Ryan posting on the heavy visualization thread gave me idea to post this little obe trip I took and how I set the intention. I thought theres a chance someone could try it out to see how reliable it might be as a method of intention setting only.

starting to get pumped up with

sometimes intention setting will happen spontaneously with having a thirst for knowledge or just call it curiosity. if your curiosity is backed up by the need to know something, like, immediately, you could have an obe.  this is what happened to me.

I was in a predictament. you all know how children take care of the parent when they get old and somewhat helpless maybe? I had me mom with me for 3 years and it was my sister's turn to care for her, but my sister didn't want to take mom in as had plenty on her plate already. but she had promised! well, all this drama is to show how the emotional body can create an obe.

the months went by and still sis made promises to come and get our mother who wanted to go home too btw. mother and I had not spoken for 20 years before she came to stay with me. not that we fought, she just was more attached to the family down south understandably. I knew sis made a habit of saying one thing and doing another all her life. just the way she is. so then it was up to me to make everyone happy.

so now I have sort of an intention setting up now. make everyone happy.
this may not sound to any of you like a big deal, but this experience of getting mom home safely was one of the biggest things to happen in my life, in my soul even for there were many obstacles to surmount and even past life glimpses were involved here which had karmic implications, and not just my own karma.

so heres what I did. I began to imagine driving my mother 1,200 miles home although seemed like a far fetched idea, I still had my intention "make everyone happy." I even asked my deceased grandmother, who was now around mother 24/7 was this right thing to do? she said yes too.  I got out a map and studied the map, the route I would take and each turn to see if I could make this trip "real." it just didn't seem possible, although I won't go into detail why it didn't seem possible.

I didn't know studying a map would produce an obe. While I studied I asked myself the question: "is my sister gonna show, or not?" I concentrated on this curiosity several minutes. as you know the human capacity to concentrate on one thought is limited for more than several minutes, so keep this in mind when attempting paranormal experiences or going obe or even retrievals.

I was trying to get to the acceptance that it was possible to drive mother home as a 3 vehicle caravan and also a 1919 sewing machine she over-greased daily (another cute story). I determined I must find out if sis had plans anytime soon to come up here so that was also part of the intention lending strengh to the intention of "make happy."
part of me thought sis was lying to me and I wanted just her honesty.
so had an obe surprisingly to me then. in the obe I found myself on the highway I had already studied, floating above it and didn't take long to find my turn off. sis was in a location of CA I had never visited but I found her new house and was just suddenly there. I noted the layout of the rooms and saw sis in an argument with my nephew and knew right then she was not coming to get mom, but would continue to say she was. I also got verification of the room layout when I later visited her house in reality.

so I would say from all this, if your intention is good for all concerned, not just yourself, but everyone's highest good, then it's easier to have an obe. as well I've heard of this from others, that studying maps and imagining routes you will take can also help set a firm intention because it makes you concentrate hard. well it does me, I am not much of a map person, too right brained I guess. but I can see how it helps to balance the right brain to the left and can make you fly! with love, and appreciate everyone to share here their own experiences to help each other. alysia

and now the rest of the story....

intention must have certainty? having certainty seems to be the mark of a decisive person...that wouldn't be me. ok a risk taker, yea, on occassion. but decisive, I don't think so. I have learned along these lines from ACIM that I must make a decision however, before I can accomplish anything, or I will vasillate between my choices. so this thing of intention setting not just about having obes but about every part of life. obes, though, very nice way to get your questions answered though, or even imaginative meditation good way. add dreams to the list. we might talk about this forever. lol.

I think it is an important topic and glad that you think so too! setting intention and actually having the intention manifest without too much flim flam on the way to it.

have to tell a cute part of the story...since none of us are perfect humans, maybe someone enjoy knowing of my imperfections and we can have a laff....
on the day of departure, even though the decision to leave was well in place..I turned to my daughter as my mom began to list her fears about the road trip and asked "however shall we be accomplishing this? I am defeated already."  my daughter, in charge as usual of her mother, said "mom, you put your foot down and push the gas pedal, read my lips."
I did. driving in the wrong gear for about 5 miles. but we made it! ha ha!

ahhh, to be a perfect logician instead of me...hmmmm

thanks Doc, you are a gem to me. its ok to be indecisive as theres always this other part which seems to know exactly what it's doing.
we used to call this other part God. but times are changing and I'm hurrying to keep up! love, alysia

Hi Chipperflea! glad u can back me up about curiosity making us fly, then if u add a sense of excitement, I would call it a sense of adventure to that mix, you have a nightflyer on your hands!
you certainly do communicate your excitement about obe's and getting info out there and I picked this up right away through your words.
I think if we could disect excitement, we could say its a way to grasp the possibilities for flying as in obe or subconscious areas. whereas if we were bored about a subject we could be stuck in that lack of seeing the possibilities. what if, what if, what if.....
that kind of thinking makes me fly into the imagination and we all know where that takes us.

I think in the obe I describe above, I was fearful for awhile that I was being selfish to transport mother home as my sis indicated. I wanted the highest good which had to go against what sis thought was her highest good. so the delimmea. fear will be a creative thing as well as love. but its ok to trust that it will work out. I was to put my foot on the gas and press. I was afraid she was going to die on the trip too. lol. found out shes a tough old bird, play me like a fiddle! ha ha! your right I think all these experiences are for a reason to cause growth that guidance is there.

I think you are growing just fine! me too! love, alysia

Ryan I just burned my oatmeal so I could talk to you instead thats ok, theres more oatmeal left

do u ever feel like a kid in a candy store with   as concerning what to see, where to go, when exploring out of the body state?  meaning most of the candy costs 3 cents?   ???    then u find a penny somebody dropped on the floor....

good for you Ryan..u sound enthusiatic as usual! so this is not off topic...heres a little song since I don't sing much anymore..Rita Coolidge "learn how to pretend" little bit not your time, but oh well, still relevant.."let it all begin, learn how to pretend!