Why Do You Want to Astral Project?

Well, the site is called Astral Focus. So...what's your Astral Focus? Why were you motivated to learn astral projection? What is it you want to get out of the astral experience?

Im not particularly motivated to do it, I suppose i was when I first discovered it, but now Im mostly patient in my studies, I guess Id have to say because it comes with the job lol

[Alex]

My original motivation was that it sounded really cool.

I had a few early experiences where I flew around and was totally free, that was great stuff.

Then I hit some hurdles and worked through them. Now I want to use astral projection as a tool for inner growth.

[atomheart]

Astral projection... many reasons: escapism, search for home, peace, truth, need to belong, need for a more real reality, and most importantly, freedom from matter!

[Akashic Librarian]

iwant to learn to Project because it has always been my dream to be free from physicality. Plus I want to the knowledge, and I love the adventure side. Plus I can tell my kids I have flown through different dimensions and I can create fire balls (I don't have kids at the moment, when I am older : -p )

[Rob]

I have a few reasons:

The freedom to be able to fly.

To be able to visit the secret temples.

To be able to meet up with you guys.

And I’m sure that it would help with ones spiritual development.

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Rob

I have been practicing Dream Yoga for a number of years now. In Buddhism, the astral realm is understood to be a mental realm where one's thoughts manifest instantaneously. So the practice is to bring one's daily physical practices of meditation (mind-control, freedom from attachment to thoughts) into dreaming as well. This allows the buddhist practitioner to work out the contents of her subconscious in the astral, and to resolve her karma there as well as in daily life.

I became interested in astral projection because I would like to:

1) use my dream state consciously to continue my spiritual practices
2) connect with higher level beings to receive assistance and insight in my spiritual practices
3) to learn to navigate the astral so that it will not be as unfamiliar and frightening when I die, and to increase my chances for success in directing myself into my next life

I have been collecting information on astral projection and dream yoga from various sources including MAP, and I have had many lucid dreaming experiences but to date not yet a conscious OBE.

[Pawel]

I don't feel particularly drawn to astral projection, but I am aware that ability to consciously project is something that would be beneficial for me to acquire
So I treat astral projection as something I should learn, rather then something I terribly want to learn.
But, because I'm lazy and not motivated enough, I don't do much in that direction... I am planing on going back to AP course I was taking a while back.
I stopped 'couse I was lazy and I hadn't had enough motivation, lol :D

[Alex]

Another reason is that its fun. I had some great times out of body, but its been a few years and I want to get back into it again in search for some deeper personal answers.

[James]

I'm hoping to eventually gain enlightment and end up with full control of my Kundalini energy. One large step would be concious OBE for me.