Have you ever dreamt of floating out from your body and then watched yourself from outside? Chances are that you woke up just about then, thinking the dream to be strange. But it may also have been the start of an astral projection during your sleep in which you left your physical body and traveled to higher astral planes or a different realms of conscious.
Esoteric believers and numerous individuals today are much interested in mastering astral projection of self into the higher subtle conscious realms. Though a bit eerie, but this is an experience of a lifetime since it involves leaving you own body and observing it from a distance. Moreover you can travel as far away as you want and observe the world from your astral body.
In mastering astral projection, the primary thing is affirming your subconscious mind that you will be able to do it. If your subconscious is unsure and you have the slightest of doubt then astral travel will be extremely difficult. Absolute faith achieves almost anything and hence the best technique is to write down some of your beliefs regarding life and reality and then write down and reiterate to yourself about the eternally free, omnipotent nature of your soul which can travel to different astral planes.
Secondly, the most important thing that you need to start and build up on is meditation. Projecting your astral existence from your physical body requires a high level of concentration, visualization power, control on your subconscious mind and an ability to channel one’s attention and energy all of which can only be developed with the help of meditation.
The third factor of consideration in mastering astral projection refers to the time of the projection. In this aspect the concept of REM has to be explained. After four stages of sleep each deeper and slower than the others the cycle of sleep reverses. REM is the short for Rapid Eye Movement phase when the brain is highly active and dreams are generated. It is this period of time which is the most conducive for astral projection.
Now that you have prepared yourself mentally for astral travel and know the perfect time for it, arrange for a dimly lit room where there’s calm and pace without any interference from person or electrical devices. If possible abstain from too much food and items like caffeine and thereafter lie down slowly wearing light comfortable clothes. Your primary objective should be to mimic REM sleep. Start with small meditational techniques for calming down your mind and to channelize your energies. Attempt to visualize a rope dangling in front of you and yourself climbing out of your body. Go into a deep trance like state and focus all your energy on this visualization.
A crucial thing to remember in mastering astral projection is that if one has even the slightest of apprehensions regarding whether you’ll be able to return to the body then you will not be able to leave in the first place. Moreover, after you actually leave your body and progress forward remember not to panic or be fearful while moving away more since then you will be suddenly sucked back or pulled back into your body once again.
Lastly, technological interventions like that of the binaural beats can be used in creating the mental state that is conducive to astral projection. Binaural Beats involve hearing two different sound vibrations through both ears which fuses into each other and synchronized in the brain so as to create the required mental state. Whatever technique is used, mastering astral projection is not particularly easy and needs high mind power. However, once achieved, it is an experience of a lifetime which forces open many a doors to your personality which you may not have known before.
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