The Threshold VI — What You Find There

All the proof you’ll ever need about the nature of reality is about to surround you. The hard work, the consistency, the preparation — it’s paid off. You’ve joined the ranks of the few. This is not a small thing. This is the coveted secret of the occult, the metaphysical plane of universal creation, the ancient lands of the mystics.

Welcome, young astralnaut. Be proud of yourself!

A space that was always there

This plane existed before you. It will exist after you. You’ve traveled here every night of your life, with or without your consciousness present. The only thing that’s changed is that you’ve unlocked the map — and now that you have, you may as well explore.

Here is what you’ll notice almost immediately: a connection to what I call your dual body. You will be intensely aware of your physical body — that it can’t move, that your breath and heartbeat are still happening, that the people or pets near you are still there if they happen to be close by. You will still feel everything from your physical body.

If you’ve ever held your breath underwater and floated, you already know this feeling that surrounds you now. The gentle pressure of the water against your skin. This plane feels almost exactly like that — except here, you can breathe.

This may feel shocking, maybe even frightening at first. But remember: you’ve done this before. You’re only now becoming conscious of it. We’ve all known this suspended floating feeling once — in the womb. Most of us just don’t remember it.

So, you’ll float here. With time, you’ll learn to fly.

“There is no spoon” - The weight of two bodies at once

Feeling dual — aware of both your physical body and your light body simultaneously — can be overwhelming at first. Use it to your advantage instead of fighting it. Your physical body is alive, safe, and exactly where you left it. It will be there when you return. It has been there the entire time.

So, turn your focus to the new sensation: your light body. How does it feel? In most cases, you’ll find that moving it is difficult at first, because your mind is still calibrated to the rules of the physical world — and this isn’t that world anymore. The rules are different here.

You will learn to move this body with your mind and your will. But that takes time, and it takes patience with the process. Trust the process.

The single most important piece of beginner’s advice I can offer is … wait. Once you’ve successfully projected and stay so, be patient. Give your light body time to develop. Focus on small things first — moving a limb, the equivalent of learning to wiggle a single toe before you try to stand. You are building new neural pathways for a body you’ve never consciously operated before. Like a child learning motor skills for the first time, this takes repetition. Skip this stage and you’ll feel bound and weightless with no control at all. Give yourself grace while you build these new metaphysical motor skills.

On the fear of not returning

If you ever feel fear or worry creeping in about returning to your body, relax into it. Search for that feeling of connection to your physical self. You’ll find your breathing is still synced, your heartbeat is still there — just as it is when you’re awake. Sometimes our attention simply drifts elsewhere, and we lose awareness of these background processes. The moment your focus returns, you’ll feel your physical body right there beside you. This is my silver cord.

A note on the silver cord specifically: I have never personally seen it in my own journeys, though many practitioners have, and it is a well-documented part of this tradition that long predates me. This plane is deeply personal, and I can’t speak to what you specifically will experience. Aside from the few things I’m certain of.  For me, the reassurance has always come from feeling both bodies at once rather than from seeing a cord. I have a personal opinion that the silver cord stories may function as exactly that — reassurance for new travelers that they are safe and will return. That’s my own theory, built from my own experience, not a claim about anyone else’s.

What I can promise you with full confidence: you will feel your physical body. That part is universal.

What you might see

It’s common to notice small distortions of what’s familiar — a door that’s closed when you left it open, a missing picture from the wall, furniture that’s shifted or vanished. In my own experience, I sometimes see a blank wall where my TV usually hangs. Sometimes it’s there. Sometimes it isn’t. I don’t let it discourage me, because when I return, everything is always exactly where it was.

It is also common — and well documented across the practitioner community — to see shadows and figures. Don’t let this frighten or discourage you. This is a plane of creation. In my own experience, the mere expectation of seeing something unsettling is often enough to manifest it. That doesn’t mean everything you see here is purely a projection of your own mind — but a great deal of it likely is, especially early on.

These figures, known in this field as thought forms, are exactly what the name implies: forms manifested by thought. They are the most likely thing you’ll encounter in your first several projections. Just as you’re learning to move your light body through will and intention, you’ll find thought forms respond to the same forces.

A story from my own practice

I want to share an experience that illustrates this directly.

I had gone through a long hiatus between projections, and I was nervous heading into this one because of that hiatus. When I exited, I saw what I can only describe as an old hag at the foot of my bed.

If that description sounds familiar, it should. The Old Hag is one of the most extensively documented figures in sleep-related folklore worldwide — appearing under different names across virtually every culture studied, from Newfoundland to Japan to West Africa to Scandinavia. It is consistent enough across unrelated cultures that researchers consider it a product of shared human neurology rather than coincidence or shared mythology.

Because I was already anxious, seeing her alarmed me immediately. My first thought was something close to panic: she’d better not try anything with my husband or me. And true to that fear, she reached toward his feet. I flung myself out of my own body toward her, swinging, and she tumbled to the floor and vanished.

This is exactly why staying calm and in control of your emotions matters so much here. My own anxiety helped create her. My fear of what she might do is likely what made her reach toward my husband in the first place. But the moment I found my courage, she dissolved — and the adrenaline spike of the confrontation sent me straight back into my body.

Over time, with more practice and more confidence, this shifted. The less afraid I became, the less frightening the things I encountered. The calmer and more assured I was, the more positive my overall experiences became. Mind over matter has never made more literal sense to me than it has through this practice.

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a Ghostbuster — genuinely, not as a joke — this is the closest you’ll come. Confidence is the only proton pack you need! You got this!

What comes next?

You now have the map, the preparation, and a sense of what waits at the threshold. What’s left is the part no one can fully teach you: doing it, again and again, until it becomes yours. - The Threshold VII — The Shift

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