trapped inside my own body

[Metaphysically born]

This is an projection i had a while ago but have not posted about it. So i was going to bed with the intention to project. I was doing relaxation techniques and breathing techniques for a long time but with no success until i fell asleep from exhaustion. I was also saying to myself over and over that i will project even if i were to fall asleep. I fell asleep but did not dream. I then tried waking up as soon as i realized that i was asleep; but i was seeing nothing but black. As soon as i got up i wanted to go outside and to the front of the house(Because my room is at the back and seperate from the house). When i stepped outside the door the scenery was different from that of our real yard. I was projecting and not realizing it. I got shocked and think i was pulled back because once again i was staring at blackness in front of me.Then i decided to stand up and had a false awakening as i was waking and standing up into the astral. I then decided to go into the bathroom and splash my face. The water was all sparkling and it was as if diamonds was floating within the water. I then again realized that i was projecting and had a false awakening. I then immediately got pulled back. I knew that i was being pulled back because i was gliding along the floor backward through the corridors and everything was passing by fast. Again i was staring at the darkness in front of my eyes. This time i felt something climbing onto the bed and i got scared because this thing was climbing onto the bed the bed very gently and softly like a cat does. I could not see it but i could feel the movement at my feet. Then the movement stopped and i heard the sound of animal claws walking along the floor. A screetching sound like that a dogs nails make when walking on tiles. I got the image of a tiger. When i was young there used to be black cats within my dreams and everytime they jump upon me then the heavy sensation came upon me and i believed that it was black magic and a demon was pressing me down against the floor. This is what my parents used to tell me and that is why projection was so difficult for me because the heavy feeling had a fierce affect upon me. A negative affect of a dark force.When i was living in Johannesburg my parents got a witch doctor to clean the house and yard and he has blocked out all external forces and energies which also now makes it more difficult for me to project. This guy said that this cats was growing just as i was growing and they were meant to harm me and the tiger i saw was one of the cats that has grown thus far by feeding on my energy as i had the most energy than everyone within out household and that is why i was the only one being targeted. Well not to go of to far. I saw the tiger and it started smelling me from my legs all the way up to my face. It stopped at my nose and kept smelling my nose as if it wanted to make sure that i am alive. I kept my breath for the time. It left and i tried waking up but i was trapped within my own body. I could see through my closed eyelids but i was unable to move or get up. It took much effort to get up. I then successfully did and made sure that i actually was awake lol

For a while after this i was quite afraid of projecting for the fear of getting stuck within my own body again. The protection around the house now dramatically influences my projection. Well this is my worst experience thus far.

[Xanth]

Great experience. 

Please allow me to point out some things which may aid you the next time you find yourself like this.

First... it definitely sounds like an OBE.  The strange parts that stick out for me are the false awakenings (I hate those); the strange sounds and animals; and the sensation of being stuck in your body.

The false awakenings sound pretty obvious.. you woke up only to find that you really didn't wake up.  Get used to those.

The strange animals and sounds sound like to me that you guessed what was happening, you made a snap judgment call on the sounds and the feelings you were having and that your mind pieced together exactly what you expected to see.  To stop this in the future, try to catch yourself before making these kinds of judgment calls.  For instance, you say, "I got the image of a tiger"... RIGHT THERE, that's the exact moment when it actually becomes real and the "Tiger" comes into existence.  Understand?

The last thing here is the sensation of being stuck in your body.  What happened here is that you woke up while your body was still asleep.  This is called Sleep Paralysis.  Nothing to be afraid of.  When some people get used to being like that, you can actually use it as a leap board to projections.  You did the opposite. 
When you find yourself in Sleep Paralysis again, just try to focus on wiggling a single finger.  You'll come out of it slowly.

All in all, that's a very confusing, but very solid OBE.

~Ryan

[Metaphysically born]

hello and thank you for your response to my thread. The parts about my brain creating the tiger from my own thought form; that is spot on because the tiger came into life as soon as i saw an image of it. The part about me being trapped inside of my own body is not the sensation of feeling heavy. Though i have to admit that at times it still really freak me out a lot because it happens involuntarily and unexpected. The trapped inside my own body was that i was feeling no heavy sensations at all and had very good visual but when i tried to get up i could not. I even spinned  around and i could see all around as i was spinning. I could see my body as i was spinning. It looked kind of glass like and sparkled like it had infinite stars upon it. Almost like the vampire in twilight but more glass like.

That is what freaked me out because i had no sensation of feeling heavy but yet i could not get out. Strange experience