, all the
doomsday predictions at the millennium created a lot of astral debris. Remember,
what we think about gets created in the astral (and the longer it stays there when
there is mass thought concentrating on it). So I saw comets, earthquakes and tidal
waves in my dreams, but non of which happened. If there was a sure-fire way to
know all of this, I'd be retired!
TOP

If you can see things very clearly, then why don't you demonstrate it by way
of accurate predictions for non-believers?

We are not here on earth to make non-believers believers. Otherwise you would
spend your whole life forcing your will on others and that is not why you are here.
You are only here to experience things for yourself. Their truths will become self
evident when they are ready. Does it matter if so and so doesn't believe? I still
believe and that's all that matters to me. It is ego when we try and show and prove
to everyone about our talents.

TOP

Do you think that astral travel is a God's boon to you or do you think that
with sufficient knowledge and practice anyone can do it?

We all do it, just most people do not retain a conscious memory of it.

TOP

Can you see the aura of a person?

I just recently started to see the human aura (April, 2000). I saw the color green
around a co-worker and then looked up green and it matched his personality exactly.

TOP

Do you have ESP or a well-developed intuitive power? By looking at a person

can you judge how he or she is? (Trying to ascertain how other faculties get
affected after achieving astral travel)

I have both, but they are sporadic. When we all look at people, the intuition is
layered with our own beliefs and judgments. When you strip all of those, you would
be much more inclined to see the real person. There are not too many people who
can put 100% of their judgment aside. We judge everything, even subconsciously;
their sex, age, religion, background, attire, mannerisms, and so forth.

TOP

How do psychics work and how different are they from your approach to
seeing things in the future? Are you more, or less, accurate than a psychic?

Psychics, like any gifted person, are usually born that way (but any one of us can
also increase our own inborn skills). They are pretty much doing the same thing as
remote viewers. They pick up something about you and see pictures, sounds, etc.
Accuracy varies.

Glossary

7 PLANES OF EXISTENCE
Physical Plane (Etheric Plane or Etheric/Physical Plane), Astral Plane (Emotional
Plane), Mental Plane (Manasic Plane), Buddhic Plane (Intuitional Plane), Atmic Plane
(Spiritual Plane), Monadic Plane, Divine Plane (Logoic Plane or Adi). Most people,
when they die, will stay in the astral plane of existence. The level within the astral
where they reside will depend on their individual vibrations.

AKASHIC RECORD
The record of a soul's past, present, and future lives stored on the causal plane.

ALPHA WAVES
The borderline brain activity between conscious and subconscious; the creative cycle;
8-13 cycles per second.

ASTRAL PROJECTION
The phenomenon of exiting the physical body and traveling around in an "astral"
body.

BETA WAVES
Problem-solving, normal state of conscious brain activity; 14-30 cycles per second.

BI-LOCATION
A remote viewing term that means consciousness is fully at the target. The target
can either be a person, place, event, or object.

CAUSAL
The causal plane is just above the astral plane. The place where memories and
karmic patterns are stored. The reader of the future or past looks to this plane for
information, or accesses it from other dimensions.

CHAKRAS - As per the new age link on About.com

Chakras are the spherical whirlpools in the etheric body, that act as transmitters of
energy. They influence our physical activities through the function of our endorine
glands (glands of internal secretions, such as the thyroid). These glands effect our
physical functioning, our mental equilibrium and emotional integrity. In accordance
with the use we give to them, they may be constructive or discordant. Our ethereal
body has 7 basic chakras. For more information go to the Astral Projection link and
click on "Subtle Body Energies."

CLAIRAUDIENCE
The supernormal hearing of sounds or verbalizations.

CLAIRVOYANCE
The observation of objects or events concealed from or outside the normal range of
the ordinary physical senses.

DELTA WAVES
Deep, slow brain activity found in deep sleep; 0.5-3.5 cycles per second.

DUAL CONSCIOUSNESS
The sensation of having the consciousness at two locations at once. Common when
consciously leaving the body.

DR. DEAN RADIN

Founder and Director of the Consciousness Research Division (CRD) of the Harry Reid
Center for Environmental Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In
addition to The Conscious Universe, Dr. Dean Radin has published 165 journal articles
and technical reports.

ESP
ESP (extra sensory perception). The knowledge of facts, happenings, or presences
through means other than the five senses of the physical body.

FOUR LEVELS OF AWARENESS - As described in Astral Odyssey by Carol Eby

*CONSCIOUS:
The conscious part of the mind includes mental activity that we are aware of--
immediate perceptions from the senses and activated mental process such as
memory, emotion, imagery, reasoning, creativity, decision making, learning, and
thought. Conscious observation of the external physical world includes discerning
publicly verifiable qualitative and quantitative information, categorical knowledge and
rules of society, and events near and far, first hand or otherwise. conscious
observation of the internal world includes comprehending information from the
senses (hunger, pain, body position), deductive reasoning, logical induction,
inference, problem solving, reflection on past experience and emotion.

*SUBCONSCIOUS:
The subconscious consists of cognitive information that both the unconscious and
conscious have access to, but of which we are intermittently aware. The conscious
operates selectively in monitoring the environment, only registering as much
information as it can manage directly; therefore many perceptions that go unnoticed
by the conscious are retained in the subconscious. Learned responses are also stored
in the subconscious, making it unnecessary for the conscious mind to deliberate on
such automatic action as walking, avoiding sudden danger, or riding a bicycle.
Unconscious mental processes and contents are blocked from direct conscious
access. Rather than experiencing them directly through introspection, we can learn
about them only through inference or indirect methods.

*UNCONSCIOUS:
The unconscious contains the neurophysiological processes that keep the physical
body alive and healthy under ideal conditions, or those that cause disease and death
through psychosomatic illnesses under adverse conditions. The unconscious creates,
maintains, and controls the brain, nervous system, and nerve impulses, and
mediates between the organic mental apparatus and mental activity. The unconscious
mind codes thoughts, messages, and responses in biophysiological pathways which
scientists are just beginning to understand.

*SUPERCONSCIOUS (aka Christ consciousness and the dharma - body or God

Body):
The term superconscious is used to refer to the part of the mind involved in ESP,
which includes telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, precognition, retrocognition,
and psychometry.

HEMI-SYNC (Taken from the Monroe Institute's Website)

Hemi-Sync is a trademarked, state-of-the-art audio technology based on the natural
functioning of the brain that encourages coherent brainwave activity. Our brains
produce waves or patterns of electrical activity. Different patterns indicate different
mental states, such as rest (occipital Alpha), deep sleep (central Delta), meditation
(central and frontal Theta), physical activity (wide-spread Beta). Hemi-Sync's audio
binaural beats influence these brainwave patterns and in concert with other
components of the Hemi-Sync process provide experiences in focused states of
consciousness.

HYPNAGOGIC
This is the border state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. This state
has been found to be accompanied by a distinct physiological characteristic,
relaxation, decreased EEG tracings showing theta waves production, slow eye
movements (SEM's), less activity of the frontalis (muscle of the forehead).

HYPNOPOMPIC
This is the state of consciousness when you are coming out of sleep, yet not fully
awake.

LUCID DREAMS
As described in Astral Odyssey by Carol Eby: A rare type of dream where the
dreamer becomes aware that the experience is a dream as the dreaming mind
understands its true condition. The dream continues and the waking mind gains
control. Lucid dreams can typically lead to an astral projection.

PRECOGNITION
The present perception of future events.

PSYCHOMETRY
The paranormal perception of an object's history or psychic vibration through touch.

REMOTE VIEWING
The ability to perceive people, places, events, and objects by directing the
consciousness to any destination provided via specified coordinates. There is no limit
as to whether it's current or past, large or small, near or far. Developed largely by
Ingo Swann working under contract for SRI International, formerly known as
Stanford Research Institute.

RETROCOGNITION
The present perception of past events.

R.O.T.E.
A term created by Robert Monroe that means "Thought Balls". R.O.T.E. stands for
Related Organized Thought Energy which is transferred from one soul to another.

TELEPATHY
Telepathy is the transfer of thoughts, feelings, or images directly from the mind of
one person to another without using physical means.

THETA WAVES
Drowsy state of brain waves; 4-7 cycles per second.
THIRD EYE
Our third eye is one of the seven primary chakras (brow chakra) and is located
between your eyebrows, but slightly raised (mid forehead). To develop this region
gives you certain attributes such as better visualization, increased psychic
perceptions, and better creativity.

VIBRATIONS
A rapid oscillation or shaking that appears to be physical but is not; tremors that are
usually felt during altered states of consciousness.