What is astral projection and how does one acheive It?

Answer 1

It is essentially a separation of yourself from your physical body. Someone in a state of astral projection is essentially a ghost with a link to a living physical body.

There are many ways to acheive it. There is not really one way to acheive it, and everyone has to find hir own way to separation. Often, the first step to astral projection is meditation and learning how it affects your state of consciousness. Since astral projection occurs when you are in a trancelike state, it would be ideal to meditate lying down before you go to bed. While meditating, find an object of focus. What will often happen is, you'll fall asleep. However, you are training your conscious mind to directly communicate with the extremely-powerful subconscious mind (which enables astral body separation from the physical body). What may happen is, as time goes on, you will be able to effortlessly lift yourself to look closer at the object, but when you see behind you, you will see your body lying on the bed! If you astrally project, it is highly recommended that you stay near your physical body since you will need to learn to maneuver in the astral state. Getting back "into" your physical body is easy: just will for it to happen, and you'll be able to open your eyes within the shell of your body.

The above method is just one way of doing it. There are many sound generators that create sounds that can actually alter the rhythms of your brain so that your subconscious may be more easily empowered. One suggested reference of mine would be http://www.astral-projection.org There are also many books available; suggested reading would be "The Art and Practice of Astral Projection" by Ophelia.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Our physical body is not us, it is an encasing over our Pranic body (made of prana the vital force of life)
Manomaya body (made from mind and subtle organs)
Vigyan body( made from intelligence and subtle organs)
causal body( made from ego and sub-conscious)

Astral projection or OBE is when the other 4 bodies leave the physical and wander on the astral planes and see and hear on the astral plane

Many have this ability to project from birth, due to last birth's meditations

Some achieve it during this birth, by regular meditation

In the Samadhi state of meditation, one clearly see his own self going up the physical body and communicating higher levels, and in some rare cases with God too.

Pranayama, yogic exercises and Vipasana meditation of buddhism, can enable one to astral project

Death too is an astral projection in which the silver chord is broken and the other bodies can not come back to the physical

Answer 3

Astral projection is the ability to disassociate ones spiritual essence from one's body and to travel the astral (spiritual) plane. One achieves it sometimes by accident and sometimes by months or years of intensive study and meditation on the subject. Astral projection is most often achieved by people who have "out of body" "predeath" experiences.

Answer 4

Flying with the spirit, leaving the body behind. It comes rather natural to some. Others have to work at it. Learn to meditate, and check out your local metaphysical book store.