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Hello everyone,
   Well it was an interesting morning indeed! I had an experience that if it wasn't for reading the thread on tests I might not have realized that's highly likely what this was. I did not have much sleep last night after being woken up by my toddler rather early. I had the chance to go back to bed about an hour later which tends to be when the majority of my spontaneous projections occur. It felt very similar to some of the tests Monroe described in one of his books where there was essentially a reset between each experience. It went as follows:

Vibrations

Come to awareness in my bed that I am NP (Non-physical), an attractive man comes into my bed and engages in a sexual manner, I start to feel seduced but then realize this may not be someone I want to engage with (I'm familiar with this test), I leave the room through the wall and begin to fly around but I sense he is following me. I ignore him and look at the house I just exited. I observe the structure of the home which is rectangular with a spanish style roof. I observe the property and conclude it looks close enough to my father's house and continue on.

Cut to black
Vibrations

Come to awareness in the bedroom again, detach from body, go through wall, flying around the neighborhood, don't know what to do with myself. Want to play around with changing my appearance. I look down and think how about Captain America! I change my appearance but realize it's not so easy as I need to concentrate on what it would look like. (I've had the same experience in another projection realizing changing my appearance is not so easy and requires me to really visualize what I want to look like).

Cut to black
Vibrations

Come out of the room again, and start to wonder what the heck is going on here. I think okay I want to meet with a mentor or guide. I am suddenly at an inground pool looking at an older man surrounded by some other people who resemble my family members. He does seem to acknowledge me but goes to the area of the pool that catches all the gunk that falls in and is trying to lift out this large mass of junk. Others go to help him and I am standing back not wanting to bother him but also unsure of what to do.

Cut to black
Vibrations

Out of the room again, and call out loud to meet with some sort of mentor or guide. A woman appears to fly towards with a young girl with her. I stop her and she states she helps people who have lost their physical body prematurely. She looks preoccupied and I ask her how I could meet my own personal guide. She doesn't respond and seems to look like she's busy as the young girl she's with is waiting for her. I don't want to bother her any further and let her go. I briefly remember she almost appeared to melt at the very end of the exchange.

I had a definite intuition while still projected at the end of this last experience that it was a test. It was almost as if it was being whispered to me telepathically.

Analysis

• I failed to recognize first of all that the room I was "awakening" in was actually my childhood room and not my real bedroom. I also failed to recognize the house did not look at all like my current home but more similar to my childhood home. I think this was a test of how lucid I was. I had the wherewithal to realize I was in a projected state and enough to observe my surroundings but my critical thinking did not kick in.
• I believe the man in my bed was a test to see if I could overcome sexual desires (I've had this test many times before).
• I don't quite know what to make of the older man in the pool and the woman helping the young girl. I wonder if it was a test of my own personal restraint because I've very badly wanted to meet a mentor/ guide and have yet to have a concrete encounter (that I know of).
• I was observant enough to ride each vibration and exit right at the crest of it which resulted in successful "detachment". Unsure if I was actually aware physically or if this was "simulated" vibrations.

When I woke up all I could think was damn! how do I get myself to go that step further and realize not only are you in the non-physical but you need to call into question your surroundings? Any feedback is much appreciated!

Hi there,
     I've been consistently training for OBEs over the past 9 months and began having success the past 5 months with at least 1-4/month. Most of these have been spontaneous wherein I come to astral awareness while in a dream or catch a wave of vibrations and "roll out" as I exit a dream state. Perhaps 2-3 times I have successfully phased but I am finding that I keep running into the same problems. I get to the Focus 3 state laying on my back (which is somewhat uncomfortable however it is the best way I can keep my focus), I go through a mental rundown (Either riding on an elephant who is slowly walking or walking through a meadow full of poppy flowers) however I find that I either stay too focused to allow myself to drift further or I begin drifting asleep and lose the ability to focus on the rundown so it essentially stops and starts. I try to give myself about 1-1.5 hours before I decide it's not going to happen.

I've done the noticing exercise and I can notice and begin to get absorbed in the shifting, swirling patterns but as soon as my mind gets fully immersed (it gets quite intense, almost looks like the bright vivid colors when you rub your eyes) it's like "WHOA TOO MUCH!" and it immediately snaps itself back. I'm wondering if that is something that the mind learns not to do through repeated exposure? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone,
    I've been experiencing an increase in spontaneous OBEs and have had enough of them to see a pattern of behavior in the "people" I encounter out there and would like to see if other people notice the same behavior. I'm hoping this could give confirmation for me as to whether I am actually experiencing F3 and not just an F2 overlay.
    For one, the environments are quite average, a house, an apartment, a city block, a shanty town. I am unfamiliar with any of these places in my waking life. The behavior of the individuals I encounter are different than that of dream characters. They react much more like your average person and do not always approach me. They will observe me with curiosity, surprise, occasionally fear (I once ended up in a little girls room and felt so badly when she hid from me she looked terrified). The times when I fly seem to draw attention, like they are looking at a UFO. When I get the chance to engage in conversation I often meet people who are quite friendly and some seem to know who I am, others have a dumbfounded look on their face when I casually say "Oh yeah well I'm just here checking things out, I got a physical body back home". On only one occasion I had two men approach me with what felt like bad intentions and I didn't stick around to find out what. Recently, I asked a man what I looked like to him. He pointed to his forehead and said I had something like a "dot" there and there were other "dots?" on my body. I met another man last night who looked rather sullen and had what looked like blood stains on him. From what I remember he explained he died in either a violent or untimely manner and I felt sad for him I hugged him and said I was so sorry. He seemed to be comforted by this.
    In all of these experiences my emotions have been relatively neutral which lent some stability to the experiences. I would say I had about 70% lucidity, I was completely aware I was in an OBE state and had a good deal of control over my actions.
    Have others seen the same type of behavior from individuals they meet "over there" and environments?