Entries in Astral Dreaming (8)
Liara Covert
What would you say if you realized training yourself to recall night dreams strengthens your conscious memory? What if you discovered that the more control you develop over your astral body, the more control you would sense over the dream of your waking life?
Its all about discipline and learning to control your attention. Your energy (astral) body is always with you. It leaves and returns to your physical body at will, day or night, but remains attached by an invisible, etheral cord. This energy body survives the death of the physical body and it senses experiences the physical body doesn't, even now.
You may ask, 'how does the astral body know what to do?' It exists and functions without your knowledge until you are ready and willing to learn. Its astonishing to discover you can do things you have consciously conditioned yourself to believe you can't. Its unnecessary to grasp the how you do everything. You discern what you need as you go.
Gateways are like energetic challenges you must face in the astral dimensions in order to progress. Some human beings make an analogy with levels of complexity of electronic video games. You acquire tools you need to reach each gate and pass through when ready. The number of gates you will encounter is less relevant that the mental process you develop to build personal power. You always have choices. Which ones will you take?
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Some people believe that progressing in astral realms brings you a step closer to teleportation. What about yourself? Do you visualize this future? Now, before you give into a spark of doubt in your head that tells you its all science fiction, think again.
Mystics worldwide have evolved to teleport their bodies and objects over large distances. Some mystics can split consciousness into two parts, that is, they drop body awareness and fly as a free spirit. Some of these people leave a physical body in one place and generate another body elsewhere. Does this dissolve some of your own myths?
Documented evidence recorded about mystics in places like India and native America implies many of us have not even begun to explore what it means to travel as a sphere of light. You may dream you do this sporadically, intermittently, or even on a regular basis in astral. Yet, this would only give you a brief taste of what's possible.
You may find this prospect a bit hard to swallow. It may call into question much of what you have learned about your whole self. What if what you have been conditioned to believe blocks you from experiencing the truth? What if the original body self can be talking and walking in one place while another part of you is otherwise preoccupied?
Mystics who practice teleportation don't use it to create alibis so they can break rules and laws elsewhere. These beings aren't ego-driven. In fact, dissolving ego or transcending it is a prerequisite to deeper astral travel and for exploring other worlds.
That said, energy beings who develop heightened awareness help other humans to better understand the essence of time, space and Spirit. To grow, you need to forget what you think you know. Out of intention and awareness comes mind-blowing manifestation.
A great majority of humans accept what they see in themselves on Earth without question. They may acknowledge a body and mind, but seem uninterested in their true nature. Psychic energies take form on the astral and offer insight into your psyche.
Choose to move beyond superficial self-understanding. Do not fear who you are, where you came from, and where you're headed. Consider 5 things astral teaches you;
1) You are not your body. In the astral light, you move using your Etheric body. Since your physical body remains asleep or awake in a different place, you realize its only a temporary shell. You move beyond that form of existence and learn in another form.
2) You are not your mind. Your thoughts stem from the mind, the limits of which aren't easily grasped by humans. You are not your thoughts. They change whereas whatever you are is constant. How you think reveals you are an observer to what happens. This sets you apart from the larger consciousness. Astral travel enables you to extend your inner awareness beyond limits of the physical. You realize you transcend that.
3) You are not your emotions. They are often unconscious signs or extensions of the ego. Such disturbances arise spontaneously to overwhelm or control you. They differ from feelings from which you learn and manage to detach or move on. Both emotions and feelings change and impact physiology. They are the driving force behind your identity.
4) You are not your memories. Recollections ground you in a sense of time and space. The astral is a dimension where your thoughts become pictures and abstractions become symbols to decipher. Unconscious forces shape images that fade, but what you are doesn't vanish. Awareness may be confined to physical or astral, yet neither define you.
5) You are not your personality. Your personality evolves from birth, based in part, on your susceptibility to external influences. It actually masks your true identity. You are prompted to discriminate and control in astral based on what you learn in the physical world. The extent of your personality's influence determines how distracted or focused you become in astral. The nature of astral doesn't change. Your personality colors it.
Hi. I have been Astral Travelling & a vivid dreamer for many years now. I can still recall every detail the next morning, & I travel to lands far away spend a lot of time flying & meeting lots of new faces. My question is why do I feel so exhausted when I wake up? I am also a Spiritual Healer, & I feel my Guides & Angels require me for healing each night. I would like to communicate with them on a higher level, also to know how to bring myself back in the morning, as I feel a bit disconnected.
Thanks! M.
Dear M,
The fatigue you describe suggests you may need to focus your attention more. Your functions on the physical plane suffer when you become fascinated and meander without control in astral. You may notice moodiness or daydream as a distraction. As you evolve to choose to be less 'in ego' in waking life, you will become less taken with the novelty of each trip. Increasing self-awareness makes you less vulnerable to negative entities in astral. Explore daytime relaxation exercises like mantra and visualisation.
As you progress far enough along your Esoteric path, you may choose specific beings or guides to assist you in astral. Who you communicate with and how are based on your self-knowledge and vibration. Exploring the astral enables you to explore your psyche. The more you learn about yourself in waking life and through dreams, that is, the reasons underlying your thoughts, emotions and personality, the more profound and in-depth your Astral experiences become. You can raise your vibration with thoughts and learning to understand your dreams. What you manifest shapes your spiritual evolution.
Each of us progresses in astral at our own pace. How long in 'human time' you sense you have been Astral traveller doesn't determine the nature of your progress. Things like your level of consciousness during astral, ability to focus, dedication, discipline, daytime mindsets and pursuits all affect your astral experiences. You may benefit from books such as, A Course in Astral Travel and Dreams by Belzebuub. Studying with like-minded people will enrich your progress. Local spiritualist churches often offer opportunities. Free exercises, practices, courses and forums are found on: www.gnosticweb.com .
For some reason, you may sense a desire to probe the depths of your soul. You might be searching for answers and have been told the answers you seek lie within. Where does this lead you? You may be exploring the astral plane and not even realize it yet.
Many people don't yet realize dreams are an extremely valuable tool to raise self-awareness. As you self-examine, you also develop and strengthen extra-sensory perception. You may underestimate your gifts and the path can follow to clarify and shape these priceless treasures. These questions are offered to help guide yourjourney:
1) What's the connection? Since some dreams are actually messages conveyed from other dimensions, learning to recall your dreams is actually developing your ability to recognize and listen to messages from dimensions other than the physical dimension where you are. The dream messages you receive may seem to be from people you know or strangers. Each one is significant for what it is and teaches you there is more to life than what you think you already know.
2) How do you heighten your sensitivities? This is a process. The ability to discern messages that don't reach you through your conventional 5 senses is highly-dependent on your ability to introspect and sense what goes on inside your mind. To learn to decipher dream symbols is useful, practical training for heightening your sensitivities. The more repressed emotions in your dreams, the more blocked the bridge is between your conscious and subconscious mind. Until you choose to learn to discern and work through your repressed emotions, you postpone unconditional love and self-acceptance and prevent your progress on other levels.
3) Why seek to balance your mind-body-spirit? Only a well-balanced mind-body and spirit will enable a person to make effective use of extra-sensory abilities. Your underlying motivation for building innate skills determines whether and how they evolve. If you genuinely seek to increase spiritual awareness and desire support to repair your soul and to assist others, these kinds of motivations will propel you forward. Yet, if you simply seek to bolster and inflate an unbalanced ego, you'll go nowhere fast.