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Following the advice of another thread in this forum, I decided to not use any specific technique to OBE.  Instead I just tried to observe myself falling asleep.  I ended up haveing three OBEs in a row which pretty much doubled my total for conscious exits.

OBE 1:

I heard/felt a familliar ringing in my ears.  I tried not to get too excited and just kind of mentally smiled to myself.  I kept observing as if I was seeing this happen to someone else.

I exited my body and immediately rolled so that I lay atop my physical body.  I couldn't see anything yet, I could sense where I was though.  I rolled off to my right onto the floor and could start to see.

I didn't have much trouble moving.  I floated above the floor.  I tried to look at my body but had trouble looking in that direction.  I did manage to steal a quick glance at my bed but I didn't see myself there.  I flew around a little in the room and things started to become more dreamlike.  I found myself back in my body.

OBE 2:
I had the same energy rushing and ear ringing that preceded the last OBE.  I was a little worried about trying a second one right after the first because I thought I wouldn't have enough energy to stay out too long.

I rolled out of my body again and decided to rush out of my room.  I'd heard that being near the physical body could draw one back into it, so I decided to leave my room in order to lengthen my experience.

I went out into the hallway and turned into the bathroom.  For some reason I had this urge to try and see myself in the mirror.  I had trouble looking at the bathroom mirror and decided to try another one.  I went into another bedroom where a large mirror hangs on the wall.  

This time I managed to see something.  I saw this idealized version of myself, I think.  There were multiple images in the mirror but I could only focus on one.  

Afterward, I wasn't sure if it was actually myself I was seeing or some angel-like being because I'm just not that perfect.  Whatever it was, I never felt any fear while looking at it, just a sense of well-being.

I found myself back in my body shortly after this.

OBE 3:

Same exit.  I left the room and decided to try and go outside the house.  

I went to the front door and tried to push myself through it.  It felt solid.  I thought about trying to push really hard but decided to try to open it the regular way.  I wasn't sure that I would be able to but the door did open.  (Note, the actual door on the physical plane was locked and a key is needed to open it from inside or outside.)

I decided not to go outside and things became dreamlike again.  I found myself back in my body.

These three OBE's took place in the morning and I felt energized and in good spirits the rest of the day.  I was worried that I would be drained from all that OBE'ing but I felt better than I had in a long time afterward.

Aerli

I introduced myself on the introduction thread but thought I should share a little of my own experiences.  I'm still a beginner at this all but hopefully I can learn to be better at this and have better control.

Here's how I got into OBE:

I had heard the term, "Astral Projection" off and on throughout my life.  Mostly I thought of it as fiction but an interesting idea.  I guess there were a lot of things that I thought would be neat if they really existed but I always told myself that they didn't except in fantasy.

About four years ago, my sister bought a book on astral projection.  I think she started it and put it down without getting very far into it.  Every time I came to visit, I would notice it laying around somewhere and I'd pick it up and leaf through it.  Finally one day I asked if I could borrow it.

The book actually wasn't very good or accurate, at least for me.  It did get me thinking about OOBE's though and started me learning to use relaxation techniques.  Struggling with the exercises in the book and failing did at least put me in the right state of mind I think to start having some experiences.

About a week or two after borrowing the book, I woke up in the middle of the night and heard a kind of scary wind blowing in my room.  I opened my eyes, at least at the time I thought my eyes were open and the furniture across the room all had this weird greenish glow to it.  This scared me and I came fully awake and didn't fall back asleep again for some time.  I told myself I had been dreaming and calmed myself down eventually.

The next night or at least soon thereafter, I woke up to that scary wind sound again and it felt like the bed was shaking or vibrating.  Again, I was freaked out and it led to me investigating what was actually going on a little.  I found some information about OOBE's on the web and was relieved and amazed by what I found there.

I decided I was going to pursue this and see if I could actually project out of my body.  There was still a big part of me that doubted I had actually experienced what I had and that it was all real.  I also started sleeping with the bedroom light on because I was still a little scared.

I had trouble getting the vibrations to return but I did start having strange experiences.  A few times I heard voices just as I was falling asleep.  Sometimes I would be doing a relaxation exercise and I would hear a radio on somewhere.  I started thinking why in the world do my neighbors blast their radio every time I try to project?  Eventually I realized there was no radio on and I still don't know why I sometimes hear what sounds like the muffled voices of a talk show when I try to project.  I saw weird streaks of light or energy when I was relaxed, watching tv or reading.

I started having dreams that I was projecting and leaving my body.  I would become lucid and excited and usually wake up.

When I was awake and did mange to get the vibrations to come, it was always a little scary and very noisy.  Sometimes I wasn't sure what I should do, should I try to pull myself out of my body while the vibrations are going?  If I wait till they are done will I miss out on my chance?

I started to think that maybe the wind I heard was the sound of my astral body pulling up in my body or out of my body.

A few times I almost did it but felt stuck to my body.

Anyway, I had my first successful experience that same year and it only seemed to last less than a minute but it was amazing to me.  I shot up toward the ceiling and out to the hallway and it was over.

There was one little detail about the experience that bothered me, the light fixture on my ceiling was different than the one that is actually there.  Eventually after investigating some more on the web, I reasoned that maybe this was a light fixture that used to be on my ceiling before I lived here and astral hadn't caught up yet with the material world.

Having experienced this, my whole world changed.  The world became a much more spiritual and magical place to me.  Death didn't seem like it would be as final as I feared it might be.

I had two other experiences that I can recall for sure and one that might have been a dream.

I've had lots of other experiences with sounds and energy.

Aerli  

I found this forum last night and started reading through some of it.  There's some really interesting discussions going on here and I hope I can contribute a little.

I've been practicing projecting for about four years now and have had probably three out of body experiences that I can recall.  They were all very short but my first experience really changed my whole view of the universe and how amazing it really is.  My life and lifestyle have completely changed.

I haven't projected for a while but I feel like it's time to start moving in that direction again.

Aerli

I get this same sort of wind when the vibrations hit before AP.  I would guess that this is your astral body prepping itself to seperate.

I found this online collection of his works:

http://www.swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/

I've never read any of his stuff but I'll try and take a look at it when I get some time.

(Edit. oops, looks like that link isn't just about him.  Oh well there's some information about him there.)

I agree that we can define what we want and then be totally surprised by what we actually need or are attracted to.  I think that can be part of the magic of a really good relationship.

Some things I don't like in a man are being too clingy or manipulative.  I hate guilt trips.

When a man helps me feel secure, confident and meaningful without being condescsending...well, I haven't found that man yet but it seems like it would be nice. []

Shared interests are a good thing but having different interests can be intriguing too if he is passionate about them.