retain little memory of it. Afterwards, you may only remember fragments of it andyour memory of it will be a vague blur. If, however, you see a movie when you are well rested, fresh and full of energy, it is different. You take in everything about the movieand enjoy it. Your memory of it will be crystal clear.This is similar to what happens after a low powered astral journey. The astral body lacksenergy and so does not have clear enough impressions of its journey. This causes it tofail making its memories the dominant ones when it returns return to the physical body.As I stated earlier, there must be strong, vivid memories if a wrinkle is to be made in thephysical brain and the experience remembered.Chakras UseFully developing the chakras and learning how to control them can take many years,depending on natural ability. This will not, however, stop you using them in a very basicway; to enhance your OOBEs and lucid dreams, at a very early stage in yourdevelopment. Raising energy and stimulating the chakras is extremely simple to do.This raised energy will automatically flow into your astral body, prior to and duringprojection.By learning to raise energy and control the flow of power through the chakras, the natureof your dreams, lucid dreams and OOBEs will change. They will become vivid andunforgettable experiences. This, in a way, gives you a second life; full of richexperiences you can enjoy, learn and grow from.Higher Levels And Their Buffer ZonesThe commonly accepted names for the seven known levels of existence, from lowest tohighest, are: Physical, Astral, Mental, Buddhic, Atmic, Anupadaka and Adi. Thesehigher planes are similar in structure to the astral dimension but at a much higher level ofconsciousness and are completely separate from it. In between the different levels areintermediary areas or buffer zones, sometimes called lower sub planes.A good analogy for the different dimensions and their buffer zones is the Earthsatmosphere: If the air in the Earths atmosphere was the astral dimension, thestratosphere would be the buffer zone and the vacuum of space would be the mentaldimension. You can fly in the Earths atmosphere in a normal air plane/astral body. Avery powerful jet plane is needed to take you into the stratosphere, but you need a spaceship/mental body, to travel through space. This explains why a different subtle body isneeded to travel into these different levels of existence.The astral body can enter the buffer zones, or sub planes, of the dimensions above andbelow the astral dimension, if it contains the correct type of energy. i.e. To exist in thebuffer zone between the physical/astral levels (in real time) the astral body must containetheric energy. To exist in the buffer zone between the astral/mental levels it mustcontain mental energy. Higher Level ProjectionWith enough control over the chakras, the energy for these higher levels can be produced.The production of one particular type of energy will raise the consciousness to that leveland energize the corresponding subtle body. This is usually done by consciousnessraising meditation and advanced energy work on the chakras. The consciousness canthen experience that level of existence.