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OK bitch mode *off*, sorry about earlier . My hope though is that those new to the path do not think that what you described is how magic works or what they should be looking for. Generally if a practitioner feels they have had that many experiences within 10 years or less, they should get out of the house more, do some hiking, go to the gym, work some overtime, and just focus on real solid physical activities for a time to ground.

 

Sounds like you had some nasty spirits on the astral messing with you. I recommend not astral traveling if it ends up this way on a regular basis. You said you have not astral traveled in awhile, that is probably good. There are of course protections you can set up before you head out. Also one has to look into their internal realm, what internal unresolved stuff that we have, which allows that to happen to us. Magic perfects ourselves through our own work and helps us get to know inside out the inner realms. This is the primary goal; all else being secondary, and always leading back to the primary focus. (imo/ymmv) What we have happen "externally" is a guide map and picture of our internal world. While I personally beleive there are most definitely external things, beings, experiences and etc., they still mirror who we are, as we are drawn to and attracted by that which is alike, and vice versa.

 

Yeah teachers give info bit by bit since students can't practice very well in the local asylum. Well also if you were experiencing actual damage from your practices, slowing down until you are a bit stronger/know more would have naturally been the best route to go.

 

There are many things which only appear on the astral realm, and don't have a physical nor other planes counterpart. Some feel that the astral is more like a vacation then getting any real work done. Also the astral being so changeable and transient can lead to our imagination getting ahead of ourselves. What I mean is half of what we feel we experience being more ourselves than what is.

 

Regarding forcing progress with sigil magic... while it works, there are things much more potent and much stronger to do such things. (the real stuff isn't in books). Also forcing progress doesn't actually progress a person that far (trust me, I should have an honorary PHD in this department lol), since you progress on one level and in one way, but the rest of you/what is gained through slow progress is also needed. You end up with hollow skill and ability, and run many more risks. Seen this many times. So one can run ahead too quickly though, which can cause a lot of trouble, especially if the person has natural talent. You open up parts of yourself, and parts of other places, which one is not yet ready for. Some people go get into bar fights in their first year of martial arts too...

 

The not being able to read on the astral is really frustrating! Especially when you end up in one of those magical schools *grumble* lol.

 

Though if you came back with physical damage and aren't exaggerating (nothing personal, just that most practitioners who talk about magic online really do exaggerate a lot) then you were perhaps not on the astral plane in particular. You would find Robert Bruce's works interesting.

3 questions

1.) Is it common to not be able to read during projection?

2.) If I was not in the astral plane when I got hurt where was I? I almost died from it.

3.) Bad Spirits is right I have had night terrors about being in pit fights against demons since I was 2 years old and I never realized until I started Astral Projecting that they were not just simple Nightmares. There was no way that a 2 year old who never even saw a horror movie could imagine getting shredded by demons. My teacher told me it was because of my "Heritage". I have resolved that problem since but what do you think about why I attract bad spirits Bagua?

I know that nothing is as it appears in the astral realm becuase things can appear in any form they wish, I admit I do not know how much of what I experienced was real and how much was illusion. I have awoken with scarring and I have been "killed" for lack of a better word multiple times and each time that that happened I was forced back into my body and felt as though my spirit was scattered and hurt, I did have a teacher and he said I was an "anomoly" and did not explain further, He was an expert at hiding important information from me (perhaps for my own safety). I had to get emergency surgery after one projection because I woke up with internal damage. There was only one war I fought in and I scarcely remember any details because I only got there minutes before it was won. I can't read while astral projecting and some of the time I cannot think clearly It's like I act half on thought and half on instint. I may have progressed too quickly by augmenting my abilities and forcing progess with sigil magic.

It does sound crazy but I did those things. Call me crazy if you want but please don't call it B.S.

I achieved many things, much i cannot discuss. But I Spent years in astral space and it is strange and dangerous to even the most experienced in the arts, I have traveled to Distant worlds met strange creatures, waged wars across realms, shapeshifted into animal forms and used the aid of animal spirits. I have destroyed demons. Traveled through time, lost my mind and found it again. I've had my astral body trapped by strange people in a pit fighting arena. I have since Stopped Astral Projecting and now focus on perfecting my flesh and blood body through chi gong and my advice to you is if you are going to attempt to do these things, Be Extremely Careful what you look into and involve yourself in because often when you look for hidden knowledge something usually looks back and everything has a price.

I am following the tien-tao-chi-kung course and I am experienceing something strange, During Meditation, before I feel Oneness, my whole body starts to teeter back and forth and with each exhale It teeters more and more, sometimes I have to concentrate on stilling myself before my head hits the floor. Is this my chi awakening\circulating? If not what is it. I have heard about shaking while getting the Microcosmic Orbit going in the right direction, But I haven't heard of tilting back and forth. I call oneness when in deep meditation I feel as though i am floating above my body and in unity with everything. I am fairly new at chi kung so forgive me if I lack proper terminology

Hello, Someone asked me for the meaning of something they experienced during meditation and I don't understand It's meaning myself. She said she saw a background of pitch black and suddenly 3 large gray streaks appeared in the center. Does anyone know what this could mean? Each time she meditates she also hears voices talking and singing and when one male voice in particular starts talking and singing the rest would quiet down and listen as if he were making a speech. Could she be picking up an astral meeting of some sort? She says he sounds benevolent.

Hello, Someone asked me for the meaning of something they experienced during meditation today and I don't understand It's meaning myself. They said they saw a backround of pitch black and suddenly 3 large gray streaks appeared in the center. Does anyone know what this could mean?