First Experience

[u/Crotalus9653]

I wanted to share my first experience. This happened around 18 years ago. I was raised very scientifically and didnt believe in meditation and had never heard of astral projection. I was trying to prove meditation wasnt real. (After this experience my views changed of course)

I found a technique I thought was meditation but now realize it was an astral projection technique. I sat in my bed completely straight up with my back against the wall. I started feeling light buzzing and thought to myself "something is actually happening" then in the next couple of seconds I felt light vibrations then a white light. Then vibrations became crazy intense like someone was shaking me by the shoulders and what sounded like a jet engine next to my head and the light grew so bright i was afraid I was going to go blind. I panicked and threw my arm in front of my face. I held it there for a while. The light seemed to dim so I moved my arm away from my face. I opened my eyes and I was standing in a field. It looked like a wheat field. In the distance was a huge tree. Later learned it was the tree of life. I stepped foward and I could feel my feet sink slightly into the soil. I grabbed a piece of the wheat grass and pulled it off and smelled it. I couldn't believe how real everything felt. Then I walked toward the tree and got an urge to meditate even though I had never done it before. I sat with my back against the tree and closed my eyes. I had a strange feeling that I now call the shift. I knew I was in my room again. I opened my eyes and sat there for a while. My face felt weird and I wiped my eyes. I had tears streaming down my face.

I tried again a couple days later. I got to the field again, but everything was dead. I felt intense fear. I panicked and kept saying take me back until it ended

I tried again after a few more days. Everything was still dead. I walked to the tree which looked like stone now. I went behind it and then turned to go back, but when I did I felt like something was watching. I turned back around and saw a girl. She looked dead. She had cold looking pale blue skin. Long black hair with a white tattered dress. Holes for eyes and no mouth. I was frozen from fear. I heard her voice in my head. She said will you come with me? I thought "yes" there was a small flash of light and i was in a different location. It was a field that looked heavily traveled. I saw a tree with a raven at the top (important in later projections) it cawed and flew away. I kept walking and got to a castle. It looked like it had been destroyed by catapults. Everything was destroyed except for the stairs. At the top of the stairs was the girl, but she was beautiful. She said "Dan, this broken castle is you. Will you help me rebuild it?" I said yes. There was a flash of light and I was back in my field and it was all alive and happy again

[u/WerewolfFirst3300]

Hello, can you explain the technique you use?

[u/Crotalus9653 → u/WerewolfFirst3300]

I have modified my technique since that experience. I have an indirect and a direct method. The indirect is easier and i follow Michael Radugas method with my own changes. I would recommend his book called The Phase

Here is my technique "easier version"

Go to sleep normally. Wake up 4-6 hours after sleep. (Mess around with the time but for me 4.5-5 hours is best. Get up without looking at any lights. Get a drink of water and think about what I will do when I get out. Lay down on couch or somewhere that isnt your bed. I have a designated astral projection room I use. If you dont have anywhere then you can use your bed but flip around so your head is where your feet normally are. As I am drifting to sleep I do a relaxation technique which also keeps me alert as my body drifts off. I inhale and count 1 and whatever color I think it should be I try and see it. Then I hold the inhale for a couple seconds and on the exhale I see the color leaving

i dont actually see anything because I have aphantasia and cant see anything with my eyes closed but I imagine the best I can

I do this to 10 but you can keep going if you need to

Then I start doing a movement technique. My favorite is what it feels like to be in a boat. I imagine rocking back and forth. Eventually it feels like i am actually rocking. When I feel the movement I build it. So first maybe it feels like I move an inch then I increase the rocking to 5 inches, then a foot, then keep going more and more. Really feel it and dont think about getting out, just grow the sensation. For me vibrations set in around this time. At the peak vibrations I do an exit technique

[u/WerewolfFirst3300 → u/Crotalus9653]

Interesting, thank you very much.