When we sit in spiritual development circles , there are traditional places that a live human teacher will take a group of projecting students to meet spirit teachers . These are an elemental set of archetypical realms in the upper astral to lower monadic planes that have been manifested for mystic exploration . Each corresponds to a coloured sepirioth of the Qabballah . A circle leader may take their students to these realms in guided meditation and then by anchoring the core image in their consciousness , the mystic can return to these realms whenever they choose .
Black MOTHER Totemic Cave 2nd Plane
Sound 5 aumms , stir a tibetan singing bowl or turn it over and bang it upon the bottom bit as a bell , strum a celtic drum or bang two wooden rhythm sticks together . Just find the rhythmic sound that releases your subconscious memories and go deeper slower ...deeper slower and down into the ground below the earth to a cave where it is safe and warm . A solitary rock on a dank mosit hardened ground is the only thing you see besides the gray rock surrounding you .But sit upon it and animals will approach you , as many as nine of them . Ask each one their name why they are in your life right now , what is their wisdom and if they are totems for life or just this stage . These animal spirits will show you their message in dream imagery or if you listen carefully you may hear them speak to you . The Ice Cave at this link is similar;

http://www.state.nd.us/ndgs/caves/caves_h.htm

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Orange FIRE - Mother 's Fire Pit Smoke Lodge 5th plane
Walk through the woods a long way and then into the desert following the crow . Finally the path will lead you to her doorway . The short narrow door is found by the heat of the fire in this cold desert night . The smoke greets you and the warmth of the flames is comforting . Mother Earth appears as an ancient one in rags and an ashen covered countenance . Her wisened face will look up briefly and motion for you to unburden yourself . Here we cast our baggage into her long fire pit . We let go of all of the emotional angst and maelstroms of our life to move on unfettered . We stand and shed our tears and leave backwards from the hut after a nod to Mother who begins to sweep .

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But if we go to the other end of her lodge , we can go to Shamballah instead .When you exit turn right and follow the narrow dirt path past the smoke lodge , the camp of Silver Birch and jungle bridge above the entrance to the Wesak Valley .
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Indigo WATER - Rocks on the Beach 5th plane
The beach is typically seen at night as a flat wide sandy beach . There is a large pile of rocks on the left of the portal from which the projector enters. Gentle raves that crash against a rocky piling breakwater /pier left of the rock outcropping . Upon the rock , people meet higher self as Dragon's Daughter wrote but also Christ , Buddha , Goddess , and beloved spirit relatives and guides .
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Salmon Red EARTH- Green Door in the Woods 5th plane
Walk through tall thin trees upon layers of moist undergrowth and damp rotting leaves . A secret glen of flowers , butterflies and unicorns is on your left but you feel compelled to find the green door and continue your journey . Finally there it is.Standing alone curiously as an entrance to some mystical realm with no walls . When you open the door you see the fae and the sprites . The Green Man comes out from behind a tree to give you a brief fleeting message .Hold onto his wisdoms they are illusive as he is .
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Chartreuse Green AIR -Church in a valley 5th plane entrance to 6th
The church is typically entered from a narrow dirt road there are hills behind the church topped in conifer trees but surrounding the church are a variety of deciduous trees . There is one tall white spire upon the kirk with a cross on top which some see as blue and others as white . The church is a small one room wide wooden church . When you climb the few steps , you open the double wooden doors and see the wooden floor and you are greeted by lovely comforting nostalgic smells . Behind the altar, on your right side as you face ,it is a small kitchen with a long wooden table and chairs where you can sit and discuss in a group . Look for a hidden door behind the altar too on the left wall of the kitchen . The door opens outward and you see a narrow wooden set of stairs but when you descend a portal appears and you leave this realm to go to a higher one . This is a catacombs entrance down beneath Shamballah . A river is there and a boat can take you upon the River Styx or the River of Life they are conjoined in the catacombs . The River Styx of Death is to the left as you face it from the deck and the River of Life is on your right .
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White MOON / Purple HEAVENS -Temple in Space 6th plane hidden entrance to 9th
The greek pillared temple is floating in space and is an ashram called the white lodge . It has two sides and can become the Blue Lodge if you gain entrance to the rear and invisible side .

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It will lead you to what is called the Ashrams of the Arcturians or the Lord and Lady of Sirius which are sentient beings from another universe . These beings are purple gray invertebrates with a skirt like lower body that moves like a jellyfish .

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They have 2 arms with three long fingers which are padded at the end. Thier heads look similar to ET . The white side is wide open you climb the stairs and often see higher self or a mother guide or Goddess ie Mary Isis , Pallas Athena, Quan Yen , or Khali . The dais area has a round floor and the moonlight enters from above it serenely . Through the pillars one can see surrounding mountains in this mini Greek Island in Space.

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Silver AKASHA SPIRIT Across the Water 5th plane entrance to 6th
Another place to go on this spiritual plane is called Across the Water to an island . This is a first entrance portal to Spirit World . Go into the surf on the far right side of the rock and wait for a small one sail boat to gently ebb up to your knees and climb in . A spirit might appear in the boat guiding it or you may lie down on your back and look up alone into the starry night . The boat will land too soon upon the short of a long narrow island . White Eagle a world teacher is often seen here . He stabs his staff into the headland .Eagle feathers are tied atop this staff and a sapphire blue cross of light emanates from it . Christ often appears here with arms outstretched . If you walk through the centre of the island , you will find a large round area with a sapphire fountain to cleanse karma and heal emotional angst . The bottom tier may be bathed in . The top tier one may be drunk from .This is the "Water of Life" . If you take the path through the gentle hills on the far right side of the island ,you will find a gathering place in the mist .This is an entrance to another dimension of the spirit realm . There you will see a crowd of your spirit family. Here you can easily call all the deceased loved ones you wish to meet . They often are assembled to greet you before you think to call them .

Gold AMORIS - The Golden Chamber of Melchiezedek 6th plane and entrance to 7th

Sit in meditation and spin out of the body as a projection of consciousness into a group merkabah . Slip through the Ring Pass Not to another realm .
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This is the entrance to the far end of the 6th plane and the beginning of Shamballah on the 7th plane .

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Here is a guided meditation by the Late Dr, Joshua Stone to come to this divine chamber where you will meet the chohans of the Rays , the spirit teachers called the Mahatma , the principal archangels and the priest angel Melchiezedek . To go to Shamballah from here walk further to the right past the violet flame of St Germaine .

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and the sapphire flame of St. Michael .

http://au.msnusers.com/AuntClairsParlorSpi...urwebpage2.msnw

Rose HIDDEN - Quan Yen's Temple 6th plane and entrance to 7th plane

Chant Kwan Yin (variant spellings) mantra ; "Na Mo Kuan Shih Yin Pu Sa. "
and think upon this lovely lady a Goddess of Compassion and Mercy .

http://www.fraughtwithperil.com/blogs/rbec...ves/000675.html

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/4-co...n-bosatsu.shtml

Kwan Yin opens this realm around us . She will appear . Often she is upon her dragon or floating in the air a parasol upon her shoulder . A Japanese bridge strides the shallow still water lily pools and one cannot think Monet was not inspired by this beauty to paint such large canvases of them . The lady is on the right side of the red wooden bridge . She will give you a message from there or if you can cross the bridge you can stride onto her mountain and into the Temples of Compassion complex in Shamballah .

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I have had Quan Yin assist me in a very emotional self healing before.

but besides that I doubt my ability to phase/obe/project, or use any other term for leaving your body to visit these places.

But of course isen't everything just practice?

Yes. I am confident that we all project during dreamstate and that we are only looking to control and recall these abilities while awake.That this is most easily done during meditative trance to project consciousness. Here is a method ;
http://www.astralsociety.com/as/Forum//ind...board,29.0.html

The 7th plane is dominated by Shamballah , here are some Places to Go.
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Silver Akasha - AKASHIC RECORDS 5th plane entrance to Hall of Learning
Visualise a bombed city street scene from a WWII Black and White film . The block in front of you is bare behind it is a tall sparce shuttered 3 story building . An exterior derelict wooden staircase on its right may be mounted to gain entrance . At the top of the stairs is a solitary door it opens into the library . The room continues to be black and gray and white . A fat gray tabby cat lies lazily upon the chest high counter . Sometimes it is spectacled and I feel this might have given rise to the Professor McGonagall transformation of Harry Potter fame . The librarian will have you sign in the first time and will recognise you on future visits . This short trim figured old woman has her blondy gray hair piled upon her head and her sweater chained at the collar . Her spectacles perch precariously upon the bridge of her nose . There are stacks behind her running from left to right . Ask aloud for what you want it will float up to you read it by passing your hand over the letters and absorbing the knowledge . Scrolls here may have fire or ice letters too . This is only the Western or European Hall . Reel to Reel films and maps are on the right side besides two double french doors leading to the Hall of Learning on the 6th plane down the corridor which is black and white like a chess board or the floor of justice on a tarot card you will see a matching set of doors leading outside to Shamballah . The left side opens onto a set of rooms for sampling culturally important media through the history of Earth .
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White MOON -WHITE MANSION Temple of Shamballah
On your right in the Hall of Records you will see a row of windows and view through them an Alice and Wonderland style topiary garden of fountains and mazes . On your left as you leave the World Hall of Records you will see a Taj Mahal like temple which is wider at the front than it is deep . There are many steps some say 72 for the names of God . The top entrance is pillared in many white columns . To your right you will see a great green valley and the gorgeous rainbow coloured River of Life . These doors will not open by force but by a key given by a spirit teacher , by the virtuous heart or by love . You may try to knock upon them and they may open to you on the first visit if not return , perhaps in a month and try again . The black and white tiled floor is bedecked with a long red carpet running through a columnade to dual thrones which may appear to have your own idea of the Godhead upon them or be empty . I saw Yahweh and Shekinah here and another time Mary / Isis and Christ . To the far right is a vortex of energy which may pull you in . This is a hidden entrance . When approaching from the black hand of the Goddess and the white hand of God on a merkabah you may gain entrance here to Shamballah . I have seen Buddha and Quan Yen here and Father Sky and Mother Earth . Below is the Sea of Lost Souls . Above it the Elohimic Plane . This is the place of Dr. Stone and Alice Bailey's 7th Initiation .
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Lavender -TEMPLE OF THE ZODIAC
This is a misleadingly small gazebo like white pillared temple . Inside is a massive green and gold inlaid clock . One can stand upon a number to travel as a silent witness to the past by gauging the history of humanity and dividing this into 12 segments . Choose where you believe this will be going widdershins for past and deosil for present , visualise a core image and state your intention .
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Purple -YGGDRASIL
This entire area on the Northern Part of the realm is the land of Ice and Snow . Valhallah is here as a huge purple frozen mountain the plains outside are battle fields . Beneath this realm you will find tunnels to the Dragon's Temple lower hells of fire and ice . This is a place to play war without guilt , karma or sin . The severed heads return to the body soon and so do the limbs . Inside the massive wooden doors is a feast hall . Odin will greet you . The spirits will sing and play a battle drama upon the ceiling to entertain the warriors . You will be given grog . If you can morph ,do so ,or you will find yourself very tiny here ,lol .
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Indigo water- ATLANTIS
To the far west and south of the icy north is the cool waters of the Atlantic
Here you may morph and follow dolphins to an underwater city of Atlantis and you may see the mermaids and mermen elementals also . The entrance is on the Eastern side of the Lagoon .
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Blue water -CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
A crystal blue covered walkway leads from the Eastern Lagoon where the Lighthouse of Alexandria dominates the scene and across a penisula to an island with a massive Blue Sapphire Crystal Cathedral . Its steeple is parallel and equal height to the Temple of Buddha .
Aqua Invisible -INVISIBLE TEMPLES
Search through out Shamballah for invisible doors to secret temples .Look especially in the base of the Great Pyramid in the Death Chamber walls and below it and look on the inside and outside at the base of Pele's Volcano .
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Green Air-TEMPLES OF COMPASSION
This is a Goddess Complex nestled in the Mountain of Shekinah . There is a gate for Khali on the Western Entrance and one for Quan Yen on the Eastern one . Various other Temples of Goddesses of Mercy and Compassion are here .
Green Air-MOUNTAIN OF SHEKINAH
. A waterfall reminiscent of Waimea Falls , Hawaii crashes cool clean water down over a hidden cave entrance to the Womb of Shekinah .
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Yellow Fire -WESAK VALLEY
You may enter from the Jungle Bridge
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on the east bank of the river through a canyon .
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Here there are full moon festivals for male avatars notably for Christ and Buddha from March to May and for Goddesses from June to August . A giant valley of stone opens into a lush valley dominated by a mansion on a mountain which has a waterfall descending gently into the Nile River filled with crocodiles , which bisects the valley to its entrance.Behind the mountain one can see a slow running flow of lava from Pele's Volcano converge with the cool river . There is a library on the left as you enter this columned temple which is quite long but short across the facade . At the rear entrance is a statue of Goddesses in a pillar of light everchanging in appearance and a Gardened rocky path meanders to the lagoon below where you can see the Crystal Cathedral in the distance .
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Orange Fire -PELE's VOLCANO This volcano has many hidden ashrams it leads to the qlippoth downwards and to a Jacobs ladder of spiraling stairs upwards . Many Goddess festivals are held here .
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Orange Fire- EARTH MOTHER'S LODGE
connects to the 5th plane . This long smoke lodge is a place to dump emotional baggage . Mother Earth seperates the men to the far right side from her and the women close to her on the left side silently lining either side of this long fire pit . You are asked to leave your burdens to burn away here .
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Orange Fire-SILVER BIRCH CAMPFIRE
On the narrow east bank of the river south of the Wesak Valley entrance you will see Silver Birch sitting silently he will motion for you to sit beside him in meditation here .
Salmon Red Earth- BUDDHA's TEMPLE of 1000 LIGHTS This Thai Temple has a great live statue of Buddha which moves its face and eyes and speaks to visitors . Lotuses and flames float around the Buddha . Monks are seen here at his festivals .
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Red Earth- GREAT PYRAMID OF LUXOR
On the west bank of the river you will see across the jungle bridge that the rainforest ends and the desert begins . The ashram of Serapis Bey is in the base of this Great Pyramid which has a door hidden in the lush green jungle of the riverbank . On the plateau though it is all desert and the massive pyramid conceals two smaller ones and the Well of Time . The Death , Queen and King Chambers here are places of RHP initiations . The confluence of the Rivers of Death and Life is at the Death Chamber here .
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Rose Hidden -HIDDEN TEMPLES
As you cross the River of Life you may climb stairs to see many hidden temples including the Temple of Ra , Temple of Isis ,and The Upper Room of Christ .Also explore the area of "Asia" in Shamballah from the Temple of 1000 Lights to the Mountain of Yamaja in "Africa " . There are temples representing all faiths of the Godhead on this planet . In the "Middle East"behind the Great Pyramid is the hidden "Well of Time".
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Black MOTHER Yamaja's realm Mt. Kilamanjaro
This is hard to reach and one of the last realms seen in Shamballah .
It is a massive black snow topped mountain in the base of which are Goddess ceremonies and elementals may be visited here too .
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Gold AMORIS -FLOATING ISLANDS Look above you and find the floating island temples of Om Shalla by following the river while you lie upon your back . There is a lovely healing realm in a crystal citadel there .
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This post has been edited by Aunt Clair: Apr 3 2006, 08:13 PM

I love the pictures next to the information, it helps with visualization if you ask me.

It actually kinda startled me to see this picture. When I was a kid (7ish) I used to draw a picture of a floating greek structure sitting a clouds in a kind of surreal dream like setting. I called it my dream temple. While I didn't actually color it I would visualize a place very similar in pretty everything I see in that picture. The only difference is that it was personalized to have to designs of my making. I put doors and symbols on it I think a sun/moon design and maybe some others. I'll have to go see if I can't find that and get to kinkos to show you guys.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Apr 27 2006, 11:27 AM

In circle this week we were taken to a sapphire blue cathedral on a floating island and had an attunement . I think it is syncronicity that Skyland is floating block dwellings like these temples and that in Japanese anime the floating island realms figure prominently in the work of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli
http://www.madman.com.au/studioghibli/

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I find it fascinating that curiousities we see in meditative visions appear later in media around us . It is beyond the human archetype for me it is magick and musings from the universal mind .

Hmmm ? And how can a beginner like me for example visit these places , during dream or meditation ?
I always dreamed of visiting other realms of existence as a child .
How about certain aids like music or aromatic oils ?

Sorry , I just lack a lot of knowldege. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush2.gif)