Astral Projection, the Ego & the Principle of Conserving Energy
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- We take a look at some of the teachings by the native American shaman, Don Juan Matus, and how conserving spiritual energy greatly enhances our likelihood of Astral travel, and how this all naturally relates to the comprehension and transcendence of the infamous ego. Through understanding these aspects, we also gain a sense of why Astral projection may not have happened for us yet, and more deeply understand reasons why we should be more patient with ourselves on this path towards awakening consciousness.
Keep in mind that the spiritual energy saved up doesn't derive from our ego, it derives from a lack of ego, therefore it is universal energy, which is available in abundance when we open ourselves up to it and allow it to energise us. This is our natural state. It's an illusion to think we use our own egoic energy for Astral projection. This is why it's common to wake up feeling energised and healed after being out of body.
If you're interested in the native American shaman, Don Juan Matus and his wisdom, then check out the following books by Carlos Castaneda in the order below (also look up Peter Coyote for fantastic audiobook versions of some of the books):
1. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
2. A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan
3. Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don JuanTales of Power
4. The Second Ring of Power
5. The Eagle's Gift
6. The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of Don Juan
7. The Art of Dreaming
8. The Active Side of Infinity
After you're finished with Carlos Castaneda's book, I highly recommend reading books by Merilyn Tunneshende, who was Don Juan's second and final apprentice. Here are her books, in the order below:
1. Medicine Dream: A Nagual Woman's Energetic Healing
2. Twilight Language of the Nagual: The Spiritual Power of Shamanic Dreaming
3. Don Juan and the Art of Sexual Energy: The Rainbow Serpent of the Toltecs
As well as these, I am once again recommending the following audiobook, which covers one of the simplest way to transcend the ego - The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle:
www.audible.com/pd/The-Power-...
"Stoicism":
Introduction: • Stoicism: Become Undef...
Principles: www.njlifehacks.com/what-is-s...
"Teme Nosce ~ Know Thyself":
evolveconsciousness.org/know-...
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"starve your egos to death"-I love this!
I find it amazing at how powerful the mind is to always take us out of the present moment and to have daydreams about something other than what we want to focus on. I really notice my distractedness when I listen to Gene's videos. His videos have so much content and meaning that the mind needs to remain focused on the video/on the present moment. As Eckhart Tolle's book says, "The Power Of Now." I must not forget to say Thanks Gene For Putting/Helping me on the Spiritual Path. Strange or maybe not a coincidence... I encountered Gene's videos at the start of 2022 right after I had what is called an Awakening from past historical trauma that lasted for a month or more and depressed the hell out of or in me. Ha Ha.
your message is reaching the people who are searching for it. thank you
My egos are tryna lead me away from this vid rn. They know it’s their demise! 😅
I astral projected for the first time today thanks to this channels advice. It was very peaceful and calm at first, kinda got creepy at some point but I kept my cool. It was very exciting waking up and realizing I astral projected.
Wonderful friend! May the mysteries of the inner worlds keep revealing itself to you! 🌟
Wow way cool. I'm on the path too of learning Astral Projection which I think is actually Spiritual Learning. I've ha a few mostly conscious Astral Experiences as opposed to Vivid Dreaming. Something I've struggled with for a long time is not Spilling The Cup of Hermes. Not that not spilling was a physical desire so much as a mental attitude and realization it is time to stop playing games with my sexual energy and to preserve and utilize such an Awesome Power for the well being of everyone, everything, and myself. Time to get off the Teeter Totter. LOL. I feel I'm at the point now to completely be devoted to the preserving and rising of the Kundalini via Spiritual Methods. An Expression I heard long ago I absolutely love. That is.... "Cast off the fetters that bind, break loose I say." This could be directly applied to Spirituality and our Spiritual Growth.
I was just talking to someone yesterday about OBE being more than just training a muscle, but also like a car battery that needs to be recharged. This is something that the vast majority of CZcamsrs I've watched about the subject don't seem to mention. I've already had hints that I am wasting too much energy with things that don't matter, so I guess I need to start watching myself more to find out with what. So, this video was insightful in making me remember that I've been neglecting that. :)
It's true. It is really exhausting
Curious for an update one year later.....
Same. I was actually told/heard, "stop studying and practice "
I think I needed to read this because I keep coming back to the same info. I just need to practice
Dear Gene, your clarity & guidance is extraordinary!!! Your teaching has a purity of spirit & a feeling of genuine wholeness. I smile 😊
Thank you Georgina I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
Clarity is not so much about an individual being smart. Just what point of the oversold, cosmic mind, akash, you connect to. Connect to the same place you will be as clear but just with your own flavor that comes from your ego.
I’ve learned so much from you! An amazing teacher you are💚⚜️💚
I think this video saved me. I was kinda loosing hope and getting very depressed.
I was looking for an answer about energy for quite some time. Because I have autism, I feel so drained after work, that I don't have enough energy left for spiritual practises. Or at least I thought so. But I believe you are right, there's definitely more to it. I waste wast amounts of energy even if I'm alone on the weekends. Astral travel, shamanism practises etc. are impossible to me at the moment. I can't really cope with my physical life.
Now I need to figure out, where my energy goes.
Thank you for this powerful message :)!
Amazing Gene.
Gene Hart, you are such a beautiful and wise soul. Thank you for sharing your light, you are doing something truly incredible with your time here. I hope to meet you one day, in the physical, or non-physical realms (hehe). Can’t wait to read your book…wishing you love.
I hope you enjoy the book!
This was an excellent listen. Many of the points hit home for me, and I was able to pinpoint where I have more growing to do and where I can specifically look within my own life to conserve energy. Pretty darn effective anger management therapy right there :)
I think externally difficult lives are a part of teachers paths. You benefit so much from all the experiences
thank you Gene❤
Thank you for your words of inspiration! 🌹
I can't AP, honestly I never tried except for once or twice and also begginer meditator but this is such a surprise few days ago even before I found you I went to a book store and there were many new books and out of nowhere in the spiritual section I saw this old small book said The teachings of don Huan. The psychedelic pics on the cover made me buy that book for 3 dollars. I can't believe you talking about this book , is just a coincidence
Thank you so much. Bless your good work.
Wow this was so insightful thank you.
This is very helpful. Thanks for the information discussed.
Multumesc, Gene🤗❤️🙏🏻
Just found your channel and I’m loving it! Thank you for the great content 👌🏻
¡Gracias!
Quite a few grounding ideas here, thank you very much for entrenching many of the topics I had floating around my head into more substantial musings. u/gene u the man.
Thank you very much
Great video
The ideas remind me of the Tao about just being and doing by not doing
But this explains it a little bit better since for me was hard to comprehend
I literally love you
Wow 1000 Subscribers Congrats !
Another very good video.
Great book list ❤️🌊
Thanks so helpful
Thankyou.
Hello sir' I am new here and feeling i have found the right place to be and learn new things. what i am hearing you teach are very new to me. I want to know more about the science please. Thank you so much for sharing.
It stills amazes me how similar things work for lucid dreams and the astral. I Understand what you mean by energy, when you lucid dream you almost have a battery, some times full, sometimes not so much, and certain things inside drain it more than others.
So, I managed to get out of my body yesterday! it's always creepy to look at myself on bed, but the old fear I had of the process is non existent now, I guess it's because I know what t expect, and listening to your videos has helped too! I remember you so clearly when im inside. This is the second time this month, and I mention it because in both occasions I tried teleporting and I think that drained all my energy, for after I finished teleporting things got messy in the ''uh I don't think this is the astral anymore'' Yesterday everything was fine, I teleported and I ended up... in like an industrial age city, dark smoke and bunch of chimneys from industry. But it didn't feel like the astral so i'm guessing my energy dropped and I went into dreaming.
Great to hear! 🌟 Also remember, you can gain/save energy while in the Astral too. It doesn't always have to be that you're "spending energy" once you're out of body. It's all about being present in-the-moment whether in the physical or the non-physical. ~ As above, so below ~
New subscriber, can't wait to dig into your channel. thank you
Thank u for sharing😊
Rosemary will make you remember your dreams everyday just by simply smelling it
So happy to see Shamanism on this channel 🪶 so greatful for what you do 🦅
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There are/were communities in India where if one person had a bad dream about someone, they'd apologize to them in the real world.
He can also be talking about the veil
The Yaqui way of knowledge.
Hello, I’ve been watching for a while now and I have been wondering if there was any tips on getting your physical personality more calm and aware and less anxious. Also keep up the videos there awesome!
Thanks Piggy! Awareness can only be excercised, perhaps check out this practice, it might help: czcams.com/video/CJL25ts5628/video.html
As well as that, meditation and breathing practices are usually calming when done in a relaxed way.
Please call your name; introduce yourself before you start!!! This is what all the great teachers and masters do!!! Wayne Dyer always introduces himself before he starts; he takes the time to do this; he is not in a hurry to tell you what he knows; for me this is important to connect with Someone.😢
Energy is contagious not outrageous.
Thank you for your podcast videos you are sharing. It is very helpful and interesting to listen to. I would like to ask whether enganging in creating art, photography asf. could help in the spiritual growth, on condition that the work is not ego-driven. I had few experiences of becoming lucid while dreaming and it happened exactly in the period when I was creating the most.
However I am not sure it is related.
My other question is concerning the actual inability - blockage to astral project. I have to say that I have had lucid dreams since a young age and I had one astral projection experience, however, I had absolutely no clue that astral travel exists till quite late. I truly believed my experience , however, I kept it to myself as in past I got into very awkward confrontations. I have fully understood the act of astral projection when joining reddit. My excitement was so strong that the very next day without further thinking I have managed to leave my body but only for a short time.
The next attempts were not succesful. I blame my excitement and impatience untill once I have had a result but the experience was very unpleasant and frightening. I have fallen into abyss and I got scared of making any further progress in this area. I was and still am very hungry for a pleasant astral experience and I got myself thinking that there is something drawing me to lower astrals. I assumed I should work on myself and I have changed since then many aspects of my life. Now its been 4 years. I have become a compassionate person. I am in a relationship for many years and I feel very strongly about my partner. I think I made a journey into becoming a better person and after listening to your podcasts I feel ready to work on my journey of astral projection again. Although it is just very diffcult. I have to say one more think, I used to hear sounds in my ears and I just cant hear them anymore. They used help out a lot in meditation before as if they were guiding me. I almost feel like that in my particular case on my journey of becoming better person I got somewhat weaker. Is that even possible? Thank you so much in advance. I look forward to hear from you. ))
Hi thanks for the comment :) our ceative energies are certainly related. Ultimately, the ego is not creative. It is memory, mechanical and predetermined. Creativity is from a source of 'newness' and spontinaeity. It is certainly healthy to have creative outlets and engage in this artful nature of ours. After all, me making these videos is a creative process too! Meditation too IS and always should be a creative act; stepping out of the routined mind and into the space of consciousness IS creative. In a way, most pure creative activities are a form of meditation, at least for the best artists, whether they know it or not. So, meditation is helpful, I made a video about this which will be released on Saturday, or if you're a Patreon it will be in your inbox, keep an eye out. Maybe it will help with your overall next step.
It sounds like you're ready, I wouldn't worry about fear or negative experiences, be self-assured. Remember that we project every night unconsciously, it's better to know what's going on, have courage. At the end of ANY experience, you wake up safe in bed anyway, be strong, nothing bad can happen to you except you're OWN fears. Also, to address more about "negative" experiences and hearing things, we can hear all sorts of things, and sure, it may actually be something or someone, but the important thing is, especially if you want to move past that stage and into full projection, you need to develop a more impartial attitude towards the voices and sounds. Simply acknowledge them without thinking too much about them and just continue your practice. Hearing these things is part of your clairaudience developing. I also recommend reading this article and how the subconscious can actually be a sort of 'test': obeoutlook.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-guardian-on-threshold.html?m=1
Hope this helps!
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Thank you for your answer and encouragement, Gene.
I truly feel motivated after discovering your CZcams channel and your feedback clarified more of my questions.
Actually the link you have shared is very relevant. My first spontaneous astral projection, I have met the so-called Guardian of the Threshold. It was a dark figure standing at the entrance of my room. I had no clue I'm astral projecting - at that point would not call it dream either. I was living in a flatshare and so I assumed it was one of my flatmates so I talked to a figure very casually. The figure did not asnwer and then they literally swept through the floor towards me and laid down on my body - it felt extremely cold. It all happen very fast and I remember that at that point I have learned how to 'wake myself up' in this kind of situations as only this type of interactions made me understand I'm not awake.
I have to say that this still is my main concern. I have problems distinguishing the other realms from reality, hence I truly believe that being aware of my whereabouts out there in astrals is very important.
Thank you again for your help.
I will stay in touch by listening to your podcasts and if I would have some progress, I would be happy to share it with you.
Speaking of energy conservation, do classically virtuous acts and thoughts in the physical realm enhance one’s energy? I work in social services so although on the one hand this is a challenging and sometimes draining area of work, on the other hand viewed from a classical spiritual perspective it is also what one “should” be spending their energy on. I would love to hear your perspective on this! Thanks
It all depends on "how" we think. If your good deeds bring you peace of mind, then yes, absolutely. But, if your mind has some sort of messiah complex or something and adds to its sense of self egoically thinking it is superior to others for doing good deeds, then it's wasting its energy upholding its own self-importance. I used to work in an educational department for children with disabilities, it was fulfilling and gave me peace of mind every day knowing I was helping others, so in short, yes, I think it definitely contributes 🙏
"Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it and you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you." - Don Juan Matus
@@AstralDoorway indeed! Many thanks
Congratulations. 1000 is my number too. Amount of days before i have my 100000000th AP 😑
What have I said about self-limiting beliefs? Begone! 😆💛
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I put out too much energy trying to resolve situations and then even when I reach a decent out come instead of moving on my ego comes up with, should have I done it, what are the consequences going to be etc...? Guilty, guess Im going to give myself a couple days to recover and get back to priorities.
Finding this video is a strong case of “book” synchronicity (it usually is a book, though these days this has become a lot more about CZcams!). I have been specifically concerned about the draining effects of my job and physical practice in martial arts and the gym which, though I enjoy greatly, can leave me both physically and mentally depleted. I have another question if you have any pointers on this: I am a ce5 guy who has not yet consciously experienced the astral, so I was wondering if you are aware of any overlap between the two practices? Are the “ET” orbs and lights that appear visibly in the physical waking state during ce5 meditations similar to what can appear in the astral to you? Are these beings astral beings also? I appreciate this may be too big a question to answer in the comments!
Don't worry about physical exhaustion, it can actually help us to Astral project. Tiredness is also necessary in order to sleep effectively. This video is about spiritual energy, not physical enegry. Simply be detached and not identified with your body's tiredness, you can leave it all behind when you leave the body. As for other beings, yes they can move through the Astral and other dimensions quite naturally. Astral projection is a clearer way to converse with them.
@@AstralDoorway I re-listened to your video and realised you had already addressed the question. thanks for restating 🙂
Hey, how do we activate the crown chakra?
Actually the crown chakra is ultimately more of an accumulation of all the spiritual work and progression from the other chakras and from the wisdom and enlightenment from life in general; just like how a flower blooms its crown naturally when it's ready and has grown its stem enough. With that said, I'll be going more in-depth about each chakra soon and giving mantras on how to stimulate/activate each one.
So ofcourse we need to focus on our own self awareness and our own journey inwards but you don’t feel it’s of much importance to like say a prayer or give thanks to the higher power/guides/angels higher self that kind of thing?
Keep these gems coming i love them and thank you!
Prayer is also powerful, but there's a difference between mechanical prayer and conscious deep prayer so it's more of a challenge to get people to understand how to use it effectively. I've noted it for you and will probably make a "Power of Prayer" episode.
Prayer without focusing on self-expansion can become unconscious and without real spiritual substance... And self-expansion without (deep) prayer (also meaning aspiring to higher energies) can become misguided, misdirected or unenlightened.
So to answer your question; yes it is important too, but it depends on how the individual understands and enancts prayer. One way we can see this is that prayer needs to be combined with meditaton.
Glad you like the videos!
@@AstralDoorway yes I completely understand there is a difference. Thank you for taking a note as well. I told you i am binging and thy binging will be done lol. I resonate with your treasure good sir
Hi there. I have a question regarding conserving energy.
In essence, one requires a lot of energy for astral travel. My question is, will semen retention help with this?
Thanks.
Great question. Yes, most definitely. Don't let that form a limiting belief though, one has to realise that we leave the body unconsciously every night. If one can perfect awareness, subconscious intention and concentration then retention isn't even necessary. However, I still highly recommend it. But it has to be done properly; the energy can't just be retained, it has to be transmuted/transformed. I'll cover this properly in a video 👍
@@AstralDoorway Thanks! Do make a video regarding this topic, it'll help a lot :)
Recently i found myself in a dream and i said to myself that i now want to lucid dream and be in control. Is that the way to go? Again, is my ego interfering with my affirmations because in my dreams i say my affirmations.
When i astral project , I don’t see my physical body , it’s like I’m in the astral counterpart of the physical . Why does this happen ?
Hi, maybe I misinterpreted, but it seems like you said that focusing on your dreams and lucid dreaming would partially deplete the energy you have for astral projection. And so it would be detrimental for your attempts at AP. Is that correct? thanks.
No, the clarification is that astral projection takes a lot of energy. That does not mean it depletes energy. It just takes energy to have awakened consciousness. Focusing on your dreams takes energy, awakened consciousness. It does not deplete it. If you have enough energy, you will have these experiences. Those experiences do not deplete you, actually they reinvigorate you. Perhaps this is something to reflect on, meditate on and re-read slowly to comprehend profoundly.
Do you recommend mediating while in a lucid dream or astral projecting??
Sure, you can experience very interesting things in such cases.
Gene, what are visions? Do astral projections always happen when asleep. I've had some experiences when I was awake- while on a bus travelling, walking. All these were encounters with higher beings, that i realised much later.
It is named Astral Vision. Dream Yoga is very related to it too.
Hi Gene, what did you mean by ‘stop wasting your energy on dreams’? Do you mean dreams as in Maya? Or actual night dreams? I only ask because I am currently trying to remember more dreams to work that muscle to help with projection and that particular comment threw me slightly! 😂 I’m really enjoying your videos, thanks for making them 👍
Hi Tom... I mean dreams as in daydreaming or dreams at night too.. they are the dreams of the ego... No different from "Maya" really. I recommend these two episodes to understand this deeper:
czcams.com/video/H61ukQU6bpY/video.html
czcams.com/video/oa5rihyPAHk/video.html
What does the flower of Life represents in metaphysical terms ?
It is essentially the 'seed' of the creation. There are many other meanings too, perhaps check out this video: czcams.com/video/RHuvW7YaGjQ/video.html
@@AstralDoorway Yeah I guess it makes sense right since when a women is pregnant it has the same shape and form lol or idk but yeah I get it.and maybe it is the original blueprint or template the crystalline earth or grid with the use of crystals or idk but I'm just wondering tho why it's circle. But yeah I get it since God is a female like the Gnostics Says so maybe it's a metaphor who knows.
I have a question I know this video old I hope you get back ...what if you don't want to astral project ..what if you just want to spiritually evolve and ground the higher dimensions on earth ..and use your higher consciousness for the mundane ...do you have to astral project ....
That is absolutely fine, actually in a way this is a more effective way to Astral project. Simply by following the path of meditation and attaining higher consciousness you will most likely have spiritual Astral projection experiences during sleep naturally and spontaneously.
What is primary is our spiritual progression. Spiritual experiences are secondary 🙏
@@AstralDoorway thank you so much for responding back ..I want it to happen naturally when I'm ready ..I still have alot of shadow work to lots of obstacles physically and emotionally that I need to balance and clear first ..I was born an empath ..I was unaware for long time who I was ... recovery from narcissistic abuse .. from a narcissistic family ...I had a spiritual awakening in 2014 ..I started reading Carlos Castaneda that spark my awakening along with extreme stress and trauma .. started getting insights from the universe when thoughts turned off I guess the ego mind ... that's how I found Qigong .and yoga started studying the way of Buddha ..I moved to the next level of Clairesentence empath ..it was the most wonderful scariest time of my life .. I want to avoid lower realms ..and have purpose for exploring the higher realms because just astral projecting giving me powers I have no desires for that ...after meditating I went through the dark knight of the soul ..and I seen the meaningless of ego desires I'm just now starting to work through my traumas insecurities and my need to be accepted by a sick society ..who cannot perceive what I can perceive..so they attack me ...I'm your new subscriber can you do a video on how to come out the dark knight of the soul ...thank you so much ❤️🌌🌌🪐🌑🌒🌓🌔🌙✨💫
@@akashalicinia4942 sounds like you've had some great experiences already! Wishing you light and love continuing your path 🙏💛 and yes I will add it to the episode list thanks
Please air what is your name and where are you located?
Cool, but the typo bugs me a lot :(
Where? 😆
@@AstralDoorway the text in the box on the left - conversing.
Awesome content though.
Question about the teacher you mentioned.. He actually knew Don Juan?
@@Vaddmaiar0Forneus I just noticed it then saw your comment, whoops! And yes, he even told me specific things about Don Juan's family, such as that Don Juan had a daughter who died recently and there was a big funeral for her in Sonora. It seems Don Juan was quite well-known amongst the people of Sonora. What's even more amazing is that I was reading Carlos Castaneda's books for months right before I met him. It's a total 'coincidence' that we met and he ended up being my teacher for many years. I was quite shocked to find out he was from the same place as Don Juan, of all places too, since I was living in a small city in the UK.
@@AstralDoorway wait, but this is huge!
I've read a few articles through the years of how Don Juan is a fictional character and how the following of Castaneda was starting to resemble a cult.
Do you plan on talking about your teacher in future videos?
@@Vaddmaiar0Forneus yes I could perhaps make a video in the future. For now, let me give you some insight.
Many will say that Don Juan is fiction, but it's simply not true (for any skeptics reading, believe what you will). Actually, Carlos lost his path (I'm not sure he ever truly walked it properly) and became saddened that Don Juan basically refused to see him anymore. Carlos loved and respected Don Juan a lot. But as you can understand there was no purpose between their relationship anymore, and towards the end of Don Juan's life, he focused more of his time on another apprentice, who much better embodied his wisdom.
I respect everyone's beliefs, but they are beliefs nonetheless - beliefs being something that barely holds much substance in the face of reality; meaning, whether you believe or do not believe, there is a reality, and the fact is, Don Juan was very much a real man who lived in Sonora. I was reading Carlos Castaneda's books for months right before I met my teacher. It's a total 'coincidence' that we met and him leading to being my teacher for many years. I was quite shocked to find out he was from the same place as Don Juan, of all places too, since I was living in a small city in the UK. He told me specific things about Don Juan and his family, out of respect I don't think I should say it all, but as one example, he told me Don Juan had a daughter who died recently and there was a big funeral for her in Sonora. It seems Don Juan was quite well-known amongst the people of Sonora.
A lot of people like to take the attitude of "it doesn't matter if it's fiction or not, it's the teachings that matter" and that's great - but truly, Don Juan was real, and he is the one to admire, not Carlos Castaneda; who loved Don Juan and tried in vain to walk in the footsteps of him. Carlos was a man nonetheless, and he captured his time with Don Juan beautifully.
Does nofap conserve our spiritual energy? Asking for a friend😊
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God will not enter a dirty house.
But is there anywhere where god is not? What sustains that place?