Recently I’ve been trying to further my Buddhist studies. I identify as a Buddhist and a Taoist more than I do anything else, tbh; it’s still weird for me using the term “witch” because I feel that my Path goes beyond that. Anyways, I’ve been learning a lot, actually, and it’s refreshing. I realized that the Buddhists have their own form of energy work, which is called Tantra. I don’t think that I will ever be able to learn even a small portion of it, though, unless I was to become a monastic in the appropriate sects. But it’s interesting to think about; that even the Buddhists have their own form.
Besides that... I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the astral. After doing a bunch of research and reading a lot of peoples’ stories, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that astral travel and astral projection are actually the same thing. The difference is that with projection, your soul remains on the physical plane, and with astral travel, your soul explores the astral plane.
It just... I’ve tried for so long to astral project, with the expectation that it was going to be some crazy, very vivid experience, distinctly moreso than astral travel is; like they talk about “rolling” out of your body as a technique, and I’ve been trying to do it with the intention of like 100% feeling like I’m separate from my body. After reading peoples’ stories, I wasn’t completely convinced that that is what was happening. Of course, they don’t detail it, because that’s not something that one would normally think about; how it feels to astral project.
What really cemented it for me is that people talked about being able to astral project from a lucid dream. They said that it is a similar experience, and that’s what makes it possible. Personally... I lucid dream very frequently these days, and I’ve astral traveled from a lucid dream many times. Astral traveling feels a lot like a lucid dream; if they say that projection feels that way, then perhaps they are really the same thing.
Anyways... that’s what my thoughts have been on that lately.
I’ve been really homesick lately for some reason... like to the point where I’m feeling that way in my dreams, too. I’m not entirely sure why. But I really miss my family, and home; I’d love to be back in my old home, enjoying the season with them. I should be able to come back home early this year and for longer, since my school is 100% online. But I’m wondering if I should come home even sooner. I realized... “return to your roots” could also be interpreted as going back to my hometown... maybe that plus the fact that I’ve been feeling this way means something.
Hmm... well, I think that’s it, really. My energy has been lower as we come into the fall season. Summer has a high energy, and winter has a low energy; so the energy is slowly decreasing as we transition into winter, and my energy is going with it. It’s lovely, though; It got dark at like 6:30 today, and I was filled of nostalgia of all the years past where it’s cold and it gets dark; god I love Autumn energy.
That’s it for now. I hope that everyone has a wonderful night!
