I faced a problem when smoking, when fear for safeness of leaved body by consciousness, very burdens the experience.
I understood the reasons - an absence sufficient level psychological and physical comfort in real life, this is caused external reason and with time must be perfected...
But while to compensate this effect i have solved before journey to put on my finger of the left hand tightly sitting thimble and it reminded my consciousness that "If i have it on finger - signifies i lie in full safety, i itself has chosen this place and beside me all OK".
Yes, it helps!
Just interesting, has anyone else there is such problem and found own "personal anchor - a guard"?

I gently touch the ground with my hand. Got it from the story of the Buddah. I usually save that card when my mental fail-safes get blown away.

Then again, sometimes the spice grabs you and shakes you like a rag doll. In those times I just give in and die, it's easier to go with it.

- You interesting said! I so understand that majority of the researchers has "reliable base" in usual world, when are found in journey.
And checking (emergency) relationship with usual reality they need mainly to stand up under onslaught of infinities?

For me why-that occurs vice versa. - Before start i am worry about that nobody and nothing have not find my lying body and these thoughts do not give me to anticipate my jump, but after start i am afraid to forget about all same checking for its body.
So, diving between spaces, playing with images in ocean of the alive energy, i all time remember suddenly and interrupt to make sure that okay...
Seems to me that if i had a possibility "to hide" my body for time of the experiment in deep bunker under reliable locks, so nothing not able to block my journey without any borders!

Its possible to gain strength with practice. I have found a significant support within myself over time.

I talk to myself throughout tough journeys..ANd have established a measure of safety and strength within my self.

I recently had some strange advice in a recent journey. The felt presence suggested I go as 2 like brothers to combat fear. At first I thought it was about creating an alternate personality within my own mind to travel to hyperspace with as a friend and partner. More thought on it suggested to actually connect with another version of myself somewhere in the ethers or in another dimensional plane of existence simultaneous to this reality.

extrapolation of this concept suggests why not go as more than 2 ? why not 10?

I have this silly fear that I'll come down from my trip and find the room on fire all around me, from me dropping the pipe while it's still burning. Probably just need to get a GVG so there's nothing on fire inside the pipe. Anyway, because of this, I almost always have a sitter there to take the pipe when I'm done, but this can also be an unwanted distraction.

But this is all probably just part of the standard Pre-flight anxiety...

Felnik wrote:"...Its possible to gain strength with practice. I have found a significant support within myself over time.

I talk to myself throughout tough journeys..ANd have established a measure of safety and strength within my self.

I recently had some strange advice in a recent journey. The felt presence suggested I go as 2 like brothers to combat fear. At first I thought it was about creating an alternate personality within my own mind to travel to hyperspace with as a friend and partner. More thought on it suggested to actually connect with another version of myself somewhere in the ethers or in another dimensional plane of existence simultaneous to this reality.

extrapolation of this concept suggests why not go as more than 2 ? why not 10?..."

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- I understand it, very good experience. Further to your idea about possible "doubles" in other planes:
If think in this subject further, then on my observations for itself, different observed "personalities" within its essence
can be gradually formed as result of the accumulation of the experience of the perception emotion
at presence "centers of crystallizations". These are "centers" can be as different dominant at present chakra,
so and area miscellaneous mental activities.
(If take for base theory K.Kastaneda about shift of the point of the assembly of the consciousness then around
these firm and reiterative new positions of the assembly of the consciousness wholly can "crystallize" new variants
to personalities). I think that it is necessary only in time to realize these processes and save good cooperation between them.

In other words, for itself i observe to say the least three such center of brain management (I their shall conditionally
name "logic", "associative" and "guard".
As well as several sub-personals, founded on chakras centers, the main from which is my best internal friend - a reptile.
Can Not exactly say, who manages this group, possible that "logic" center, but i seem that leader no.
Each can stay leader then, when this it is necessary.

And once again about your experience: though i can not recall beside itself such event, but feel something very familiar in this.
Thank you for advice, i now shall pleased possible meeting with my "double"!

p.s. sorry for mistakes, this theoretic text hard to translate well to English for me...

Guyomech wrote: "...I have this silly fear that I'll come down from my trip and find the room on fire all around me, from me dropping the pipe while it's still burning. Probably just need to get a GVG so there's nothing on fire inside the pipe. Anyway, because of this, I almost always have a sitter there to take the pipe when I'm done, but this can also be an unwanted distraction.

But this is all probably just part of the standard Pre-flight anxiety..."

- Here is exactly these feeling i and wanted to describe. The difference in detail only. The main that problem is found in real world - in room!

Interesting line of thinking its possible that hyperspace is the raw energy material for reality building.

Maybe we can learn to shape it in some way. Starting with building a hyperspace travel partner-protector

I agree. (I faith also that to that person was clinging in life's that knew how to do for the best - that and continues to concern with his soul after death. Only already on energy plan. I this wholly makes! I am ready to continue there and else 10000 years).