Physical Dangers Of Prolonged Ap? Options

I read an account in a book about a boy who astrally projected, in an outdoor scene. He stayed in for about 6 real hours, and when he had regained conciousness he had found out that his physical body had done things while he was gone! But even after that he was in a lot of pain, and heard a voice in his head warning him that AP can lead to physical breakdown.

Anyone heard an account similar to this?

I just have one other question...astral predators? That doesnt sound to good!

Elephants have their size, Gazzels have their speed, Cheetas have stealth, certain snakes have venom, monkies find protection in trees - humans have intelligence and are protected by their numbers in settlements, well that and guns. All animals have their evolutionairy ways for self defense and survival. For every animal that has a survival technique there is another that strives to overcome it to maintain its own existance - these are predators and parasites. On the astral plains it is no different than say a jungle or urban sprawl there are things and entites that go bump in the night. Generally speaking, from what I know about astral parasites, they work by attacking the weak spots of a person's aura. Most are no more dangerous than say head lice and many many people are affected by astral parasites and never know it - most people have worms of some kind or another too.

The differences I associate between astral parasites and predators is that parasites feed off a person over a prolonged period of time and are relatively harmless if not a mere annoyance. Predators, on the other hand, are like carnivors they work to consume a person and indeed it does happen, provided one subscribes to this philosophy - again remember we really don't *know* anything at all about the astral plains we can only speculate. But it is a generally widely accepted belief that there are bad things on the astral plains.

Common names for astral parasites are leeches - simple entites that attach itself to a person's weakened energy centers. The other is astral lice. They are tiny and annoying little bugs that attatch to the outer layer of one's aura and suck minnute quantities of energy. But in large numbers they can be a problem.

Common names I associate for astral predators are daimons - They come in two forms Cacodaimons, the kind you watch out for and avoid like the plague, and Eudaimons who can actually be beneficial guides and bringers of knowledge. They do tend to follow their own agenda though and that might not include your safetly. Then you have demons not to be confused with daimons, I consider these guys to be lesser beings but they are just as malevolent. All these can manifest in many forms. They generally feed off of fear, anger, saddness and paranoia. Finally the next catagory of astral predators, are shadow people. They are lesser beings than people but maintain a certain degree of intelligence. They also exist in dark places and generally where negative -more dense, not bad- energy gathers. While they pose little threat to people they can catalize and feed off our own negative energy. Astral nasties can manifest in many forms.

Again understand these are only my beliefs you may come to your own as you gain further experience. Do not take these descriptions as gossple these are only my ideas and I think they are acceptable for this site because nobody has bood me out of here yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) But realize somebody may disagree with me and have their own ideas.

The key factor to understand here is that the astral plains can be described in layers. That is that certain entities exist in different levels according to the make up of their energy. Thus most of those bad things exist in places that are on lower levels than where most people are. These bad things cannot enter into our realm without assistance and therefore there is very little real danger one should expect unless if for some reason you journy their world. Even then it is not difficult to protect yourself.

I divide the astral world into there levels (I also believe in sub-levels but I don't want to get overly complicated here) The first and highest I simply call the high astral. This is mostly accessible to people but it takes an at least intermediate practioner to be good at traveling this realm. This is where one would go to seek adepts, other experienced astral travelers, and greater entites like say angels or fairies. The middle level is commonly known as the etherial plains - or ghost world. This place co-exists with our mundane (Earthly) existance. When one astral projects this is the place they most commonly traverse. It is similar in appearance to the real world only that one is not attatched to their body. Some also believe that people's dreams intersect with this level. It is also a common belief that this is where earth bound spirits linger when they pass from their mortal lives. It's where I think shadow people dwell. The low levels of the astral plains compose the sub-lunarary realm. This is where the majority of astral predators dwell. The only reason why you would encounter one is if your personal energy is unhealthy, like you're near death, you're very sick or psychotic.

All of this might seem a bit out there and over the top but let me just say you still have nothing to fear. Even though there are things that can hurt you on astral realm you pose more danger to yourself practicing improper techniques than you do from astral predators. People have natural defenses as well. You know when you see something or experience something spooky you get that tingly sensation and your hair stands on end? Well this is actually your aura spiking like a porky pine. It happens naturally and when it does it should assure you that you are protected. And this acts as a barrier against most astral predators. Also you can learn other techniques off this site and others to increase your psychic defense.

This post has been edited by Acid09: Mar 14 2007, 06:14 PM