Hi Steve

I think you'll find Adrian's new website of interest.  Here is the link - http://www.thedirectvoice.com/forums/index.php

Hope you enjoy!

Sarah

I agree with James. 

We should simply shoot them all and get on with hugging trees - without any funny looks! 

On a serious side, whilst I do tell friends and family about my beliefs, I tend not to shout it from the rooftops as I am quite sensitive to others' feelings and am prone to take things personally.  If someone gives me a filthy look, I do feel it.  It can sometimes quite literally hurt inside. 

I tend to avoid the majority of the human race and stick with those I know are more accepting of "this" kind of stuff.

Sarah

There is also the matter of staring at a blue sky

Hi Keith

I was doing this the other day.  I was lay on the grass in the park and the sky was a lovely light blue.  I closed my eyes for a few moments and when I opened them, if I opened them slowly, I could see hundreds of tiny silver sparkles everywhere.  This was when I didn't focus on any one thing. 

It was quite fascinating and I spend a good half an hour doing it!  Ha ha.

Sarah

Hello Potatis and birdtalk64

Thank you for responding - I didn't realise you had replied Potatis - as I don't visit this website quite as much. 

I did have another lucid dream where as soon as I became lucid I requested to meet with "Jane".  I found myself in a beautiful garden full of greens, and all the flowers were the softest brightest white.  As soon as I thought the word "Jane", a bumble bee flew by me to the left.  I instinctively knew that Jane was the bumble bee.

Unfortunately, this was a little confusing as I expected to see a young female and with the confusion I found myself awake.

Since then, I've not had chance to follow up, due to physical life getting in the way... 

Why she would be a bumble bee is anyone's guess.

Sarah

Last week, I had a very interesting lucid dream.  For those that know me from the Astral Pulse website, I did my usual "closing" of the dream environment and found myself on a street.

Just to point out that my beliefs with regard to those who commit suicide are somewhat vague, but so far I'm of the opinion that there isn't a stigma attached to suicide - it's simply another choice we can make on our spiritual path.  This experience has caused me to question that belief.  

I've changed the name of my friend, and the names he gave me.

Jack was someone I'd known many years ago, when I was little.  I found out through other friends that he committed suicide about 5 years ago.  He's not someone I think about much, and he certainly hadn't been on my mind beforehand.

Here is the experience:

I was now on a street somewhere.  The dream was to my right, but very vague.  I was incredibly lucid, and start walking the opposite way to the dream.  The street was fairly ordinary, but the clarity was breathtaking.  It was so sparkly and clear, the sun shone and everything was as if it had just been washed, including the houses, people, sky, trees etc.

I placed intent that “someone” (anyone) was to come along to talk to (it was quite empty at this point).  

I noticed a man on the other side of the street walking towards me slowly.  As he came closer, I realised it was Jack.  His appearance was out of character with the rest of what I could see, in that he was slightly unshaven and wore dark clothes.  He was looking around a little shifty.  

He walked up to me and I said, “Jack!” and gave him a big hug.  He looked at me and said, “Whatever you do, don’t go down the same road that I did, will you?  Just don’t do it.”  (He was talking about committing suicide.)

I told him I wouldn’t.  I grabbed hold of his hand and we walked along together.  I asked him if he lived here.  He kept looking around, part interested in the place and part scared, as if he wasn’t supposed to be there.  He chuckled and said to me, “No, I don’t live in a place like this!  But don’t worry about me – I’m at the peak of where I ought to be and it’s OK.”

While he was saying this, I understood on an intuitive level that Jack was in a place not quite as nice as this one and ‘his’ place was where he was supposed to be, given the fact that he had committed suicide.  It wasn’t an awful place, but somewhere that he was continuing to learn, until such a time that he could then move to where we were.

As we walked and talked, a cart went past with two naked young women in.  We both saw this.  I wondered what it was about.  The girls were happy, oblivious to their nakedness.

Jack told me he was worried about Sue.  I got confused here because I don’t know a Sue, and I confused her with someone else.

Then he told me he was also concerned about Jane.  Again, I don’t know a Jane, and I told him so, to which he told me she was someone from his past and that the grandparents knew who Jane was.  

Again, while he was telling me this, I picked up intuitively that Jane was a baby that had died when young.  

I wondered whether Jack had fathered a child when he was very young and it had died.  The whole thing had been covered up, but the grandparents knew.  

And then I suddenly and abruptly woke up.

The whole experience was a typical top quality lucid dream one.  The "reality" of it was astounding, and I awoke quite amazed.  And convinced I'd just spent some quality time with Jack.

I'm hoping to find out about the names he gave me and whether they mean anything.

The other thing that I find interesting is that I didn't go to where Jack lives - he came to me.  I wonder why?

Sarah

If you believe it to be, then yes.

Sarah

I don't like to read for a long time behind a computer. I get red eyes, get sleepy and there's also the electric field that's, according to some, not healthy neither.

Hi Awakened Soul

I know what you mean!  

I've had some success with putting crystals between the screen and my body.  I had a couple of pretty crystals sitting around doing nothing much, so I wrapped them around a candlestick and placed the candlestick just near the screen.  

My computer headaches and eye strain cleared up.

Whether it was the crystals or a placebo effect - what does it matter? - it worked!  

Sarah

After reading Adrian's response to the "Astral Hands" thread about using your mind to get around etc., I was fortunate enough to have an experience in the early hours of this morning where I remembered Adrian's words and practiced with them.

I had awoken at around 4am or so, and couldn't get back to sleep, so I relaxed and said these words slowly in my head, over and over, with great meaning as I said them.

"I am so very relaxed"

"I have a healthy body"

"I have strong muscles"

"I have strong bones"

"I am incredibly relaxed"

and so on.

I was quite enjoying myself simply doing this.  After some time, I began to notice that my right arm (up to the elbow) felt like it was made of water.  This is often a "trigger" for me that I'm beginning to separate.

"I am having an OBE"

And my right astral arm came out.  I waved it about and thought about climbing out of my body.  Then I remembered Adrian's words, so instead of all that struggling, I simply said,

"I am moving away from my physical body"

and I found myself going backwards away from the bed, towards the bedroom door, which I went through backwards and continued moving.  The bed (which I could still see through the door) got smaller and smaller as I moved away, until something distracted me and I zapped back to the physical.  

What was interesting was that it was my mind which was totally in control here.  I wasn't "moving" myself as such (like deliberately floating or walking).  I decided with my mind to move, and my astral body reacted.

(As an aside, I was able to "get out" again and spent the rest of my time going through pictures on the wall - typical silly stuff.  I seemed to have lost some of my rational thought by then, otherwise I'd have attempted to see a recently deceased relative, by instruction from the mind.)

Good stuff though and this could be the start of much better OBEs for me.  Actually, I've only just realised that I could see during the whole experience, which is most unusual for me.

Thanks Adrian!  

Sarah

This is fascinating stuff Rob - thanks for sharing it.

I love the "monkey mind" angle.  That's certainly worth sorting out first!

Sarah

Sometimes when I first notice that my hands are out I feel so awake and alert I think to myself I must not be ready to project and then I don't try to exit.

Hi Swimmingbear

Ha ha ha - that's really funny.  Many times I've been convinced that I'm waving my physical arms around.  But I've learned to just check.  My way of checking is a little strange.  I push my hands into my face.  If they start to go through my face, I know they are astral.  

Actually, every time I've wondered whether they are physical, they have ALWAYS been astral - I don't wave my physical arms around, but for some reason, my mental awareness at the time is sometimes not as bright to realise this.

When you notice your astral hands, limbs etc. is it easy for you to project a high percentage of the time?

I would say I've projected every time I notice some part of me is astral.  I've got stuck a couple of times and early on (before I discovered rubbing my hands), I only managed to get two-thirds of me out, which is very frustrating!!  There was one time I remember getting stuck from the knees down (with the rest of me shimmering around).  I wobbled about a bit before losing consciousness!

Sarah

Let me know what happens with the business and if I can be the American distributor

Kevin - hey, who knows what might happen!  I'll give you a shout if America wants me!  

Oh, and for you and Tone - can I just clarify those Ferraris I was talking about - they are the matchbox ones, so no sitting on your laurels guys  

In all honesty, the money is secondary.  It's doing something for myself which is driving me.

Sarah

I've been having those little embryonic thoughts today about starting a business, or doing something for myself.  

Whilst it sounds like a great idea, and I feel I've got a saleable product, it's rather daunting knowing quite how to go about it.

After happening upon this thread, I feel it is very timely.  It's as though the inner me has gently pointed me in the right direction.

Thank you everyone who posted here.  I'll buy you all a shiny new Ferrari when I've made my fortune...  

Watch this space.

Sarah

Thanks Adrian for your response.

I am coming to the conclusion that one's own non-physical exploration doesn't quite take the course that you expect it too, which at times can be very frustrating, and at other times be a wonderful surprise.  

I've met various "characters" during my experiences, and just as in physical life, I tend to go on gut feeling as to whether I trust them or not.

There are two particular people who I've come across more than once, and both I immediately warmed too.  In fact one is incredibly similar to a person I know in physical life, so much so, that I often dream about her, and assumed I was dreaming about my friend.  I'm not so sure now.

The other woman seems to be some sort of helper, but quite aloof, and I have a feeling she would be classed as a guide.  It's funny though, I was expecting to meet a really "oh wow" guide with one of those strange sounding names, like Xenobitha or something.  

It turns out she's a middle-aged Scottish woman who mutters to herself.  Of course, this is perfect for me, because I don't feel threatened or awed or mocking about her.  I liked her instantly.  

Actually, I still don't know what her name is - she may surprise me yet.  

Sarah

Hello swimmingbear

I have also used my astral hands in a sort of "healing" position.  I was in a similar situation to yours, where my arms were out but I didn't feel 'ready' to leave my body.  I noticed I had a very slight headache, so I place my astral hands on my forehead and mentally thought about healing my pain.

Like you, it didn't have a drastic effect, but I felt right as rain in the morning.

I like Adrian's comment about focusing on an aspect of your physical body.  That's going on my list of things to do (which is getting rather long!) whilst out of body - thanks Adrian.

One thing I have found very useful to do with my astral hands is to help separation.  If you feel not quite ready to get out, rub your hands where you think you are 'stuck' and mentally tell yourself that with your astral hands you are turning the physical bits into astral bits - it works for me every time.

Sarah

Of all the OBEs that I’ve had, there have only been a handful where I’ve not been alone.  I went through a period of wanting to meet guides, and on one occasion my deceased Grandma was in the hallway when I left the bedroom.  Unfortunately, I was intent on finding an astral doorway to take any notice of her!

I still don’t feel I’ve met any guides (in the traditional sense of the word).  I have felt presences, but it’s rare.  For me, I believe the reason I haven’t met them is because I don’t think I’ve got the right mental attitude just yet.  I once saw a man dressed like a devil and he had blue skin – he’s probably my guide - what did I do?  I laughed at him, but to be fair, he did look like he was on his way to a fancy dress party!! – no wonder he never came back.

I hope to meet my guides one day, and I’d love to hear if anyone has their own experiences of how they met their guides.  It might give me some pointers (apart from the obvious – don’t laugh at them!)

Sarah