stupendous that I was afraid some detail in her splendorous
glow would trap me, but the woman moved inside the store
before I had time to focus my total attention on her. I
certainly intended to follow her inside; however, my dreaming
attention was caught by a moving glow. It came to me
charging, filled with hatred. There was loathing in it and
viciousness. I jumped backward. The glow stopped its charge;
a black substance swallowed me, and I woke up.
These images were so vivid that I firmly believed I had
seen energy…
Robert Bruce
Astral Dynamics (1999)
…I awoke at about two in the morning, lying on my back
with my whole body vibrating. I could feel myself about to
spontaneously project. My arms and legs were already
starting to float out. However, I did not want to project. I was
tired and had a busy day ahead of me, and just wanted to go
back to sleep. I'd been having a very interesting dream up
until then and wanted to go back into it if I could. I felt heavy
and sluggish but managed to roll onto my left side. The
vibrations stopped immediately and the heavy sinking feeling
soon left me. Happy now, I snuggled down and relaxed back
into myself, concentrating on the dreamscape I had just left
and the name I had given it: "Advantage". I hoped this would
take me back into it, as this trick often seemed to work.
After only a few seconds, I popped directly into the
dream I'd left earlier. The transition was breathtaking. There
was a full continuance of waking consciousness. I did not fall
asleep and then wake up within the dream, but projected
directly into it from the full waking state. I suddenly appeared
in a busy, brightly lit department store, just like the one I'd
been dreaming of earlier.
In front of me, a dark-haired young woman was setting
up a dining room display. I saw people everywhere, shopping,
serving, packing shelves, etc. Everything looked and felt real,
stable, and solid. It was simply mind-blowing! I jumped up
and down few times to feel the weight of my body, then
pinched myself, "Ouch!" This hurt just as it would in real life,
and my body weight felt normal. I was fully dressed and could