Dreams Weekly Topic ~ Out Of Body Experiences~

[Autumn Clair]

:fphone Hello everyone,
I thought it would be interesting to have a Dreams Weekly Topic. Off the top of my head I thought a discussion on ~ OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES~ better known as Astral Projection.
I'm just going to throw out questions for anyone who knows anything to answer.

01. What is Astral Projection?
02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?
04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.
Example if I Astral Project to Japan do they really see me and talk to me?

[SoulHealer]

Are we just talking about astral projecting in this realm (i.e. Japan is in the same physical realm as I am sat in typing this) or into other astral planes?

[BrigidMoon]

Oooo! Good questions!

01. What is Astral Projection?

For me astral projection is travelling outside of your physical body to visit others, or wander around. Sometimes people do it without knowing.

02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?

Good question. I am not sure if I know the answer to that one. However, I feel I am in dreams of others. People know me but I have NO idea who they are and sometimes I look different if I think to find a mirror in my dream. (which is rare...)

03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?

I feel if you want to go somewhere in particular you can. When my daughter would spend the night at her dad's house, I would visit her at night to make sure she was okay before going to bed.

04. What Practice Exercises can I do?

Several. There's a ladder exercise and a focus exercise I've used before.

05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?

A few. Usually tying a mental rope around yourself so you can find your way back.

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
Not sure.

07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
I can talk to people who are doing the same thing I am.

08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
I usually tie a mental rope around my waste or remember to find the ladder. Sounds odd but that's what I do.

09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
I've never had that problem - so it's been safe for me.

10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.
Example if I Astral Project to Japan do they really see me and talk to me?

I feel you can meet people and talk to them. I also feel you can be dreaming too. I guess it depends.

[Autumn Clair]

Are we just talking about astral projecting in this realm (i.e. Japan is in the same physical realm as I am sat in typing this) or into other astral planes?

All Realm discussion.......:thewave:

[Brenda]

01. What is Astral Projection?
Leaving your physical body to go somewhere else.
02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
It's usually pretty clear, because I find it very different.
03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?
I usually go to places I'm drawn too, I can't choose
04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
Don't know
05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
Make sure you know how to get back
06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
yep, I think there is
07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
I experience as watching a movie
08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
Just imagine yourself back in your body and that usually works.
09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
I think it's pretty safe
10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.
Example if I Astral Project to Japan do they really see me and talk to me?
don't know, it depends I guess

[Autumn Clair]

Feel free to answer a question as in-depth as possible. Give Example and talk about your experience. Maybe post one of the astral projection practices you do.

[SoulHealer]

01. What is Astral Projection?
Where the etheric body leaves the physical body - to me (who personally hates labelling things) out of body relates to wondering around this realm and astral travelling relates to going tp other realms

02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
To me its very clear when i get there

03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?
I've chosen where to go and sometime just see where I end up. I seem to know when to just let my guides guide me to wherever I go

04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
practise whatever comes naturally to you

05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
Make sure your physical body is not disturbed must be the most important one by far

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
Yes

07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
You can talk to people so long as they are aware of you. Me and some friends meet astrally -saves the phone bill! It's easier when you are in other realms as whatever/whoever you meet there will see you

08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
Well you need a body! but other than that its quite easy

09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
A spirit can jump into your body -although you'll probably end up sharing your body not homeless. The same thing can happen during emotional events and hypnotism and other times your spirit may be elsewhere

10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.

Well I have met someone I first met whilst on my "travels". We walked past each other on a london street and both of us recognised each other so unless we had the same dream we did meet astrally

[mucgwyrt]

01. What is Astral Projection?
Your spirit leaves your body.

02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
It is very lucid; your vision is sharper even than in real life, and you do not forget them upon waking. The places you visit are real, and you can do 'tests' to check :)

03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?
My higher self / subconscious "controls" where I go.

04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
Hundreds.

05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
nope

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
never heard of it (doesn't mean there's not, though!)

07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
Yes you can "talk" but you do not use your lips, or your ears to hear; you are interpreting energy instead.

08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
I've never had to try :whatgives :)

09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
I doubt it

10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.
Example if I Astral Project to Japan do they really see me and talk to me?
Yes, if you're astral projecting - otherwise it's what we like to call, a dream ;)

[Xander67]

I love your answer to number 10 Mugsy :D

[Xander67]

04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
Visualise ... When you think of the astral, think of a snowy scene, it can be either CLoudy or sunny depending on whether you are doing a cleanseing meditation :)
I like to visualise Snowflakes falling in my hair.... and on my face... knowing they came from the sky helps associate the snow with the cosmic astral energy....

A good night sceene would be snow falling at night, and the wind is gently blowing in the trees...
the full moon occasionally peeks through the clouds as the clouds move overhead...
on the ground, you can see the moonlight hitting the snow...
the ground glitters with fairy astral dust in the bask of the moon..... errr um....

Put yourself there in the scene when you do a clenseing visualisation
let the snow hit your face...

take note of what you see and hear...
If you want to attend Astral University and be taught by the Ancient ONes... it helps if you can develop your clairvoiance and your clairaudience too...

[Xander67]

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?


I've seen ads for it in the magazines...

"For $75 I will help you astral project by visiting you on a certain day at a certian time during which you will bee in a deep meditative state with the aid of the Pre Re-corded Guided Meditation that takes 3 -6 weeks for shipping!! :( "

:D I almost fell for one of them scams :nicetie:

[Xander67]

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?

I have read where you can achieve this...

There are alot of prewriten guided visuals online,
you can go to Stonehenge and be taught by merlin...
Of course this might be actualized in the physical by going to visit stonehenge and then doing the meditation... :)

[Autumn Clair]

We have had some really great answers to these questions. This will all be very useful to some new to out of body experiences/astral projections. Some of you have shared your experience to how it feel having an out of body experience and shared Exercises someone could practice who is just starting out.

I was hoping we could get a more in depth responce to Protections and Precautions. This is very important to someone just starting out. I know some of the questions sound silly but to someone new it's a new field of study so it's important to ask even the silliest of questions.

If anyone else has other questions they'd like to ask go right ahead I just wanted to kick off the discussion with 10 off the top of my head. Each week I'll post a new topic thread but by all means keep the discussions going for as long as you like.

[Autumn Clair]

05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
Make sure your physical body is not disturbed must be the most important one by far

06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
Yes

07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie? Me and some friends meet astrally -saves the phone bill! It's easier when you are in other realms as whatever/whoever you meet there will see you. Would this be considered a form of Buddy Projecting?

09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
A spirit can jump into your body -although you'll probably end up sharing your body not homeless. The same thing can happen during emotional events and hypnotism and other times your spirit may be elsewhere Protection wise how can one see that this doesn't happen.

10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.

Well I have met someone I first met whilst on my "travels". We walked past each other on a london street and both of us recognised each other so unless we had the same dream we did meet astrally I found this answer to be very interesting.

Thanks for sharing with us! :hehehehe:

[Autumn Clair]

02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
It is very lucid; your vision is sharper even than in real life, and you do not forget them upon waking. The places you visit are real, and you can do 'tests' to check :)
Thank you for making this more clear.


07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
Yes you can "talk" but you do not use your lips, or your ears to hear; you are interpreting energy instead.

Great answers, Thanks for sharing! :huddle:

[Autumn Clair]

04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
Visualise ... When you think of the astral, think of a snowy scene, it can be either CLoudy or sunny depending on whether you are doing a cleanseing meditation :)
I like to visualise Snowflakes falling in my hair.... and on my face... knowing they came from the sky helps associate the snow with the cosmic astral energy....

A good night sceene would be snow falling at night, and the wind is gently blowing in the trees...
the full moon occasionally peeks through the clouds as the clouds move overhead...
on the ground, you can see the moonlight hitting the snow...
the ground glitters with fairy astral dust in the bask of the moon..... errr um....

Put yourself there in the scene when you do a clenseing visualisation
let the snow hit your face...

take note of what you see and hear...
If you want to attend Astral University and be taught by the Ancient ONes... it helps if you can develop your clairvoiance and your clairaudience too...

Thank you for sharing this information it will be very useful to someone new to Astral Projecting.

_pounce_

[mucgwyrt]

We have had some really great answers to these questions. This will all be very useful to some new to out of body experiences/astral projections. Some of you have shared your experience to how it feel having an out of body experience and shared Exercises someone could practice who is just starting out.

I was hoping we could get a more in depth responce to Protections and Precautions. This is very important to someone just starting out. I know some of the questions sound silly but to someone new it's a new field of study so it's important to ask even the silliest of questions.

If anyone else has other questions they'd like to ask go right ahead I just wanted to kick off the discussion with 10 off the top of my head. Each week I'll post a new topic thread but by all means keep the discussions going for as long as you like.

I have been followed by "nasties" but in my opinion shielding etc is only optional - in my experience, my subconscious/higher self gets me out of harms way before "I" even know there's a problem. It's really not worth worth worry about, except that you might want to ward your room to stop them following you home :)

[Xander67]

as far as precautions go, I would deffinately reccomend the white light meditation ...

(putting up the white light shield to protect the physical body)
this is important... especially for New Travelers on the Astral Plane.

[StarCraftLia]

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[Xander67]

I think I have a good excersize to help open the astral ears :)

On a windy day, sit in a comfortable chair...
(Make sure the window is open) :farmerjoe:

Just sit in your chair and listen to the wind...
notice how it whistles on by your window, (or howls )
hear the windchims in the distance (if there are any)
Just take in the sounds, if you hear a car go by, listen to how it moves...
Is it on a highway, or turning a corner...
(dont get up and look, let your ears tell you)

as you are hearing these sounds, make a mental note to your self of what the wind sounds like (for example) then replay the sound in your mind during a meditation...

use your ears and your mind as an audio recording device... :D
by storeing the sounds in your memory like this it makes for stereo sound quiality meditation sessions!!

I am still working on the whole "getting out " phaze as I am new,
Still I think that in the meantime, while I am waiting for that one first successful astral journey :)
being able to hear what is going on around you helps awaken your latent abilities ...

[Autumn Clair]

:flowers: Thank you for sharing another exercise with us. I have never tried to do this while awake yet. I'm still trying to figure out how I go so willingly while I'm a sleep.

Sometimes when I'm starting to fall asleep I can feel myself getting as light as a feather and floating upward but then all of a sudden I feel a weight and fall which makes me hit the bed.
Why does this type of thing happen?

You know that saying if you fall and hit in your dreams you'll die. Well, I've fallen from pretty high like way up in the air and see myself falling back down but when I hit I jerk in the bed.

[SoulHealer]

Oh I was thinking about this topic at the weekend -during a lecture my tutor told us if we were sitting an exam and didn't know the answer to astrally project to the person who did know the asnwer and ask them

So there you go another use for astral projection is to cheat in exams -apparently!

[Autumn Clair]

Now I'm curious if that works. Do you know if anyone tried to do it?

[SoulHealer]

I don't know anyone who has -but since I have an exam in Feb if I may try it

[Autumn Clair]

Greetings I'd really like to keep this discussion going by talking about some of the places we visit. Mine seem to be involuntary being I travel in my sleep but I'm sure some of you have some great experiences you could share with us.

I remember being in China, Ireland, North Carolina and in some castle I don't no where though. I met very interesting people like the guy in China now I know a bit of Japanese which I thought well maybe it was Japan but there was a definate understanding it was China and he was chinese because I know a little of the chinese writing system from taking Karate.

Please feel free to share.

[SoulHealer]

I've been all over the place - on the physical plane (i.e this world) I tend to choose where to go -places I want to visit for "real"

In other realms I tend to lead more by my guide...as I don't really know where i want to go a lot of the time

Although I guess the main place is a temple Iknow other people who go there ("living people" who are also astral travelling) and it seems to be a fantastic place to learn and meet with people -the temple is in the otherrealm and it seems a common place for astral travellers (at least ones I know...maybe we have a link to it or maybe its place in general for astral travellers)

[Autumn Clair]

:fphone Hello everyone,
I thought it would be interesting to have a Dreams Weekly Topic. Off the top of my head I thought a discussion on ~ OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES~ better known as Astral Projection.
I'm just going to throw out questions for anyone who knows anything to answer.

01. What is Astral Projection?
02. How can I tell if I Astral Projected in a dream?
03. Can I choose where I want to go or do I just go anywhere?
04. What Practice Exercises can I do?
05. What protections or Cautions should I take with Astral Projecting?
06. Is there such a thing as Buddy Astral Projections?
07. Can I talk to people when I Astral Project somewhere or am I just watching like a movie?
08. Is there anything I need to do to get back to my body?
09. How safe is Astral Projection? Can another spirit jump into my body?
10. Do I really meet people in Astral Projecting or am I just dreaming I'm meeting them.
Example if I Astral Project to Japan do they really see me and talk to me?

Let's keep the discussion going.

[Arie]

I've had dreams where i can see myself doing things and talking to others....always freaks me out every time and i wake up right away.

[new_hope]

someone told me that if you wake shaking and shivering even though its not cold it means that your spirit has come back into its body.
is that true?

[Autumn Clair]

Yes that is another possible side effect...........:wave: