When I've done it, its always been sort of accidental. I haven't really figured out how to properly trigger it yet. But when it happens, it always starts with sleep paralysis, and the accompanying thumping in the ears. I let the thrumming wash over me, to where I feel like I'm loosing myself for a bit. From there, I try to move, but can't. So, I keep trying, such as trying to raise my head or look to the left, and eventually find that I am moving, very slowly. Its a lot of effort, but I basicly keep trying to get up until I slowly manage to do so. Last time, I crawled out. But once out, moving about is a lot like trying to fly in a lucid dream. You sort of will it and you go. You can also enter other realms from the astral once you're out, in much the same way you can do so in dream. Returning is easy, but again hard to explain. I sort of "pull backwards" so the cord is reeled in and I'm drawn back into my body in a flash. It feels a bit like waking up, only with spatial special efects as your spirit races back to your body before you open your eyes.
The whole experience feels a lot like a lucid dream. Only, it spooks the cats when I float past them  |
