DESIRE (STEP ONE)
Most first-time travels are not experienced by choice. For instance, my first few travels as a child were subconsciously motivated and pretty much the norm for an experience at that age. I was following the basic principle that drives both the subconsciously-induced, spontaneous travel and the consciously-induced travel. On a small scale of this principle, we have my nonphysical, unsuccessful search for my bed. This travel and other similar travels were subconsciously triggered by my constant longing-to-shorten my bedtime. On a larger scale of this principle, I present you with a diary entry (below).
I've been saving my travels in one form or another since I was about twelve years old. Included in this book are a few of my more relevant diary ditties. They provide examples of some different types of travel and the catalysts that may initiate a lift-out (roll-out, slide-out, jump-out, spin-out; all names to describe the separation from the physical).
My diaries provide me with motivation. During times that I can't manage a travel, even under the best of circumstances, I read my diaries and remember not to get discouraged. It's just one of those things. (No, that thing. That thing over there. No, just to the left. Yeah, that's the thing.) Reading my diaries reminds me of what I've learned and suggest. Keep adapting and stay positive. When you successfully travel, it makes up for the other times that you don't.
Things To Know:
Many traveling incidents have been documented during times of hardship and concern. Any emotion or event coupled with a desire "to be there", has the potential to "pull you out".
Travels may occur while an individual is under stress or in bad health. Travels may happen due to a physical incapacity (or other restriction upon an individual's movement). The physical incapacity may range from simple fatigue to complete paralysis. The distance one travels may be near or of great distance. The speed at which one travel exceeds physical limitation.
I apologize but the following
entry is kind of a downer.
August 28, 1992
I was thinking in the early
morning hours, before rising for the day, about the recent
hurricane. As I carried these thoughts deeper, I found myself
zipping up and out of my body. I traveled in a blur and then
slowed. I was sitting upright and flying over a town. I viewed
below a woman warming food for some children. She was on a front
lawn cooking on what appeared to be a round grill of either
propane or charcoal. The homes in this stretch of neighborhood
were now skeletons of former security. They were void of
electricity, dead and empty. Tents had been set up on some lawns.
No doubt, in fear of the weakened structures. -end entry-
This travel is fairly typical of an emotionally-induced, desire driven out-of-body travel. I'd heard some news on Hurricane Andrew. I'd concern for those that were in the path of the storm. I was focused on these thoughts during a physically relaxed state, and zip, I was there.
STEP ONE is desire. You may use step one to attempt a travel without any of the other steps because it's the step that runs the whole show. Try my what-the-heck-give-it-a-try method. Perhaps you're a pro, and you don't know it.
Pick an "attachment" that holds a special meaning for you (person, place, thing or action), and go to it or do it. Like so:
Focus exclusively upon your desired attachment and relax. Maintain your awareness. Hold back from drifting to sleep. No pressure, but a strong desire nonetheless. Stay focused to your attachment and avoid falling towards sleep. When you feel yourself moving there, pull yourself back.
For some folks (hopefully you), this is all it takes. It's PING, and you're out. You simply hold off sleepy unconsciousness for awhile and your desire kicks in to send you traveling. But whether you get out this easily or not, this method is a good jumping off point that will help to bolster the next six steps of the controlled travel.
A Memory O' Me (Weep weep weep. Kinda gets you right there,
don't it?)...
I'm nine. I'm lying on my
bed. I'm on my back. My arms and legs are stiff. My eyelids are
shut tight. Nothing moves. I was moving just a moment ago in that
other body. It keeps happening. And when I come back, there's the
electricity. It doesn't hurt. It's just shaking me. I'll let it
go a little longer. If I don't force myself to move, I'll learn
what it is. I can't hear anything but the sound in my head. I
want to get out, but I'm afraid to give up my body. I want to
understand how it works.