Newsgroups: alt.oobe
Subject: Methods of Projection
From: jtulli@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:34:59 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Wesleyan University

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
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