Anyone Else getting this?

[moondial]

Hi all, been a while  

My OBE's started off being spontanious - I had no idea what they were, all I knew is I was waking up vibrating like mad, and then one night I woke up right next to the ceiling.....

Then I found the AP forum while searching the web - I actually thought I had some kind of a medical condition so I was searching for info on that - when I found this, I then remembered lots of childhood astral experiences.

Anyway, I read a load of books etc, read a lot of stuff on here - and with some experimentation & trying, I managed to get the vibes through meditation, although I never got "out" through meditation. I had a few very interesting experiences though, like suddenly hearing voices as if there was a radio on - some loud crackling & popping type sounds, and so on.

Other than some success with the mobile phone method (as long as I do it just after waking up) all of my experiences just happen, I can't make them happen.

Months can go by with nothing happening - and then I'll have a number of experiences one after the next.

What happens more than anything though - and happened last nigt - is the following...

I become conscious from sleep, in the middle of the night, and I start to imagine myself spinning, and I start to actually spin, so then I lift an arm or a leg, and I lift my astral arm or leg. So then from here, I can move my arms around astrally, I can talk astrally so I can hear me but my wife can't, I can sometimes sit up astrally, and so on - and it can last for quite some time, and sometimes it's so real that I am not sure if I am moving for real or not, but I know I'm not as my wife is a very light sleeper & would wake if I were.

But the annoying thing is that I am completely restricted, I can't move out, I can't roll off the bed, float up, sink down, nothing, it's as if I'm stuck to my body with a very very small & very strong rope.

Also - I don't get the vibes any more. I've not had them for a long time. I find this odd & I'm wondering if others find the same, that over time you just stop getting the vibes? Is it a sign that your energy levels aren't high enough (which I think I've seen people saying before) or is it just that after a while you don't need the vibes?

All the time I've been doing this, the furthest I ever ventured was down stairs (I went looking for something I could check the position of the next morning, so I went & found my shoes, remembered exactly what position they were in - and in the morning when I went down they were exactly in that position)

I have, very occaisonally got out of my body & off the bed, but nearly all the time, I can't.

It's really frustrating!!    

Does anyone have any experience of having overcome this, or have any advice?

Thanks

Kev