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Controlling The Experience

As you become able to induce astral or etheric projections, the next step is to learn to control them to gain their full benefit. At first, you may be so overwhelmed at being successful that you forget what it was that you wanted to accomplish while out-of-body. This is normal, as control comes naturally with time and practice. For the time being, enjoy the ride and go where the experience takes you!

As you become more experienced, you will be able to better control where you go and what you do while out-of-body. You can start by essentially willing yourself to go places. Usually if you concentrate on a place, you will go there.

Traversing The Planes

All that differentiates etheric projection from astral projection is the vibrational frequency. If you find yourself in etheric projection and you want to experience astral projection, simply concentrate on the vibrations and increase them. If you are in astral projection and want to experience real-time or etheric projection, do the opposite. This can used to travel between the sub planes as well.

Another way this has been expressed is in terms of substance. In etheric form, you are more dense, so you concentrate on expelling some etheric substance, and you will become less dense and rise. If you want to cross to etheric from the astral, do the opposite and draw in astral substance to make your form more dense. To do this, visualize energy leaving or entering through your solar plexus, the area in the center of your chest at the base of your ribcage.

Potential Setbacks

Just as with learning anything new, you may encounter some potential setbacks as you learn to induce willed and fully conscious OBEs. Do not be discouraged, as these are usually temporary, and everyone experiences them. Even those most seasoned people encounter problems projecting at times. Don’t give up! Learning projection, and discovering the true nature of the universe can be a lifelong journey!

Inability To Get Out

Sometimes you will be able to get close to projection, but just can not make yourself separate. You may feel the vibrations and even get as far as hearing the static sounds, but just can not get past this point. Sometimes, you may be able to go in and out of the vibrational state many times, and still not get out. Usually fears or inability to relax are the culprits in these cases.

Etheric Blindness

The first time you experience etheric projection, you may not have full vision at first. In fact, it’s a pretty good chance you won’t be able to see for the first few moments on your first successful etheric projection. It may take a bit of time for your vision to align properly.

You may not be able to see at all, or your vision may look as if you are underwater or cloudy. Know that this will improve the longer you are out, and the more you project.

Sticking To The Physical Body

Sometimes you may be successful in separating from the physical body but still remain in the immediate vicinity of it (in the case of etheric projection), or feel constantly pulled toward it and back to the physical (in the case of astral projection). The trick is to try and NOT think about the physical body at all. If you even merely think about your physical body, it can draw you back and out of your experience.

I have had this happen many times, and it is a difficult thing to overcome.

Inability To Move

You may find at first that you can move around quite easily, and it may seem as if you are floating above the ground rather than walking, however shortly after you may find yourself glued to the spot. You can not move in any direction, except for maybe your eyes, and occasionally your head. This usually happens in etheric projection and is right before you are about to be pulled back to the physical to awaken. The reasons can be many but I have found that the usual culprit is that something has aroused your mind back in the physical realm, usually a sound.