Hello Cosmic_Ambitions,

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It is not actually your physical heart that is pounding rapidly and "feels like it's about to explode". Rather, the sensation originates from your heart's extraphysical/astral counterpart, which is energizing and exteriorizing an astral body in preparation for a projection.

Because it feels like the actual physical heart, the sensation can bring about panic, but if in panic you snap back into physical awareness, you'd notice that your physical heart had been beating normally all the while.

Therefore, medically speaking, throughout this sensation, there is no actual danger to your physical body, or risk of bodily harm, by means of a heart attack for instance.

As to why "nothing ever happens after I get to the level where my heart is pounding rapidly", meaning the projection was not apparently successful, this is a matter of technique, as well as what Robert Bruce calls the "mind split", in which a part of your mind did successfully project, but your awareness stayed focused on the part of your mind that remained in your physical body. Thereafter, your physical memories overrided your astral memories, so it seemed as if you never projected.

My suggestion would be, since the topic you're asking on, is more relevant to the Robert Bruce system of astral projection, rather than this forum's focus on afterlife retrievals, that you (in addition to this thread) also post your question on the Astral Pulse forums :
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/index.php

As well as obtaining a copy of Robert Bruce's Astral Dynamics, the most popular 'textbook' for Astral Projection :
http://www.astraldynamics.com/library/?BoardID=28

Finally, Robert Bruce has made his NEW (New Energy Ways) of developing the energy bodies and chakras, available free-of-charge on the internet here :
http://www.astraldynamics.com/tutorials/?BoardID=6

This is particularly useful, because the International Academy of Consciousness' Vibratory State technique (which has multiple benefits including that of de-intrusion or spirit releasement), is an application of bioenergy manipulation, which is essentially what Robert Bruce's NEW methods train the individual for.

All the best,
Kyo

Thanks Kyo. That was a good explanation, and it makes a lot of sense. Those links that you provided were very useful as well...

Thank you for the warm greeting Caryn. It seems that everyone here is very knowledgable and helpful. I'm glad that I found this site. Like I said, there aren't a whole lot of people that you can talk to about these types of things. Luckily, everyone here is very open, informed, and accepting. It's a good feeling! 

Cosmic_Ambitions

Hi Cosmic_Ambitions,

I also am sensitive to noise during meditation or sleep. I use earplugs designed for noise at work (or disco), the flexible plastic ones (NOT the wax things). Try different types. It's probably not comfortable the first times, but I guess you'll get used to it. If you use them, I recommend to lock your door, because your "warning" sense is blocked which can make you anxious for you wouldn't hear someone coming in your room. If you use earphones to hear HemiSync or other recordings, I recommend in-ear-phones (the true IN ear ones, not the ones which always fell out of the ear) and over it wear this "MickeyMouse" sort of ear protection.

And I too have this heart-phenomenon. I try to relax and sometimes it fades away. But sometimes it does not, once I did a heart chakra exercise (from Bruce's 5th book) and the heart area wanted to expand, it was awsome but also too much. I found some relief when I imagined I would expand this area or me or my aura or whatever it was to a very much amount, to the horizon, or better, to infinity, and that, what wants to burst out of my heart area would radiate to all sides in the infinite space. I too found, in the long run, if you do expanding exercises, it is best not to give up fully a center of this expanded you-being.

Spooky