Moderators, if this isn't in the proper section. please direct it towards the right one. Thank You. I still haven't learned the "lay of the land" here.
You guys should find this technique very easy to do. I learned Robert's NEW technique a couple of years ago and still use it quite often. So, most of you here should be seasoned pros at creating a good NP (non physical) focus.
I also wanted to note that I created this post on another AP Forum and wished to share it with you here as well. So, without any ado:
I call this technique Cloud 9 and Beyond. It could also be named "Stairway to Heaven", since it contains steps too. Although my "Stairway" is very small, since there are not a lot steps in it, it does lead to bliss!
First a bit of personal background. I have been practicing consciously aware AP since 2011, following an extraordinary 3 night spontaneous AP ordeal that I went underwent. I also live with Chronic Pain and find AP and Deep Mediation to be a great way to relieve/handle or get away from my pain. The pain is always there, it's just in different levels. I usually have to take a Percocet to once or twice a week when the pain peaks and I hate, hate, hate, taking pills! A couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (you can look up that term if you with to know more about it). I am typing this right now while wearing a eye patch on my left eye, so excuse any errors I may have made here. I'll be able to see it properly in another 4 days. No pity wished or needed, thank you. It is what it is!
I have always used Visualization techniques as my chosen method of Aping. My preferred AP method is Phasing, but I have been successful with the conventional climbing out of the body as well. I actually worked on perfecting my own techniques with Visualization too and was successful with this. But with Trigeminal Neuralgia, visualizing causes pain, So, I had to change/alter my technique quite a it. Now it's all tactile.
This is what I call my Cloud 9 and Beyond, because if you do it right and put an honest effort into it, you will find yourself either on Cloud 9 or "beyond" it. This technique can be used for pain relief, after a hard day at work and you can't stop your internal chatter, as a relaxation/deepening technique for conscious AP attempts or just for pure and total relaxation period. If done before you sleep (while lying on your bed), it can and in my personal experience has many times led to not only vivid LDs, but also awaking in mild or full on Sleep Paralysis.
When I do this technique, I am usually wearing my headphones and have either some relaxing instrumental music playing or one of my Binaural Beat/Isochronic Tones MP3s. I have them at a very low volume though. Just high enough to rid my hearing any background noises.
Step 1: Lie down, sit down, get comfortable and just focus on your regular breathing for a couple of minutes.
Step 2: Leave your rational mind behind. Don't think, just do!
Step 3:Close your eyes and become aware of 6 points of focus/directions around your body. Those points/directions are to the right of your body, in back of you, to the left, in front, underneath you and lastly over top of you. Don't spend a lot of time with this. A minute or so is fine. Just become aware of these points.
Step 4:While breathing at your regular normal speed, on your inhale I want you to concentrate on your body expanding width wise. On your exhale, I want you feel it retracting back in. You don't need to visualize any of this and don't be surprised or disappointed if your physical body moves while you feel the expansion. Your physical body naturally moves when you focus on a action. This will get better with practice though. Please don't get disappointed if you can't feel anything at first. You WILL get better with time.
Step 5:On your next breath, instead of expanding your width, I want you to expand your length. So, on the inhale now you are expanding lengthwise. On the exhale you are retracting back to normal.
Step 6uring your next breath, on your inhale you are going to now expand frontwards as your belly expands with that breath. On your exhale you are expanding backwards, like your belly is now there (Hence the need to lose your rational mind, lol).
Step 7: Your next breath is going to be just a simple inhale and exhale with no focus on anything expanding.
Step 8:For the next 5-10 minutes, redo steps 4-6. That means on each one of your 4 breaths, you are going to focus on one step. EX. 1st breath, focus on width, your left and right side expanding at the same time. 2nd breath, length, over and under. 3rd breath, stomach out/back out. 4th breath, nothing.
Step 9: This step involves just sowing your breath down gradually. The more you slow down your breathing the further your expansion of steps 4-7 get. Now when you get to step 7, you shouldn't feel your physical body at all. Ether that or it will be extremely numb. Slow down your breathing gradually though. Don't rush the process.
Step 10: This step contains a change to your belly in back out breathe. Now instead of your expansion on belly in/back out, I want you to on the inhale rise up and on the exhale fall back down. At this point you won't feel like you are lying or sitting on anything anyways. According to what you feel, you are already levitating, so you can go as high or low as you wish. There are no restrictions. Do this for as long as you wish.
You can go as deep as you wish. You can use this as your "launch pad" for Phasing or even attempt an actual "out of the body" technique. You will find that you are ready for anything now. Many times I find myself deep in the 3d darkness/void, just enjoying the fact that I feel no more pain.
Try it, put in an honest effort and I am sure you will find this a great way to create a deep NP (non Physical) focus.
Thank You!
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