Dear Cosmic_Ambitions,
You're most welcome, glad to have been of assistance, and thanks again for the kind words.
Quote:I tried meditating last night after digesting your input about the heart phenomenon... I didn't let it frightening this time, and I rode it out. I've never gotten this far before... My whole body began vibrating at a tremendous rate, I began sweating, and the vibrations only amplified. (My bed actually started to shake as a result of my intense vibrations. Some imagery began opening up in the blackness in front of me. The only problem I had, (which is going to be a major obstacle), is that I had been in a car wreck a few years ago, and I have major back problems. When my body began vibrating that hard, my back tightened up and I got shooting pains down my lower spine that pulled me out of the state that I was in. (I'm not sure how I'm going to overcome this obstacle, but I have to, if I ever plan on entering the varying focus levels). Which I plan on doing.
If you're experiencing pain, and considering your spinal injury due to a past event, it might be advisable to seek a more complete healing (at all levels, not merely the physical) for that issue first, before attempting any practice that might trigger pain, or even possibly further damage. Play it safe.
Although a good, clairvoyant energy healer who is able to perceive simultaneously your physical body and its energetic counterparts (including chakras), would be recommended here (the good ones always work together with the extraphysical guides, helpers, technicians and healers that Alysia spoke of), but therein lies the problem, in a physical world fraught with frauds and half-skilleds.
While I do have a friend in the IAC who is a truly skilled, highly clairvoyant and balanced bioenergy healer, it is perhaps, in the long run in terms of a permanent solution and psychic development (especially including the astral projection route you're keenly focused on), advisable for you to explore the following option directly - visit the relevant IAC courses, beginning with their CDP and progressing onto further ones. The curriculum includes both bioenergy healing (for your back injury), as well as projection of the consciousness (your stated goal).
International Academy of Consciousness :
http://infinity.usanethosting.com/Heart.Of.God/IACAnd as always, a Hilarion Reading seeking understanding and advice on your issues, such as your spinal injury and associated symptoms, or questions associated with your projection attempts, is always helpful.
Hilarion Reading :
http://infinity.usanethosting.com/Heart.Of.God/main.htm#HilarionIf you would prefer to get in touch with my clairvoyant healer friend, private message me with your e-mail, and I'll let my friend know of your case, to see if she has anything to advise, or if she might contact you herself.