[Inettypofonee]

just thought i would throw this one out here, and see if anyone has used this method before.


long ago and far away, when i was fairly 'proficient' at OBE, i really don't remember being 'taught' this method, or for that matter, reading about it. (this was WAY before algore 'invented' the internet).

i would do a whole body relaxation, very similar to what RB suggests, then, i would 'expand' my awareness to fully 'fill' my physical body. then, starting with my feet, i would begin to 'contract' my 'awareness'. (at the time, i did NOT have the words for any of this, i just 'did it', probably not knowing any better)....

now, using words we all know,,,,
imagine your skin, as a 'container' and your awareness a 'baloon' that is 'pressurized', and 'filling all the available space' with your skin being the container.

i would start at my feet, 'peeling' the edges of my 'awareness' up, away from my skin, basically after 'exanding' to 'fill' the container, i would then start to 'concentrate' my 'awareness' by contracting it. i would slowly bring up the 'bottom edge' until it got up to the bottom of my torso. at which time i would begin 'contracting' from my hands, until i was 'contained' basically in my torso, and head. (arms 'empty' of my 'awareness', legs 'empty' of my awareness)
at this point, i would then resume contracting from the bottom, up thru my torso, until i was completely 'contained' to a space above my neck, basically then fully contained by my head.
then, i would continue, with my 'end point' being my '3rd eye'.
i would keep contracting, until i was 'totally contained' in an area just inside my skin, at the 3rd eye position.
it was then, a very easy 'transition'. once i was there, i would do a quick check to make sure that i was fully contained, and make sure i remembered what i wanted to accomplish, or where i wanted to go, etc,,,, (verify/assert my 'travel plans'),,,, then, i would just 'push' in 'just the right place', (i could 'sense' the 'target point' for exit), and poof, the 'target point' would 'open' kinda like a 'docking portal' on some big sci-fi 'spaceship'. oh, wait, a camera lens aperature,,,, (old film type camera).. yeah, that's what it 'looked' like.....

anyway, once i 'pushed' there, and it 'opened' i was ON MY WAY....

thing is, i don't remember EVER getting out WITHOUT A PLAN.

anyway,,,, that's how i used to do it.

/rick