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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:50 pm
Recently, I've been practicing with meditation. But weirdly enough, when I breath in, I feel as if my body is lifting up off the bed, and when I exhale I come back down.
Is this normal, or just a physical sensation that occurs because I'm in a reduced conscious state?
And also, can one really levitate? If so, how?
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:52 pm
It is possible or it could be that you are APing.
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Goddess_Sona Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:48 pm
I've only ever read one specific technique for levitation. It involved concentrating a large amount of etheric air element in one's body. Sort of complicated to explain.
What you're experiencing is probably just the onset of an altered state of consciousness. Your physical body probably isn't moving, but your astral body might be rocking slightly in rhythm. That happens to me when I meditate or fall off to sleep.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:43 pm
Levitation is a combination of Telekinesis and Aerokinesis. Telekinesis makes you body lighter, by having your own energy support your weight partially. Aerokinesis then swirls the air around you to give you lift. At leats, that's how I see it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:53 pm
Some Buddhist and Shinto monks can levitate, they seem to do a lot of that "mind-over-matter" stuff. Some Chinese children can stick their hands straight through a glass jar and pull an object through without harming either the object or the jar. No, I'm not making a steryotype by saying Chinese instead of Asian, the ability is concentrated in China, as far as I'm aware.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:00 am
If it just FEELS like that.. Its most likely going out of body. I have that. And a number of other people feel that during meditation or even laying down to sleep at night. 'Tis normal.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:17 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:22 am
Goddess_Sona It is possible or it could be that you are APing. I've got to agree with that. I might also add that sometimes I pull in so much energy into my body while doing some meditations that the feel of the energy makes it seem like I am floating when I'm not. This could be another explination too.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:42 pm
I've had similar sensations, but as I still can't seem to figure out what the hell people mean by "astral projection" I don't bother to label the experience. There was also one time that it felt as if I was levitating a stone. Note that it didn't physically levitate (far as I'm concerned that is impossible in this plane of reality) but it felt that it did and that was... somewhat strange. Heh.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:12 pm
I personally use the term astral projection for when my consiousness leaves my body (not counting when I'm asleep and in the dream world). This sometimes happens while I'm meditating or doing energy working, but not all of the time. That's just what I mean when I use the term astral projection, but I may be defining the word incorrectly as many people seem to mean a whole host of different things.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:11 pm
Starlock I've had similar sensations, but as I still can't seem to figure out what the hell people mean by "astral projection" I don't bother to label the experience. There was also one time that it felt as if I was levitating a stone. Note that it didn't physically levitate (far as I'm concerned that is impossible in this plane of reality) but it felt that it did and that was... somewhat strange. Heh.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:05 pm
The Mysterious Priest Starlock I've had similar sensations, but as I still can't seem to figure out what the hell people mean by "astral projection" I don't bother to label the experience. There was also one time that it felt as if I was levitating a stone. Note that it didn't physically levitate (far as I'm concerned that is impossible in this plane of reality) but it felt that it did and that was... somewhat strange. Heh. While that's a nice thought, I don't think it makes a lot of sense. I mean say I don't believe in levitation and you do. We go into a room to watch someone who claims they can levitate. Either they can do it and I'm wrong or they can't to it and I'm right. My believing doesn't really have impact on the reality. Can belief limit what I personally can do? Sure, if levitation is possible then me believing it can't happen or being very skeptical would make it difficult for me personally to levitate. However, even in these case people have affected others when they "don't believe" that's what makes people believe, an experience too big to ignore. So while I think the thought is an interesting on. I think questionings, and healthy skepticism isn't bad at all. Often I find people who take offense to it (and I'm not saying you are such a person) are con artists who can not back their claims.
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:42 pm
blindfaith^_^ The Mysterious Priest Starlock I've had similar sensations, but as I still can't seem to figure out what the hell people mean by "astral projection" I don't bother to label the experience. There was also one time that it felt as if I was levitating a stone. Note that it didn't physically levitate (far as I'm concerned that is impossible in this plane of reality) but it felt that it did and that was... somewhat strange. Heh. While that's a nice thought, I don't think it makes a lot of sense. I mean say I don't believe in levitation and you do. We go into a room to watch someone who claims they can levitate. Either they can do it and I'm wrong or they can't to it and I'm right. My believing doesn't really have impact on the reality. Can belief limit what I personally can do? Sure, if levitation is possible then me believing it can't happen or being very skeptical would make it difficult for me personally to levitate. However, even in these case people have affected others when they "don't believe" that's what makes people believe, an experience too big to ignore. So while I think the thought is an interesting on. I think questionings, and healthy skepticism isn't bad at all. Often I find people who take offense to it (and I'm not saying you are such a person) are con artists who can not back their claims.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:44 pm
The Mysterious Priest blindfaith^_^ The Mysterious Priest Starlock I've had similar sensations, but as I still can't seem to figure out what the hell people mean by "astral projection" I don't bother to label the experience. There was also one time that it felt as if I was levitating a stone. Note that it didn't physically levitate (far as I'm concerned that is impossible in this plane of reality) but it felt that it did and that was... somewhat strange. Heh. While that's a nice thought, I don't think it makes a lot of sense. I mean say I don't believe in levitation and you do. We go into a room to watch someone who claims they can levitate. Either they can do it and I'm wrong or they can't to it and I'm right. My believing doesn't really have impact on the reality. Can belief limit what I personally can do? Sure, if levitation is possible then me believing it can't happen or being very skeptical would make it difficult for me personally to levitate. However, even in these case people have affected others when they "don't believe" that's what makes people believe, an experience too big to ignore. So while I think the thought is an interesting on. I think questionings, and healthy skepticism isn't bad at all. Often I find people who take offense to it (and I'm not saying you are such a person) are con artists who can not back their claims. I wouldn't say I believe it is absolutely impossible. I worded that sentance the way I did somewhat carefully. There are different levels of reality, though often people have a tendancy to regard just one of them (the objective reality, physical reality, you know... the part that is testable and verifiable by science?). On some other plane, I'm darned conivinced I levitated that stone. But if I said to someone I levitated a stone in physical reality, I would fully expect someone to shout "bull s**t!" And they'd probably be right.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:08 am
The Mysterious Priest Levitation is a combination of Telekinesis and Aerokinesis. Telekinesis makes you body lighter, by having your own energy support your weight partially. Aerokinesis then swirls the air around you to give you lift. At leats, that's how I see it. Thanks, never heard of aerokinesis, and thought I heard of most of those things, always willing to learn and keep an open mind! Can you define it a little more>?
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