Jan 7, 2008

I've been experimenting with astral projection and I need to keep a journal to track my progress, so what better place than a blog, right? So I can get feedback and such to keep me on the right track.

I'm going to be labeling each night by the day in which I feel asleep, just to keep things straight in my head. So my first attempt was between Jan 7 and Jan 8 of 2008. Here's what happened:

I fell asleep with a lot of thoughts in my head, but I just let them float about and then left them. I was focusing on that little ringing in your ear when everything's silent. That was my lifeline for exploring into the dreamworld.

Why? The first step of expanding your consciousness outside of your body is to shut down your five physical senses so you can focus on your "astral senses." You can't be aware of your physical body and hope to leave it.

At the same time, you can't drift off to thoughtless sleep because then you lose control and while you -may- leave your body, you really have no say over whether you do or don't, because you're passively letting things happen.

Anyway, I was finally aware of losing my body. It felt like I was exclusively in my head, as though I was in a dark room.

Then I heard a pulsing bass sound. The frequency was about 1 or 2 Hz. I focused on it, but I think it must have been my own brainwaves or something, because it immediately became louder and faster and I felt my whole body shaking uncontrollably.

I began to experience a rising sensation, but as I did, there was an incredible rushing sound and I was still shaking like crazy, so I finally couldn't maintain my calm any more and snapped into my body, waking up immediately.

I hope to have better luck next time. I'm interested to see how long it takes to actually fully separate.

Oh yeah, and I'll write a post for those of you who know nothing of astral projection, to give you an idea of what I'm trying to do here.

Thanks for reading!