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Thanks for this link, i have tried prying my eyes open as well, which is kind of a creepy feeling, i'll focus on doing this more intensely next time to see if it works a bit better. clarity now is something that usually works for me when i already have some vision but its blurred or dimmed. how frustrating it is to get out and have something like your vision hold you back! its just so strange that my eyes actually feel like they are physically glued shut... and also that especially during this last event that i could move around in my apartment and i could feel that my environment was solid and that my presence there was strong...it was just my eyes that werent cooperating.

something else i find curious is that there have been several times that i have in fact been quite close to my body and had perfect vision, i have looked down at my body on the bed and been able to inspect it (and my kitties sleeping next to me ), but other times it does seem that i have to move away from my body to gain my vision....totally arbitrary, no logic to it that i can fathom yet.

the energy factor is something that i am currently experimenting with. i have noticed in several threads that people are looking for the trigger food that will encourage dreaming, lucid or otherwise. although my results do still seem to be arbitrary, its been making more sense to me to avoid food altogether before sleep or attempting a projection...when my stomach and intestines are not tied up with the digestive process, its much easier for me to pull energy up through my body during meditation to charge up my entire subtle body, which i assume is the vehicle (or at least part of the vehicle) that we use to move in the astral. what do you think about this?

and let me apologize ahead of time for stating anything that may be obvious, i decided a long time ago that i would steer away from most literature on this subject... i want this universe to show me what its truth is, so im trying to avoid having too many other impressions implanted in my mind that may distract me from seeing what is really there, although i am still intensely interested in other people's experiences. i hope this makes sense

jennifer