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I've attempted OBE without much success twice using Rope techniques from Robert Bruce's Astral Dynamics (well, I am not even half finished reading it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ) However, when I did tried it - I felt the spinning vertigo on the solar plexus he talks about when my etheric body "moves" - trying to break free - but that's how far it would go - when the vertigo started to hit, I think I freak out a bit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol_2.gif) thus putting an unconcious self restraint on my progress to exit - damn! I need to learn to let go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fie.gif)

Have you attempt an OBE? How did you do it? what did you do when you OBE/AP and how's that made you feel?

This has been a great thread, as it has been interesting to learn about other people’s experiences. My own first experience with Astral Projection actually occurred quite recently. I've been mediating for several years, but mostly as a means towards relaxation and self-reflection. This practice has been essential as it has allowed me to learn to control my mind and steady my body without any other ambition than to feel nothing and think about nothing. As a result my progression toward Astral Projection came quite naturally. Well, here is my experience (I apologize if this a long post, but I feel as strong urge to share this experience):

Sitting facing east with my palms flat against my quads, feet flat on the ground, and head balanced above my erect spine I breathed in and out rhythmically (4x4). Once I'd settled my mind and body, I began to envision that with each rhythmic breath a small portion of the light of Kether trickled into me and expanded within. This lead to a feeling of another self (composed of pure light) encased within the gross body... I felt this light-form vibrate with energy. This may sound confusing, but I knew I was on to something when rather than feeling the vibration beneath my skin, my senses had shifted into the body of light and I felt restricted by the corporal body. Using the same neurobiological impulse to move my extremities (which we all use on a day to day basis) I lifted my arms, but it was my astral arms that moved dislodging from the physical arms. I could see them with my minds eye. As far as I could tell, they seemed very week (composed of a dim translucent light) and sort of flickered in and out of sight. There where also thread like appendages that connected these astral arms to their physical counterparts. After practicing this for three days and trying to stand and completely dislodge, I finally succeeded last night. Looking with my infant astral vision I saw my room (but only certain things were visible and in a bluish tint); however, this is where doubt entered my mind. Was I seeing this or was this simply a mnemonic recollection of what my room had looked prior to beginning this exercise? Before I could contemplate this further I realized that I was not longer in my room but rather above my house seemingly hovering above everything. There is a blackout in my memory as to what happened next, but I can recollect that I ended up somewhere else. This was an outdoor place I had never seen, I called out to see if anyone or anything was there. Silence…nothing. Then a white ram with dark (I think brown) circles around its eyes appeared (????). Shortly later I felt that something else was with me, I looked up and saw a built figure with a canine head (resembling Anubis in appearance). He did not speak but rather directed my gaze to one side where I saw I predatory bird (eagle, condor, or something along those lines). Turning back to face the canine-man figure he was gone, but in the distance lay a stepped pyramid (not an Egyptian pyramid, but rather more akin to that at Chichen Itza)…. Anyway, this post is getting too long. To make a long story short, I climbed the Pyramid, met a women who bathed me in a pool. This “baptism” of sorts strengthened my astral body, rather than being ghost-like in appearance it was much more opaque – I can best describe it as frosted glass. The canine-man figure then led me back to my room where I first saw my physical body… this was slightly horrifying as I looked almost dead! I entered it, and with in a moments time felt an almost violent thump (mainly in my knees as though my feet had slammed against the floor). There was also a slight pain in my lower back and a mixed feeling of exhilaration and exhaustion….

One last thing, throughout this whole experience I felt rather deaf. I guess I clearly need to attune my astral hearing. Nonetheless, there was a level of communication (in particular between the canine-man figure and myself) but this was mainly in the form of flashes of images (his eyes!!). Somehow I was able to understand his instructions. Well that’s it, if anyone actually gets through this post and has an opinion feel free to PM me.

Peace!