Remote Viewing and Astral Projection?

[Khristine]

I have read alot of information on the internet about remote viewing. I was wondering if remote viewing and astral projection are the same.

It seems to me to be generally the same however remote viewing seems to be a projection into a physical time either in the past, present or future and AP seems to deal mostly in a different spiritual plain.

Could someone explain the differences (if any)?
If anyone would care to share either a remote viewing experience or their AP experience I would love to hear about it!

[Erin Pavlina]

Remote viewing is a mental projection. You don't leave your body to accomplish it.

I don't believe I've done any remote viewing, although recently I've received many synchronicities telling me to look into it. Haven't done it yet though. Very busy.

[Khristine]

Thanks Erin,

My main concern was about protecting myself while remote veiwing if it was anything like AP.

Again you have come throught for me.

[RandomJohn]

I tried a bit of scientific remote viewing with a tiny bit of success, and I definitely didn't leave my body to do it. I haven't quite succeeded at AP, but I have done a little bit of RV.

[zpivat]

I don't know much about AP, but some 2 years ago I read a lot about RV. You can learn it for free from sites such as The Farsight Institute | Remote Viewing Nonprofit Research and Educational Institute and remote-viewing.com

Here's a nice video of a well known remote viewer, Joni Dourif, where she demonstrates her RV skills:
One Remote Viewer put to the test while our cameras were rolling! A Live Demonstration for UPN News.

[LillyoftheValley]

I'll share something I don't know how to call it. I had an experience just yesterday and came here for some answers, when this thread appear.Never heard of remote viewing before, though. All I know that it certainly wasn't a dream. Here's what happened:

This whole Sunday I was badly hungovered and tired from the night before , and by the time sunset started, I was getting dizzy so I practically collapsed on my bed. I love to meditate when it's sunset, so I started relaxing in this comfortable horizontal position. It was wery nice, since I couldn't move a muscle, and I had to breath deeply because of dizzyness. Then, a sound of someone chopping wood interrupted my thoughts. Since my house is on a corner of two streets, and my bedroom is on the second floor, also on the corner, I couldn't determin which neighbour was doing that. As i started to ''play'' with the sound, getting really into it (because I wondered who was doing it), I got my answer in a really funny way. Without wanting to do so, I went through my wall, and from above saw that it was my father chopping the wood. It was very brief experience, lasted about two minutes.
When I ''came back'', I was suprised to see myself lying on the bed (I still haven't moved a muscle). I felt my body again (like returning from a deep meditation), got up, went to the window, and there was my father, chopping wood in the very place I saw him doing it, wearing the very hat I just saw him wearing. It was so exciting!

Can anyone help me determin what happened?
Here are the facts: I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened as I wondered about it. My vibration couldn't been high because of all the toxins from the night before going around- so no astral for sure. It most certainly DID happen, because we don't usually chop wood in our backyard, we do it in our garage. I was with my father all day, working around our garage, and he didn't wore that hat until I saw it from above. When I went 'through' the wall, the air outside felt different.Like there was no wind at all, no breeze, and no sounds but of course, chopping wood.It also had a different color, like the whole backyard and air were in somekind of thick substance, but I couldn't actually feel it, cuz I had no body there.The colors were different (it could have been because of sunset).I wouldn't go so far and call it an AP, but it could be a mini remote viewing (since I was out only to view something), or a mini out-of-body experience (the shock initiating it being a -hungover?)

Has anyone had similar experiences?
Thank you for reading this. I'm not really in search for a definition here, merely wondering how can I do it again, on pupose. It surely felt great, like the most natural thing to do when you're tired and not feeling like getting up.
I hope we can figure something out. In the meantime, I'll slow down on my red red wine loving.