Astral Ramblings

I came across this yesterday which I had written in one of my notebooks, I had forgotten about it, it is a nice way to start the day, with quiet reflection.

Look to this day:

For it is life, the very life of life.

In its brief course

Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.

The bliss of growth,

The glory of action,

The splendour of achievement

Are but experiences of time.

For yesterday is but a dream

And tomorrow is only a vision;

And today well-lived, makes

Yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well therefore to this day;

Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!

Kalidasa

It got me thinking about time and how time in the astral world doesn’t really exist, our concept of time exists in our minds as we are generally still conditioned by it while out of body depending of course on our state of consciousness. I have also experienced a state of consciousness where all was present but generally I am still influenced by a sense of passing of time. It is difficult to experience events in the astral and not attach our concept of time however when you re-enter the body you can find that it seemed you were out for a lot more time than has passed in the physical. In the end all is bubbling around in the big NOW, it is all NOW, sometimes I try to get my mind to simply tune in to the present moment and try to perceive Iife as events all happening in the present moment, this moment is after all all that we know. I usually get myself tied in knots though sometimes I manage to stay in the moment, not for long though, and there we go again with the concept of time passing. I suppose this is how our reality is constructed, otherwise it just wouldn’t work.

Years ago, and I mean years before digital photos, I used to do photo montages with various photos and quotes based around a theme. I still have one up on my wall around the theme of time, time has always fascinated me, even more so after a few trips to the astral and I realised how bendy time really is, you can experience a whole life in the astral and still be back in time for breakfast the following morning.

In the astral everything bends and flexes almost immediately depending on what you are thinking and feeling, what your intentions are, as above, so below, and so it is in the physical too though we are subjected to our perception of time and denser energy so all is a lot slower and heavier. What we think and feel still produces consequences though not immediately, which is a good thing considering what many of us have going on in our heads, constant uncontrolled chit chat.

The astral is a great place to practice mind control skills and vice versa, getting better at controlling what is in your mind in the physical will help in remaining calm and objective while out-of-body. I talk a lot about the importance of remaining focused and developing this skill. It can be a great ally in getting you out-of-body in the first place.

The ‘powers that be’ don’t want us focused, they want us distracted so we are more like sheep, no offense meant to sheep, and easier to control. I often find that when I leave my body there is a being somewhere along the line trying to distract me from my intention, which is usually trying to help someone lost in the lower astral realms. For whatever reason these beings may have they don’t want me to do it, however if I focus with clear intention they can’t stop me and they know it.

If you practice focusing during the day, if you do it often enough, it will be reflected in your dreams, I find that if I focus on something in a dream to the exclusion of all else in the end the dream dissolves and I find myself in the mind awake/body asleep state or directly in the astral. It is a great technique to use especially if you are busy or have children and don’t have time to practice a technique during the day, focusing you can do anywhere, focusing is simply being totally present in the present moment,