Lucid Dreams, Astral Projection

[unionman]

Ive had many lucid dreams. They are awesome. If you want to learn EVERYTHING about them visit www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com. This site has an overwhelming amount of info on the topic. How to's for beginners, reality checks, advice for experts and forums to discuss any questions. I remember when I first found out about them. I was like, this is an actual thing? I thought it was just me. Ive never met another person who can do it. Im just an intermediate. My problem is staying asleep once I become lucid. I get so excited at the fact that Ive achieved lucidity that I wake up. I have had false awakenings though where I never actually woke up. I just dreamed it. I remember one lucid dream where I became lucid and just barely cracked one eye to do a reality check (all the while sound asleep) and I saw my dresser. I closed it and continued to be lucid for just a bit before I actually awoke. Havent been able to do this again. From what I understand that skill is beyond a master of lucid dreaming. I dont think we have as much control over it as we think...

Not too sure about astral projection. I think they may just be very vivid day dreams. Like a lucid dream but your actually awake.

[Root beer]

Psychedelic drugs?

[Tokyo Tony]

I've still been reading a lot about this topic and meditating, and I've been out of body twice now.

Lucid dreams are just that - dreams, where everything is in your mind. Astral projection is where your consciousness literally separates from your physical body and you can travel to different realms of existence. I know it sounds like crazy talk...frankly, I'm not sure it's not crazy talk, but I want to find out for myself.

Supposedly when you get out of body, you can verify things in the physical world that you never could have known if you weren't actually conscious out of your body. I have a playing card face up on a top shelf, so next time I'm out of body, I'm gonna try to see what the card is, then verify it when I come to.

I've read and listened to a lot of very smart, very reasonable, non-crazy, successful people who have become masters of astral projection, and they speak about it so matter-of-factly that it's hard just to write it off. There's a lot we don't know about the universe, and learning to meditate into a trance state and rise out of your body is a means to learn a lot that you couldn't learn otherwise.

Supposedly, our physical bodies and lives were chosen by our higher consciousness, and by the universe, just to gain experience. Right now, my higher self, or my higher consciousness, has many different physical incarnations in different worlds and maybe other universes far different from the one we know, and with a lot of work, I can connect with my higher self and learn a lot about the universe...supposedly.

Again, I know it sounds freakin crazy, and I'm not accepting it all, nor am I dismissing it. I want to find out for myself

[Root beer]

"It's the fact they're adventures, cultured, and open to extermination. Three keys to achieving intelligence."-my former accounting classmate.

[HookSetDon]

Sounds like the opening of your "3rd eye"

[scrutch]

I astral projected one time last week. I think it had something to do with eating a bad burrito.

[tomustang]

Better consult Miss Cleo before projecting anywhere

[Long Mike]

My astral projection tells me that this thread is closed.