1st ever OBE!

[Firmitas]

Hey guys, so I never thought that I would actually have a traditional OBE but, as of last night I guess I was wrong

I woke up at 4am to attempt my usual WILD technique. I got back to bed around 5:15 and I felt like maybe I stayed up for too long because I was having trouble getting back to sleep. I eventually give up and roll on my stomach. after dosing off for a little I found myself in a dream that usually indicates upcoming lucidity for me. I was driving with a cup of coffee in my hand and suddenly i become completely disoriented and cant see a thing! I feel myself get out of the car, drop the coffee, and feel around for and signs as to what is going on. I thought that maybe my body was under water and this was the result of being unconscious so I started to hold my breath haha. I tried slapping myself to wake up but my limbs were so heavy I could barely touch my face. After this I wake up and I am on my back, completely paralyzed. I start feeling extremely heavy vibrations and weird noises in my inner ear. I get a bid startled and the vibrations and everything fade. "as usual..." I thought. I go off into another dream to find myself woken up again though the same process that I was before.
This time instead of imagining some dream scenery that I know ill drift off into. I imagine nothing. Just complete blackness. Before I know it the vibrations came back. 
I started to have very accepting thoughts. I am pretty fearful of "spirits" and the unknown and I think this acts as a huge roadblock for me. This time was different. I told myself that I wanted this and that I DESERVE this. I have been working hard at it and nothing as stupid as "fear" is going to get in my way. I imagined all of the possibilities for not only self exploration, but exploration of the world. I thought about how much I could learn by doing this. Its what I've been looking for and fear isn't getting in my way this time.
I start to feel my body rise up as the vibrations continue. Naturally I get a bit scared but just let things take their course. this continued for a while and i eventually found myself just floating halfway in and out of my body. Still nothing was happening. I felt an extreme heat coming from my solar plexus. I notice my eyelids opening slightly which made me think, " oh excrement this always happens.. I open my eyes a bit and the trance stops!" But through my cracked eyelids I realized that the lights were on in my room. But I never turned them on. "This is it. This is the Astral" I thought.
Quickly I acted. I just rolled out of my bed like I always would when I normally get up. and Boom, I was in my fully lit room, in my etheric body. My vision was extremely blurry which caught me off guard since I usually hear about the beautiful colors and vividness of the Astral.
I then jumped in fear as I saw some black thing near my bed. It was trying to jump up into my bed! I got scared but then again denied myself the fear. I sat down and let the black object come over to me. As it got closer my vision cleared and it was a cute little brown animal! haha. It looked like a weird cross between a baby big and a Dauchsund. I scratched it on its head, which it seemed to absolutely love. I then tried to contact a spirit guide. I didn't really know what to do so I said, can I speak with a spirit guide please. I had read that you are supposed to just "will" it and they will show up. If you ask like that they wont. But I wasn't really thinking clearly and persisted to ask. " Spirit guide please?" I asked. Nothing happened to I just continued on. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I decided to get out of my room as fast as I could, since I didn't have much time. I jumped through my window, and over my balcony, soaring in the cool night air. I felt the mist against my body and thought, "WOW." I actually remember saying those words haha. Again, my vision was still really blurry and since it was night, I really couldn't see much at all. I flew up into the sky and shot towards my neighbors apartment. I remember getting a bit disoriented in my flight and pencil diving (feet first) into the ground. I couldn't stop myself at the ground and shot straight into the earth. I could still see the ground which was where I wanted to be and before I knew it, I was standing there again. I ran towards 2 or 3 women I could see, to test if they could see me. I yelled something like, "boo" haha. I remember that they didn't look so i assumed they were in focus 1.
I remembered that I wanted to go see a friend of mine but I couldn't figure out how to get to his house. So I asked the question out loud, "Where is Eric??" attempting to will myself to his house. As it didn't work, I decide to fly up into the air to get an overhead view. I catch myself making a swimming motion in the air and attempted to just "will" the flight instead of thinking about it in physical terms. To my surprise, and against what I have experienced so far in LDs, It worked! I was flying up into the air, not making a single motion. as I got higher though, my vision blurred more and I blacked out.
I then had one False Awakening back into my lit room again. I even started petting that animal next to my bed again and didn't think twice about it lol.

Sorry for the long post. This was a HUGE development in my spiritual awakening though I am really happy that it happened!!
Does anyone have any thoughts on talking to a guide ( I would love to get some advice) or the animal next to my bed?

Thanks,
-Firmitas

[Greytraveller]

Hi Firmitas
Very good and congrats. 
That was a very eventful first OBE. Many people do little more than float around their bedroom during their first OBE. Pretty good flight skills for a beginner too. 
The vibrations and sleep paralysis are Always accurate indicators that an OBE is imminent.
Of all the methods that I have used or tried to use the 'roll out' method is by far the best (easily the highest successful percentage.

Regards 
Grey

[Firmitas]

Thanks Greytraveller
From what you have experienced, do things become more clear the more you project? it was so blurry and fuzzy and very hard to control myself. Kind of looked like a super saturated soap opera.

-Firmitas

[krobin1533]

CONGRATS!!! I am really happy for you I 2 am a beginner in AP, and I am still waiting for my first OBE

[justin35ll]

Nice, sounds like an eventful first obe like grey said. As far as your vision goes, you may have heard this before, but try saying "Clarity now!" while OOB. That's what I do and it works great clears your vision right up

[NickisDank]

So just a question, you opened your eyes when you felt you were half in/out of your body? Then you realized you were in the astral?

[Firmitas]

So just a question, you opened your eyes when you felt you were half in/out of your body? Then you realized you were in the astral?

Not necessarily. At that point I had just realized that my etheric body was floating in and out of my body. I started to feel my etheric arms float up etc.
It wasn't until my eyelids started to open and I saw that my room was completely lit up through the crack in my eyelids that I realized I was ready. I knew that my room was completely dark when I went to sleep so instinctively I knew that it was the right time to project.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions

-Firmitas

[Xanth]

Grats Firmitas! 

[personalreality]

\o/

seems like this is a good time of year for projectors.  quite a few people have been successful over the fall and now winter. 

[Firmitas]

Ya i went from having almost no experience whatsoever to having like 4 LD's and an OBE in 3 weeks haha.

[NoY]

Congratz! 

:NoY:

[NickisDank]

Not necessarily. At that point I had just realized that my etheric body was floating in and out of my body. I started to feel my etheric arms float up etc.
It wasn't until my eyelids started to open and I saw that my room was completely lit up through the crack in my eyelids that I realized I was ready. I knew that my room was completely dark when I went to sleep so instinctively I knew that it was the right time to project.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions

-Firmitas

oh i see, ive just never had a full sucessfuly projection from start-finish before.

you dont literally open your physical eyes, but your astral right

[Firmitas]

oh i see, ive just never had a full sucessfuly projection from start-finish before.

you dont literally open your physical eyes, but your astral right

Yea it just happened naturally. I saw light and knew that I had left my lights off so that qued me in. If you're having trouble I highly recommend waking up after 4 hrs of sleep for an hour, then trying it

Good luck!

-Firmitas

[Greytraveller]

Firmitas, to reply to your question

From what you have experienced, do things become more clear the more you project?

Generally, Yes, astral sight in particular, and all the senses in general Do become clearer with more OBEs/APS. However, every now and again I experience confusion and poor astral sight. Don't know why that happens, it just does. Usually an affirmation such as "Vision Now !" or "Clarity Now !" will clear everything up.

Regards 
Grey

[Firmitas]

I'll have to try the "clarity now!" technique then. I hope it works

Thanks,
-Firmitas