Help with astral projection?

A friend of mine and I have a similar complaint so I thought I'd ask:

Can I get some tips on astral projecting, even foods to eat or avoid, mental exercises, etc. I can lucid dream, I have good control of my energy and aura, I've been meditating and can even "detatch" from my body. But I can't seem to consciously leave it to go where I wish. I'd like to learn, or possibly remember, how to astral project, and I've tried ever method I've heard of. (Though probably not every method that exists.) So I'd like to hear about foods that help or hinder astral projection, or stones or music or herbs. Anything that might help.

Thank you in advance.

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as for food and herbs, i can only tell what a "wise woman" (something between a shaman, alernative healer, energy worker, etc.) gave me in order to stay "inside" (because i used to be slightly "outside"), that was some kind of dandelion drops, and she said that bananas and dairy products had the same effect, only weaker.

hope that helps.

Google for "astral dynamics". On the website are tuition guides called "NEW Energy Ways" and "Tretise on Astral Projection". Read them.

Too be honest..i don't think foods are gonna hinder astro projection....Your thinking too hard. Just think of yourself stepping out of your body while meditating. You can get the hang of it.

Shiekern Wrote:Too be honest..i don't think foods are gonna hinder astro projection....Your thinking too hard. Just think of yourself stepping out of your body while meditating. You can get the hang of it.

Yeah, he's definitely thinking too hard.
If it were really that complicated, I doubt many people would have stumbled upon it, or that a lot fo them would be able to do it as easily as they do.

I never hit any catches when I project, or when I first did it on accident. As long as I stay relaxed, I can do it when I choose.

I think I got a bit closer. I haven't lucid dreamed in a while until a couple nights ago. Then when I did, one of my head mates and one of his friends were in the dream. I've asked said head mate, and yes he and his friend were there in astral form. So maybe I've gotten to my personal patch of the astral realm. Woooo....

vampyre_smiles Wrote:I think I got a bit closer.

Did you follow the Astral Dynamics guides, "Tretise on Astral Projection" and "NEW Energy Ways"?

The only concrete, solid, in depth advice in this thread is from them. Of course that advice is a lot of reading and a bit of work. But the advice is there.

Archer Wrote:

vampyre_smiles Wrote:I think I got a bit closer.

Did you follow the Astral Dynamics guides, "Treatise on Astral Projection" and "NEW Energy Ways"?

If I were "following" something, it would be a conscious attempt and I would not have said it was an unconscious action.

Although, currently reading through the suggested material, what I've thought of as astral projecting is a consciously controlled OOBE. And what is explained as actual astral projection has little more use to me than lucid dreaming which I do quite often.

Thank you for pointing me in this direction. I wouldn't have noticed this otherwise, or at a much later time.

The terminology doesn't really matter IMO . . . what matters is what you want to do/achieve.

I love those particular guides because the majority of advice on astral projection/OOBEs is of the "just relax and slip into it" pattern. That's great for people who can naturally do it, but utterly useless for people who actually need help. Robert Bruce's stuff on the other hand is practical and specific, and his NEW Energy Ways guide is also an excellent aid for anyone who wants to learn or work on any kind of magic or energy work. (So much easier to do anything like that when you've been taught how to just turn your energy "on" and charge up at will.)

I'm not saying it works for everyone, but I do think it will definitely work a lot more often than the more vague advice will.

I drink two glasses of wine before I do anything new. It helps relax me so I can fallow impulses more directly. Of course you should only do this if your of age to do so.