What am I experiencing?

[68plexi]

I experienced some OBE's (or what I think were OBE's) during the last few months of 2010, but they have ceased to happen. Even though I very much want them to happen, I am pretty much clueless when it comes to techniques, and my only aides were the Monroe CD's, which I've have listened to quite a bit, to no prevail. While having no OBE's in the last two months, I did have a few experiences which I suspect are the beginning stages of Lucid Dreams. I am not sure, hence my post here.

The first two times I was at home. Both were during an afternoon nap, one with and one without the Monroe JotB CD. At some point I just became aware that I was in bed, sleeping. Both times I immediately tried to separate, to no prevail, and that's when I woke up.

So this afternoon, I took a little nap, and again, I became aware of myself laying in bed, on my belly. I tried to separate once again, and this time I was able to lift myself up. At this point I felt the covers slide off my back, and I slid out of bed, onto the floor. All of a sudden I found myself laying in bed yet again, in the same position. I tried to separate once more, but this time I woke up.

I am not sure what I am experiencing. Whenever I become "aware", I know I am in bed, I know my body is asleep, and I am not dreaming. So my gut instinct is to treat these instances as the beginning stages of an OBE. However, I am not sure if these really are OBE's, so therefore I am not sure if I'm doing the right things to make the experience as rich as I can.

Any ideas?

[schockstuhh]

sounds like OOB experiences to me. maybe you just need to practice some more last night, i was intoxicated and somehow i fell asleep without knowing it (i thought i was still awake), and i slid out of my body from my head and i thought that i had actually PHYSICALLY slid out, but it was confusing also. the moment i became confused, i lost my grip on the OBE, and woke up back in my body. my first OBE i rolled out of my body and tried to go through my wall. when i failed and just ran into it, i got really confused. the moment i became confused, i lost a grip on the OBE and got sucked back into my body. if you're confused whether or not you're having real OBE's, then maybe that is what's holding you back.