Hi Vilius and everyone,
It sounds like you were getting pretty damn close. I don't know as far as if you can project parts of you, maybe that's what you see when you are not quite there yet.
I tried again yesterday morning when I awoke. I was doing the wheel method. Where you focus on a wheel in your mind's eye, make it rotate slowly in your mind, until it get so fast it seems to slow down and reverse. The reason I tried it this way is because the first time I tried it, when I and the panic attack, I was looking at the ceiling fan in my bedroom and making it slowdown. It stopped and started to reverse. This is when I began to show the three shadowy figures standing around my bed. I was completely opened eyed the whole time, so I think that is what freaked me out. I think when you do it your eyes actually spin and circles going faster and faster until they seem to reverse, as far as using the wheel method. Outcome of my second attempt was me seeing a very bright light after seeing the wheel starting to reverse and then stopping. My heart was pounding so fast, I felt like it was rising up into my throat. Somewhat like you feel when you go on a rollercoaster the first. I'm a big fan of coasters. I think I might need more meditation beforehand to get me prepared. Maybe a little mantra action thrown in would help. Maybe something like, "As God as my witness, I shall not fear," who knows that sounds so played out XD. I will post when I try it again.
I was thinking something that some people might find interesting. I had cut this out of my original post for length. When I was 15 I had an near-death experience when in the hospital while having treatment for a brain tumor (I'm fine now). The nurse said that my heart stopped for four minutes and change. They said it was probably too much morphine. Let me tell you the story, because I find it quite funny. I also remember the experience very well, and will remember it fully as long as I live. Well, being on the morphine makes you quite tired. So, I drifted off to sleep. I started to have what I thought was having another one of my "crazy" dreams. And let me tell you, my life has been filled with unusual lucid dreams. Well, I started to float in my hospital room. I looked down and saw me sleeping peacefully on my bed. I saw my Mom sitting in a chair across the room reading the book "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan. While looking at my mother, I saw her look up from my book and look at the vitals machine next to my bed. She did not looked to concerned, but she went over and took a close look at the machine. I think she thought that I just became disconnected from the machine, which happened multiple times when I was there. The next thing I see are a bunch or nurses running into my room with a crash cart. As they are preparing the machine, I think to myself "it's not that bad" and was instantly awoken. The nurse asked me if I was okay. I said that I was "only dreaming." I did not know what a near-death experience or OBE was at that time
I saw the silver cord of which people speak. It is very shimmery and very silver. I was very confused about that moment in my life, until I came I read about near-death experiences a couple years ago on the net. I connected the dots, and figured this to be what I went through that day I told my mother about the experience about a year ago, but I don't think she believed me. That's so like my big skeptical Catholic family won't believe anything, unless they experience it for themselves or a priest tells them it is true. Of course, not everyone is like that in my family.
Back to what I was thinking, I was wondering if having a near-death experience makes it easier for you to astrally project. The reason I was thinking this is because I know once I get over the fear, I know I will not have any problems with it. I don't know will have to research, and get back to you on that. It just sort of makes sense, since you know the experience. It may just be that it's more about the type of person you are that really matters. Last night, I had another lucid dream with me and the Indians talking over the fire. They told me in a former life I was an Indian, and my name was "Smoking Leaf." This is funny because I like smoking cigarettes and cannabis. I don't smoke cannabis anymore, but I liked to smoke it a lot in college. Plus it's illegal in the USA, which makes enjoying it and getting it such a hassle. I don't know maybe they were just screwing with me, it is so hard to tell sometimes. They also told me that I was the type of person some would call an "empath," which I didn't know what it meant. But, after reading a description of empaths it completely fits with who I am. Here's a link about emaths, if you are interested:
http://healing.about.com/cs/empathic/a/uc_empathtraits_2.htmOne more thing, I don't know if anybody is interested in theoretical physics, but the world of metaphysics and physics are getting very close to one another. Just think of the different astral and ethereal planes as other dimensions, as well as our own. Scientists say that there are 11 dimensions that they can prove. Maybe there are actually 13, the 3 we can experience, the 7 astral planes and 3 ethereal planes. Or maybe our world should only be considered one dimension, and not three. Anyway, if anyone is interested, here is a link to very easy to understand interview with theoretical physicist Michio Kaku about some very interest science. I feel the world of metaphysics, science and religion will probably all be merged one day. Some of you guys may already know this stuff. I just find this stuff fascinating.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...deoid=641879988If anyone is interested in this stuff, a great site for this is
http://www.kurzweilai.net/.
Sorry for the long post again. I am high context person and like being thorough. Good luck in your travels!