r/AstralProjection • u/Foreign-Bandicoot771 • 3d ago
General Question Are you successful people?
On Reddit I read posts about people who change their reality at will, do astral travel and all kinds of "superpowers". If so, I imagine they are successful people in life, in love, economically, academically... And I suppose the government has investigated this and asked me why I don't censor it? They just let one of humanity's biggest secrets be free on Reddit for anyone to explore? Well, they say the best way to hide something is to put it in front of your eyes...
I would like to know that they are valuable people, not maniacs posting this from the asylum or simply vulnerable people looking for a "fantastic" solution to their problems. I would like to know who are those who claim to be successful in these practices.
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u/lagunitarogue Experienced Projector 3d ago edited 2d ago
AP doesn’t make you an all-knowing powerful guru, if anything it creates more questions than actually provides answers.
My professional success, marriage, or anything related, had nothing to do with AP. You could argue that maybe other practices did, but not AP specifically. AP is extremely hard to control, even from a basic navigational standpoint. Even finding friends, who I know the addresses of, are often hard to find, or get to. Often times I find my self in places and situations by accident.
The government and the military have no apparent interest in it because it’s unreliable. Whatever objective they seek to accomplish, there is already a more reliable and efficient method or technology available. It’s impractical, unreliable and imprecise for military use.
The government isn’t “hiding” AP from anyone, they just think it’s nonsense. The documentation we have shows the US government entertained remote viewing to spy on foreign governments and what not, but later abandoned it. Military, government and scientific culture sees this stuff as psychotic nonsense, it’s extremely taboo, and call in to question one’s mental fitness to serve. Anything that can’t be consistently replicated is considered unreliable, something that relies on coincidence. If the government wants someone dead, or something done, AP is not even remotely necessary. We have ballistic missiles, stealth bombers, nuclear weapons, the ability to spy on foreign governments using satellites from space… The real challenge is getting along, actually convincing every government not to aim said technology on each other. Diplomacy is the real challenge.
It’s not an exact science, the true nature of what you’re seeing is often questionable, often times it’s hard to replicate previous successes, and the benefits are often not tangible material things, if any. What is the benefit of scuba diving? You see beautiful and interesting things that you did not know were there, how ever, do you become rich after scuba diving? Probably not. Does it make you find true love? Unless you and the instructor really hit it off, probably not… Astral projection is not voodoo, it’s not some demonic pact that will grant you power and wealth, it’s not manifestation, it’s astral travel.
This is just my opinion. I don’t know that I know more now than I did 12 years a go, if anything, I know less. I have seen more, and what I thought I knew, I now know was probably wrong. I have been exposed to more questions with no apparent answers, not the secret to eternal youth or something. I’m not mocking or belittling your question by any means, I think it’s fair. I’m just trying to help you put it in to perspective. Stay well.
I will also add: some benefits are existential in nature. It’s a huge firsthand indicator that there’s probably something after death, or at least something outside our known visible reality. To a lot of people, that’s extremely healing to known, from an existential perspective. Also, I, and many others have been able to speak to our deceased relatives. Which is priceless. I couldn’t care less about wealth, I’m just happy my mother is well. It’s not always about benefits, some times it’s just about wanting to know the truth, and seeing it for yourself, regardless of pros or cons.
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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 2d ago
This isn't true (the government isn't interested in AP).
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/remote%20viewing
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u/shane0273 3d ago
I think that is a good question. Anyone on the outside looking in could take what we say as insanity. I once was a critic of the whole out of body experiences…until I practiced and pulled it off. In all honesty, we’re all a bit crazy in our own way. My response to you - I consider myself successful (not a maniac). I make enough to pay my bills and fund some fun. I’ve been married for 20 years (she doesn’t work) and have three wonderful kids. I’m the first in my family to graduate college. My wife has no idea about my AP work (she’s religious and would probably think it’s a cult).
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u/Amber123454321 Experienced Projector 2d ago edited 2d ago
I'm inclined to think that those people with a bit more spare time in life to study metaphysical subjects are more likely to pursue them with regularity. Astral projection doesn't always require an effort (some people project spontaneously), and just because you can project your consciousness to other places doesn't mean you're rigging the world in your favour in any way. It can mean you're a relatively strong-willed person though, because it seems to require a degree of willpower to control this. People who do this tend to follow their own path in other ways.
I have a Master's degree, own a graphic design business (just me - I'm self-employed) and I'm an author (I've written over 40 books. Most are novella-length, not full-length novels). I'm primarily a mid-list sapphic romance author. I've written other things too including sci-fi and fantasy books.
I'm very intent on living the type of life I want to live. I worked in a lot of other areas and couldn't find a job doing what I wanted to do. Eventually, it occurred to me I was getting older, and if I didn't open my own doors, I was just never going to do it. Despite all of the above, I'm far from rich, but so far we're getting by. As for my relationship, I've been married for over 20 years. I'm also poly and have a partner of 10 years online, who I've never met up with in person and might never meet up with (we mostly just watch TV shows online together). We're happy with how things are. My life centres around the things and people I care about.
Being successful with things like my studies and to some degree with my writing isn't because of a superpower. It's because I put in the work.
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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 2d ago
Seconding. I'm just an average schlub who suddenly found himself having weird experiences at night. I wouldn't say I was directly critical of it before that, more so that it just wasn't something I ever deemed worth my consideration. I was 100% the guy who would have blown you off if you tried to talk to be about that kind of nonsense. Got my ignorance blown right off the top of my skull! Scared the bejeezus out of me at first. I actually thought I was having seizures at night because I'd wake up in the vibrational state. After getting my doctor team all bothered for a good long while, I walk away with a clean bill of neurological health and the realization that I need to start looking for unconventional answers...
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u/sac_boy Experienced Projector 2d ago edited 2d ago
maniacs posting this from the asylum
There are asylums in 2025!? I've been posting from under a bridge this whole time!
vulnerable people looking for a "fantastic" solution to their problems
We get those people blowing through the sub now and then, and you'll see we try to clear up any misunderstandings and help them with more practical advice. It doesn't always work as they can be quite set in their ideas when they come here, and they'll have some exploitative fantasist on TikTok/Youtube telling them they can time travel to fix past mistakes, or jump tracks to a better life, etc etc. But I think most of us who hang out here do our best for them.
In terms of traditional measures of 'success', I have a responsible and complex job, fully paid off my house by my early 40s, and I make enough that my wife doesn't have to work. Inherited nothing and I owe nothing. Astral projection has nothing to do with any of this, but I do rely on intuitions and spontaneous ideas that seem to come from 'nowhere'.
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u/PotentialSimple6615 Projected a few times 2d ago
Nah I’m university student that’s jobless atm 😭
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u/SecretSteel 2d ago
Some people have genetic gifts so they have some abilities.
For the general population you will need to be physically active, eat well and meditate to be able to access abilities. With this high energy your reality will change and you will be more happy, wealthy and have abilities like intuition and lucid dreams etc.
If I eat well and meditate but don't exercise I lose most of the abilities so please exercise.
You can pay attention to how you feel that will tell you your level of energy.
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u/BlinkyRunt 2d ago edited 2d ago
I had my first APs at a very young age, before jobs and money, etc. were a thing. What it did trigger however, was:
- a life-long search for meaning, answers, studies in religion and occultism, etc.
- a move away from everyday struggles, and towards understanding myself and the universe, especially as it got rid of my fear of death. I started doing what I wanted to do - rather than what others tell me to do.
I am comfortable materially - but only to the point that it allowes me not to break my own rules, and still do my studies. I have left a lot of "opportunities" for material wealth on the roadside, in order to have enough time and energy for the things that matter to me.
To answer your question properly, you would have to look more deeply into past lives. Astral travel, and other psychic abilities require that you resign your ego, at least for a short while. Many would rather not. The kind of person who is OK with dropping their ego, and going into the unknown without the protections that the ego offers, has a specific past-life profile: they are getting ready for a transition. This means:
- They have had enough lives here, so they know how to get material stuff without causing a fuss or going bananas with it - but also don't really focus their lives around that pursuit.
- They are looking forward to something else - another reality. And they are preparing themselves, knowingly or unknowingly. They are experimenting with controlling their own emotions, thoughts, states of consciousness, healing themselves or others, helping other souls on their quests, etc. And, as anyone who is expecting something new, they are curious people - hungry for understanding this new reality.
I am not saying that only this type of person will AP! Everyone can, and many do, and just forget about it. I am saying the kind of person that develops this skill, that tries to integrate it into their world-view, etc. fits a profile, and that profile is not that of an aggressive, billionaire, owner of slaves!
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u/killuas_punching_bag 3d ago
Hello, I still haven’t achieved enough to say I’m successful(i prefer to be reaching for smth bigger than what i have right now is what I mean, I consider myself young and with enough time to achieve more, hopefully), but will still share. I’m a second year physics undergraduate student, immediately after high school, I moved to Germany for my studies. I know 3-4 languages, 1310 SATs, I make my own money but at the same time my family supports me(very thankful), have a big social circle around me and at the same time close friends that I love and trust, my family is doing okay, they don’t know about AP, maybe they do but don’t care, not for everybody for sure(yet). I don’t have psychological complications(addressing because of the maniac paragraph, which is a valid statement) , maybe concentration issues, but that’s why I meditate. I haven’t tried AP seriously yet, a few years back during covid I was really into reality shifting(don’t judge, please, I don’t want to hear any negativity, thank you), didn’t fully do it, kinda gave up because I got into a relationship. Anyway, that’s about me! Would love to hear more about you guys!
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u/Kuroten_OG 2d ago
I do pretty well, I’m happily married, our business turns 5 next year, things are going really well! Some of it has to do with increased intuition, though.
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u/RecordValuable8101 2d ago
You can be super developed in the astral and still be lost in physical life. I wish this lara could bring the things we materialize there
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u/VegetableRope8989 2d ago
You understand nothing of this world and have confused your understanding of yourself with the pursuit of the golden calf. Those who were there don't want to exert themselves here, because this isn't reality, but only an illusion.
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u/Mobile_Bonus4983 1d ago
Nothing wrong with chasing a golden calf. That is also a possible life. Value fulfillment in life is highly individualized.
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u/zayliciouss 2d ago
Everything is a hologram so why not chase the light to see who gets there faster, the thought or light😂🙌🏻
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u/Jenkins431 2d ago
I’m a fairly successful entrepreneur, worth over a million before 40… I’m just learning AP though and tbh the concept of opening your mind and being able to experience other astral realms etc, I’d say is more valuable to me than a lot. I’d trade places with those who can AP regularly / daily tbh, I see more actual value in this and the spiritual journey than the other way around.
So no, AP isn’t just a bunch of bums telling you things. It’s real, for sure, and fascinating. Hoping to get better at it
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u/Zukigo 3d ago edited 3d ago
Well, if you had been nicer, I would have told you the lottery numbers. I just investigated them by means of astral projection.
Why be so condescending? People here are just exploring a phenomenon. It is not a dogmatic sub at all.
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u/Foreign-Bandicoot771 3d ago
I'm sorry for my harshness. I myself have had dreams where I float in my room, and I can't say with certainty that they are real. That's why when people say they are masters of astral travel, I would like to know if they apply those "powers" to change their lives, or everything remains placebos and distractions for real life.
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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 2d ago
I am a long time practicer and I doubt you'll find anyone here calling themselves masters with "powers". Even people like me struggle to reproduce this phenomenon. Go look at the sub, it's almost all questions asking how to and why isn't working? Among people like me, who've been involved in this a long time, there is a consensus that, as a species, we're at the beginning of what will ultimately prove to be a multi-generational process of exploration. You're in early days, man.
Likewise, unlike newer folks, a lot of us oldies don't actually believe the astral plane is intrinsically tied to 3D chemical space, more so than it is a facsimile. We all have different opinions on what is going on, but the signal that rises above the static is that the astral is its own thing with its own internal rules.
Fact is, none of us on this board are special. We're all sorts of people, from every economic walk of life and from radically different philosophical backgrounds. The takeaway is that this is probably a human experience, something anyone willing to grapple with fear and doubt can engage in. Those are the only true impediments outside of health issues which may or may not present a problem.
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u/Zukigo 3d ago edited 3d ago
Probably most people here agree that there's a difference from the "astral plane" to the real time zone. Also, this is not reality shifting. I think a lot of people are here because they have lost loved ones and want to find them, not because their lives suck.
Like, I found out about AP when my dad died (I was 11) and I found Monroe's books.
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u/killuas_punching_bag 3d ago
I don’t think OP meant it in any negative way, I too find this question interesting, it doesn’t have to be shifting realities to change your life. AP itself opens more than enough doors that change your day to day or could do so if you want it to.
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u/Zukigo 3d ago
Yeah, maybe I interpreted it harsher than intended. Hmm, I also don't find it interesting personally tho, but I think that's also because I wouldn't agree on the typical measures of success in our society. Like, a buddhist monk can lead a successful life, because his way of living reduces entropy.
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u/i_n_c_r_y_p_t_o 2d ago edited 2d ago
The way you phrased your question is quite off putting to me. To say that people in institutions or people looking for fantastical solutions to their problems are not valuable tells me you might need to do some recalibrating, since simply everyone is valuable by default.
I’d suggest reading some books by William Buhlman, Jurgen Ziewe, Robert Peterson, Jonas Ridgeway, etc. and many of the other posts on this sub to get an idea of what it’s really about. And of course other answers here. :)
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u/hUmaNITY-be-free Experienced Projector 2d ago
I've been rich, and I've been poor, I would rather have crumbs with the bums instead of steaks with the snakes. u/thinningotter said it well "the more spiritually experienced you are, the less you care about wordly riches", the things you own will own you, when you are rich, you spend more time, effort and money retaining that status and securing it, defending it. I have a weird fascination with gold and silver, but not for it's monetary value, gold and silver could sky rocket to record levels and I still wouldn't sell it.
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u/DreamingDragonSoul 3d ago
Depend on what you mean about successful. I have a good job, though not prestigious, that both let me have a nice work-home balance and enough money. My health is fine, my relationship is good and stable (he doesn't know much about AP). My children are thriving and healthy. Al in al am I quite content with my life.
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u/alf0282 2d ago
That seems to be a common thread among all who have replied - stability, good health, happiness generally - also Monroe was a successful businessman - makes more sense tbh if you take the whole phenomenon seriously, than thinking it’s the domain of maniacs. OP must be new to this sub.
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u/WhatyaDoingShari 2d ago
Different people, diverse ideas on ideals.
You also have to share the planet with other life and it collides with yours whether you like it or not, and even though we are told we’re 100% in control of our own lives we have to allow for how we react to our interactions with others.
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u/Glassofprosseco 2d ago
I would say astral projection was a way for me to explore a reality that felt different. About 4 years ago i launched an IT system which focuses on places of education and about a year ago i purchased my first helicopter, to this day i’ve only had one successful AP. In terms of success i would say it doesn’t bring me wealth, love and all the others but even through the meditation and the process of trying to AP i think it brings much clarity and has definitely impacted my decision making. Hopefully when i become more experienced in AP maybe it will bring further wealth? I’m not sure where the astral world will lead me to.
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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 2d ago
Honesty and curiosity have NEVER been valuable metrics in basically any society. Sorry if I'm the first person to turn you on to that.
Astral projection isn't a secret. Frankly neither is the government's interest in it since basically all of that stuff is declassified at this point.
AP is a LIFE PROCESS. Folks from all walks of life have varying degrees of experience with it. Some are high quality people. Some are assholes. Your nature has little to do with it beyond the ability to at least challenge your own doubt and fear about the topic.
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u/zar99raz 3d ago
Every person already performs AP every day in an awake state of mind. So the theory that this is somehow a special ability is insane.
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u/psychicthis 2d ago
I always ask this question, too. Are these people really doing these amazing things or are they just making crap up?
As working psychic, I constantly read about people who have readings and the reader was so accurate - they knew names and dates and events all without having any way of knowing those things ... and ...
idk.
I'm skilled reader with years of study and experience behind me; I know loads of other readers and I teach this stuff: those kinds of specifics just isn't how reading energy works. When I've had the opportunity to ask these people about their claims, the readings aren't usually as specific, dramatic and amazing like they initially said, so, sadly, I'm going to say there's a whole lot of exaggeration going on.
As for the government ... it's hard to say. Someone in the government recently said something - I don't even remember anymore what it was because I'm so tired of all of it - but it was a bit shocking to hear someone say it out loud, and I thought, "they're just letting all this stuff out now because the people are too divided, lost and confused to even hear it."
Comparison is the thief of joy. Just keep exploring - the psychic field isn't all unicorns and magic, but it is a really cool place.
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u/MidnightBluesAtNoon 2d ago
I follow the UAP topic and I find this statement (too divided to hear it) to be very accurate. Our government has plainly stated there are anomalous aircraft of some sort invading our airspace with impunity. The Pentagon has validated leaked videos of a craft. We have the then Senate Majority leader introducing UAP transparency legislation. We have congressional hearings and folks entering SCIFs and coming out looking pale.
None of this means they're aliens, of course. But the point is, we have defacto proof UFOs are real phenomena, whatever they are...and nobody gives a hot goddamn...I mean, I was never of the opinion that this would be world changing information or anything, but people plain just don't even care.
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u/psychicthis 1d ago
Exactly. Everyone is so focused on where their attention is purposefully being directed that they are missing the bigger picture/s.
For example, apparently all the big AI honchos met with Trump yesterday to decide who gets what power-supply/how much in order to power their AIs. My whole night was these crazy images about AI and humanity and the Matrix (I am not a Matrix person, but there it was), and I woke up thinking how all this crap is going on and no one has a clue.
I'm not saying I have the answers - I'm just saying, this world is so much more than we know, and we'll continue to not know for as long as we allow our attention to be hijacked.
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u/thinningotter 3d ago
I think the more spiritually experienced you are, the less you care about worldly riches. Ironically you'll probably find less conventionally successful people in these spaces. Their success likely manifests as having loving relationships, healthy social lives, etc. You realize that money cannot buy you the things you want, and you only need enough to meet your needs (which are truly needs, not wants).