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Mindfulness is becoming more and more popular because it actually works for many of the problems we have in life.
Basically mindfulness is about being aware in life, aware of our thoughts particularly and not allowing ourselves to get involved in the endless chatter that goes on in our heads, it is about focusing on the present moment. Being present in our lives makes every moment important because we are there, living it fully, how many moments do we miss in life as we are thinking about the future or stressing about the past, before we know it months have past, years and we have lived most of that time lost in the endless noise in our minds.
The more mindful you are in life so it will cross over into your dreams and out-of-body experiences, the longer you can stay focused, the longer you will remain consciously out-of-body and the more you will be able to remember afterwards. It is all too easy to lose your awareness when in the astral, this is why practicing mindfulness during the day will enhance your experiences. Sometimes when in the astral, experiences can become rather dreamlike this may be because if you are not focused you may unwittingly project your thoughts and start interacting with them, this is not necessarily a bad thing if you recognise what is happening or you realise after you wake up. We can learn a lot by seeing what is in our mind. Thought forms to me often appear a little flatter energy wise, with time you learn to tell the difference though it is not always easy. I believe it was in Waldo Viera……. That he was visiting someone in the astral who had surrounded himself with one or two thought forms of beautiful ladies, Waldolf is struck by how real they appear, his friend must have been quite adept at his thought-form creation maybe intention makes the thought forms stronger.
To me astral projection is all about spiritual growth, so if a few thought forms do pop up I can learn from them to by trying to understand why that particular thing popped up. In one of Robert Bruce’s books he mentions seeing a Thomas the Tank Engine tooting on by which would be quite normal if your kids watched the program, I can still reproduce the theme tune to Thomas and it’s years since I watched an episode.
Mindfulness with help you stay in observer mode and stay calm if the astral action gets a little intense and something potentially scary is happening, it will help you see things for what they are and keep you emotionally stable.
Everyday spend some time practising being in observer mode, that part of you that remains indifferent to thoughts, emotions etc, it just observes, takes notes and just lets them go. This part of you remains ever in the present, it observes your thoughts about the past and the future but it doesn’t go with them. It observes your emotions but it doesn’t get involved or identify with them.
Mindfulness can also help you in dreams, yes you can be mindful in dreams, you can wake up in your dreams and explore your own consciousness, a step further would be out-of-body experiences which truly take you to another level of understanding of yourself, who you are and the world around us. When we become more aware in our dreams we can notice things that are out of place and as a result wake up in the dream and become lucid, being more aware in dreams causes you to ask yourself questions like, ‘How did I get here?’ , reminds me of a song by Talking Heads, ‘Once in a Lifetime, anyway if you ask yourself this question you may realise that you haven’t a clue to how you got where you are and so may realise you are dreaming as we usually remember how we get from one place to another in the physical, while in a dream we find ourselves suddenly appearing in different places.
We can use mindfulness in all aspects of our lives, be it awake or asleep, an essential tool in our journey.
Happy travels!
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