saw a shadowy figure for a split-second

[thenoob]

I have been practicing for several hours each day the past couple days. Something happened this morning however, that under most circumstances I would say was a figment of my imagination, but now I'm led to believe it was real.

What happened was, I woke up this morning and for a split second I saw a tall dark figure towering over me. As if a person was there at the side of my bed looking down. I looked again and the figure was gone.

...I think that for a split second I was in a transitional state. The same state, or frequency that I occasionally find my waking self in for split seconds. In some cases, for example, I hear the buzzing astral sounds ... It's also the state of sleep paralysis in which the sound is everlasting. In this case I believe I saw an astral figure and for a split second I was looking out into the astral frequency.

Or I could have just imagined it... I have a hard time believing that's the case though. I feel my fear is bringing me down. When I see figures like that, instead of going 'hey whatsup man?' my heart pounds and I feel fear. sigh

[FrostyRose]

Ah yes, fear. I've wasted a lot of oppertunities to go out of body because of fear. I know nothing can harm me in the astral, and yet I get scared all the time. Fear isn't reasonable. So don't be too hard on yourself for not talking to that being you saw. If you keep trying you'll get your chance again 

[knightlight]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fear.  Its something that is incredibly impossible to get over.  I wont lie, when I am trying to project and a strange noise happens next to my ear or I see a strange flash of something I get scared.  I think its something that just happens because we are human.  OBE's are so far outside the box that no matter how much you experience the freakyness it still gets to you.  Dont worry about it though.  I have had an immense amount of strange experiences during the transition to OBE or even while OBE and I am still in one peice and alive.  Its nothing to worry about.  I understand its hard to deal with but the only way to get past is to go through... I think thats my new motto........


Good luck,

Knightlight

[Mickeall]

I had a simillar experience, when i was in a trance a couple of days ago. after half an hour of meditating i heared a voice say something, but it was jumbled up so i couldnt understand it and later forgot what it was trying to say-spirit guide, or was i tuning into the astral plane?
A little while afterwards i looked up through my eyelids and for a split second saw a cloaked figure with a wierd pale like face staring at me at the foot of my bed. It could have been a manifestation of my fear, or it was a hallutionation.
It still wasnt as scary as having the electric go out just afterwards though.