oobe.Lost Focus During The Exit: A common cause of failed projection appears to be a failure to shift the 'center' ofconsciousness out of the physical body along 'with' the real time double as it projects freeof the physical body. It is extremely important a projector keep their mind clear andfocused on the action and sensation of leaving their physical body, to go with it, and notto lose touch with what is happening. Heavy exit sensations can make this difficult, Iknow, but they must be 'totally' ignored. Stay focused on the projection and where thecenter of consciousness is going. If concentration slips at the wrong time, the real timebody can project out, without a strong center of waking consciousness. A reflection ofmind will still transfer into the projecting real time double, but the projector's strongestcenter of consciousness will, in effect, remain behind locked inside the physical/ethericbody. This copy will be, in effect, left behind, feeling some degree of paralysis andweakness, thinking it has failed the projection completely, and will usually fall asleepshortly afterwards. In this case, strong memories are created in the physical brain, for thesame time period as the projection. The projected double's memories can thus havetrouble overwriting these upon reintegration. The whole idea, with this aspect ofprojection, is to make the 'projection' memories the strongest and most memorablememories for the same time period. The above is a complication of the mind split effect, which causes enormousproblems for projectors. It goes a long way to explaining what may have occurred when(as happens to many people) everything goes fine right up until the exit stage, with all theright sensations: vibrations, rapid heartbeat, falling or floating sensation, etc, and theneverything just stops. It just goes away, leaving the almost-projector lying therewondering what happened and why they failed. Most people this happens to also feelexhausted, or partially or fully paralyzed, after their seemingly failed projection attemptand soon fall into a deep sleep. The projection, in this case, will proceed without them,being centered in their projected double, without them being aware they have succeeded.In most cases, no memory of the successful projection will be evident upon waking.FEAR has many colors:1. Fear of heavy projection exit sensations.2. Fear of the unknown out of body environment.3. Religion instilled worry/fear of doing the wrong thing.Fear has many subtle forms. All of these can be progressively overcome byunderstanding the mechanics and dynamics of OOBE and by experiencing the projectedstate at first hand. Projection out of body requires some bravery and fear is one of thefirst natural barriers faced by all new projectors standing on the threshold of a consciousexit projection. Fear is a natural barrier, apparently designed to stop people projectinguntil they are psychologically ready to operate out of their bodies."True bravery is not the ability to feel no fear, but is the ability to control fear whilstcontinuing to function in a reasonably normal fashion." RBDuring an oobe, a projector is virtually invulnerable and can pass through solidmatter, sit on ground zero during an atomic blast, or even to bask within the heart of asupernova unscathed. The only thing to