How do you open your astral senses?

[Tandir]

Hello I've been trying to contact some spirits, but I'm unable to hear them speak, sometimes i can sense them, though only a little.

is there anyone here i could ask questions on those who have their astral senses open or can talk to spirits?

or any links on how to open your senses instructions? because a lot of instructions on how to open astral senses, is either too confusing, or too simple.


also as a side note: can spirits make you lucid in your dreams? because that would help with communication.

[Amor]

As you become sensitive to and skilled in emotional relationships, you will become more aware of intelligences operating on the astral/emotional plane

[Tandir]

As you become sensitive to and skilled in emotional relationships, you will become more aware of intelligences operating on the astral/emotional plane

I don't get your answer, what does that have to do with opening your astral senses?

[Cerber]

Meditation.
Once you learn to be still and quite, within and without, then you will start to hear that which merely a whisper and see that which merely a shadow.

[Tandir]

Meditation.
Once you learn to be still and quite, within and without, then you will start to hear that which merely a whisper and see that which merely a shadow.

do you have any tips on meditation, or what you do in meditation?
otherwise I think a lot of people who take yoga will be able to hear spirits?

I meditated a lot and can only stay still for 30 min to 1 hour. depending on the day. so far I haven't been able to hear spirits. occasionally noises, but no actual words.

[Amor]

Watch your thoughts while meditating. Sometimes a thought will seem out of place or different to your own thoughts.

Such thoughts need to be carefully assessed before acting upon them

[WildWolf]

Meditation.
Once you learn to be still and quite, within and without, then you will start to hear that which merely a whisper and see that which merely a shadow.

do you have any tips on meditation, or what you do in meditation?
otherwise I think a lot of people who take yoga will be able to hear spirits?

I meditated a lot and can only stay still for 30 min to 1 hour. depending on the day. so far I haven't been able to hear spirits. occasionally noises, but no actual words.

For most people, there subtle senses are calloused....like an old man's feet. Ideally, you want to gradually open up those senses in a stable way, so that you don't lose your mind. How to do this? There are many different methods.....but generally you want to decalcify the system.....via intense but directed energetic practices (Mantra, Chi Kung...etc) while also having an open un-clotted body (Hatha yoga).

Awen is a key sound I tinkered with awhile back that has stable and beneficial effects on opening up those senses....may or may not be of interest.
https://www.occultforum.org/viewtopic.p ... en#p529794

[Cerber]

Meditation.
Once you learn to be still and quite, within and without, then you will start to hear that which merely a whisper and see that which merely a shadow.

do you have any tips on meditation, or what you do in meditation?
otherwise I think a lot of people who take yoga will be able to hear spirits?

I meditated a lot and can only stay still for 30 min to 1 hour. depending on the day. so far I haven't been able to hear spirits. occasionally noises, but no actual words.

There are two key components to it all - Stillness and Focus.

To be able able to traverse space and time (to some degree) and to converse with greater beyond, you need first to reach (and maintain) near-complete inner stillness, inner silence, being able not to think, not to feel anything, not to generate any noise and to be comfortable in such silence.
For that first part, meditation is a good practice, which can help to master it. And I don't think there is huge difference between different meditative practices that exist out there. To the most part all of those are just "thousand different roads leading to the same moon".

Now for the second part, the Focus I'm not even sure if there is a lot of known practices that can help train "near-absolute focus", at least nothing comes to my mind, but others might have come across some relevant teachings somewhere. But it's actually simple enough that there's no need to read any books about it. It can be as simple as sitting in the room and staring as some tiny dot on the wall in front of you, without thinking about it, or anything for that matter. Staring long enough and with intense focus, that dot completely fills your mind, until dot becomes all you know, all there is, and you and the dot are one. If that makes any sense..

Now when you mastered both.. "Mastering" might sound like you need to pass some test or get somebody's approval, but it's only means when you your self feel fairly confident competent on the task. When feel you more or less got it, then you only need to combine both of those, to silence your mind and to focus on seeing and hearing, to block/ignore all your external physical senses and internal noise, and then focus on hearing and seeing.

Force your mind to hear and see without actually looking, to hear without actually listening in physical sense, to pull the sounds and pictures from the darkness, from the nothingness, but you should NOT try to see or hear anything or anyone specific right away. Instead you practice that simply by focusing on those random specs of light and random sounds that normally pop in and out of your mind's eye randomly, when you are at that deeper level of meditation. At the beginning it's easier to practice meditation in dark room, with close eyes, at night, when it's actually quiet.

During your deeper meditations, at some point you will likely begin seeing random specs of light appearing and disappearing momentarily, or even some patterns, maybe some sometimes fractal patterns, so you simply practice focusing on those. Try to grab one of those specs of light with your focus and hold it for as long as you can. It's perfectly OK if the first 100 times those slip away almost instantly and disappear back in to the void. Like other people mentioned, you should rush anything, you shouldn't want anything nor feel anything, you should simply practice your focus on the white noise.

And that's pretty much it. I'll leave the rest of the mysteries for you to discover.

As for disclaimer:
Proceed with those kinds of practices entirely at your own risk, be aware that everything comes with a price tag of some kind, and it is strongly advised to only go as far as you actually need to and not a step further, and there are often unforeseen and undesirable consequences, nobody who ventured out ever came back being quite the same.

[Cerber]

There just one more bit I probably should add, for completeness.
If there was one thing, I wish somebody would have told me at the start of my journey, to save me from having to learn it the hard way from my own mistakes - is to bite my tongue (not in literal sense).
Whatever experience you might encounter, it's better to keep most of it, or even all of it, to your self. Resist the urge to tell the world (or even to your close friends), or at the very least, you should pick very carefully what, how much to tell and what kind of words to use.
Words can fly out lightly like a bird, to then come back like a brick.

[Amor]

I started with a mantra meditation. The mantra was/is inward and therefore silent. Everything unfolded my consciousness and awareness without my seeking it.

In retrospect that original mantra activated the top of my head, lower head and top of my heart - in that order. Later the organisation gave me extra mantra syllables that included the next chakra above the head and the solar plexus chakra.

That latter inclusion resulted in rapid release of emotional blockages.

Since then, all new techniques for spiritual/energy work seemed to appear during my meditation.

These days my mind is a bit better and I can pick up sent thoughts more clearly

[Hound]

As for disclaimer:
Proceed with those kinds of practices entirely at your own risk, be aware that everything comes with a price tag of some kind, and it is strongly advised to only go as far as you actually need to and not a step further, and there are often unforeseen and undesirable consequences, nobody who ventured out ever came back being quite the same.

Echoing this warning. Nonphysical beings have just as many varied motives as the rest of us, and more often than not those that can be taken advantage of will be.

Reaching out to other beings in such an open way isn't something I'd typically recommend for someone that hasn't first learned a variety of metaphysical practices concerned with self protection and defense, should such be required. As well as maintaining, monitoring, and severing connections to others. It is a frequent event where lesser nonphysical beings will attach themselves to the unaware and use them as a source of sustenance for the remainder of their incarnated life.

If anything, I'd suggest going through the motions of learning basic energy work (which includes learning about warding, managing tethers, and active offense should such be required) before aiming to engage one's self with entities that may or may not have your best interest in mind. They can and will lie to you about who and what they are, and their intentions with you.

Should the risk be not one of concern (although it very well should be), I wouldn't mind sharing more about my own process.

[Cerber]

Fire is hot - people say. But should you really trust them?
You can never be certain, until you firmly place your naked bottom cheeks on top of red hot fire pit embers.
The joys of first-hand learning.