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the future or any point in the past, you are projecting a part of your consciousness into an imagined dream-reality which ultimately holds no substance for objective reality; our thoughts and dreams about our life do not exist or have objectivity in comparison to direct experience. Consequently, for most untrained minds, they usually lose most of their awareness from the present moment, due to giving too much focus to the content of their mind; this is a significant obstacle when approaching the art and practice of astral projection, because if we are not going to be aware of and appreciate the present moment in the physical, then how do we expect to do that while out of body when we want to appreciate the present moment of the astral? On top of this, one has to figure out how to move their awareness out of body in the first place; this isn't so easy if the mind is scattered. This is why meditation and prolonged concentration is essential. So, this is the first step, developing a habit of grounding your awareness in the here and now and not letting yourself excessively daydream. Catch yourself daydreaming throughout the day, and you will most likely catch yourself daydreaming in your dreams at night. The party you will attend next week does not exist yet, and whatever you think about it will only ever be a dream. Everyone attending the party can imagine what it will be like, but the experience will always be different compared to when you actually attend it. In the same way, we imagine what our life should be like and become disappointed in it when it doesn't turn out the way we dreamed of, only furthering our entanglement deeper into the labyrinth of the mind with all its complex emotions, reactions and desires. Similarly, yesterday happened, and you can recall it through memory, but if you carry on analysing yesterday, perhaps you will realise someone was mean to you, and you become offended and upset. Adding this 'personalisation' onto memories of the past is also a form of dreaming that we can become identified