My 1st conscious projection in the evening - 29th Mar 2006

From December 2005 up until March I was having difficulty projecting. I think mainly because I was starting to gain interest on other subjects like the 'Law of Attraction' and also I was starting to look more into Spirituality. In this time I learnt to meditate, learnt more about chakras and other stuff.

Then one evening I decided I want to AP. I initially felt that there was no way I was gonna project - all my previous evening projections failed miserably. Here's what happened:

False Awakening - I'm in bed, 2 of my brothers come inside the room with baby nephew. Nephew has no top on. I assumed his mother took his top off due to his fever. I carry him as he is now crying. My brothers cat jumps on my bed I scream and wake up. I then attempt to project by just going with the flow. I land on floor then head towards the window - on the the glass pane I see my hazy reflection. As soon as I get out I feel cold - the sensation was so real. I realize I never normally feel the temperature during my projections. I go back to go through the other side of my house. I fly down my street. Several cats look up at me and shoot off running scared. Never seen anyone this frightened of me - it made me scared.

I go inside a random house, into a random room. Someone is sleeping on the bed, I go closer and find it's my sister. I go inside another room and just lie down on the bed. Suddenly there's a cat that begins talking to me. I wake up before I get a chance to comprehend what was said.

I have never attempted to have a projection in the evening after this because of the noise level in my house.

Princess Jasmine - 16th Dec 2005

I open my eyes to the SP state. I bring my astral hands together. Something moves in the corner of my eye, I look to find someone waving at me with both arms as if to get my attention. This person looked a lot like me. I rolled off the bed and went through the window.

I'm flying now in the sky. Then I begin to swim in the sky and by swimming I find myself going higher compared to flying. It begins to get dim. Grey skies. At this point I'm losing awareness. Preventing the loss of awareness I utilize my imagination and make the sky become bright and clear. It works.

I look below and see an Arabian looking town, the movie Aladdin comes to mind. I quickly make myself land and pretend that I'm a princess but as soon as I land it becomes the end of what could have been a whole new world.

10th Dec 2005

I opened my astral eyes, I got up only I was not in my house. This entire place was completely different. I go through a door and become blind. I say 'clarity now', nothing happens. I say 'lights on' and still nothings happens so I decide to move into the darkness and things begin to come into focus.

I'm in a big lounge, there a several black dogs. I'm frightened and think I will have a really terrible experience and it's gonna make me want to never project again. I ran past the dogs that were chasing me. End up in a shower room.

Next thing I know I'm in an army being betrayed by someone.

Trapped - 27th Nov 2005

In my room some of my furniture were rearranged. I glide into the hallway downstairs. I go to my front door in order to get out. I open the door and find it goes inside a room. Opening door after door I felt trapped inside my house.

Decapitated Head - 27th Oct 2005

Time: Morning - like always

I fly around my room and decide to go have a look at my physical body in bed. I clearly see my body but my head is missing. I go frantically looking for my missing head.

Third eye activating - 15th Oct 2005

Time: 8:30 am

Became aware of body vibes. Felt my third eye swirling. I was struggling to get out. Soon I tune into the 'radio in my head' and hear an american male speaking. Can't remember what he was saying.

The Latest Headlines - 7th Oct 2005

Start time: 8:00 am

From SP to Vibrations. I hear a foreign person speaking, sounded german. It was a female voice and sounded like a news reporter. Then there was a female voice speaking in english, she had an american accent also sounded like a news reporter. Heard a baby cry. I felt like I was tuning into radio stations, a radio inside my head.

I get up from bed and get up. I see the floor and the door. My intention is to go through the door instead I end up going through the floor. I wake up and just fall asleep.

Remote Viewing? - 27th Sept 2005

Time: 5:45 am

This was different to most of my projections, I had read about remote viewing and that's what it seems like.

False awakening - I was on my black office chair spinning. Here I decide I'm going to bed to AP. I realized I'm already out so I fly out window only to end up back in bed. Everything is dark, a pitch black. I looked to my left and see an old couple with a big box of fruits and some shopping bags. They are in front of their door about to get in when suddenly the old man looks up at me. Ended abruptly.

25th Sept 2005

Time: 7:00 am

For several days I had been practicing meditation and since had many spontaneous projections.

From SP I became conscious. Initially everything was blurry. My wall was covered in old fashioned wallpaper. With a bit of struggle I exited my body. I imagined long poles on the corners of my bed and swung off them. Somehow I snapped back in my body. Still in a trance I tried it again. Getting out was a lot smoother. I end up in my hallway it was like always, a different version of it. Unable to find the stairs I was getting frustrated.

I flew downstairs into a room where there was a bed. I pulled off the duvet cover and snapped back into my body. Again I exited and looked at my hands, it was quite blurry but the tips were crystal clear. I didn't last long here and just simply fell asleep.

Flying with my neice - 18th Aug 2005

Time: 6:30 am

False Awakening - an event in which someone dreams they have awakened from sleep. This illusion of having awakened is very convincing to the person. After a false awakening, people will usually dream of performing daily morning rituals, believing they have truly awakened.

Had a false awakening. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and felt an eerie presence. I looked at the window. There stood a boy blankly staring at me. This scared me, I thought I was seeing the dead. I experience sleep paralysis (SP).
Then I literally split from my body and learn a really cool mobility skill, in fact spiderman does it alot - crawling on the walls. I go through my bedroom window to the garden. There I see my neice, I tell her to come go flying with me. She holds my hand and together we go flying. We're flying and landing on top buildings and even jumping from building to building.

I jump off a skyscraper and as I am landing I get a rushing thrill, both terrifying and exciting. Upon landing on the ground I open my eyes.

Most of my projections feel like this - I project and have the experience of being in another dimension and when I wake up I simply open my eyes and it feels as if I had not slept during my time of projecting. Its a lot like blinking.

Flying and Invading Privacy - 10th Aug 2005

Time: 6:40 am

I felt I was making some significant progress in this experience. I was next to my washing machine and I remember in reality I was doing several reality checks to see if I were dream. I looked at my hands and was expecting it to melt or look transparent but it was solid. Although it looked solid and life like I just knew I was dreaming. At that instant I decided to fly and as I flew away everything became black. This was my first time experiencing flying. I was so high. Suddenly I'm in my room rocketing upwards. I was flying a bit too fast now that I felt out of control. I think at this point I was exiting my body. I went even higher into another room. There was an old man in his bed with a much younger man by his side. Startled to see them there I woke up.


Time: 8:00 am

I was flying around in my room once again. Everything was a bit vague. I thought why not go check on my neighbours (I'm not a peeping tom, just a bit curious). I put my hands on the wall and tried to get through. And then I couldn't because I kept thinking that maybe I can't get through because I'm not expecting to see anything there, I wouldn't know what to see since I've never been there.

Upon waking up I pondered on this experience. I thought maybe there was some kind of barrier that I could not cross. Maybe there are rules up there too. But now I think that what we can or cannot do in the astral is limited by ourselves - the same concept goes for the physical dimension.

From Dream World to Astral Plane - 9th Aug 2005

Time: 8:00 am

Upon realizing I was dreaming I became consumed by body vibes. I was able to see my walls and ceiling which had a lumpy sandy looking texture. At that moment I was trying to get up and float about. I tried to move my right arm. I could see it clearly as I tried moving it. Suddenly things were looking more vague and I just woke up.

The Difference

I just want to point out in this post that after reading lots on astral projections, lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences it became difficult to distinguish which experience belongs in which category. This is what happens when you try digest so much information in one swallow - your mind begins to choke. Very frustrating.

I have learnt though through my experiences that they are all pretty much the same thing only our level of awareness is different. I am really aware in a Lucid Dream but in an Astral Projection I am as awake as I am right now.

The thing about excitement - 8th August 2005

Time: around 6:00 am

I affirmed to myself that I will project. Eventually falling into that 'zone' I felt the vibrations and got interrupted out of it. I woke finding myself sleeping on my side I turned around lying down on my back. Sleep paralysis kicked in super fast. Did same affirming as before - body vibration more intense. I was floating upwards but being so excited I opened my eyes quickly and snapped out of it.

The thing about excitement is that it's so hard to let go of. Even to this day I still get excited projecting.


Time: 8:00 am

Fell asleep again became aware of body vibrations. I decided to get over the excitement and just go with the flow. The key was to remain passive. I began seeing shapes which were vague at first but eventually became clearer. It looked like futuristic writings of some sort. I snapped out.

Superstar at the Beach - 1st July 2005

Time: 8:30 am

I'm in the void (black nothingness). There's some involuntary spinning. I vaguely visualize a few things. I think of the sea and end up at the very bottom of it. I love that in the astral I can breathe in the water without drowning or ever drowning. That's one of the great things about the astral - there's no risk of dying if you jump off a cliff or sink to the bottom of the sea. You can do anything.

Anyways - I'm looking up, people are swimming. I decide to float up. I get to the top. I've somehow drifted on a sandy beach. People are dancing to a bollywood song, I join in feeling like a superstar. This is followed by many vivid dreams.

Sleep paralysis.

A Failed Projection - 25th June 2005

Time: around 7:00 am

I was quite ill on this day, suffereing from hay fever. Feeling sticky and gross from the hot weather I had a feeling I won't succeed in projecting. But I tried. Felt body vibrations which did not last long, very groggy I went back to sleep. I find it's hard to project during very uncomfortable conditions. Especially when the temperature is beyond your control. This shouldn't let anyone be discouraged. You can always become the master of these conditions if you get yourself an AC.

Here's a summary of all the symptoms I experienced during projection:

Sleep Paralysis - a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis). This is actually very common for anyone trying to project and should not be feared. I find that at times like this it's best to guide yourself to stay calm and feed yourself with positive thoughts. By doing this you will most likely end up having a positive experience.

Body Vibrations - this ranges from mild to intense. Your body feels like it's vibrating, sometimes it could feel like a current running through you. It's easy to get scared when you get this. The best thing I learned is to go with the flow. At times they can even feel good.

Floating or Swaying - this feels like you are as light as a feather and feels really pleasant.

360 degrees Astral Vision - A perspective of the whole picture. Initially it feels like you are spinning. My take on this is that what's happening is you are seeing everything simultaneously and because we on a physical level are not accustomed to this kind of vision it appears as if we are spinning.

Feeling a presence nearby - sometimes I've felt people rather than see them. Eventually what happens is if you focus on the presence someone just might appear. Like my two friendly doctors, initially I felt their presence until they appeared.

Unusual sounds - like 'kha' or even more frightening hearing yourself snore.

Hearing myself snore - 23rd June 2005

Time: around 7:00 am

I focused on my breathing and through out many of my attempts to project this is the main technique I would apply. Simply because it's a lot easier to focus on one easy method rather than frustrating over so many that won't even work. My advice - try out as many method as you possibly can bare until you find one that works and use that until of course it no longer works.

Never felt any vibrations. I felt more floating and swaying than anything. I looked up and saw my light which was an old one I had previously unlike the modern fitting I have now. I heard a weird sound 'kha'. I wondered where it came from and lost focus.

Very persistent I went back - felt the floating and swaying again. I looked up at my light again and it was a chandelier compared to my modern one. I thought it looked like an upside down cake with candles sticking out. Then I heard myself snore which by my own definition is quite incomparably the scariest sound I've ever heard. I thought my physical body was dying. I began repressing this fear of my snoring by entering a dream in which I'm sharing a delicious cake with some relatives. I think it was my birthday party :-)

I woke up with an insatiable hunger, something to do with the cake I believe.

Travelling to Hawaii...

This experience was spontaneous, I applied zero effort. It started with a dream in which I became aware I was dreaming. I found myself in the dark, there was just black and nothing else. Some people call it 'The Void'. I then felt mild vibrations but also a new sensation I've never felt before - floating. I felt as light as a feather. I went with the flow of the sensations, then everything came to a still. There was some liquid like movement. I thought I should try to open my astral eyes while still vibrating. I did, only they were my physical eyes. This is the weirdest vision I've ever had. Now I'm only slightly far sighted but that has nothing to do with the vision I'm talking about.

My physical eyes were peering out into the physical, but my astral eyes remained open. They were both simultaneously open. I closed my physical eyes and completely focused in the astral. There was still nothing there so I visualized a blue light, instead it became a bright white light. The light began spreading out into the corners of the darkness from the centre revealing blue swirly shades. Next thing I know my vision is spinning which I actually read about. It's known as the 360 degrees vision - where you have the perspective of everything in a sphere.

Knowing what to do - yes I came fully prepared reading a plethora experiences from others I looked straight ahead and my vision was normal. A picture began emerging from the blue. It was a different version of my room. I jumped out of bed so excited. There was a clock there, displaying the time 10:30. I was getting worried that I missed my 9:00 am appointment. My cousin was in my room - I told her we're in a dream. She looked confused. I pranced around the hallway like a happy child. The doors of the other rooms were closed, I assumed everybody were sleeping.

I entered an empty room and peered out the window, at first it was day but then it was getting dark. I realized I could have more fun elsewhere. So I closed my eyes and imagined Hawaii. I opened my eyes finding I have woken up to my bedroom, quite contrary to what I imagined.

I believe I became a bit desperate to quickly get to Hawaii because of my appointment. I looked at the time, it was 8:15. Barely 9:00 am.

Another Rollercoaster Ride - 16th June 2005

Time: between 9:00 am - 10:00 am

I did a few breathing excercise - where you just simply focus on the in breath and the out breath. A bit like meditation. My body began vibrating mildly, but I was distracted by the noise in my house. I tried again - body vibration were more intense than the first I assumed that meant I was a lot closer to projecting. In order to avoid freaking out like in my last experience I guided myself. Telling myself to relax, breathe and remain calm wasn't as weird as I thought it to be. It helped a lot. Soon my surrounding was just pure light. A much brighter shade of white than we mere humans are accustomed to. It was nice, very pleasant. I woke up due to physical distractions.

Noise is a big factor when it comes to astral projecting - it is almost vital to the experience of projecting to be in a quiet environment unless of course you are able to block out the noise quite naturally which can take a long time to master.

My 1st Major breakthrough - 9th June 2005

I woke up late at night/morning, there was a celebration amongst my relatives with the good news of the birth of my healthy darling baby nephew. I went back to bed and realized that I had an excellent opportunity to try and project. I started at 6:00 am, did a light breathing method.

This method is so basic I'll explain it in 20 words - Breathe in deeply and slowly, imagine your breath as pure white light. Fill your body with the light breath. Relax.

See it's so simple - by the time it was 7:00 am I thought to myself "Am I kidding myself with this or what?". Deciding that I may never project ever! I gave up and gave in to sweet sleep.

To my suprise I found myself sucked into what I can only define as 'The Twilight Zone'. The next thing I know I'm floating about in this zone. I see a man sitting on a chair in a deep discussion with either himself or people I just could not see. Soon I'm off to a new location, somewhere on the beach, a beach house. In this beach house I'm having a threesome with people I barely know. Amidst all the fun and frolicking I get sucked out quite rudely. My body was vibrating with so much intensity I couldn't take it. My left temple begins to inflate, at this point I'm scared out of my wits.
I prayed to God, the God I never believed in. Then I become paranoid with the idea that I'm going to wake up in hospital deformed - something I believed was much worse than death. Lo and behold! I found myself lying in a hospital bed unable to move or speak. I was luckily however able to see, hear and most importantly think. I considered these to be my 3 gifts from God to whom I had just prayed for my dear life.
There were 2 doctors in blue uniform, perhaps they were even male nurses - not sure. One was sitting on the left side of the bed and the other in front of the bed. Dr. Lefty was speaking, he was greeting me and told me that they were interested in mearners. I asked telepathically 'What on earth are mearners?' to which he replied 'People like you, who are very home oriented.' I woke up relieved that it was all quite possibly just in my head.

One thing I learned from this experience is that no matter what we focus on in the astral it will manifest instantly. Clearly during this projection I manifested my fears. I experienced intense body vibration followed by my temple inflating to which I concluded that I will wake up in a hospital with some kind of illness. The whole experience was very scary yet at the same time strangely exciting like a rollercoaster ride.

Astral Projection - How I got into it

My journey into the world of projecting began one day in May 2005. I was at my local library looking for the most recent book on ghosts, to my dismay I had read everything they had on ghosts. Then one book in the same section caught my eyes. It was 'Astral Projection for Beginners' by Edain McCoy. My initial reaction was that of a skeptic. I was only fascinated with ghosts because I was a skeptic. I wanted to understand why there are many people in this world who claimed to have seen ghostly apparitions and stuff of the similar nature. I wanted to know why I could not see these ghosts and others have.

I wasn't a believer in either one of these things. But it is a good healthy thing to be skeptic - because when things begin to defy your logic, your skepticism and rational reasoning the experience is most astonishing. In fact I would advise anyone interested in experiencing any kind of phenomena to begin with at least some skepticism but at the same time read the experiences of others - and try to understand them from their point of view. Sit down and wonder why many people experience these phenomenal crazy things.

Back to my story - So I decided to give the book a try, I had absolutely nothing to lose. I began my first practice on the 29th May 2005. The method I used required I relax my entire body and focus on a mental screen, using a made up imagery. I imagined this and that, nothing particularly relevant. Eventually I was napping and half way through there was a bear swinging a scientist and then the other way around - I know, my mind is full of anomalies. I was becoming lucid. Then a voice called out my name several times, it was then that I got really excited. I woke up grabbed my journal and recorded the incident.

It was since then that my skepticism began slowly dissipating. A part of me rationalized the whole experience into a form of induced hallucination or a hypnosis of the sorts. Since then I've recorded nearly all of my astral projection experiences in a little red book, today I've decided to relay my experiences right here on a blog. Why? I feel it would be such a shame not to share these experiences, the methods I've used, what I've learnt. Perhaps others can read and learn from what I have to share. But all in all it should be vastly entertaining.

What is astral projection? Many people have different definitions and theories on the phenomena. I think rather than explaining it the reader can learn more about it by clicking here.