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Hi Pete,

A couple nights ago I was having a dream about a friend, we were talking about his car or something, and I showed him how I could float backwards (on my back, a few feet off the ground) through a doorway. I could 'feel' the sensation of doing it.

This morning I was dreaming (don't know what) and suddenly, very clearly I heard one of the participants (I won't say who, I'm waiting to see if this person posts this morning - hee hee) from this forum saying "I have to tell them that I had an OBE....'

I looked at my hands in a dream a while ago and they melted.....but I thought I was dreaming; I separately looked at my hands while projecting, and they looked weird but didn't melt....

etc ...

In my opinion all these sorts of things increase when you are bringing more conscious awareness to your dreams. In my opinion even (far) more convincing experiences also happen as you do this. I can only speak on the basis of my experience and what I have read - but I think that everything doesn't fit neatly into dream/lucid dream/obe.  I think it is more that as you are more aware and conscious of this part of your mental processes, you have more of ALL of these sorts of things happen.

So yes, I'd personally say it's a good sign, it means you are bringing more consciousness to your sleep state. My personal framework for thinking about these is different from Robert's, and I think we each have our own little ideas about what might be going on. So someone else might have a different idea about what your experiences represent.

Patty

Pete Pete Pete!  

This is how I got started:  terrifying waking paralysis.  Now that I know what it is, I get so excited sometimes that I ruin the experience!  If you surrender to the experience, instead of fighting it, you can have an amazing, magical OBE.

It is completely harmless - - - - now that you know this you can stop being scared, I hope.  Fighting the paralysis can be really painful . . . I suggest you just "flop" instead . . . with a little prayer if that makes you feel better.  

If you don't want to OBE, just stay as awake as possible and focused on your physical body, and try to wiggle a toe if you can.  Even if you don't break the spell immediately you are almost assured of at least staying "put."  If your paralysis experiences (at night) exhaust you, get a good sleeping aid that promises dreamless sleep.

If you believe in the "split" consciousness thing that Mr. Bruce describes in Astral Dynamics (the jury is out with me on this one), you will supposedly remember the consciousness that stays in your body and forget the experience of leaving.  Which in your conscious mind will be the same as it not happening at all.

I've promised myself that as long as I am engaged with this Forum, I will do my best to reassure every newbie who has experienced the terrors of waking paralysis.  Welcome aboard!  The fun has just begun . . .

tisha