From: mathew11@zoominternet.net   
      
   Part 3   
   Robert Bruce   
      
       *   
         Projection Training   
       *   
         Calming The Mind   
       *   
         Concentration   
       *   
         The Trance State   
       *   
         How To Enter A Trance   
       *   
         Deep Trance   
       *   
         Energy Body Expansion   
       *   
         Trance Familiarity   
       *   
         Tactile Imaging   
      
   Projection Training   
      
   To trigger the projection of the Astral body, while fully conscious, there   
   are four major requirements:   
      
      1. Relaxing your body 100% while staying awake.   
      2. Concentrating 100% on what you are doing.   
      3. Having enough energy available.   
      4. Pressuring the astral body to separate.   
      
   Together, these four things will trigger an OOBE.   
      
   Below are exercises that will teach how to relax the body, concentrate,   
   clear the mind, raise energy, stimulate the chakras and enter the trance   
   state.   
      
   Calming The Mind   
      
   Relaxation   
      
   You must learn and master, a full body relaxation exercise. If you know one   
   already it can be adapted to suit. Here is a very simple one:   
      
   Sit, or lie down, and relax. Starting with the feet, tense and relax them.   
   Continue this with calves, thighs, hips, stomach, chest, arms, neck and   
   face until your whole body is deeply relaxed. Go over this a few times,   
   making sure your muscles stay relaxed.   
      
   Note: Deep physical relaxation is the key to bringing on the trance state,   
   i.e., deep relaxation CAUSES the trance state. Once you are in the trance   
   state, projection on the astral body is relatively easy.   
      
   Contemplation   
      
   When you begin meditation, you will be plagued with thoughts from your   
   surface mind, which acts like a huge Memo pad. It carries messages,   
   reminders, pressing thoughts, problems to solve, unresolved issues etc. It   
   is constantly busy, it NEVER rests, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, one after   
   the other, all clamouring for attention.   
      
   Before you attempt to clear your mind, with the breath awareness exercise   
   below, it is wise to deal with these surface thoughts by the act of   
   contemplating them. Sit comfortably, do the relaxation exercise and think,   
   nothing more, just think. Search out the strongest thoughts in your mind   
   and examine them, try to resolve and understand them.   
      
   Note the word: THINKING. Contemplation does not involve clearing the mind,   
   or visualisation. It requires you to THINK, deeply and thoroughly, about   
   something, to gain a deeper understanding of its nature and how it relates   
   to you, an insight.   
      
   Breath Awareness Meditation   
      
   This is a simple form of meditation. It will clear your mind and focus your   
   awareness.   
      
   Sit or lie down, close your eyes, do the relaxation exercise and clear your   
   mind. Breathe deeply and slowly and focus on the breath entering and   
   leaving your body. Feel it coming in and feel it going out. Focus your   
   whole attention on your lungs and the breathing process. This simple action   
   is enough to occupy your surface mind. Firmly push intruding thoughts away,   
   as they begin, before they can gather strength and distract you.   
      
   Breath awareness occupies the surface mind and allows you to think on a   
   much deeper level.   
      
   Surface Thoughts   
      
   Sounds are very distracting, they generate surface thoughts. A car horn   
   will generate: "Who's that, what's happening?" A door opening will   
   generate: "Who's coming in or going out?" The surface mind is always very   
   curious about what is happening around you. It wants to know all, and it   
   wants to inform you of every little thing going on around you. It will   
   pressure you to open your eyes, get up and go find out what's happening.   
      
   Don't allow this to happen. USE these annoying, attention getting thoughts   
   as a training aide. By learning to quash and ignore them, your powers of   
   concentration will grow.   
      
   Stop these annoying little thoughts as they begin, before they can take   
   root and grow into something stronger.   
      
   For example:   
      
   Who's that, what's happening? becomes: "Who's th............"   
      
   Who's coming in, or going out? becomes: "Who's co............"   
      
   With practise the start of these distracting thoughts will get shorter and   
   shorter until you get:   
      
   Wh....?........?.......... and " W...?................... "   
      
   And finally:   
      
   .......?........?...........................?...................   
      
   Many people say they can't clear their mind as they are too easily   
   distracted by all the small noises that surround them, in normal day to day   
   activity. DON'T use music or other sounds to blanket these out, USE them   
   for training. It's like weight lifting, if you train with feather dusters   
   your strength will not increase. You need to master this, the hard way, if   
   you want to give your mind real muscle.   
      
   Slowly but surely you will master the ability to clear your mind. Once   
   accomplished, you will have gained a valuable mental tool. You will be able   
   to concentrate 100% of your attention, on one task, to the TOTAL exclusion   
   of everything else.   
      
   I sometimes meditate, in the trance state, successfully, in a noisy,   
   crowded room with little children crawling all over me. NOTHING breaks my   
   concentration.   
      
   Concentration   
      
   You must be able to concentrate and focus completely on what you are doing.   
   Lack of concentration is the single, biggest cause of projection failure.   
   It affects every aspect of projection, from the relaxation exercise, to the   
   trance state and actual projection.   
      
   To test your ability to concentrate: Sit and relax. Close your eyes and   
   clear your mind of ALL thought. Breath slowly and deeply and count each   
   breath, at the end of each exhale. Hold it totally BLANK, apart from the   
   counting, for as long as you can. See how long you can hold it like this.   
   Be honest with yourself, every time a thought intrudes start counting from   
   the beginning again.   
      
   You are doing well if can do this for longer than ten breaths. Ten breaths   
   is, however, not long enough. Don't worry though, this can be improved on   
   with the exercises below.   
      
   Concentration Exercise (1)   
      
   After image retention: Relax, calm your mind, and look at a candle or a   
   light bulb. Place this light in front of you, a couple of feet away, and   
   stare fixedly at it for a minute or two. Close your eyes and concentrate on   
   the after image this will generate behind your closed eyelids. Try and keep   
   sight of it for as long as possible. Use breath awareness to keep the mind   
   clear, while you are doing this. Try and make the after image grow, instead   
   of fading away.   
      
   Concentration Exercise (2)   
      
   One point stare: Pick a spot on a wall and gaze at it. Don't focus on it,   
   just gaze at it gently. Clear your mind of ALL thoughts and forcibly hold   
   it blank. Concentrate HARD, on breath awareness while you are doing this.   
   When you feel a thought beginning, push it away, don't let it finish! Hold   
   this for as long as you can. Do this several times a day, or more if you   
   can.   
      
   Concentration Exercise (3)   
      
   Energy breathing: Sit and relax. Close your eyes and clear your mind. Do   
      
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