the world every day and night, noprivacy, no secrets. This would be a very unhappy world to live in.What happens during a fully conscious AP if you cant control your mind and energy?Well, at some point during the AP you will start to lose control over the experience andwell known things will be found in wrong places. Doors, windows, furniture; extrarooms will appear etc. Your subconscious mind has started creating or you are tuning intoa dream plane. Once this happens it is impossible to know what is real any more. Someof the dream pool levels, or planes, are a carbon copy of the real world. You may tuneinto one of them and think you are projecting in the real world - until you meet aCheshire cat.One final thing, the Eastern concept of the levels; physical, astral, mental, Buddhic,Atmic etc is very real. They have been confused though and mixed in with the Westernconcept of astral projection. They are different levels of consciousness, not planes assuch. When you AP you dont raise your consciousness, it is the same as when you areawake. These higher levels can only be reached by raising your consciousness; youcant just project into them. It is a different kind of projection. I have been in thesehigher levels but it is difficult to explain them, they really have to be experienced. Theyare normally reached during deep meditation.In order to reach these higher levels, some clairvoyant ability is required. This can bedeveloped, or natural ability.---------- Robert Bruce -------------rsb@tower.com.au ----------Your comments, experiences and requests for help and advice are most welcome. Ifcorresponding via email, however, please keep your text to a minimum and please dontsend great chunks of my work back to me. Thanks in advance for your consideration. ----------------http://www.tower.com.au/~rsb/ ---------------- TREATISE ON ASTRAL PROJECTIONVolume I - v1.1Part 2ByRobert BruceCopyright 19 April 1994. All rights reserved.Astral Projection (AP) is an automatic reflex, built in to your body and mind. To triggerit, while fully conscious, there are three major requirements.1. The ability to relax your body 100% and stay awake.2. You have to be able to shift your consciousness point outsideof your body.3. You need enough mental and psychic energy to maintain controlover the projection and not slip into the dream state. Together, these will trigger theautomatic projection reflex for a full powered AP. There are a few minor conditionsbut these can be varied to suit your experience and surroundings.Relaxation: You must master a full body relaxation exercise. If you know one alreadyit can be adapted to suit. Sit in a chair and relax. Starting with the feet, tense them andrelax them. Continue this with calves, thighs, hips, stomach, chest, arms, neck and face.Go over this a few times until you feel completely relaxed. Breathe deeply and slowlythroughout this and try to become aware of the breath entering and leaving your body.Mental hands: Imagine you have a pair of mental hands. Stroke yourself with thesehands in an upward motion from your feet and up your legs, over and over again. Tryand feel them relaxing and soothing you. Continue this up through the center