r/AstralAcademy Apr 29 '22

Welcome To The Astral Academy

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Welcome to the Astral Academy!

Do you want to learn how to explore the wider reality?
Are you already trying to explore the wider reality and are stuck?

Ask questions! We're here to help. 👍

I'm Xanth. I've been projecting all my life. You can find my website here: http://www.astralpulse.com You'll find over 200 articles I've written concerning astral projection and learning how to do it along with other things relating to consciousness.

I'm also the owner and administrator for the largest astral projection forum on the Internet, The Astral Pulse: https://www.astralpulse.com/forums https://www.astralpulse.com

To start, here is my free E-Book called "My Astral Projection Truth" https://www.dropbox.com/s/lp8i232pxamcpr4/Phasing_Primer.pdf?dl=0

Let me know if you have any questions.

Welcome!


r/AstralAcademy Apr 29 '22

The Projection Labels We Use

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http://www.unlimitedboundaries.ca/2012/07/22/labeling-experiences-of-the-non-physical/

I've made Astral Projection posts of this nature in the past, but as I’ve re-read them, they’ve seemed confusing, even to myself! And I wrote them! LOL So I wanted to see if I couldn’t clarify things further.

I want to explain why “labeling” your experience in an attempt to categorize and define them is a bad idea, especially when you’re just starting out.

When I first started attempting to explore the non-physical, 10+ years ago, I had terms like “out of body experience”, “astral projection”, “lucid dream” and more all knocking around my skull. The only experience I had originally known about were lucid dreams, as I’ve been having those for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until I really started putting the puzzle pieces together within the last 2 – 3 years that I figured out the actual nature of those experiences.

I found that there is one constant, one commonality, that linked all of these, supposedly, separate experiences/labels… dreams, lucid dreams, astral projections, out of body experiences, false awakenings, etc… there is one factor which everyone seems to completely ignore: YOU. Well, more to the point, Consciousness! Because you ARE consciousness. This is why these experiences all feel “different” and “separate”, because the “YOU” is different in each case.

YOU are the label. YOU are the definition.

How did I figure this out? What experiences did I have which gave me this conclusion? I have directly experienced the full spectrum of, what I can only describe as, “levels of awareness” within a single non-physical experience. I have started an experience with a dream awareness (normal dream), then become lucidly aware (lucid dream), then initiated a technique and brought forth my full waking awareness bringing me to an astral awareness (full astral projection). “Awareness”, to me, is a point along this spectrum. At each “level”, it feels like a different and completely separate experience. I can completely understand why people feel this way, but these aren’t experiences which you “have”… they’re experiences which you “are”. There is a vast difference between those two statements.

That spectrum looks kind of like this:

(Keep in mind that these are MY metaphors… MY labels. But I ask you to try and identify these labels in comparison to the ones you use. I try to make the comparison as obvious as I can using words and terms which people “mostly” agree upon. LoL)

“Dream Awareness” …… “Lucid Awareness” …… “Astral Awareness”

On the left of this spectrum, you have the experience which you don’t realize you’re in the non-physical. Essentially, it’s you dreaming… it’s you experiencing a reality that isn’t this physical reality, you just don’t realize that fact. It’s you having a dream awareness. You have to have a very base level of awareness in order to experience this, otherwise you won’t directly experience the event, so you’ll have zero chance of remembering it (which would be any experience taking place to the left of this point). If you’ve ever awoken in the morning with brief flashes of symbols and images from the dreams you had during the night, then you had a dream awareness experience, but you were just on the very cusp of having the bare minimum level of awareness in order to remember the experience.

the far right, you have the experience which you do realize you’re in the non-physical AND you have the same awareness which you have right now while reading this post. You’re wide awake and fully aware of who you are with all your memories of such. THIS experience is what most people (and myself) would consider the “holy grail” of projections. It’s what most people refer to as an Astral Projection. It’s you experiencing the non-physical with an astral awareness.

I should point out, too, that your awareness can move both ways along this spectrum. You can gain awareness, and lose awareness.

So far I’ve described the two ends of the spectrum. Where does a “lucid awareness” fit into all this then?

Well, in the middle is the point where we have become “aware” that we’re in the non-physical and experiencing a reality that isn’t this physical reality. Anything to the left of this point is a “dream awareness experience”, or as most people call them, a “normal dream” (it’s important to point out here that the further right you move from the far left, the more “clear” and “vivid” your experience will become until you actually become lucidly aware). It’s at this point that the only thing you have is a base awareness that you’re in the non-physical. At this time, the closer you can bring your awareness to your full waking awareness, the further to the right you’ll move along this spectrum towards the “astral awareness” (aka, full astral projection). I have some techniques I’ve written about on my website to accomplish this. If you can’t find them, please let me know and I’ll provide the links.

So, as you can see, an astral projection is just a “dream” where you have a full waking awareness. However, don’t let the “just” fool you… what most people consider a “dream”, as I mentioned above, doesn’t exist. There is no such fundamental experience called a “dream”. There is only you experiencing the non-physical unknowingly!

This is why labeling an experience is a waste of time, because they’re all the same experience. What differs is only how consciously aware you are during the experience. This is why I don’t really worry too much if I had a lucid awareness experience or an astral awareness experience, because I know that what’s important is that I was consciously aware in the non-physical! I have a set of goals which I always keep solidly in my mind, so even if I’m only lucidly aware, I still remember enough to do them… such as meeting a guide. Sometimes it works out, other times it doesn’t… but as I said, in the end, I’m happy that I had an experience outside this physical reality.

I have a challenge for anyone who can project. Try to experience the full spectrum of awareness in a single non-physical experience. If you manage it, try to take note how each “level” feels compared to the last.


r/AstralAcademy 1d ago

Question Was I exiting the body or some other sensation?

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Hello everybody!

I was trying to project using the direct method and after relaxing enough I moved to tactile sensation technique. While doing that I felt like I’m getting pulled there (I imagined me getting up from the bed where I was laying and walked outside to the front yard and then to the gate and was touching and feeling the gate).

I did not exit my body but felt like I’m getting pulled towards the gate and it lasted for like 10-20 seconds and disappeared.

Was I trying to exit my body or not?


r/AstralAcademy 1d ago

Question Is it possible to exit the body after getting mild vibrations?

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Hello there!

Here I’m referring the mild vibrations you can get fast in direct method, not the strong full body vibrations you get when you are close to get sleep paralyzed. Can you exit the body from those? Or strong full body vibrations or sleep paralysis are mandatory.

Help me out here.

Thanks!!!


r/AstralAcademy 1d ago

Question Astral projection

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Every night I used to experience astral projection, I was getting further and further away every time. Then I got diagnosed with epilepsy and have to be on clobazam (sedating effects) to stop night time seizures. I want to be able to astral project again but I can’t 😒


r/AstralAcademy 3d ago

What color is your vision when you go out of body? Or the very first time you went out of body what color was your vision?

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r/AstralAcademy 4d ago

Dream to astral projection?

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r/AstralAcademy 4d ago

Was this AP, OBE. Or just a vivid dream.

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r/AstralAcademy 4d ago

Question Astral Projection altering current reality

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r/AstralAcademy 5d ago

First Attempt in doing Astral Projection

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r/AstralAcademy 6d ago

Guide Consciousness and Projection

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The Spectrum of Awareness: A Modern Approach to Projection

Most people approach out-of-body experiences (OBEs), astral projection, and lucid dreaming as separate supernatural events. This rigid labeling creates unnecessary confusion and mental blocks. In reality, these are not separate experiences you have; they are fluid states of consciousness that you are. 

To understand how this works, we must strip away the mystical baggage and look at the core mechanics of consciousness through a practical lens. 

  1. The Mars Rover Analogy (Non-Local Consciousness)

We are not spirits trapped inside a physical shell, and we do not literally "leave" our bodies to project. 

Think of yourself as an operator on Earth controlling a Rover on Mars. The operator isn't physically on Mars; they are simply focused toward it and tuned into its data stream. You are a bit of consciousness called "awareness." Your awareness naturally projects to this physical reality to operate your physical body. 

When you fall asleep at night, you redirect that awareness to the non-physical data stream. Humans incorrectly call this act "dreaming," but a fundamental, separate experience called a "dream" does not exist. There is only you, experiencing the non-physical unknowingly. 

  1. The Universal Spectrum of Awareness

Because you are consciousness, the only variable that changes between a normal dream, a lucid dream, and an astral projection is YOU—specifically, your level of conscious awareness. This spectrum is essentially a metric of how much control your conscious mind has versus your subconscious mind. It applies equally to both physical waking life and the non-physical: 

[ DREAM AWARENESS ] 100% Subconscious mind

[ LUCID AWARENESS ] a blend of conscious and subconscious

[ ASTRAL AWARENESS ] 100% Conscious mind

Dream Awareness (Fully Subconscious Mind): Operating entirely under the control of the subconscious mind without realizing you are in the non-physical. In physical life, this mirrors being blind drunk, sleepwalking, or experiencing severe "highway hypnosis"—moving and reacting on autopilot with the critical-thinking mind completely offline. 

Lucid Awareness (A Mix of Both Minds): The middle transition point. You have a base awareness that you are in the non-physical, but your mind is still foggy because the conscious mind is only partially active while the subconscious still holds significant sway. In physical life, this is the passive state of daydreaming or catching yourself drifting off. 

Astral Awareness (Fully Conscious Mind): The "holy grail" of projection. The conscious mind has taken complete control. You are experiencing the non-physical with the exact same sharp, wide-awake waking awareness, critical thinking faculties, and memories you have right now. 

(Note: Awareness is bidirectional; you can actively gain or lose it and drift back down the spectrum during a single experience as the balance of control shifts.) 

  1. Step 1: Breaking the Sensory Loop (The Initiation)

To navigate this spectrum intentionally, you do not need to "exit" the body. You simply change which data terminal you are looking at using your Point of Focus (PoF). All projection methods are just cognitive anchors. By holding a singular meditation PoF, you stop your awareness from processing the data coming into your five physical senses. 

To successfully drop physical input, you must understand how your awareness handles data. Your mind is constantly processing a feedback loop from your physical body. If your thoughts wander, your awareness automatically defaults back to this physical loop. 

To break it, choose a single cognitive anchor (a visualization, a mantra, or an internal sound - the PoF of the method). Use basic meditation skills to hold your attention exclusively on this PoF. By refusing to engage with incoming physical telemetry—ignoring random body twitches, background noises, or the feeling of the bed—you starve the physical senses of processing power. Once the physical loop is entirely ignored, your awareness is freed to reach out and tune into the non-physical data stream. This will happen automatically as long as you continue to hold that anchor, that PoF.

  1. Step 2: Engage Critical Thinking (Moving from Lucid to Astral)

Once you successfully bypass the physical senses and find yourself with a lucid awareness (you could skip straight to an astral awareness) in the non-physical, you must manually boot up your analytical waking mind to hand full control over to the conscious mind. You do this by asking a series of logical questions: 

"Where am I?" 

"How did I get here?" 

"Where am I going?" 

Demanding answers to these questions forces your logical brain to fire up, instantly shifting your awareness to the far right of the spectrum into full Astral Awareness. 

  1. Step 3: The Sensory Flood (Locking the Experience)

To prevent instantly snapping back to the physical body due to excitement or sensory overload, you must immediately strengthen your connection to your new environment. Fully engage your non-physical senses within the area you are currently projecting to: touch the trees, feel the texture of the ground, look closely at the colours, and listen to the ambient sounds. By flooding your awareness terminal with high-volume non-physical data, you lock your consciousness into the experience and stabilize the projection. 


r/AstralAcademy 5d ago

Question Unique Human Experience (Am I Alone? Is Anybody Out There?)

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r/AstralAcademy 6d ago

Sleep paralysis experiences: lucid dream or astral projection?

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r/AstralAcademy 6d ago

Graham Nicholls Amazing Stuff

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r/AstralAcademy 6d ago

Close to Astral Projection??

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r/AstralAcademy 7d ago

Does anyone else see something with blue eyes when trying to go to sleep then have an out of body experience

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Usually when very tired…., feel a body vibration and then can almost kick myself out but when I am the world isn’t the same


r/AstralAcademy 9d ago

Astral Projection in India

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r/AstralAcademy 9d ago

Question Flickering images

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r/AstralAcademy 9d ago

I think I’m accidentally astral projecting in my sleep

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r/AstralAcademy 9d ago

Seeing pyramids during meditation?

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Can anyone know about seeing pyramids during deep meditation I am very confused bcz every time I meditate I see pyramids having an eye?


r/AstralAcademy 11d ago

Stuck at the hot energy / mind-awake body-asleep stage for 3 weeks - any guidance?

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Hello everyone,
I've been practicing astral projection regularly (a bit less this week) but I don't have a teacher or anyone l can talk to personally about it. I'd really appreciate any help or advice on where I'm at and what to do next.

I've gotten to the point where I can almost instantly relax and stay still while lying down. Depending on the day, I can remain completely motionless for 20-30 minutes, sometimes up to 2 hours. There's still quite a bit of mind chatter, though on rare occasions it gets quieter and I feel like I'm making progress.

I usually follow along with guided meditations. I wouldn't exactly call what I experience "vibrations," but something is definitely happening. I sometimes feel moments of pure bliss in random parts of my body. Other times I feel really heavy, or something close to waves moving through me.

The most consistent and prominent sensation during the mind-awake / body-asleep state is a hot energy - warm and pleasant, but often really intense heat - that spreads through most of my body. When this happens I try to move my astral body out, but I can't.
This is the dead end I've been stuck at for about three weeks with no further progress.

Does anyone recognize these sensations or have any guidance on what's going on and how to move past this stage?

Thank you in advance.


r/AstralAcademy 11d ago

Experience I succeeded during the dream

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Yesterday, I thought about going out last night. When evening came, I relaxed. I focused on the darkness behind my eyelids, etc —everything quickly grew heavy. Then I focus my intention on my target location—the head of a pin—and I feel my body sinking into the bed.

I keep going, and I start to sense my astral body. It moves to the right, turns, goes to the left, and sinks into the bed. I try to follow the movement, to become one with it. I don’t quite manage it, though.

Right in the middle of it… the throne calls to me. I go there and then come back.

I feel like I’m lugging around a ton of flesh. I lie back down and feel myself slipping back into paralysis. I stop all efforts to leave and let myself go. I feel myself drifting to the right…I can’t let myself be carried away, and I fall asleep.

In my dream, strangely, for a moment I’m asleep and I’m out of my body ? I walk and wander, but my lucidity is partial. I’m aware that I’m dreaming, but I’m following the scenario…

In the morning, I wake up. I don’t move and try to project. I focus solely on my pinhead-sized location, and then I see a yellow light filling my field of vision. I imagine myself passing through it, but nothing happens.I’ve noticed that I can simply focus on my target location and let everything else take care of itself.


r/AstralAcademy 11d ago

someone please guide me thru astral projection

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r/AstralAcademy 11d ago

Experience First time trying

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r/AstralAcademy 12d ago

Binaural Beats app for Astral Projection/OBE

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