These are Frequently Asked Questions I get about astral. Please check this guide before asking me questions concerning astralling! This will be updated regularly, as I receive more questions.
Note that this is MY definition: I consider the astral to be absolutely everything; our plane of existence, spiritsā planes of existence, pop culture realms, etc. The astral is everywhere and everything.
How does astral travel work?
When you travel, a small portion of your consciousness leaves your body.
This consciousness manifests as its own body on the astral, or it could āawakenā in an astral body you already have. In travel, you do not see/hear/feel/think as clearly as you do during projection, simply because only a portion of your consciousness has left your body.
What is astral travel versus astral projection versus OBE?
Note, again, these are MY definitions:
In astral travel, a PORTION of your consciousness leaves your body and is able to explore other realms.
In Astral Projection, nearly your entire consciousness leaves your body. Astral projection is much harder to achieve than travel. This is the āgold standardā of astral travel, where you see/hear/feel/think with complete or almost complete clarity.
In an OBE, Out-of-Body-Experience, your consciousness FULLY leave your body. As of right now, I do not believe this is possible without a near-death experience, or actual death.
What are some ways to astral travel?
Have a spirit you know and trust āpullā you into the astral.
(Visualization) Imagine a door. Imagine/focus on what is on the other side of the door. Walk through it.
(Visualization) Imagine an X (pool, mirror, etc). Imagine/focus on what is on the other side of X. Walk through it.
āSplittingā: Imagine a copy of yourself hovering above you. Notice your consciousness in your own body, then ājumpā your consciousness into that copy of yourself floating above you. Proceed to go where you want. Ā
What are some ways to astral project?
Justā¦.keep practicing astral travel, maybe try new methods. I highly recommend reading Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce, I have literally NEVER EVER found a more comprehensive, extremely informative, and yet still beginner-friendly and not overly complex guide to astral travel/projection.
Differentiating ātrue astralā from imagination?
will always have external interactions that are not in your own head; entities talking/living their own lives whether your imagination/consciousness directs them to or not. Entities moving independently of your will.
Spirits (good or bad) being able to follow you back home, to your physical body and interact with you there
Unexpected/Unpredictable occurrences happen
You get injured and it may hurt your astral body and maybe feel it a little physically too. Injury damages your magical abilities/astral abilities
Your astral body can die and you wonāt be able to access ātrue astralā until you regenerate.
You can meet other humans consciously. As in, you can text your friend and meetup on the astral together, and talk about it IRL afterwards.Ā
You are in full control of everything.
What you expect to happen, will happen
Entities are like puppets or dolls; they donāt move around unless you imagine them doing so, and if/when they interact with you, itās things you expected them to say
You will not tire, or will tire extremely slowly.
You die/get extremely hurt and nothing happens. You can regenerate at will/heal whenever and wherever you want.
You talk to your friend, then you talk to them later IRL and they have no idea what you talked about.Ā
Why do people always imagine common fantasy stuff when astralling? Donāt you think astral and what happens there is just your imagination and happens in your head? I mean strangely all the people who talk about astral experiences describe common fantasy stuff. Iād say if astral was real it would contain a lot of stuff people canāt even imagine, and yet everyone describes dragons, elfs, etc, that which their mind already knows, nothing out of ordinary. Isnāt this suspicious?
One reason people generally imagine common fantasy is stuff is because thatās what most people care about, and thus go to. Itās hard to care about a species that humanity has never even encountered before, isnāt it? Also, how can you visit the realm of something you have never even heard of/canāt imagine before? Astral travel needs knowledge of where you will go to, so itās pretty hard (and probably super dangerous) to just say ātake me somewhere beyond my imagination.ā
Thereās also the problem of perception: during astralling, the mind usually replaces things you donāt know with things you do know of, to use less energy while astralling. While you can force your brain to show āthe truthā, the more the thing you are trying to look at is beyond your imagination, the more energy and effort it will take to see āthe truthā.
How do you do astral laundry?
Note: Not limited to this list.
Have a companion youāre comfortable with seeing you nude do your laundry for you.
Astral travel two feet away from your earth self, take your astral clothes off, put them in your washer/dryer (with your astral self or earth self), physically run the washer/dryer (you can wash other clothes with it). Take your clothes out, travel again and put your clothes back on.
Destroy your clothes and remake clean ones.
How do past lives affect current astral shenanigans?
You might appear as one of your past life forms/bodies. Spirits from your past lives could also attempt to find you on the astral (whether malicious or friendly, so always be cautious).
How to meet spirits on the astral?
1. Be able to astral and able to distinguish between astralling/imagination.
2. Go somewhere with spirits.
How to safely meet spirits on the astral?
There is no 100% guarantee of safety when astralling.
Have spirit guides/guardians/protective companions take you somewhere safe
Actually know where you are going and who you want to meet
How do you keep possibly malicious spirits/entities/beings from following you back home?
This is what wards in your living space/where you are when you astral are for. Wards can fuddle your energy signature from being found by spirits you donāt want to find you.
Make sure you ācome backā correctly; that you walked back through your imagined door, imagined yourself falling back into your physical body, whatever.
Do a centering exercise, which will help you āpull back inā trace amounts of energy you left where you went when astralling. Do make sure your wards are up first, to make sure nothing follows the āpullā back to your physical body. If you donāt know what centering is/how to do it, check the āenergy workā section of my FAQ/my energy work FAQ post.
Manners/social etiquette/social skills in the astral?
Obviously those will vary a LOT based on where you go. I literally canāt write a comprehensive guide as the astral is home to a limitless number of cultures.
But some things to keep in mind are:
Donāt fight every single thing you see ever. Donāt try and provoke fights with every single thing ever. Retribution is a thing and the majority of spirits have the advantage when fighting in the astral.
Just because something looks scary doesnāt mean itās out to get you.
Observe the culture, maybe talk with some of the nicer (and not trickster) locals who can tell you the Doās and Donāts of their culture.
Heeeeeeey people keep talking about different places in the astral and are they alternate locations all on the same plane or are there alternate astral planes with alternate inhabitants?
There are alternate astral planes with their own inhabitants, and alternate locations on the same plane.
Example of the former: We are on earth. Heaven exists on its own plane of the universe.
Example of the latter: We are on Earth. An alternate location on our plane of existence would be Venus.
Is it possible for entities/other people to drag you into the astral (forcefully or not)?
Absolutely, both people and entities can bring you to the astral. And they can do it forcefully or consensually (consensually obviously takes a lot less energy).Ā
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This will be updated every once in a while. Again, please check this FAQ before you ask me any questions concerning this, please ^-^
