Think back to the last time you had one of those dreams where you’re flying and you’ll be able to get a sense of what astral travel is like. When your astral body is exploring, this is how it makes its way around. It’s like flying, but you can be anywhere you want to be instantly; all you have to do is to focus on it. While your physical body and your mind are at rest, your astral body is free to set off and allow you to experience astral travel.
Although we may astral travel while we are asleep, it should not be mistaken for dreaming. Dreaming is quite different, since it happens entirely within your brain as it goes over what has happened that day, placing things into context and allowing you to get past them and awake rested the next day. Your dreams may or may not be remembered after you awake, which is an important difference between astral travel and dreaming.
Those times when you awake and can remember in perfect detail everything from your dream, this probably wasn’t a dream at all, but your memory of astral travel! It’s a good idea to start keeping a journal to document these experiences. Not all of them are going to make sense at first, but like a sculptor chipping away at a block of marble, they will take shape and tell you something eventually.
Astral dreams are psychically beneficial, much as dreams are in helping your mind to process the things which happen in your day. Everyone has different astral travel experiences and the benefits are also unique to each individual. This makes it especially important to keep a record of your experiences; comparing them to another’s experiences is much like comparing apples to oranges and is largely a useless exercise.
One benefit which everyone can experience through astral travel is an increased awareness of themselves and their place in the universe. This in turn leads to a sense of well being and inner peace. Astral projection also helps to improve your memory and alertness since it exercises parts of our physical minds which most people never take the time to develop.
Astral travel tends to help other innate psychic talents come to the surface. Many who have learned to use astral travel say that they feel more telepathic and can more easily detect spiritual presences around them.
Astral travel can not only take you to places you’d never otherwise see, but also takes you into yourself and can cause a blooming of your intellect as well as your psychic talents.
People who start off as skeptics about astral travel are often convinced of its merits once they begin to gain experience with astral projection and start enjoying its beneficial effects.
The psychic and mental benefits entirely aside, there is a recreational element to astral travel as well. It’s undeniably fun to be able to leave your body and see new sights.
With all of the positives of astral travel, its surprising that everyone doesn’t do it. However, a lot of people are under the impression that these abilities are within the reach of only a few especially gifted people. However, every one of us can develop this ability if we choose to do so.
Everyone of us can astral travel; even if you thought it was only a dream, you have done it before and you can learn to do it consciously.
The best way to get started is to just let astral travel happen on its own and keep a journal of your astral projection experiences. Soon, you’ll be able to identify when you are astral traveling and this means you’re ready to start practicing to astral travel when you choose to do so. It takes practice, but you can develop this innate ability and with so much to be gained, it’s well worth the effort.
Each of us has the ability to astral travel. With practice and determination, you can train yourself to astral project. There are resources available which can help you to ready yourself to use this natural ability. With time and patience, you’ll achieve your goal and gain the inner peace which comes with learning astral travel.
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