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[Reverberation]

Hi everyone,

I was researching OBE's and I came across this blog....
The first time I almost OBE I didn't know what I was doing....I meditated for peace and happiness only....I felt myself leaving my body but I got scared and pulled myself back.....after researching I found out what I was doing and tired it, purposely.....everything started well and then my breathing became uncontrollable.....I immediatly fell right back into my body.....now, everytime I try to detach my lungs get stuck....Literally, everything will seperate but my lungs....it has gotten so bad that when ever I think of OBE my mind starts to control its breathing rather than allowing it to do it unconsciously.....I even tried listening to Binaural theta.....thus far nothing works, 

If anyone has any ideas that I can try or help of any sort, please share....my first screw up experience left me with a want that at the moment I can not feed.......

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welcome to the pulse! 


do you have any thoughts or fears about not being able to breathe if you leave your body?

[NoY]

Welcome to the Pulse 

:NoY:

[Xanth]

Hi there Reverberation!

Welcome to the Astral Pulse. 

That's an interesting story.
It actually sounds like you're experiencing the "heavy body" effect which can feel like being suffocated.  This "feeling" is simply you consciously experiencing your physical body deeply relaxing.  It happens naturally to you each night you fall asleep, yet you don't consciously experience it.  Suffice to say, you're not going to suffocate. 

Is that the "fear" that sacred you into pulling yourself back?

It's a relatively easy correction... you just need to keep yourself calm and relaxed.  Try to become familiar with these new sensations. 

[Reverberation]

Is that the "fear" that sacred you into pulling yourself back?

Thanks for the welcome  .....my first half experience happened about three years ago when I was 15......
The reason I pulled back the first time was because of the reason for my meditating.....I was meditating to become happy within myself not to leave myself....so when I felt myself leaving, I didn't want too....this happened more than once....I became curious on what I was trying to do so I researched it.....I liked what I'd found out about the OBE world and I wanted to experience it.....

When trying on my own, I felt myself leaving.....it was sort of relaxing and then suddenly I felt like I would be trapt.....my breathing and heartrate became uncontrollable......my legs were up, my mind was up, but my body was still attached to my lungs...I was consciously controlling my breathing......last night, I felt myself leaving again but once again the same things happened everything was going but my lungs got stuck......I tried to be calm but it didn't work.....and my mind followed my lungs and came back....it sucks, this happens often

[Reverberation]

welcome to the pulse! 

do you have any thoughts or fears about not being able to breathe if you leave your body?

Thanks for the welcome  .....my first fear was that I would be trapt for a long time, I do not know why but that's something I felt.....I don't feel that anymore, I just can't handle my breathing.....now, when I try to calm my body down, my breathing becomes a conscience thing.....I think its because of all those stupid how to OBE and meditate correctly articles I read.....they always tell you to relax, deep breaths, and control your breathing, make sure your breaths are even, go into that mediating brething state, and bla, bla, bla (sorry I'm a tad bit frustrated).....

My way was way better.....I would lay in a confortable position and just feel the way I want to.....I would let all my thoughts go and listen to the uinversal waves......there was no science to it, it was just being and let the magic happen.....I don't know how to revert back to that just being....its a complete let down 

[Reverberation]

Welcome to the Pulse 

:NoY:

Thanks for the welcome 

[Timandra]

Hi Reverberation, welcome to the Astral Pulse.

What I think about your experience is that the first time you had an OBE, it worked well because you let go of everything, and you didn't know about it. Since then you are trying, and it is not working anymore. You now know what can happen and fears are holding you back. And it looks almost like you have a fear of stopping to breathe, which is ofcourse not neccessary, because you don't have to breathe in the non-physical. But at the moment it's a kind of reflex for you. I think you just have to keep working on it and learn to relax and to get used to all the sensations you can get before you project and I'm sure it will get better.