Overcoming Difficulties Astral Projecting

In this episode of the Astral Dimensions, Vince discusses several of the most common issues that new and aspiring astral projectors encounter when attempting to induce an out of body experience and explains in detail how to overcome these difficulties. This is the first episode in a series based on troubleshoot astral projection problems. 

Transcript

this is the astral Dimensions podcast

hey everyone I'm your host Vince and as you may know

I've been astral projecting since the year 2000. but I haven't only been

practicing astral projection for the past 23 years I've also been mentoring

and helping others with their own practice and I've been doing this since I first

started it was just natural for me to want to help people with this I wanted to allow

them to have the same incredible and enlightening experiences that I was

having so when I learned how to astral project back when I was a sophomore in high

school I didn't tell too many people about it but I did tell a few of my

closest friends and one of them actually showed some interest in it so I

explained the technique that I was using to induce these out of body experiences

and he tried it a couple of times now the first time he wasn't successful

but he told me what he did and what happened and it sounded like he was actually

pretty close to projecting but he made a crucial mistake that I was immediately

able to recognize so I advised him what he needed to do

differently and a couple of attempts later he was actually able to leave his body

so several years into my practice I joined a few online discussion forums on

the topic of astral projection which served as incredible opportunities to

interact with others who were also interested in the practice because

finding people like that in the real world seemed almost impossible

so I use these forums as platforms not only to share my own techniques and

experiences but also to guide others and give advice to those who needed help in

some aspect of the practice so shortly after this I got married

and I would tell my wife about my out of body experiences and she actually had a few spontaneous

projections just from the exposure that she had from me

I mean of course I had previously explained some techniques that I used

and she had an idea of what it was like to go through the projection process

just from what I told her so I believe her projections were a

combination of having astral projection on her mind just from me talking about

it so much and then recognizing the stages of the

projection process from what I explained of my own experiences and then just

going with the flow of the experience and allowing it to happen

so years after this my younger brother reached the age that I was when I first

started having out-of-body experiences so I introduced him to the concept and

shared some of my knowledge and experience with him and he was super interested so I taught

him a technique and he had his first Out of Body Experience soon after this

so fast forward to the beginning of last year 2022.

I published my first book about astral projection and lucid dreaming

and it turned out to be pretty successful and I started receiving a lot of

inquiries and requests for advice about the practice so over the past year my

mentoring activities have elevated to a completely new level and I've spent more

time coaching and guiding people in the practice than ever before

so what this episode is all about is exactly that

I'm gonna be discussing some of the most common issues and challenges that people

run into when astral projecting or attempting astral projection

and I'm gonna share my own experiences in which I've had to deal with these

challenges and overcome them because my knowledge doesn't come from books it

comes from over two decades of first-hand experience persistence

trial and error successes and failures

experimentation fine-tuning and pushing the boundaries

so I'm gonna dive into four different areas that seem to present the biggest

difficulties to new astral Travelers this episode is going to focus on the

first of these areas which is problems inducing projection

which is undoubtedly the very first issue that most people run into

so I talked a bit about this in the third episode of my podcast in which I

explain some of the best techniques to achieve an out-of-body experience but

now let's do some in-depth troubleshooting identify what we're doing wrong

and see how we can correct these mistakes I'm going to talk about six of the most

common issues when it comes to inducing astral projection

and these are one making your attempts at the wrong time

two using an ineffective or inefficient technique

three not being patient and giving up too soon

for not knowing the stages of the separation process and their symptoms

five getting excited or scared when you experience

pre-separation or separation symptoms six

having beliefs or fears that hinder your success

so let's dive right into the first one making your attempts at the wrong time

now the first thing that needs to be understood is that in order to trigger

an out of body experience the body needs to be asleep and the mind needs to be

awake and aware so what we need to consider in terms of

the time of day that we make our attempts is what state of body and mind

you are in at any given time and how easy or difficult is it to enter the

Mind awake body a sleep State at that time I've spoken to countless people over the

years having trouble achieving astral projection and I always start with two questions

one what technique are you using and two when are you doing it

and the majority of the time these people tell me that they're doing it at

nights for bed and this is a great example of a

generally bad time to attempt astral projection and when I say bad what I really mean is

that it's not ideal and I'll tell you why your goal is to reach the Mind awake

body of sleep state so at bedtime after a long day of school or work

it's not only your body that is tired your brain is tired your mind is tired

it needs rest it needs to shut off for a while

you lack the mental Clarity and strength of focus that you had earlier in the day

and so now in this state of physical and mental exhaustion

you're gonna do exactly the opposite of what your body and mind are begging for

which is to slip into unconsciousness this is certainly not the best time to

attempt astral projection because more likely than not you're just gonna fall

asleep now don't get me wrong my very first astral projection was at night and let

me tell you it was a pretty painstaking process especially compared to the early morning

technique that I started using soon after at night your mind and body just want to

sleep and so when you try to project at bedtime you have to fight that urge and

that necessity so it's really counterproductive of course it's definitely beneficial to

meditate at bedtime and there's nothing wrong with trying some astral projection techniques at

that time I personally prefer to use affirmation based techniques at night because they

tend to have an effect in the middle of the night and the next morning so when falling asleep I'll do an

affirmation based meditation for lucid dreaming and astral projection and this

will usually trigger lucid dreams while sleeping and it'll also trigger out of

body experiences upon Awakening attempting astral projection during the

day while fully awake is also not the best time to make your attempts

sure your mind is alert so that takes care of half of the equation keeping

your mind awake but now the issue is the other half getting your body to fall asleep

this typically isn't easily done during the day while fully awake if you asked

the average person to try to fall asleep at any given time during the afternoon

they probably wouldn't be able to do it the body and mind are too stimulated

so the challenge at this time is getting the body to sleep

of course we tend to have a dip in energy levels after lunch time

and some people are able to fall asleep for a nap around this time

so this would be a decent opportunity for an astral projection attempt

but there is typically some degree of mental fog around nap time

so the Mind still won't be in the ideal state to remain aware as the body falls

asleep but it certainly won't be as exhausted as it is at bedtime

so this would definitely be a more productive time for an attempt but still

not ideal so we've established that during the day

and at night generally aren't the ideal times to attempt astral projection

so that leaves the morning why is the morning the best time to have

an out of Body Experience well let's consider what happens if you

wake up a bit earlier than usual and you know you still have an hour or two

before you need to actually get up you fall back to sleep and for the average person this is a

pretty effortless and natural thing to do you just slip back into unconsciousness

your body is already extremely relaxed and can fall back to sleep easily

and for the second half of the equation your mind has already gotten a decent

amount of rest so it's much easier to maintain awareness as your body falls back to

sleep so in other words the body and mind are in the ideal state to achieve

an out of body experience in the early morning so this is when you need to be focusing

the majority of your effort and attempts and again for details regarding the

particular techniques that you can use for your early morning attempts check

out episode three so moving down the list the second common issue beginners tend

to face is using an ineffective or inefficient technique

and this is pretty closely related to the first issue because just like

certain times are more conducive to astral projection than others

in the same way certain techniques tend to work better than others

but this is a little more subjective than the first issue

I mean the first issue of time is more related to human biology and the nature

of the cycles and states of Consciousness that everyone goes through on a daily basis

but the issue of technique is a little more abstract than that

so let me explain there are countless different astral projection induction techniques

some of them are focused on visualization some of them are focused on tactile

imagery which is using your awareness to generate bodily feelings and Sensations

some of them are focused on affirmations and subconscious programming

some of them are focused on hacking your body and mind to trigger the projection

spontaneously or in other words allowing the ideal conditions of body and mind to

naturally arise and simply going along for the ride when the projection occurs

naturally which is what my method called The Sweet Spot is designed to do also

explained in episode number three and some techniques involve a

combination of these various methods so that being said some people have a

proclivity towards certain methods we all have unique strengths and

weaknesses for me the tactile imagery based techniques are more effective than the

pure visualization techniques but so long as the technique is allowing the

body to fall asleep and the mind to stay awake so that the projection is

triggered this is what I consider a valid technique and it's up to the individual

to test these techniques and see what works best for them

however it's important that you're using a valid technique because over the years

I've heard of some techniques that simply miss the mark

they don't take consideration of the actual processes that take place during

astral projection and are more time wasters than anything else

I'll give you an example there is one technique I read about many

years ago I don't remember the source but the instructions were to visualize

an astral body next to your physical body already separated

and the idea is to use as much mental energy as possible to actually Manifest

this astral body in the astral dimension and then you shift your own

Consciousness into this manifested astral body

and you travel the astral Dimension from within it so the issue with that is that it seems

to totally Overlook the fact that you have your own astral body

and your real astral body is fused with your physical body until the projection

is triggered and at that point your Consciousness naturally shifts into your

astral body and you separate from your physical body and travel the astral

Dimension from within your own astral body so the idea of spending all this time

and energy to try to create another astral body just isn't very logical and

doesn't actually reflect the true nature of the process

now I'm not saying that visualization exercises like this can't be beneficial

or that a genuine astral projection can't be triggered from this technique

you know a forced externalization of your awareness from your body can in

fact trigger an out of Body Experience but if you were to actually project your

Consciousness into a mentally created energy body it would be more of a mental projection

than an astral projection and I discuss the differences between

these types of projection in my book and I'll certainly be getting more in depth

about them in future episodes of my podcast but for now the point is that

some techniques just don't work as well as others in more of a universal sense

simply because they either require unnecessarily long periods of time and

unnecessarily large amounts of mental energy and they may not actually reflect the

true underlying mechanisms behind astral projection what we want is to reach our goal with

as little time and effort as possible so as an example of what I discussed so

far from my own experience as I said the first technique I ever learned and the

technique I used to induce my first out of body experience was a nighttime

technique now because I was making my attempts at the wrong time of day it took nearly a

week of nightly attempts before succeeding and even then it will take up

to an hour or more to finally trigger their projection

but shortly after learning to project using this technique I learned another

technique and early morning technique and not only did I have immediate

success with this new technique but it also cut the amount of time

required to induce the projection to a fraction of what I spent with the

nighttime technique so the third issue that I see a lot with

new or aspiring astral projectors is that they try to rush the process and

they give up on their attempts too soon like I said it would take me up to an

hour lying in bed going through the technique sometimes multiple times per

session starting from the beginning and running through the entire process and then when

nothing happened restarting and going through it all again before I was able to trigger that

first projection so you need patience and you need that drive to keep with it no matter what

and this doesn't just apply to individual attempts but to techniques as a whole

you can't just try a technique once and be done with it simply because it didn't

work the first time it's not just a one-time try and then

move on to another you have to spend some time using the

technique and see where you get with it I'd say spend at least one week with any

particular technique and if you see some progress keep it up

and if there's zero progress at all even after analyzing what you're doing

and what mistakes you may be making and trying to correct those mistakes

then perhaps it's time to switch to another technique now the fourth common issue is related

to the third and this is not knowing the various stages of the projection process

and the symptoms and Sensations that go along with them

this is the way that you actually gauge how far along you are in your attempt

and how close you may be to triggering the projection and this relates to the third issue of

giving up too soon because it's much more likely that you'll stick with the attempt and

continue to progress through it if you have a reference for what stage of the

process you're currently in and what stages are still to come before the

projection is triggered so do your research and learn what

happens as you get closer to projection be aware of the sensations and

experiences that come along with these stages weightlessness muscle twitches and

itches tingly energetic Sensations deep heaviness and paralysis intense

energetic vibrations buzzing Sensations in your head

a feeling of expansion sensations of movement like floating or

falling be on the lookout for these symptoms during your attempts and as you pass

through these stages you'll know that you're getting closer to projecting and

it'll be more likely that you stick with the attempt until the end

now the fifth issue that I come across a lot is the inability to control your

emotions especially when the sensations arise that I just mentioned

some of these Sensations can be subtle and others can be intense and jarring

but the key is to remain calm and emotionally neutral

so if you reach the pre-projection stage in which you feel completely weightless

or you feel a deep heaviness wash over your body

you should know that you're close to projecting and that causes a lot of

people to get excited which actually ruins the attempt by stimulating the

body and it causes you to snap out of the altered state

some people get as far as reaching the vibrational stage which is the final

pre-projection stage that typically occurs moments before separation from

the body and the moment these intense vibrations hit some people get scared so

it's important to know that these are normal symptoms of the projection process and you just need to keep calm

and go along for the ride almost as an observer rather than an active

participant try to detach yourself from the experience to the extent that you allow

the process to play out without interfering with it and so this brings us to the sixth and

final issue that I'll be discussing in this episode which is when beliefs and fears prevent

you from successfully astral projecting I receive a ton of messages from people

who want to learn astral projection or who are actively trying to project but

they have these conflicting internal constructs that sabotage their success

a common one is having the belief that your body is exposed to negative

entities during astral projection and that it could even get possessed

while you're out exploring the astral dimension and the thing is many of these

fear-based beliefs are born from ignorance so in this particular case the fact of

the matter is that the physical body isn't just abandoned during an out of

Body Experience it's not left as an empty shell during

the projection an aspect of your Consciousness actually remains within the body during these

projections so it's really no less protected as it is during a normal dream

or a lucid dream another false fear-based belief that I

often hear is that they're afraid they'll get stuck out of body and not be

able to return now the reality of the situation is

actually quite the opposite it's hard to stay out of body and the real challenge

is learning how to remain in the out of body state for longer periods of time

because entering the body is as quick and easy and natural as simply thinking

about re-entering the body even for a split second you will find yourself

instantly back in your physical body with nothing more than the momentary

intention of coming back in the beginning you may actually even

experience a force that tries to draw you back into your body a force that you

find yourself fighting against trying to get further and further away from your

body like your astral body is attached to your physical body with some kind of

elastic in reality the only way you could get

stuck out of body is if somehow your physical body died during the projection

which in that case you'd already be where your spirit would go after death

anyway but I don't believe anything that could be experienced during an astral

projection could actually cause the death of the physical body

so this just isn't something that needs to be worried about so in a general sense any beliefs or

fears or preconceptions that are against astral projection or that taint the

practice with any kind of negativity will serve to hold you back and hinder

your ability to successfully achieve it so these beliefs need to be examined and

eradicated and the best way to do that is with information and knowledge and logic and

internal analysis much of this information will come from

experienced projectors so do your research and learn from the experiences

of others and the rest will be a matter of introspection and mental and emotional

self-work so this is the first of several episodes

in which I'll be discussing common issues that arise in relation to the

practice of astral projection future episodes will cover topics such

as problems navigating the astral dimensions issues with perception and focus

dealing with negative entities and ways to overcome these issues

I hope this was helpful to anyone struggling with their own astral

projection attempts feel free to reach out to me on social media if you have any specific questions

that I haven't covered in my podcast or book thanks so much for listening and I'll

talk to you next time