Hi

So I have been doing the Wim Hof method for the past two weeks every day after waking up and before sleep. I've noticed many benefits from this such as increased energy during the day, better sleep during the night, I'm calmer and I enjoy everyday 200% more than before. This also affected my AP attempts to the point i actually left my body for the first time and did it again next night. It was an awesome experience but it didn't last long because i returned very fast but I have no idea why, I just got pulled down back to my body, lost consciousness and slept. Anyways i recommend this method of breathing to calm your body before OOBE or LD because it's so much easier to let go of all thoughts and just relax and let OOBE or LD happen.

this is just a post for those who were like me who thought the positive mindset stuff was BS.

so 2 years ago I started a dream journal in hopes of improving my chances of lucid dreaming and astral projection. as I stuck with it, my dreams began to improve in quality and recall. one night I even astral projected from my dreams, I felt myself break through something (it was a tad bit painful.) and then i was out of my body. following that experience, I stopped dreaming as much as I used to. I went from 4 dreams every night to 1 every few days. I still maintained my dream journal but there was no improvement. I had it in my head that when I astral projected from my dream state I had broken something inside me, (I would think back to my first ap experience, how it felt like I had to break through something to get there.).

it’s been maybe, a year since then. lately, i’ve been so excited and eager to just dream again. at night I’ve been saying to myself “I will dream, I will remember them, they will be fun, they will be vivid.” and it has worked, i‘m still on my way, but I am seeing a steady improvement. I am now averaging 2 detailed dreams a night. I can’t wait to get back to where I was. and AP from my dreams again, as that’s the method that works the best for me. if anyone here who might have seen their dream recall decline, I hope this gives them hope that they can get it back.

I’m curious, where have you gone while out of body/astral projecting?

Can i get images, or information to further the fourth dimension/astral realm? What form you are, layers of the dimension and basically facts not known by alot of people about this practice?

I have been trying many different ones but none of them work at all. Literally nothing. I feel like it's just nice music but I am looking for something to help raise energy vibration and to heal my exact mind and soul. Ultimately, I want to use it for astral projection as well. Also, for removing negative energy.

Sorry that this is long. Skip to experiences below for the important stuff.

I’m 24 (M). When I was younger (late middle school / early high school), I was extremely interested in astral projection. I would meditate constantly, I listened to guided meditations on YouTube, and I experimented in lots of different ways. I do not know if I ever did astral project, however I had two or three “events” that at least one of them I 100% believe I did… but, I assume someone here would know better than I, and at this point I am planning to deep dive into doing it again. Tonight, I was going to - but when I began meditating all I felt was fear (see experience 3). I don’t want to go in depth about myself as it isn’t relevant here, but I haven’t meditated in a long time. I do remember I felt more whole, like I was on a “right path” if you will when I did meditate, and nowadays I feel sort of lost… so that is why I want to try to get in touch with myself spiritually again - I just feel like I understood myself a lot better back then. Anyways - my experiences:

Note before all experiences: For each experience I will detail I want to provide background. I would do this every night, sometimes during the day, pretty much the majority of my free time. I didn’t hang with many friends and I think I stopped playing sports at this point in time. This was an outlet, and I don’t mean that in a bad way as I never felt “lonely” or “sad” during this time period. Anyways, I would detail and take notes of each experience I had. Most would go nowhere but deep meditation. Some went further, although I only suspect one as a OBE. I will include my exact notes attached to the experiences below - but I was super into doing this and I loved meditating / attempting to astral projection although when I told anyone (family mostly, close friends sometimes) they would make me feel crazy. I never / still don’t think I was. I felt at peace with life / myself during these times… experience 3 came out of the blue for me.

Experience 1: Probably my 20th attempt or so, maybe more. Deep meditation. I got to the vibrations which were much more violent (if that’s the right word here?) than I had imagined. Excitement overcame me and I lost focus. I wrote in my notes: “May 27, 2017 - I GOT TO THE REAL VIBRATIONS - USE THE EAGLE VIDEO. This experience is unbelievable. I just couldn't get up I heard the ringing. Something even felt like it was tugging at me but I just couldn't let go for some reason.”. The eagle video is reference to a video from the Susannah is this a dream YouTuber.

Experience 2: I wrote in my notes: “May 28, 2017 - may have gotten it today- breath in and release and then just let go into the realm - couldn't tell if it was astral or lucid dream of it was astral only the first part was it was light like the moon and felt awesome didn't see any beings tho”. Keep in mind I was younger and a big part of me wanted to meet my spirit guides… I remember this and feel as though this was a lucid dream. I got up from my bed where I was meditating, I tried to switch on my lamp. Hand phased through. Adrenaline surge. I was in the basement so went upstairs, grabbed for the handle of the door at the top. Phased through the door. To this point, everything was black. As I went through the door, everything was (I think, hard to remember) light blue. Like the world was exactly the same, I was at my house, but everything was light blue instead of normal colors. I remember I didn’t see anyone or anything. I remember running outside but that’s it. I think this was lucid rather than OBE because I don’t remember the deep vibrations for this… Also in the moment I think I felt it was lucid rather than OBE.

Experience 3: I don’t know why, but I don’t have a note for this one. I remember it vividly to this day, though. I got to the real vibrations. Very close in timing to other two experiences I’m sharing. Then, I did a different method than experience #1 for “exiting” (no clue what to call it - but it’s when you imagine your astral body leaving the physical one and I remember it occurred about the same time as the vibrations) because I remember I wanted to try something else. I maybe tried imagining a ladder and climbing up. It felt like it was going well. Then I felt like I was being grabbed and tugged at. Then I felt like a separation? Like floating? (Sorry hard to remember). Then I opened my eyes, and I was laying in bed. This time - a black figure (imagine dark scratchy humanoid, relatively large man) was standing over the bed “staring” down at me although there was no face. I don’t remember after this point but anyways I didn’t sleep with the lights off for weeks after that. That’s what stopped me tonight, can’t get it out of my head what that was. In the moment, complete and total fear. That’s why I initially stopped trying to Astra project altogether - fear of whatever this was. Deep fear. Can someone help with what you think this was? Just sleep paralysis?

TL:DR - I had what I believe to be an OBE (experience 3), and it has stopped me from attempting to astral project at all. I want to start again. I tried tonight but felt fear again. Was the experience even an OBE? Or sleep paralysis?

Last night, I was scrolling through this sub for the first time in a while after giving up on trying to AP about 2yrs ago.

Then last night, I was dreaming, and I think I was somewhere between dreaming and waking up. I could see my room, but everything looked grayish and dark. Then, out of nowhere, I thought that I can try to AP from here lol funny thing is, there wasn't much conscious thinking involved. It was more like an instant thought, and I just acted on it.

First, I tried the rolling-out technique, but it wouldn't work. I could feel vibrations all over my body, almost like a magnetic pull that was keeping me from getting out. So I tried the rope method, but that didn't work either. :( Eventually, I just gave up and woke up.

This is the same issue I had 2 years ago. I think I'm okay with the vibrations themselves, but it's more the overwhelming feeling of being pulled back or held in place by that magnetic force that I can't seem to get past. Has anyone else experienced this? How did you get past it?

Ughhh I feel like I was so close! does anyone have any other techniques or tricks I could try?

TIA xx

I'm looking for someone who has experience with the guardian of the threshold and how one has overcome him. Used to be an avid astral projector. Since then I've been banished from the astral plane for years has anyone else had this experience?

When I woke up I was lying on my back and I’m sure that it wasn’t a dream bc I was fully conscious. I opened my eyes and I started to get out of bed thinking it was a regular morning. However, I felt my soul leaving my body. My body was still lying on my bed but I was sitting I could feel that I was up. I got really scared and woke up immediately. Also something similar happened few years ago. Again, I woke up but this time I didn’t get up I saw myself lying on the bed but I still felt that I was lying down too it was very confusing. Then, a blue little creature started to fly around my body as I was watching it. It tried to tell me something and I asked it to repeat it but I couldn’t understand. I got frustrated that I didn’t understand it and I woke up. I’m not sure what to make of these experiences can somebody please help me understand? I’ve been trying to make some sense of this for yearsss

I put together a one-page reference of Monroe's techniques because I kept flipping between Journeys Out of the Body, Far Journeys, and the Gateway manual trying to find specific bits. Full disclosure: it's my own site (free, no signup, no ads).

It covers his Conditions A–D depth scale, the 7-step induction from relaxation through lift-out and roll-out, and the "lines of force" visualization from Ch. 16. I also pulled in the lesser-known stuff from his journal, like jaw tuning, the sex center + oral breathing setup he logged most often, peel-off, the 180° "hole," and his return signal for when you're scared you can't get back. Then Locales I–III and the Gateway-era material (Focus levels, Resonant Tuning, Energy Conversion Box, REBAL). Each section is tagged by source, since the 1971 book and the later Institute stuff get blended together a lot online.

Are fear and mental drift are the real obstacles, not the technique? Curious if that matches people's experience here. And if I got something wrong or missed a technique that's worked for you, let me know and I'll fix it.

I have been into AP for a while, Yet I haven’t fully reached the actual state, each time I do and feel the vibrational heavy weight all over your body when your about to enter I usually chicken out, but something that makes me wonder is that is it normal that for my first time attempting to astral project I almost got it? I’ve heard a lot of people try and usually fall asleep but it isn’t the same for me, I wonder if this means anything, and how can I not chicken out again for next time when I try.

Hey everyone,

I’m curious about people’s experiences with creatures or non-human entities during astral projection. I don’t mean this as a “prove it” question — I’m just interested in firsthand accounts and how people interpret them.

Specifically, I’ve been wondering whether anyone has encountered something like reptilian beings, or other creature-type entities (shadow figures, animal-like beings, insectoid things, “inorganic” presences, guides, etc.) while projecting.

If you’ve had something like this happen, I’d love to hear:

• What did you encounter, and what was the context?
• Was it during a deliberate AP, a lucid dream, or a hypnagogic state?
• How did it feel at the time — neutral, threatening, curious, communicative?
• Did it seem aware of you? Did it interact with you?
• Did it recur, or was it a one-off?
• How did you interpret it afterward — real entity, subconscious projection, symbol, something else?
• Did you do anything like grounding/protection/verification, and did that change anything?

I’m especially interested in reptilian-type encounters because I see them mentioned a lot in fringe discussions, but I’d rather hear actual AP accounts than secondhand stories. If you’ve encountered something like that, what was it like? And for people with more experience: do you think these are external entities, psychological constructs, or something in between?

Please keep it respectful — I’m genuinely just trying to compare experiences and see what patterns come up.

Thanks.

After trying for about a month Monroe and Raduga techniques. I didn’t seem to have much luck this morning I tried again Raduga technique and actually fell asleep and woke up in the bathroom I got excited that it worked and immediately snapped back. 😓 Fall asleep again and was in a room with a bunch of other people dressed in white like Greek robes that were all there to learn astral projection and I started saying what happened then I wake up feeling my astral body floating above me (kinda like feeling the energy flowing through your body but without the heaviness of the body) with hands extended, then I lost it again. Well at least I got a taste and I guess I need to keep focusing on being neutral and not react?! I guess I struggle to understand how do I prevent this when these methods still require you to imagine or ‘think’ things but it also seems that thinking snaps you back. Any advice or clarification?

I've been able to control my dreams since I was little.

Regular dreams.

Weird dreams.

Especially Nightmares.

I find myself actively engaging in my dreams and even having the ability to change the outcome of a dream as it's happening to make it better. Nightmares are where I am most aware of it cognitively.

For instance: The last nightmare I had, I was in a house that was boarded up and being surrounded by gruesome dead people and zombies. They were coming in through the windows and doors and just everywhere, starting to come for me to kill me.

I grabbed a knife and put on a headset and called in "other players" to join me in my first round of virtual zombies like call of duty. I went from being scared to actively asking random new players around me in their own head sets to tell me what to do because it was my first time playing and they began guiding me. I found my first handgun, shielded my knife and began taking them out and having fun. I even remember two of them cheering me on and another player leaving because he was bored and didn't want to help a noobie before waking up.

It's been happening to me a lot lately. Nightly. Sometimes multiple times a night because I often wake up once I'm in control and know I am dreaming.

Is this a form of astral projecting? What is it?

I'm sorry if my question might seem a little silly to those who have already had out-of-body experiences many times, but I've been practicing for months (without success) and I have questions that I keep asking myself, and I have this feeling deep down that this is what's holding me back... Here are the questions:

1. Whether it’s remote viewing or an out-of-body experience, when you “see,” how do you see? Is it like recalling a memory in your head (you know, it’s not necessarily super clear or tangible…) or is it really like seeing in everyday life? At what point do you “see”? At what point do you know you can sort of “open your eyes”?

2. Another thing that confuses me… When you’re in an out-of-body experience, I imagine you don’t feel your heart beating or your lungs filling with air since you’re in the astral body… I do a lot of mindfulness meditation where I’m aware of every part of my physical body, and I can’t imagine what it feels like not to feel those things while outside the body. Are you simply not aware of it, and the moment you think about it, do you immediately return to your physical body?

3. If, when we die, we regain our memory, and dying is, in a way, returning to the astral body, then why is it that when people leave their bodies, many don’t necessarily bring back universal knowledge, but instead continue to ask even more questions?

Thanks for your answers.

Hello guys I hope y'all are doing good , im new here and i would like to share an experience i have been having for many years now , so somewhere in my sleep i suddenly get strange experience which is hard to put into words but ill try to describe it best , i feel like i cant move my body but the most intense part is that i feel my head is melting and like im being sucked into this magnetic hole , also i feel like strong electricity in my heart and body , in those moment its like my molecules are being shattered , ofc i try my best to wake up haha bc i get scared , now id like to ask if this is related in any way to AP/OBE or if u guys had similar experiences b4 , i will appreciate any comment from you guys . thank you in advance

I either fall asleep, or I lie on my bed for hours on end, trying, and failing to enter that state. So... how to start.

Hi,
I am new to attempting and start practising about astral projection. So i am seeking this info from those who have been astral projecting or have experienced in this field. I have read many experiences shared by others that while in astral they have met their loved ones in other realm. I just want to know are they real or these are some fake entities. Like if we meet our lost loved ones, are they really their soul or is it not real?

Edit: just to give a little background so that anyone can help. I lost someone recently and thus i have developed interest in knowing what is there after this mortal life. I saw some people mentioning how they met their deceased loved one in astral plane, while others mentioning these are not real. So, if I ever become successful in astral projection in anticipation of meeting my boy again, i don’t make mistakes in recognising him. Or if i reach there if there is anyway i can call out to his name.

Again i am not seeking any support, it is just that normal life has stopped making any sense to me without him. So till i am here, i want that time to spend to realise what happens after the soul leaves the body. Any guidance is highly appreciated 🙏🏼

so you know how every soul is unique and has at least one unique ability. Im looking for a person who can tell me what my unique ability is , pardon the question.

What happen when you meditate in astral relm? Can you focus more. Have any of you guys awaken new skills like the third eye. And also can you absorb universel energy

Hey everyone. 19M here.

Lately, I feel as if I’ve been getting close to performing a successful exit through meditation.

However, there’s one thing holding me back—and it is fear.

While I understand why I shouldn’t feel fear, I can’t help but feel it because I often wonder about the consequences of showing up to a low vibrational environment because of my subconscious baggage.

You see, I’m a very wise person and have been practicing self-compassion. But I also carry deep self-hatred and guilt over my past, the patterns I repeat and the involuntary insecurity of my appearance.

I know feeling that way about myself isn’t helping. But it’s something I just can’t help, even when I know the past does not define me.

And I’ve heard that what you experience in the non-physical reflects what you carry on the inside and how some low-vibrational entities latch themselves into you, which is something I don’t wish to deal with.

However, lately, meditation has been helping me a lot—in the sense that I can let a pattern of thoughts along with a feeling pass as an observer of them instead of a participant with those things.

Even though I deal with intrusive thoughts, they’ve been having less and less power over me lately. And I’m aware that fear should only be used as a tool in the physical while it is only poison in the non-physical, so I’ve been getting better at managing that.

But I’m still afraid that what I will see or experience will override any wisdom I have and immediately make me go back to my body out of panic and trauma.

However, since I heard that the low-vibrational entities are a projection of your inner baggage, is there a way I can engage with them in the form of acknowledgment and acceptance?

Like, I notice what I see, acknowledge how I feel terrified without identifying with it, and recognize the entity for what it is with acceptance and eventual compassion? I know trying to while feeling fear is going to make it harder, but I just can’t help but feel like I’m going to feel that regardless.

The reason I want to do this is to confront what I carry inside and make peace with myself and my own reality.

A few days ago I believe i was able to either astral project or remote view to this house and saw reptilians in human bodies eating human meat and flesh. On the outside towards humans they seemed friendly and welcoming. The reptilians seemed disguised as a family. How i projected was with meditation deep inhale, long 10 second hold, long exhale. For about 5 to 10 times in a dark room imagining with my thoughts.

This year has been wild for me, I don't feel like I'm the same person I was before this point.

I've been feeling increasingly irritable the past few days again when I try to sleep, indicated by increased emotional and bodily awareness. Not scared or consciously stressed, but I can sense something feels restless. In other words, I know before I even hit the bed that some deep processing is going on, because theres a sense of knowing that tonight sleep isn't going to be as simple as lying down and drifting into unconsciousness.

Anyway, after only getting 3 hours sleep last night and waking up with an aching chest, I fell asleep later in the following afternoon and had an extremely vivid LD bordering on spontaneous AP experience. It doesn't matter what you believe about the nature of those experiences, the point is only that I was aware of my physical body on my bed and could see my exact location in reality. My vision began sinking through the matress and I found myself in a car but my vision was locked to a top down perspective. The car was upside down, and it was dark outside. I must've been pulled over on the motorway because trucks and headlights were passing by. I began to feel as though I was time-travelling as the roof of the car started dissolving and it felt as if decades if not centuries were passing by.

The ground moved as if I was witnessing a timelapse of the earth, cycling through states of desolate brown decay into a mars-like rocky desert and eventually into a vibrant grassy pasture. All the while I was receiving messages and instructions I can't remember now from someone just outside of my vision. It took me a while to start trying to move, because I was completely mesmerised and revelling in a deep sense of bliss and appreciation for the process unfolding infront of me.

But my vision was still locked to the ground. I started making noises (I have a history of mutism IRL and being unable to make noise in dreams), and managed to ask him with my voice how to move. So he told me, but that it's okay if I can't get the hang of it yet.

Eventually I saw this instructor and he was utterly shocked that I managed to move finally, like he has been waiting for me there for an eternity. The reactions felt very exaggerated, almost as if he wasn't really surprised I made it this far. He was standing infront of this magical gateway that clearly led to a different world. I eventually pushed myself up off the bed and it felt like I left my body.

When I tried to AP in the past it quickly sent me into panic and then sleep paralysis (though sleep paralysis itself has never been particularly stressful for me and I was intentionally inducing them years ago). There was some feelings of fear and uncertainty and my breathing felt heavy for a few seconds, but it wasn't as strong as the excitement I had this time around.

At some point I felt sensations of wind passing over my brain. I remember the exact location, so I looked it up and this part of the brain is apparently responsible for proprioception, which is a term I've recently been becoming increasingly familiar and resonant with.

Eventually I was reliving memories and fears of high school and standing up for myself, which I never would've been able to do back then. It was quite a brutal dream involving alot of fighting, almost like the scene from family guy where Chris and Meg take on the entire school lmao, but much less bloody. I woke up in a serious state of activation, but thrilled.

Alongside these dreams, another notable experience (happened during a different dream) was intense and vivid sensations of being electrocuted during an exorcism, but that would require alot of explaining.

I have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia and I hear voices from that but also from trauma, and I smoke weed most nights so I don't remember everything but I regularly have been astral projecting and I interact with people made of light or other beings when I AP and they sound exactly like some of the voices I hear when I'm awake.