questions questions questions!

[Rachelle]

i have a lot of questions i'd like to ask about.
they are about a variety of topics but i hope it's ok that i put them all in one post.

let's see. first question, related to dreams:
last night/this morning i was having a dream of great frustration. in my dream i would be talking to people - or rather trying to talk to them, and they would just ignore me like i wasn't even there, not even acknowledging my presence. i was just so frustrated in the dream, I decided I'd make as much noise as I possibly could, I started banging things to make sound, and I started yelling/screaming (just as a noise - not words); and then I realized I actually started making noise in 'real life' too and woke myself up.

does anyone know - why sometimes we will talk in our sleep while dreaming (and we're actually talking or making noise in 'real life'), compared to most times where if we speak in our dream - it only happens in the 'dream world' while in 'real life' we are silently sleeping? what's the difference?


another question, this one is related to AP-ing:
if you are trying to AP and you are pretty new to it, what does one do with their eyes? should they be open or closed? Does it make any difference if you wear glasses and have poor vision without them? and how do you "see" if you leave your physical body and no longer have physical eyes?


and i have questions about my intuition:
often i think i have pretty good intuition, but i have problems knowing when to listen to it or not. in other words, i find it hard to discern between the voice that tells me i am being challenged because of a lesson i need to learn, or if it's simply my intuition. as an example, a year ago or so i was hired at a certain job. i had wanted this job for a while, actually, but was never hired til then. when i was told i got the job, i was happy but then worried - my intuition was telling me that even though i've wanted this job for a while and now i finally have it, maybe i shouldn't take it after all, because it would distract me too much from pursuing other things which are more important to me. i considered it, but then thought 'well, i won't know unless i just go for it' - so i took the job. and then it turned out my intuition was right all along. but maybe i had a lesson to learn - maybe i needed to take that job anyway to learn for myself? i'm not entirely sure.

i see something similar coming up, and looking from past experiences, i'm again not sure what i should do. it's not that i haven't learned certain lessons over the past couple of years (at least i think i have), but i'm torn between making the same type of decision because this time i feel i'll just be able to handle it better - but then worry that i won't be able to handle it despite past experiences because my intuition is asking me "but what if you CAN'T handle it? you'll be repeating the same mistakes and look like an idiot and ruin your reputation for good even after we've given you a 2nd and now a third chance"! how can you tell the difference between intuition vs. worry, fear, and self-doubt?

thanks for taking the time to read this over.

[Erin Pavlina]

With astral projection:
You're not seeing with physical eyes any more than you can see dreams with your physical eyes. I don't use my eyes to see visions and images that come through during readings. it's probably the same sort of mechanism. If you have poor eyesight you can probably see pretty clearly on the astral plane, however, it's not easy to see anything on the astral plane even with perfect vision.

Intuition doesn't usually involve self doubt. If your intuition wants to make you aware of something it might say or feel like: "If you're going to go down that dark alley, you might want to get that mace out of your purse." Ego will say, "You're a god damned fool for walking around this alley so late at night. You wanna get killed or something?"

[Rachelle]

ah, ok! thanks for the clarification.

although i now remembered another question i had floating about in my head (for erin or anyone who'd like to answer). it has to do with the realm of emotions. does our 'soul' feel emotions? or do emotions exist purely in the physical realm?

sorry, i probably ask too many questions.

[Erin Pavlina]

I think the soul feels emotions. Love, compassion, and gratitude are certainly felt in the soul.

[pianoperformer]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

With astral projection:
You're not seeing with physical eyes any more than you can see dreams with your physical eyes. I don't use my eyes to see visions and images that come through during readings. it's probably the same sort of mechanism. If you have poor eyesight you can probably see pretty clearly on the astral plane, however, it's not easy to see anything on the astral plane even with perfect vision.

Sorry to bump this, but I had to ask something related to this.
Have you ever known any totally blind person who has projected? Or, have you heard about the same? I myself am blind, and am interested in astral projection, but am curious if I'll be able to get around the astral plane or not. It's hard to say how it works in dreams for me...usually I just intuitively know what's going on. I've never had a lucid dream, though, so that'd also be an interesting experience.

Again sorry to hijack the thread, but it was so close to what I wanted to ask.

[Erin Pavlina]

I'm not sure how a blind person would perceive the astral plane. Obviously you don't need physical eyeballs to see on the astral plane but I wonder what part expectation and reference plays.

Also, when a blind person or a deaf person dies here on Earth obviously they can see and hear in the ether. I imagine it's a lot like that. But while you're attached to your body you may be limited in what you can see or hear based on expectations and/or ability.