[Starichok]

I've read all the stuff on Astral Projection, including a book for beginners, but I still can't manage it. I try relaxing and waiting, and I can never manage to do anything before I fall asleep.

I believe I may have done it once before. I have a mental place I go to when I'm stressed or need to relax. It's a small, enclosed meadow, where everything is perfect. There is a pond in this meadow, with a smooth, rocky bottom. When I swim through it, there are fish of many colors, as well as a strange creatures I assume are a product of my imagination. At the end of a tunnel, there is a cave. I enter this cave. There is a flipping sensation, and I exit.

The water is red and dark. Terrifying monsters glide around me. The rocks are jagged and hurt my feet when I crawl onto the barren shore. The dead grasses are sharp as needles. The trees are blackened. The sky is filled with storm clouds. This is how I deal with negative feelings.


So, I was in the good side, where things are nice. I was laying on a couch, eyes closed, just daydreaming. I decided to "explore". Across the pond I went, into a beautiful wheat field. There, waiting for me, was a griffon (or so I assume). I climbed onto his back, and he took off, carrying me above the field where beautiful creatures played. In the distance there was a city. It was here we landed. Something in the outside world roused me, and I returned swiftly to the meadow and back to the "real" world.



What is this leading to? How do I project? I'm not really new to meditation, so that part is easy. It's the seperation part, as well as what I should expect that gets me.


I have a vague idea what I should expect so far as the physical world goes. It's happened to me several times, when I was younger. I floated above myself, looking at the room. As soon as I saw or thought of my body, though... My body jerks, and when I open my eyes, my heart is pounding, my breath comes fast, and I find myself unusually aware.



Any way I can cause this? I'm trying to find something less complex, something that tells me quite obviously that I'm doing something new.


Additionally, I apologise for any repetitive parts in this post... It's hard for me to express my thoughts completely in one shot.