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state. Recognize every sensation you experience as your physical body falls asleep, as this will help you remain
conscious.
As you fall deeper into a dream-like state, you may experience some buzzing and heaviness. Use this to help yourself
stay conscious and visualize yourself floating above your body. Continue to visualize this until you hopefully reach the
point of OBE.
Wake Back t o Bed Met hod
Though not very enjoyable for those of us who enjoy sleeping, the ?wake back? method is very popular to induce astral
projection as well as lucid dreaming. Set your alarm for a few hours before you usually wake up, but don?t get up when
it goes off, simply shut it off and lay back down once your mind is awake. Ideally, you
want to keep your alarm close by so you barely need to move your body to shut it off.
This way, your body will be close to falling back asleep but your mind will be awake.
Now, start to envision yourself astral projecting in the same way, while also allowing
your body to go to sleep. Try to remain conscious but allow your body to get heavier
and deeper into a sleep-state. Continuously focus on floating above your body until
you?re astral projecting.
My Experience Wit h Ast ral Project ion
To be honest, I wasn?t really sure if I believed in astral projection until I actually experienced it myself. I had had tons of
lucid dreams before, but still the thought of projecting my soul out of my body and consciously hovering over it didn?t
seem realistic to me.
That is, until it happened one night last summer. I was sleeping with a friend and, despite having slept there multiple
times before, I was having a lot of trouble falling asleep. My mind was racing for a period of time but it randomly shut
off, and then I kept hearing this buzzing sound that didn?t really sound like any vibration or frequency I?d heard from his
house before. I remember closing my eyes and immediately when I opened them, I was shocked. I was still staring at
the ceiling, but instead of being 10 feet away, I was only a few inches in proximity. I immediately recognized that I
couldn?t be lying down anymore and remember thinking to myself, ?When did I stand up??
To my dismay, when I looked down, I saw us sleeping. I then looked out the window and had somewhat of an internal
battle on whether or not I should leave the bedroom. Though I wasn?t using any words or thinking, I intuitively knew
that I was struggling to decide whether I should explore the night sky or stay in t he comfort of the bedroom near my
physical body. I remained looking out the window for a long time until I finally woke up, shocked that I had actually
astral projected.
Though many of you reading this may feel as though I was simply having another dream, I know I wasn?t. I was confident
that my soul had left my body, especially because everything in the bedroom was so clear, and I had a strong sense of
Self throughout the entire dream. I?ve also had numerous ?extremely realistic? dreams, so realistic that when I wake up,
I?m shocked it was a dream, but this was very different. It was as if I had finally broken free from my shell, and though it
was invigorating, empowering, and somewhat comforting, it was also slightly terrifying.
It?s experiences like these that make us seriously question our individuality, our uniqueness, and our personalities that
form our identities on this planet. We are not our physical bodies; I am not Kalee, and that can be a scary reality to face
(especially when you?re literally staring yourself in the face, soul to physical body). However, although astral projection
can shatter your identity, you don?t have to abandon it.
Yes, underneath it all, you are not your physical body, nor are you your experiences and accomplishments. However,
that doesn?t mean you have to give it all up! We are on this planet to experience and to feel. Though we are not our
emotions at our cores, that doesn?t mean we shouldn?t have them. If it?s on this planet, its existence serves a purpose.
This is the heart of detachment ? knowing your ?attachments? (or what many consider attachments, like emotions and
people) don?t define you, because eventually, after ?death,? you will no longer have them.
Kaylee Brown works full time as a writer & in social media at Collective Evolution. Her education
background is in business, economics, accounting & environmental studies. She is extremely passionate
about environmental sustainability, yoga, health, veganism, and animal rights. Please feel free to reach
out to Kalee by email at [email protected] or on linkedin
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