All I can say for sure is this:
I have never experienced feeling close to death during OBE.
People who have done hundreds or thousands of projections (more than I have) seem to believe they are safe. The more people project, the more comfortable and safe they seem to report feeling regarding the practice.
I feel that you probably have a fear of death that is strongly coloring your perceptions. As you get into the astral, oftentimes our fears are manifested in more concrete/intense ways compared to how we are used to experiencing those same fears on the purely physical level.
My view here? Even if death is just like a one way trip to a permanent OBE, then maybe that's not anything to be afraid of? When your time here is over, you are going to die whether you happen to be OBEing at the time or not. Worst case scenerio: I can think of much worse ways to spend eternity than in a permanent OBE.
--Soulfire
I have never experienced feeling close to death during OBE.
People who have done hundreds or thousands of projections (more than I have) seem to believe they are safe. The more people project, the more comfortable and safe they seem to report feeling regarding the practice.
I feel that you probably have a fear of death that is strongly coloring your perceptions. As you get into the astral, oftentimes our fears are manifested in more concrete/intense ways compared to how we are used to experiencing those same fears on the purely physical level.
My view here? Even if death is just like a one way trip to a permanent OBE, then maybe that's not anything to be afraid of? When your time here is over, you are going to die whether you happen to be OBEing at the time or not. Worst case scenerio: I can think of much worse ways to spend eternity than in a permanent OBE.
--Soulfire