Astral Projection for Beginners Part 2
Part 2: Relaxation
Self-initiated astral projection begins with deep relaxation and a calm mind
If you are practicing astral travel early in the morning as you come out of sleep, then you should already be in a fairly tranquil state. However, you will still need to further relax so the body can fall asleep again while your mind stays awake. This is called the hypnagogic state.
Relaxation and brainwaves : Relaxation may be better understood by taking a look at the various categories of brainwaves that manifest during our various activities (see tables below).
Gamma (38-90 Hz) : High awareness, strong perceptions, lucid dreaming
Beta (12-38 Hz) : Usual problem-solving, waking, everyday state
Alpha (8-12 Hz) : Slower brainwaves, relaxed and creative state, light meditation
Theta (4-8 Hz) : Deep relaxation and meditation, dreaming, out of body experiences
Delta (0.5-4 Hz) : Very slow brain activity, deep sleep, regenerative state
Lambda/Epsilon (less than 0.5 Hz and higher than 100 Hz) : Multidimensional awareness, mystical consciousness.
Most people spend the majority of their waking hours in a beta (12-38 Hz) state of mind. To experience astral projection consciously, you need to lower the speed of brainwave frequencies to theta (4-8 Hz). You may achieve this by deeply relaxing your body and mind.
As you lay down and prepare to astral project, breathe slowly but effortlessly. Make your intention clear in your mind: you are there to experience astral projection. Accept that the process will take whatever time it will – otherwise it will create tensions in your being. It may happen quickly, it may not – and it shouldn’t matter. Astral projection is not so much something you control as something you allow to happen (at least at first!)
Brainwave entrainment to the rescue : One important tool that will help beginners to consciously manifest theta frequencies in the brain is brainwave entrainment. These are audio recordings of tones and pulses playing at various frequencies. By listening to these recordings, the brainwaves synchronize themselves with the frequencies of the sounds. This effectively brings about altered states of consciousness. A brainwave entrainment recording designed for astral projection will play theta sound frequencies.
The process of deep relaxation is simplified and quickened with brainwave entrainment. You only need to listen to the recording at the beginning of your astral projection practice to go into the required altered state of consciousness. It is a simple process of allowing the sounds to do their job. Scientific research has shown that brainwave entrainment brings about frequency changes in less than ten minutes.
Without using brainwave entrainment, some people, with practice, will naturally reach the theta state in about 30-45 minutes. Using brainwave entrainment will directly bring the brain into this state and remove any confusion concerning what needs to be done to get there.
Using visualisations and affirmations in this part of the process may be helpful to keep the mind from wandering. You may also pay attention to your sensations all the while and focus on this aspect of the process as it unfolds.
Binaural Beats /
If you have a 200 Hz signal sent to one ear and a 205 Hz signal sent to the other, the brain will begin to produce 5 Hz frequencies. An astral projection binaural beats recording will have your brain generate theta frequencies (4-8 Hz). This effortlessly puts the listener into an altered state of consciousness very conducive to out of body experiences. These sounds basically take care of everything until you are ready to perform the exit technique and leave the body.
Isochronic Tones /
They are a more advanced form of brainwave entrainment than binaural beats and do not require headphones as they produce a single tone that is relayed to the brain through the ears. They are the most well known and most popular form of brainwave entrainment. They consist of audio recordings that synchronizes your brainwaves with specific frequencies. They work by sending two different sound frequencies to each ears (through headphones). This influences the brain to generate a third frequency that matches the difference between the two sound signals.
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