Quote Originally Posted by Free_955
I really want to believe, but a part of me is still skeptical. And that skeptical part of me prevents me from reaching deep relaxation.
Believe what? Astral Projection is something you learn to do. You don't need to believe anything to learn it. You either want to learn how to do it it to see if it actually happens or not, or you don't. I don't believe for a second that the lack of belief keeps you from reaching deep relaxation. When you go to sleep you don't have to believe to go to sleep- and if you can reach deep relaxation enough to go to sleep you can reach deep relaxation enough to get to the optimal brain state to project. What you need to do is learn how it feels to be in trance without going to sleep. If you need some sort of scientific explanation to prove there is such a thing as 'deep relaxation', look up 'hypnagogic hallucinations'. That's the state you have to reach without going to sleep to project.