Michael Beloved said: However, it should cause the ascetic to have a keener awareness of the fact that he/she is sensitive about physical reality and that interest should be transferred to the subtle plane of awareness by a practice of constantly shifting the attention to the subtle body.

Dean's comment: Wanted to share my experiences with the continued struggles with Nature towards this accomplisment of transfering interests to the subtle plane. This necessary perception is easier said than done. The observations over the last 11 years through my consistent practice leads me to determine that this transfer happens gradually. Meaning there are nights were you're fully conscious on the astral plane with perfect recall of what happened when you return to the physical plane and/or nights with partial to no recall.  And times were you can sense but don't see in the physical sense that there is a disembodied persons near so you dismiss mentally. However becoming more sensitive/aware of astral communition between oneself and other entities that are currently using physical bodies have become easier to detect than disembodied ones.  Maybe it's due to a difference in the vibrations of the subtle bodies?  This might be a rhetorical question but something to think about when measuring your progress toward full transfer. Would be helpful if Nature allow us to have a progress bar so it was more clear.

Kidding.