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[A) Never or hardly ever experience SP. (Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)]

Greetings Grey!

Part One. Preprojection phenomena.
Either just before or during your OBEs do you experience --
1. Sleep paralysis (SP) ?
A) Never or hardly ever experience SP. (Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience SP (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience SP (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience SP (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience SP (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

2. Vibrations ?
A) Never or hardly ever experience vibrations.(Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience vibrations (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience vibrations (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience vibrations (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience vibrations (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

3. Unusual Noises ?
A) Never or hardly ever experience unusual noises.(Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience unusual noises (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience unusual noises (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience unusual noises (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience unusual noises (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

Part Two Movement out of body
During an OBE have you ever experienced
4. Floating (levitation indoors) ?
A) Never or hardly ever experience floating. (Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience floating (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience floating (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience floating (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience floating (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

5. Flight (levitation outdoors) ?
A) Never or hardly ever experience flight. (Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience flight (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience flight (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience flight (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience flight (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

6. Teleportation (instant movement from one location to another)?
A) Never or hardly ever experience teleportation. (Less than 10 % of your OBEs.)
B) Rarely experience teleportation (estimated 11% to 33 % of OBEs),
C) Sometimes experience teleportation (estimated 34% to 66 % of your OBEs).
D) Usually experience teleportation (estimate 67% to 90 % of OBEs).
E) Always or nearly always experience teleportation (estimated 91% to 100 % of OBEs).

Thank you very much daytona955, NoY, Stookie and Xanth! I really appreciate you all reading the poem and responding to it. And in such a positive way.
It's poetry day in the Netherlands and in Belgium, that's how I got the idea to post it.

Ufo

One night I awoke
A silvery light
filled up my room
I sat upright
when I felt a strange vibration
in the air
Quite a sensation

Wind tinkled my chimes
in my open window
Out of nowhere
a huge light glow
My heart passed on its pounding
to veins and ears
Mute, my surroundings

Breathless I floated outside
Caught in a light blue ray
It followed my shadow's outline
And resolved it, "comfort me day"

This shimmering land
with peaks of blue ice
Their hazy rulers
their silent advice
Then is now and now is tomorrow
in timeless space
Our minds are shallow

I find that when I'm in a desperate situation, usually caused by sleep deprivation, my ability to predict how things will play out becomes more accurate.

It's like when certain senses stop working, others seem to become stronger. In this case, my sixth sense is what kicks in when the others are failing me. Has this ever happened to you?

For me, my sixth sense gets stronger at times that I am very relaxed and at ease. I have had sleep deprivation a few times, but I felt terrible at that time and didn't even care about my sixth sense, I just wanted to get some sleep... So it's the opposite from you. 

I think my longest one felt like approx 10 minutes, but usually they are shorter.

Hi henri, welcome to this interesting community! 

Hi Nathanielle, welcome to the Astral Pulse, nice to meet you here! 

Welcome to the Astral Pulse Blayne! 

See you all on May 22... 

Hi Nomesb69, welcome to the Astral Pulse! 

Timandra - This "personality disorder" is very interesting but I think it is not a disorder at all. When we dream or when we meditate, we enter altered states of consciousness, our minds tune into a higher frequency. What I think this is is some part of the brain tune into a higher or some unknown frequency while the rest of the brain does not. I am not a brain surgeon but obviously certain parts of the brain is responsible for certain things we perceive. I usually can enter this state easy especially when I'm tired, since some part of my brain is probably sleeping and I am conscious and still in control of myself it would seem that my subconscious is in a higher or altered state. I am just trying to understand this and obviously would a doctor not be capable of treating this since it can only be diagnosed and no scientific tests can be done to confirm it. I have studied the link you gave me about the dpd and I understand that disorder although mine sounds familiar it is not the same.

It's good that you know that you don't have that disorder and you're problably correct. I know exactly what you mean with these altered states because I have often experienced several of them, (not the one talked about here in this thread) and I know they are normal.

Sometimes, for me, the -clarity now- works and sometimes it doesn't. It even once became darker when I said it!

And perhaps it helps if you say: To the park! or :I'm going to the park! with a strong intention, instead of asking it like a request. Just an idea, I haven't tried it myself yet. 

I have been to API many times, in my visualizations. I'd love to go there and will also try again, but since I haven't had an OBE for a long time, , not a big chance.
But I won't give up.

Often I have woke up to find the last of a thought/sentance going through my head. I realise I am thinking it/it is there a second after fully awaking. After this first second, i think ' what/why was I just thinking that'.

This happens after the dream has ended and within the first second of feeling I am lying in bed. The blackness inbetween dream and being in bed. It is usually the last half of a sentance and it seems like i am talking to someone about something. The thought stops suddenly as soon as i am aware I am having it. I am 100% sure it is nothing to do with my dream. The thought in my head is me, but I can HEAR it as a voice as if someone (me) is stood in my brain talking.

I am having this too, almost every morning, and sometimes during my meditations. To me, the sentences make sense and are usually advice, or insights or encouragements. Sometimes they are parts of sentences and I have no clue what it is about, it sounds like some advanced information about subjects, lessons perhaps. I always write down what I hear/remember and have already 2 notebooks full of them. (paper notebooks)

I wondered recently if whilst I am trapped in my dreams a higher version/my subconcious is in constant communication is my guides

This thought exactly has also gone through my mind.

This give me mixed feelings. Great! This is what I want and I am trying to achieve.....Though whats the point of learning if I do not have access to all this and its me, here now that wants to know and is working toward it without getting the results to then act on to continue. I am constantly trapped at the first stage, so to speak.

Its like wanting to learn Spanish. Though the language is trapped in your subconious, you can not get to. You know, but its useless as its not 'you' that knows it.

This is what I also am sometimes frustated about. I really want to get to know these subjects and get the information, and I get only little bits and pieces.
For me, I don't think it's clutter, but something like conversations with a guide, or lessons from a teacher or your Higher Self. 

Did you ask this question before? It sounds so familiar to me.

Yes, thanks for sharing. It is really interesting, and I understand it. 

Hey chucktrue, nice to meet you here and welcome to the Pulse! 

Hi, what you describe, sounds like a depersonalization disorder. I think that if you have this often, it would be wise to go to a doctor.
Just read the link and see if it sounds familiar to you.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder

Hi Reverberation, welcome to the Astral Pulse.

What I think about your experience is that the first time you had an OBE, it worked well because you let go of everything, and you didn't know about it. Since then you are trying, and it is not working anymore. You now know what can happen and fears are holding you back. And it looks almost like you have a fear of stopping to breathe, which is ofcourse not neccessary, because you don't have to breathe in the non-physical. But at the moment it's a kind of reflex for you. I think you just have to keep working on it and learn to relax and to get used to all the sensations you can get before you project and I'm sure it will get better. 

Hi Andrea,
I don't think ouija boards are a good method to get to talk to your spirit guide. Everywhere you can read warnings against using them. I have just read a story about a man who used it and at first it was fine, but after a while he got bad problems with poltergeists. Usually the spirits you contact are from the lower astral planes and they like to have some fun with gullible unexperienced people. You give them access to your energyfield to be able to communicate with you and you have no clue who the spirits are. They can tell they are your spirit guide, while they are not. I wouldn't recommend using it unless you're very experienced or in company with someone who is. Well, that is my advice.  

Here is another way to contact your guide.
http://www.learn-to-use-psychic-powers.com/spirit-guide.html

I have done some searching for you, but you can also have a look on Google. 

"The Higher Self is that part of you that connects you directly to the spiritual realms. It is eternal, infinitely wise and transcends your everyday consciousness. It is in touch with the Divine because it is part of it. Attaining knowledge of the Higher Self, and its depths of inner wisdom, is the goal of the Spiritual Quest in all its many guises throughout the world, and throughout history."

http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2006/11/how-to-meet-your-higher-self/

Hi COCM, it seems like you had a lucid dream and a false awakening, which is very good after just a week. When you want to project you want to be out of your body, so why go back to your body in a lucid dream? Just be aware that you're out and the LD will change and turn into an OBE. When I turn lucid I just fly up and out of the dreamscenario.
A good thing to do are reality checks during the day, so you will do them also in dreams/false awakenings and you'll get more chances to project.

And just try a few methods instead of lots, and one method at a time for a few weeks before going to the next one, I think that will work much better. And welcome to the Astral Pulse! 

Hi schockstuhh, welcome to the Astral Pulse! 

Just experiment with it. I only project in my bed so I always have a lot of blankets on in the winter, and only one in the summer. I take care of it that I don't get too warm or too cold. 

It has been a while since I have been flying, and I really miss it....

Hi SkepticBoy, welcome back. Usually I see screens that I could enter within a few minutes after closing my eyes. But it doesn't mean that I can always enter them. Mostly they are too short and before I am even aware enough that I can enter it, the screen is gone.