Bertie said:

Hi Diana my first visit back here since 4th November, good to speak with you again. Thank you for being willing to support our lunar game on open lounge this month. It feels so great to be able to share and ask questions of you, knowing that you are supporting us with your knowledge and experience.

It is my pleasure.  I am putting my responses in bold as I move through your post. (Just trying to make it easier to tell yours from mine.  LOL)

I have a few questions regarding the environment that I am choosing to practice my soul travel in and sharing that experience with my life partner (Michelle). Also the time of day to practice and how to open a portal?

Tonight we choose to practice at around 23.30 ish which is the latest we have practiced. The original idea was to practice at 14.00 but life has been happening and as yet, we have not been able to set a solid routine that works. So my first question is does it really matter at what time we practice?

No.

Does it make any difference that Michelle and I are sharing the same room, space to practice together? Of course we are going off into our own worlds but energetically do you feel it makes a difference in sharing the same space with another person while doing this type of work?

Ultimately, you will have to be the judge of that.  That said…I never do this type of work with another Human in my living space as I am so sensitive to any energy that it causes me a form of static that I find acts as interference.  It is like listening to a radio when the station is coming through, but there is also static that one can hear.  It doesn't make for pleasant circumstances. Also, I never, ever join my energy with anything else…ever…no matter how well I know the person.  Personal space is just that…personal and private.  It does not mean that you love the person less, but simply that you are on your own life path and they are on theirs.  Your energy can interfere with theirs as well.

Also my recent experience of practicing later (23.30) seemed like I was on the verge of drifting into sleep rather than altered state and maintaining a neutral intent. I am sure that the fact that I was lying in bed with my head on my pillow also supported my potential sleep state.

I understand that.  Try a different time.

Having Listened to your audios 1 to 7 in order, I have felt very comfortable sitting in a quiet space closing my eyes and creating an altered state of consciousness. Then creating a neutral intent and being aware to check that my obsidian shield is in place, often when I check for this I get a great sense of my Gorilla Spirit being close and adding extra protection (almost like a strong physical friend is with me).

It is providing you with extra protection, which is a good thing.   Any of your lifelong animal spirits are probably doing the same thing.

Sometimes my mind wanders and by bringing my awareness back to breathing or being aware of my breath my mind shuts off long enough for me to bring my focus and intention back to my neutral intent. At this point or similar points to this I sometimes get lost and lose myself somewhere that often remains Indescribable. Time passes and before I know it when I open my eyes, I feel very much at peace and relaxed and notice that 20-25 minutes has passed. Sometimes I am able to remember some points but, often this is a little blurry and I wonder if my mind jumps in and makes stuff up? Not that I am lying  just that I cannot be sure where I went or what happened- similar to day dreaming or a dream from sleep.

You are entering an altered state and maintaining it.  When you are new at doing this it is sometimes not obvious to you that you are maintaining that state.  But with continued practice, it becomes easier.  Then you will be able to better experience, and you will begin to remember where you go.  Right now, for you, the most important thing is to be able to achieve and hold the altered state…which you are doing.  Remembering will come later. 

On one occasion 3 days ago I kept my focus on my neutral intent long enough that I was able to create an intent to travel and off to my right above my head at about two o'clock a black hole appeared that had a lighter color around its edge that eventually turned light purple. Clouds seem to appear and I went through the hole, when I opened my eyes I knew I had been somewhere different yet I could not describe where I went or what happened. Could this have been a portal? And was it possible in that explanation that I could have been travelling with my soul, or my soul was travelling? 

Yes, you absolutely opened a portal and stepped through it.  What you just described is exactly how they look to me at times.  Again, with more practice you will begin to remember where you went.  Be aware though, that your mind/ego is going to try and dismiss this as not be real or correct.  It is.  Tell your mind/ego to get lost.  LOL.  Everyone doing this work has to be able to separate from the physical (mind/ego) and go to the spiritual…which is why I did that audio on doing that.  Your spiritual information comes extremely quickly…so fast that you have not had time to process it through your mind/ego.  When you first start doing this, it is a good idea to quickly write down what happened.  Then don't question it no matter how outlandish it may seem.  It isn't.  That is just the old mind/ego trying to regain control over your soul.

Also, you are going to find that once your are traveling out there among the stars that the Human language will not allow you to adequately describe what happened or what you saw.  We have a miserable language to use to try and relay what we see spiritually.

I am not sure how to open a portal or locate one so this is my best attempt so far to go beyond where I have been to date. Your comments feedback, advice etc is most welcome.

You did fine!  You did it!

Talk to you again, when you have more questions.

 

Thank you Diana

With Love Peace and Respect

Steve xx 

wuvs,

diana