Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 29 Aug 1992 15:35:05 EDT
From: Even better than the real thing. <IO10781@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.oobe
Subject: Re: Methods of Projection
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 <1992Aug25.163459.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>

In article <1992Aug25.163459.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, jtulli@eagle.wesleyan.edu
says:
>
>In article <1992Aug25.095152.3624@darwin.ntu.edu.au>, r9h@nutmeg.cs.ntu.edu.au
>(Rohan aka Ecto) writes:
>> Would anyone like to post a good setp-by-step example of
>> how they, or others they know, reach OOBE status ?
>
>there are many, many, MANY ways one can induce an oobe.  experimentation is
>usually necessary to find out which ones work best for you.
>here are some of the techniques i have been trying (and i'm getting closer, i
>hope):
>
>[go to the bathroom first, even if you don't really feel like you have to.
>otherwise you might be interrupted by a call from nature.  if your body wants
>you back, even for something as trivial as to go to the bathroom, you come
>back.]
>
>the first step in many (though not all) methods of projection is deep
>relaxation.  sit or lie down in a comfortable place, loosen any tight clothing
>or, if possible and if it is comfortable for you, wear no clothing.  find a
>time and place where you are not likely to be disturbed.  (i don't think it's
>harmful if you are disturbed it's just really annoying).  clear your mind of
>harrowing thoughts.  then, one by one, concentrate on all the parts of the
>body
>and relax them until they are not capable of relaxing any more.  try it from
>head to toe and then the other way and see which one works best for you.  if
>you are tired, you might fall asleep.  that's ok though; you might become
>conscious in your dreams.  even if you don't you're probably still making
>progress.
>
>there are a few ways i know of to go once fully relaxed.  you can either
>imagine yourself moving out of the physical body (floating up, standing up,
>sinking down, rolling over, etc., etc.) or you can imagine yourself being
>somewhere else, preferably a place you want to be, i.e. in a friend's
>presence,
>with a far-off love, or even just lying the other way in bed.  also it might
>help to recite a song or poem that fills you with spiritual energy, or to
>chant
>in your mind, "i'm leaving my body.  i am leaving my body." or even, "i am
>leaving my body.  i am going to visit so-and-so", combined with thinking
>solely
>of the person you want to visit, and maybe imagining what they might be doing.
>
>some physical manifestations:
>feeling of vibrations, tingling, feeling of electricity running through the
>body.  for me anyway the strongest vibrations usually come at the temples and
>meet at the third eye.  physical paralysis, as during the half-asleep
>(hemagogic?) state is normal--the body must be so incapacitated/asleep in
>order
>for the projection to occur.
>
>some things you might want to work on:
>
>fear: if one is afraid to succeed at projection, one will not allow oneself to
>succeed.  the fear pulls you back quicker than you can shake a whisker.
>
>deconditioning: in order to project it is helpful to feel confident that it is
>possible for the consciousness to leave the body.  it is not necessary to
>develop this awareness, but it doesn't hurt.  writing/saying/thinking
>affirmations, reading about projection, thinking about projection, thinking
>about things in a new way as a result of learning about projection, etc., etc.
>all help.
>
>also, i think it would help not to tell anyone about your interest in
>projection unless you are absolutely SURE that they will not throw disbelief
>and fear and everything else in your face.  i read this in at least 2 books
>and
>chose to ignore the advice, thinking, "my friends are open-minded enough to
>understand".  i think that choice set me back; too much negativity and
>everyone
>else's skepticism caused me to wonder whether there were such experiences,
>etc.
>now i'm pretty sure there are and it doesn't matter what anyone else says, but
>if i had it to do over again i wouldn't tell anyone for quite a while.  also,
>keeping all the excitement to oneself helps increase the desire to project.
>the stronger the desire the more likely one is to succeed.
>
>oh, there's a couple other methods i'll just throw out here:
>
>looking with the physical eyes toward the third eye.  it hurts like hell but
>i've read if you can build up a bit at a time to the point where you can hold
>it for eight minutes or so, you'll be off.
>
>also, and this is a weird one, involving no relaxation at all, being in a
>comfortable place (of course) and willing your second body out.  you do this
>to
>the best of my understanding by exerting the will to move the physical body
>without allowing the body to move...like, you know that feeling you get right
>before you move your arm that says that you want to move your arm and then you
>move it, it's inducing that feeling only not really moving the physical arm.
>the second body responds to thought, and it is that body which is responsible
>for moving the physical in accordance with our thoughts.  i think that's an
>acceptable interpretation of the method but i haven't worked with it at all so
>i'm not sure.
>
>hope this is helpful and i hope to hear more methods from others out there.
>also, if anything i said is wrong or something (especially the last method
>there which i'm not sure i understand right or that i expressed it too well)
>please correct me.
>
>> I know what Out of body experiences are, and was just wondering
>> how one would go about getting one without spending $50 + on
>> a new age book with crystals included...
>
>there are some wonderful books out there that don't cost $50.  (or check your
>local library.  usually good books are under the subject astral projection
>(took me a while to figure that one out!)).
>
>Jude

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!

   This printed out and maybe a book or two by Robert Monroe and I
will have something to go on.

Captain Ugh.
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