Astral Projection

tallus

Ok Folks, Hi to one and all.... I haven't posted here that much really, but was wondering if anyone has actually managed to project while conscious ?
I have been toying around with it for years.
Going back about 6 years I used to meditate a lot and it happened quite by accident, one evening as I was meditating and extremly tired I felt my whole body go rigid. My legs started feel like they were almost numb, and weirdly I could feel a pair of "spirit" legs which were very light. naturally this scared the bejesus out of me, even though I was no stranger to strange occurences while meditating nothing so "physical" had ever happened to me. The feeling of numbness travelled right up my body until it got to my neck, then it got a bit weird, I felt something akin to an itch move slowly around my neck from left to right. After this I started to panic and the palpitations began, they lifted me right out of that state of numbness to the degree that I jumped up startled.
I decided to buy some books on the subject and a friend recommended an author called Ophiel and the Book was called "The art and practice of astral projection" and turned out to be an excellent book which I got a lot out of, and realised I had been unconsciously practicing some of the Five techniques he described in the book so I thought I was on the right track.
My biggest problem is I have never gotten further than the neck weird itch thing, when I start to feel myself project I begin to panic, and then the palpitations kick in and everything has to come to a stop because of the panic that ensues. I have read that astral projection can put a strain on the heart so I'm guessing that it's normal until the time that I actually project and get past that point where the fear leaves me.
Any thoughts folks ? all input appreciated.

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junkyard

I'd love to try it but I alway's seem to be too busy. I got a book and DVD's in from the U.S.A. so hopefully during the summer holidays I'll try it out.

tallus

Hope it works out for you junkyard. I'm still trying

stevenmu

I've tried this myself, having learnt some techiniques through www.mysticweb.org (they also have some forums specialising purely in astral projection). So far I've only met with a level of success similar to your own, in that I get some weird physical sensations, but that's about it. I haven't really put in the time and effort the techniques require, but one of these days I will ... honest ...

tallus

Cheers for the link stevenmu. The fear always gets to me when I'm about to project and I start to painc. Maybe some day heh
If you're interested I have a pdf of the christos method here somewhere. It's meant to be the easiest way to project.
Still trying not to panic tho.