How do we think Astral Projection actually works?

[ingubingu]

Mechanically, how does Astral Projection work? Is it our true selves, much less or much more?

Attempting to create some sort of dialogue here! Feel free to explain it using your own beliefs or words.

[ThatMan]

Based on my experiences, when one has an out of body experience, one is both in the body and both outside the body, at the same time, that until the silver cord is cut, then the body loses its tie on "you". I've seen the silver cord, it's like a wire that connects you with the physical body.

You see, there are too many dimensions to figure things out. I've seen other versions of myself doing things in the astral, things that I had no memory of but I know it was me.

Every time I go to sleep, I leave the body, and I think this is a general rule for everyone, I've done experiments. I went to sleep, had and OBE and wake up, and then only few minutes passed from the time I went to sleep to the time I woke up.

Mostly, it's my human self who goes out, it's a bit rare for me to experience an expanded sense of self while out there, and even worse, your human thoughts can take over while you have an out of body experience, such moments have always derailed my experiences.

I had OBEs at almost any moment, at night time or when taking a nap in daytime, I had OBEs with people in the same room with me but could not see much. I had OBEs from any sleep position but it seems laying on the back and having the body straight seems to be the most natural to have an OBE.

I had tons of short OBEs while meditating but I find it too difficult to have conscious OBEs, I managed a few times by accident.

ingubingu you want to have OBEs? The simplest method is to go to sleep at night, put the alarm to wake up few hours later, wake up, meditate in your bed, body straight laying on your back and let yourself fall asleep with the intention to leave the body.

[snowyowl]

I'm currently reading a book about astral projection called "Journeys outside the body" by Robert Monroe. He had a lot of experience with OOBEs and as I understand him, it's a spiritual body which can leave the physical and travel around either in this world, or into two other realms he's identified.
It's his first book, written in 1972 and referencing astral travelling going back to the 1950s so he was one of the earlier authors on the subject.

I've had a couple of brief experiences myself, both during meditation retreats so I can relate to the link with mediation.

[Native spirit]

There are many places in the Astral world I don't
need to meditate to have astra travel I do it without thinking.



Namaste