Every now and again, throughout the course of the past decade or so, I will get a sudden impulse to begin anew with my attempts to astral project. I have thus far never had a successful conscious exit. I have, however, had many succesful experiments with lucid dreaming over the years. Some of these dreams would be very lengthy and very detailed as well. In the morning I will usually have little difficulty remembering even the most seemingly insignificant aspects of the dream. I imagine that some of these dreams may have actually been projections?
Anyhow, recently there has been yet another upsurge in my life of astral experimentation. About two weeks ago I had the following experience. I "woke up" to the sound of my step father calling me. I didn't want him to know that I was awake because I wanted to stay in bed a bit longer and was in no hurry to get up and begin raking the leaves outside! As I lay there I heard him say quietly to my mother, "He's still sleeping". After I heard him walk away I opened my eyes. Everything looked as it normally does in the room that I was spending the night in. I went to lift my arm and it felt as though I was lifting it through air as thick as honey! My hand and arm looked as though it was in stop motion. I could see that it was breaking up into multiple hands, one following the other as it moved. Then suddenly I heard an extremely loud buzzing sound. It sounded like electronic bees. I could not locate the source of the sound. Then I began to hear all sorts of other horrifying noises that sounded like clanking metal.
I became very excited at the prospect that I was about to have my first conscious out of body experience! I tried rolling over and in doing so fell directly onto the floor. The room looked as it usually does but seemed like it was full of some sort of strange energy. I could see all sorts of string-like waves all around that seemed to be attached to me. I crawled a short distance and then lay flat on my back. I didn't look back at the couch in order to verify that I was out of my body. My assumption was that I had simply fallen onto the floor physically. As I lay there attempting to project, I suddenly heard a strange loud noise like clapping. The sound startled me into waking up and I found that I was still on the couch! Terrified! Words cannot describe the sheer terror that I was feeling at this time. I was certain that anything could happen at any moment and the laws of physics and reason would no longer remain firmly in place!
What happened?
Anyhow, recently there has been yet another upsurge in my life of astral experimentation. About two weeks ago I had the following experience. I "woke up" to the sound of my step father calling me. I didn't want him to know that I was awake because I wanted to stay in bed a bit longer and was in no hurry to get up and begin raking the leaves outside! As I lay there I heard him say quietly to my mother, "He's still sleeping". After I heard him walk away I opened my eyes. Everything looked as it normally does in the room that I was spending the night in. I went to lift my arm and it felt as though I was lifting it through air as thick as honey! My hand and arm looked as though it was in stop motion. I could see that it was breaking up into multiple hands, one following the other as it moved. Then suddenly I heard an extremely loud buzzing sound. It sounded like electronic bees. I could not locate the source of the sound. Then I began to hear all sorts of other horrifying noises that sounded like clanking metal.
I became very excited at the prospect that I was about to have my first conscious out of body experience! I tried rolling over and in doing so fell directly onto the floor. The room looked as it usually does but seemed like it was full of some sort of strange energy. I could see all sorts of string-like waves all around that seemed to be attached to me. I crawled a short distance and then lay flat on my back. I didn't look back at the couch in order to verify that I was out of my body. My assumption was that I had simply fallen onto the floor physically. As I lay there attempting to project, I suddenly heard a strange loud noise like clapping. The sound startled me into waking up and I found that I was still on the couch! Terrified! Words cannot describe the sheer terror that I was feeling at this time. I was certain that anything could happen at any moment and the laws of physics and reason would no longer remain firmly in place!
What happened?