My 1st Try at Astral Projection
 

Hello folks!

Ok, I am brand spanking new to all this. I looked into astral projection after watching a Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Specifically the one with Steven Greer.

So here is what I did & y’all can tell me what I did because it kind of freaked me out:

Last night I laid down in bed, on my back. I just laid there in the dark & quiet, my 3 yr old son asleep in the middle of the bed & on the other side of him my wife was asleep as well.

So, I began to just relax, deep breathes in thru the nose and out thru the mouth. I have never meditated in my life, so I really don’t know how. I just lay still, not moving & breathing with eyes closed. After some time I couldn’t tell if I was really experiencing anything, other then briefly feeling like I was rollling out of my head. It only lasted for what seemed like a split second before I snapped to. I tried to do it all again 2 more times but nothing happened. So, I decided to turn on to my left side & try it that way.

Well, I don’t know how long I laid there before what seemed like I was dreaming but I knew I was still some what coherent or awake. I don’t know if I was envisioning myself on the couch in my living room or just dreaming but I felt like I was really on the couch. Now, what happened next was a bolt of lightning struck me near the hip while laying on my couch and it jolted me out of this state I was in & I was still on my left side in my bed. It seemed so real but I immediately knew I wasn’t asleep...I don’t know if this is making sense or not, sorry. So, I told myself I want to experience this again & this time I won’t be freaked out by the bolt of lightning. Well, it didn’t take long & the exact same circumstance happened again!!! I was on my couch & the same bolt of lightning hit me again!!! I didn’t freak out as bad this time but it was still freaky enough to jolt me back out of this state I was in. So, again I tried to reach the same experience but I couldn’t. I literally laid in my bed all night awake until 6am when I had to get ready to go to work.

So what is this I did? Is this bolt of lightning an astral projection or something else? The fact I was able to do anything, having never done this before was exciting & the fact I was able to have the same thing happen twice has my interest peaked.

Needing guidance on how to proceed further & what was it I actually experienced???

Sometimes our subconsciousness can be working against us while we are trying to get out and throw in all kinds of distractions. I'm not saying it was that but it may have been.

I suggest not to be trying to get out all night as you can set up a habit in which you find it hard to get out or a habit where it takes a long time. Set yourself some kind of decent time limit after which you will allow yourself to go properly to sleep (that in itself can trigger off an OBE if you have been trying to do so just beforehand). It is a very fine line but you need to allow yourself to head closer to a sleep state so you can reach the point where you can separate from the body faster.

Thanks for the input!!! Like I said, I have never tried this before, so I got lots to learn. I really didn’t try all night, probably more like a 2 hour period. Like 10-12. I just couldn’t go to sleep afterwards for whatever reason.

Any more info on how to better understand this is greatly appreciated! Thanks again!