astral projection.

[spartan231490]

Tried it once, then I almost got my silver cord cut by Githyanki. Those guys are jerks.

I know that there is no scoreboard, but this post wins this thread for pure awesomeness. Well played.

And I'm with this guy:

No, but I'd be interested in hearing about it. Particularly, can you be certain it's not just a form of lucid dreaming or self-hypnosis? Seems to me that you could become very rich very quickly if it's genuine.

It's probably self-hypnosis or lucid dreaming. In fact almost definitely. If it was real, and if it could be "got the hang of" it would have been exploited to death by now.

 

[DarthFennec]

I find that believing in things like God are significantly less strange than believing in things like astral projection.

... how? Honestly something like astral projection seems a lot more believable than something like a god, since belief in a god makes all the assumptions that astral projection does and quite a bit more ...

OT: No, but as an immortal being I have plenty of time to do so, so I don't worry about it too much.

 

[MammothBlade]

Genuine supernatural occurences are frequently branded insane by those who lack the ability to experience them.

You should watch Scooby Doo.
That show was so cool
because every time there?s a church with a ghoul
Or a ghost in a school
They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The fucking janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide.
Throughout history
Every mystery
Ever solved has turned out to be
Not Magic.

Just explainable science.

I respond to your joke with a poem! Im no expert at rock paper scissors but i think we have drawn.

I have watched Scooby Doo
I know you have too
But something doesn't add up
Between those teens and that little pup
But when you see a real ghost
Who you gonna call?
You gonna call ghostbusters
They're on the ball
Because those are real spooks
No matter what you hear from government mooks
There are too many questions science cannot answer
So-called magic, it exists
The abnormal, the supernatural... cannot be dismissed
As mere party tricks in a flash and a cloud of mist
Look closer, and what you find
Might well blow your mind

 

[Phlakes]

Wait, this is a joke, right?

...Right?

Okay, seriously, grow up and stop lying to yourself. There is no astral projection. There is only you believing you've experienced astral projection. Which is ridiculous.

 

[Thaluikhain]

are there any other people here who have gained a grip on the the practice of astral projection? i do it regularly, and i am curious to know if anyone else does.

No, but I have a form of telepathy which can sense life and spiritual energy across dimensions, and repel malevolent supernatural presences. Unfortunately it's like a magnet for demons and other kinds of evil =/

Be glad there aren't any Grey Knights or Inquisitors around the Escapist forums. Or are there?

No, just their modern-day equivalents. MI5, FBI, FEMA. Bastards.

FEMA?

I was going to make a joke about funding for people looking for the supernatural, but then the US funded psychic "research" at least up to the 60s, IIRC.

 

[spartan231490]

I find that believing in things like God are significantly less strange than believing in things like astral projection.

... how? Honestly something like astral projection seems a lot more believable than something like a god, since belief in a god makes all the assumptions that astral projection does and quite a bit more ...

OT: No, but as an immortal being I have plenty of time to do so, so I don't worry about it too much.

What? How does believing in god, make any of the same assumptions as believing in astral projection? Seriously, how?

Also, i suppose I should clarify, I believe that Astral Projection might be possible, but I don't believe that the OP can do it. Anyone capable of any type of psychic ability would very much want to keep that ability secret. They certainly wouldn't start an internet discussion thread admitting their ability to the open internet.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Genuine supernatural occurences are frequently branded insane by those who lack the ability to experience them.

You should watch Scooby Doo.
That show was so cool
because every time there?s a church with a ghoul
Or a ghost in a school
They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The fucking janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide.
Throughout history
Every mystery
Ever solved has turned out to be
Not Magic.

Just explainable science.

I respond to your joke with a poem! Im no expert at rock paper scissors but i think we have drawn.

I have watched Scooby Doo
I know you have too
But something doesn't add up
Between those teens and that little pup
But when you see a real ghost
Who you gonna call?
You gonna call ghostbusters
They're on the ball
Because those are real spooks
No matter what you hear from government mooks
There are too many questions science cannot answer
So-called magic, it exists
The abnormal, the supernatural... cannot be dismissed
As mere party tricks in a flash and a cloud of mist
Look closer, and what you find
Might well blow your mind

Isn?t this enough?
Just this world?
Just this beautiful, complex
Wonderfully unfathomable world?
How does it so fail to hold our attention
That we have to diminish it with the invention
Of cheap, man-made Myths and Monsters?
Does the idea that there might be truth
Frighten you?
Does the idea that one afternoon
On Wiki-fucking-pedia might enlighten you
Frighten you?
Science is never frightened because it doesnt know
Sometimes the answer is deeper than current evidence can show
Science and proof can accept that it needs to wait
It doesnt need to say "Ghosts did it, problem solved, it all turned out GREAT!"
Simply because it cannot be explained doesnt mean you can fill in the gaps
With whatever whimsical fancy said busters can catch in their traps.

Parts of this poem may belong to tim minchin. The man is a genius. I apologise.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

I have watched Scooby Doo
I know you have too
But something doesn't add up
Between those teens and that little pup
But when you see a real ghost
Who you gonna call?
You gonna call ghostbusters
They're on the ball
Because those are real spooks
No matter what you hear from government mooks
There are too many questions science cannot answer
So-called magic, it exists
The abnormal, the supernatural... cannot be dismissed
As mere party tricks in a flash and a cloud of mist
Look closer, and what you find
Might well blow your mind

I must say I admire your dedication and perseverance, but I also pity you for taking the time out of your life, just to write that, when all he did was copy + paste a slightly relevant quote.

Give me proof of the supernatural, and I'll call it real;
If you say, "It doesn't need proof, just look at everything else we can't prove",

I'll just say "Well science is working on that, but right now, your idea has jack shit behind it".

 

[MorsePacific]

... how? Honestly something like astral projection seems a lot more believable than something like a god, since belief in a god makes all the assumptions that astral projection does and quite a bit more ...

Regardless of the fact that I don't believe in God, I meant the idea of an intelligent creator in general is more believable than people projecting themselves into other places.

Of course, I think the acts recorded in religious scriptures are certainly on the same level of astral projection.

What? How does believing in god, make any of the same assumptions as believing in astral projection? Seriously, how?

It's simply belief in something that can't be verified as being true. We could have compared it to any other belief in the supernatural if we wanted to.

 

[imnot]

These songs are so cool!
I like singing too!
I dont belive in projection
Sounds sweet though
Im not very good a this!

 

[Evil Smurf]

Genuine supernatural occurences are frequently branded insane by those who lack the ability to experience them.

You should watch Scooby Doo.
That show was so cool
because every time there?s a church with a ghoul
Or a ghost in a school
They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The fucking janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide.
Throughout history
Every mystery
Ever solved has turned out to be
Not Magic.

Just explainable science.

I respond to your joke with a poem! Im no expert at rock paper scissors but i think we have drawn.

I have watched Scooby Doo
I know you have too
But something doesn't add up
Between those teens and that little pup
But when you see a real ghost
Who you gonna call?
You gonna call ghostbusters
They're on the ball
Because those are real spooks
No matter what you hear from government mooks
There are too many questions science cannot answer
So-called magic, it exists
The abnormal, the supernatural... cannot be dismissed
As mere party tricks in a flash and a cloud of mist
Look closer, and what you find
Might well blow your mind

now Dance fight! Seriously can anyone provide proof they can AP? If not I can understand, I am a Christian. But for the sake of argument proof would help

 

[Woodsey]

I find that believing in things like God are significantly less strange than believing in things like astral projection.

... how? Honestly something like astral projection seems a lot more believable than something like a god, since belief in a god makes all the assumptions that astral projection does and quite a bit more ...

Perhaps because it assigns the magic powers to another being and not the people themselves. I'm on the fence about which is more deluded, to be honest.

 

[Jonluw]

I find that believing in things like God are significantly less strange than believing in things like astral projection.

... how? Honestly something like astral projection seems a lot more believable than something like a god, since belief in a god makes all the assumptions that astral projection does and quite a bit more ...

OT: No, but as an immortal being I have plenty of time to do so, so I don't worry about it too much.

Claims of deities' existence are in general unfalsifiable though.
If someone tells you they can astral project, you can just test it.

 

[Demonicdan]

Has the escapist become the twilight zone now?

 

[Obvious Ninja]

Genuine supernatural occurences are frequently branded insane by those who lack the ability to experience them.

The voices in my head are frequently branded insane by those who aren't schizophrenic.

Wow, many skeptical people here. Let me put it simply, the fact that we exist in this Universe and the amazing things we are capable of proves (to me at least) that ANYTHING is possible in this Universe. I am sure if you told someone in 1920 that we would put a man on the moon in 1969 they would have responded in a similar fashion as you naysayers.

So? That's a really good argument that space travel in 1920 was not very advanced. It doesn't mean "everything is true if you BELIEVE". Give anything resembling proof and people will stop laughing at you.

 

[Obvious Ninja]

are there any other people here who have gained a grip on the the practice of astral projection? i do it regularly, and i am curious to know if anyone else does.

No, but I have a form of telepathy which can sense life and spiritual energy across dimensions, and repel malevolent supernatural presences. Unfortunately it's like a magnet for demons and other kinds of evil =/

Wait, what? Tell me at least that this part is a joke, right?

 

[FrostyChick]

Personally, I'm open minded.

And I know the stereotype that such a phrase conjures, but that's not the case. I will re-evaluate my views and beliefs (or lack of beliefs) in the presence of evidence.

To date there has been no evidence of the so called supernatural outside anecdote and cultural fairy tales. So therefore I do not believe in such concepts.

I think it's a rather naive world view to call those who don't believe in the supernatural closed minded. As in actual fact, it is often those who do believe that are more closed minded. Because the definition of open mindedness is the ability to re-evaluate old beliefs based on new evidence, which is something rarely shown in believers of the "supernatural".