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#166    _Only

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Posted 22 March 2012 - 03:55 AM

Hi, I posted in another thread about this, but just noticed this hard to miss thread right up top. J

ust had a question that I've been wondering about. Is the sensation of feeling really small when in between sleep related to any part of the process of astral travel or OBE's? Also a really "heavy" feeling (best word I have to describe it)? Like my body weighs far more than it should? Neither overpowering, just noticed them, and found them really odd sensations.

I've felt the buzzing feeling and woken up in a jolt many times, followed by a rapid heartbeat, but just wondering if the above are also related. Thanks.

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Posted 22 March 2012 - 12:07 PM

View PostAnVil, on 21 March 2012 - 09:25 PM, said:

Don't be freaked out by it lol,  the third eye is really always open to some extent, it would be unnatural if it wasn't. The idea of opening and closing the 3rd eye is really describing level of awareness and where it is at, and using it to shift consciousness to the "third eye level" to activate a higher consciousness. When we perceive from our third eye/pineal gland we are shifting gear in consciousness and it is not just about 'sight', but all the senses too.

I don't know if it helps to think about it this way, but it freed me from thinking that i had little control over it which seems to be a problem for a lot of us.


If you are serious about the third eye and it's potentials by all means research this, google will bring up loads on the subject and some key areas to include in your research is basic energy work/chakra work, learning to sense and feel your own space/energy field - all part of developing your over all awareness and scope to take control of your awareness, perceptions and self. Understand why this is so, if it is not clear then always ask questions.  It's like body building and people often ignore at first that to have a well defined 'area', means developing all the supporting muscles sets too. That a strong core/frame is central to how everything operates. Only later do the ones with determination come back to this point, realising the issues of imbalances/stagnated growth. Developing the 3rd eye to max potential is no different.


Another thing that is good for training the third eye is making a game out of it and keeping it on the level of fun. Just about anything can be turned into a game for using this way of seeing. I like to project ahead of where i am walking too, like round a corner and 'see' what colour or model the next car will be to pass me. In the house, sit and practise moving around room to room with just your mental vision. See what your family are doing around you in another room, then go through and see if you had their placement/activity/clothes they are wearing right.  Doing just the same as what you have been doing, but start moving room to room. Scan your house, scan around outside using the same method in allowing the image to fill itself in for you. Then the next step is to practice with time intervals, this is using the astral level. Try going 10 mins ahead, then 30 mins ahead, then 2 days ahead and so on. Say use the weather, "show me what the weather/temps will be like in 2 days time for my area" and then see if you are right. Pick things which are simple and straight forward to self validate and this will help build your confidence.

thanks, this totally helps a lot! =]
i have practiced before going to bed, its funny though, ive even thought it was just me openin my eyes again, but it isnt, one night i was starring at the ceilling, pretty sleepy, but verry awake still, just waiting for sleep to come by. and i closed my eyes and i saw my whole room appear again and i was like "why do my eyes feel closed though?" and i opened them and it looked the same way my room, just a diff color, it was the awesomest, wierdest thing ever though, that was the first time i noticed it full on. before that, i notice whenever the lights where off instead of trying to see around my room i would just close my eyes and it was more comfy this way to get around places. till i began to see stuff all sudden. and its not whenever i want either, i do practice that though.
jut thought id let you know how it began for me. and yes, im serious about it, i have looked into all of those things, i have much to learn im so, glad i came back to this forum with people who share my same feelings, my mom totally freaks out when itell her my stories, she has never AP'd so she thinks its all in my head and that theyre nightmares its hard having no one to relate to on this topic because it feels so REAL, so to me the experience is real, you just have to live it to know what is up! and if someone hasnt had it happen ever, i can understand how they thinks its a lie. theres so many feelings and experiences ive had that i wish i had someone to think it was normal haha ^ ^ i talk about it so whatever-ish and my mom will freak out when i tell her bout the times i got choked by some lady, but i faught back till she dissapeared or when i feel like im on the ceilling and im just stuck there cant move lol ^ ^
i guess im just happy to be back lol i had stayed away from AP for a while, everytime i felt a floating sensation id force myself to waje up, cus bad experiences, but im trying to be stronger now.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 03:26 PM

View PostAubrienne_Ellyrias, on 22 March 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:

thanks, this totally helps a lot! =]
i have practiced before going to bed, its funny though, ive even thought it was just me openin my eyes again, but it isnt, one night i was starring at the ceilling, pretty sleepy, but verry awake still, just waiting for sleep to come by. and i closed my eyes and i saw my whole room appear again and i was like "why do my eyes feel closed though?" and i opened them and it looked the same way my room, just a diff color, it was the awesomest, wierdest thing ever though, that was the first time i noticed it full on. before that, i notice whenever the lights where off instead of trying to see around my room i would just close my eyes and it was more comfy this way to get around places. till i began to see stuff all sudden. and its not whenever i want either, i do practice that though.
jut thought id let you know how it began for me. and yes, im serious about it, i have looked into all of those things, i have much to learn im so, glad i came back to this forum with people who share my same feelings, my mom totally freaks out when itell her my stories, she has never AP'd so she thinks its all in my head and that theyre nightmares its hard having no one to relate to on this topic because it feels so REAL, so to me the experience is real, you just have to live it to know what is up! and if someone hasnt had it happen ever, i can understand how they thinks its a lie. theres so many feelings and experiences ive had that i wish i had someone to think it was normal haha ^ ^ i talk about it so whatever-ish and my mom will freak out when i tell her bout the times i got choked by some lady, but i faught back till she dissapeared or when i feel like im on the ceilling and im just stuck there cant move lol ^ ^
i guess im just happy to be back lol i had stayed away from AP for a while, everytime i felt a floating sensation id force myself to waje up, cus bad experiences, but im trying to be stronger now.
This is why I like the um community as well. I think we have successfully created a hub where people can go to learn to deal with these things with like minded experience people. I was completely alone in my struggles. No one knows these things in my life. And I can only talk to a couple people about it openly.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 03:46 PM

Last night I had a very strange experience while I was trying to project. I was almost there then.... Flash!! Like someone had took a picture of me with flash on, at the same time I heard a very strange electronic noise. I opened my eyes actually expecting to see someone standing there with a camera, but there was nothing. I can see why people relate this type of stuff to alien abductions, the electronic sound was very strange, it instantly broke my concentration. I would assume it was some form of SP but I didn't physically feel anything.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 10:44 PM

View Posthuman_eraser, on 21 March 2012 - 11:04 PM, said:

What is so important with Pleiades? The Earth is way older... and with also outlive it. I remember in your blog you met a spirit from there.


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Posted 23 March 2012 - 08:15 AM

It is a new system. Not very old at all. But it's not just me. This relationship goes back to even aboriginal tribes. I don't know why it's interested in us.

I have a theory. My theory is that a spirit ( angle ) of creation is there molding one of those solar systems into a place for life eventually. I think it was here last and still checks in on us. It showed me a symbol representing phi that crashed down to earth

It's just a wild theory.
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Posted 23 March 2012 - 01:00 PM

View PostDharma D, on 22 March 2012 - 03:46 PM, said:

Last night I had a very strange experience while I was trying to project. I was almost there then.... Flash!! Like someone had took a picture of me with flash on, at the same time I heard a very strange electronic noise. I opened my eyes actually expecting to see someone standing there with a camera, but there was nothing. I can see why people relate this type of stuff to alien abductions, the electronic sound was very strange, it instantly broke my concentration. I would assume it was some form of SP but I didn't physically feel anything.

Sounds like just one of those things! We have lots of energy going through our bodies, something must have just triggered an electric pulse or current.

Th other night I was projecting and my brain was vibrating. Yes I could literally feel my brain just wobbling inside my head. It did not hurt, but I was just thinking... Whoa.

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Posted 23 March 2012 - 01:16 PM

View PostSeeker79, on 13 March 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

All that is fairly normal. There all sorts of perception problems at first. Try a verbal affirmation Next time. "I want to see now!" trying to open your eyes will break your trance because your astral body dosnt really have eyes, or ears, or anything else. Also your eyes are not paralyzed by natural processes. Concously messing with your eyes is bound to break trance and a great way to end sleep paralysis or instantly return to your body.

Congrats and good job. Others would love to get that far.

The verbal affirmation worked wonders for me, when I did it on accident. I was so frustrated when I would be projecting because I could just hear things around me and feel myself float around aimlessly. I was so frustrated that I screamed out "I just wish I could see!" and BANG, it's like somebody just switched the lights on for me. I've been seeing ever since! Next affirmation will be - I wish I had big beautiful and white angelic wings that allow me to fly! Haha

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Posted 23 March 2012 - 03:01 PM

View Posthybrid888, on 23 March 2012 - 01:16 PM, said:

The verbal affirmation worked wonders for me, when I did it on accident. I was so frustrated when I would be projecting because I could just hear things around me and feel myself float around aimlessly. I was so frustrated that I screamed out "I just wish I could see!" and BANG, it's like somebody just switched the lights on for me. I've been seeing ever since! Next affirmation will be - I wish I had big beautiful and white angelic wings that allow me to fly! Haha
You would be closer to the truth with an affirmation like that than you realize.

Edited by Seeker79, 23 March 2012 - 03:03 PM.

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 04:57 AM

View PostSeeker79, on 23 March 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

You would be closer to the truth with an affirmation like that than you realize.

Oh, Seeker - I always enjoy your cryptic responses.  :P

I forgot to do it in my last trip. I will try to remember it when I go under next. I wish I could bring my iPhone with me for the reminders and so I could snap some pics!   :)

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 05:03 AM

View Posthybrid888, on 25 March 2012 - 04:57 AM, said:

Oh, Seeker - I always enjoy your cryptic responses.  :P

I forgot to do it in my last trip. I will try to remember it when I go under next. I wish I could bring my iPhone with me for the reminders and so I could snap some pics!   :)
Hahaha I guess when you talk with spirits, you start to pick up some of their habits. Just like other relationships I suppose.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 12:52 AM

View Posthybrid888, on 25 March 2012 - 04:57 AM, said:

Oh, Seeker - I always enjoy your cryptic responses.  :P s

I know right?

Seeker, I was just thinking about the time when you saw that spirit following your wife... do you think that was the soul of your child? Do you think we are infinite beings that reincarnate?

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:57 AM

I had something going on last night. It felt like I was laying on a waterbed. I also felt very light. Where the vibrations starting??
I'm going to try some binaural beats tonight. I found some on youtube.
I don't know if I posted this before, but the rope technique makes me fall asleep very fast. So I'm staying away from that one.
I feel I'm making progress. But very slooowwww.LOL

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:40 AM

Great thread! I think I should have posted here initially. Well, I'll post here too, I guess. I'm 18 years old and since I was 12or13 and learned about astral travel, I've never been able to do it! Once, some years ago, while trying, I heard voices calling me (they sounded like my uncle's, and he lived with us at the time, so it freaked me out. I thought he was actually calling for me. He wasn't), and a few months ago while lying down with my husband, I unintentionally got close, as I heard large gusts of wind going by my ears. It didn't freak me out and my half-asleep self quickly understood what it was and I just sat back and relaxed, but then it went away. :L I've tried to project almost every night these past few years. Right now it is just past 5.30AM, I went to bed at 11.30PM with my husband, and I got up early to not only help him get up for work and to make him a lunch, but to try that early-morning method. Wish me luck!

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 02:57 AM

I have had this app called Asian S. P. HD for my iPad  for ages Im using its binaural beats to try to get back in :) Ill let ya know how it goes :)
The fan actually now has a chop chop sound like a helicopter in the distance now :) its kinda cool ... Feeling kinda groggy :)
I really want to go back in again .. Ill keep ya posted






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