[Wrasialat]

Hey guys,

I have tried to Astral Project for the past few days, and here's exactly what happened.

I was laying on my bed at night with all the lights shut off, and after about 40-50 minutes of deep breathing i felt as if my body was getting heavier as though i was starting to sink slowly into the bed - a feeling as if my body was getting slowly lowered deeper and deeper... however, i was completely conscious at the time.

The next thing that happened was that it seemed like as if my mind's eye had opened and eventhough my eyes were closed it seemed like as if i was starting to see through a fog until i could actually see what was on top of me... i opened my eyes and saw a million of little tiny white particles floating and swirling around on top of my body (like electrons swirling around a neucleus) since this was the first time i had ever seen anything out of the norm, i moved my arm to that area and all of a sudden all the hair on my arm stood right up..... and after a while i ended the session right there. (Was I seeing my own body energy?)

The next 3 days i attempted to Astral Project by going through with the same ritual... and achieved the meditative state like the first.... and like the first day, with my eyes closed i started to see an image of a greenish and misty figure hovering right on top of me.... (then i opened my eyes, and the misty figure was still there, hovering.

On the first day i couldn't make out who it was, but i knew it was a mist with a face... then the second day, i saw the same thing, but the face seemed to be cleared this time as i could make out an eye and some other vague and blurry facial figures. Of course i was a little freaked out again and just decided to pull over my bed cover and tried to think happy thoughts and fall asleep. Then again, the third night, i saw the same misty facial figure hovering above me when i was trying to astral project... but this time i could make out the nose and the lips.... and again, i stopped what i was doing at the time.

Later on i read Bruce's book and from how the book explained, i think i saw my own projected double, and now that i think about it, the face does look similar to mine..... and from the book it seems like this is the stage right before the actual astral projection where the body actually leaves the body, so i was actually very close to an actual projection..

I was wondering if anyone has any experiences similar to mine?

In addition, how could I get past this stage? It seems like i'm completely conscious when i was seeing my projected double, and even after i got freaked out by it and tried to sleep it off... i could seel see the greenish misty figure hovering above me when i open my eyes..... it seemed like i opened something and eventhough i was no longer meditating the gate still stayed opened.... i noticed this because i didn't know what it was at first and was really scared of it thinking that it might be some spirit i'm seeing.... and all i was trying to do was cover myself up in ym blanket and try to sleep it off and forget about it, and somehow i could still see it somehow. until i tried to focus my mind off of it or until i actually fell asleep.

Can i have my eyes open and can i be conscious when trying to transition from the stage i experienced to the stage where i want to be (the stage where i actually astral project?) 'cuz for 3-4 consecutive nights i have been in a conscious stage when i saw my projected double, but not sure how i should progress to actually achieve an OBE