Astral Projection Part 6
No matter which of the two astral projection techniques you decide to use, there are often some ‘signs’ of imminent projection which you should be aware of. When any of these signs take place, be encouraged that your practice is bearing fruit. Continue your regular practice and projecting your consciousness successfully out of your body is just a matter of time.
The first sign are so-called ‘vibrations’. These are very difficult to describe, but generally make your body feel as though it is tingling with energy. Often these vibrations increase to the point where you may feel that your consciousness is being ‘flip-flopped’ inside your body – as though your consciousness is at the centre of a powerful whirlpool. These signs are not dangerous, and can actually be used to help you increase your projection efforts. In short, if and when they occur, will yourself to float out of your body. This may not lead to a full projection, but in many cases it does.
Another common sign is when you hear a sudden, loud noise during the exercise. At first you will want to open your eyes to see what is happening, but in almost all cases nothing physically is happening at all. It is simply a sound which is perceived astrally as the consciousness gets close to leaving the physical body. If you hear these noises you should therefore take heart that you are making good progress.
A third sign that you are making progress is if you suddenly regain full waking consciousness after feeling yourself ‘fall’ back onto the bed from a height. This occurs when you succeed in projecting your astral body a few feet outside the physical, but then something (usually an unconscious fear) causes you to ‘snap back’ into your familiar physical shell. Again, be encouraged if this happens for it means that you are projecting. All you have to do now is try and remain conscious as you do so.
Exploring Non-Physicality
Eventually, if you follow the techniques and advice given, you will succeed in projecting your consciousness into the non-physical planes. When this happens, you are free to explore this new territory as you wish. I do, however, have some recommendations for your early projection exercises:
First of all, spend a few sessions getting used to and enjoying the realm of non-physicality. Enjoy floating around your environment. Maybe do a somersault or two. In short, enjoy your new-found freedom from the restraining laws of the physical universe.
Next, spend a few sessions experimenting with the way your thoughts affect the plane you find yourself in. Can you deliberately change your environment or even yourself? If so, how? How might your methods be applied to your normal physical reality, if at all?
A third suggestion is to look for any other signs of intelligence on the non-physical plane. Are there other entities here? Can you communicate with them? What do these intelligent beings have to say?
From here, you are on your own. Explore the realms you have entered with a real sense of adventure, and when you return to full waking consciousness, try and record what you experienced. By doing this you will be helping to chart what is largely unexplored territory as far as the majority of people are concerned. At the same time, you will be recording your first steps of an adventure which in all probability will change your life and the way you see it for the rest of your days.
Happy travels!
