Vibrational State Experience?

[Marlinya]

Hello!
I just found and joined these forums this morning, because I had a frightening experience, and would like to share it with people who actually have experience and/or interest in this stuff.  I am generally spiritually attuned, ascribing loosely to Religious Science, which tries to find the main themes in all religions instead of getting caught up in specific, nonessential trappings of any in particular. I have been doing a lot of meditation on my higher self recently, and attempting to overcome a particularly difficult failed romance.

I was asleep, hearing music from the radio downstairs. I thought it was a little odd, because I didn't turn the radio on last night. It was: Michael Bolton style belting, super cheesy, but as the bridge came up, the lyrics were..."every word I say is true, _my first name_..." I was delighted because I supposed it was the validation I had been looking for concerning a certain matter, and I had a mini-fantasy about the ex hearing it and realizing it was me he truly loved... During the whole song, my face was tingling hard, almost to the point of discomfort. I realized that my eyes were closed. I had to try really really hard to open them, and I found that when I did, I was truly awake and there was no music.

I closed my eyes, and immediately the music was back. I rationalized it again to myself in order to stay asleep/not freak out, and I heard the tagline for 93.3 (although they would never play something like Michael Bolton), the last station I had been listening to, and it reassured me that it had just accidentally turned on. Then it started to play some random song, again something I've never heard in real life, but with no real significance.

Then my mattress was gone. I was sitting upright with my legs folded in front of me and there was a weird brown thing in front of me. It looked like a large crumpled sweater with koosh balls, rubbery spiky fringe or something around it on two sides. I kicked at it a bit, and it didn't seem like it was alive.

I opened my eyes again and I was still in bed. I thought, maybe I'm astral projecting! I wonder if I could move around? I closed my eyes. I was in bed again, and the radio was playing and I could feel myself tingling. Suddenly a great force seemed to push me from underneath my shoulders, vibrating the whole time, and I felt compelled and forced to get up. Scary scary scary! I tried to open my eyes. I said No. I said to myself, Wake Up. Finally I started to repeat to myself, "God is All there Is," and I could finally open my eyes.

At first, being in an extremely paranoid state, I thought I might have been under psychic attack. But I've read about those, and it didn't seem to fit. I knew I'd been emotionally unbalanced over the past couple of days, but I couldn't see why that would make something like that happen. So I did some research about astral projecting and obe's and found something called a 'vibrational state', and read that it's nothing to be scared of.

Has anyone here had a similar experience, with audio and with states happening upon them completely unexpectedly? Any advice? I've had a few instances in the past  where I've had to force myself to wake up, and I always found it extremely frightening.

Thank you.

[The Present Moment]

I think it was caused by more frequent meditation. You can have a lot of fun with such experiences; check the FAQ and permanent topics in the forum index.  

[Marlinya]

Ah, that's probable. I was also doing 5 Tibetan rituals/exercises, which raise my energy a lot, right before meditation.

Do you think the "radio station" I was hearing was what's described in the FAQ, where lower astral entities try to trick you into staying there?

I must admit, I am a little leery of picking up my practice again (I took a break over the weekend)...

[Selski]

Do you think the "radio station" I was hearing was what's described in the FAQ, where lower astral entities try to trick you into staying there?

Here's a few posts regarding radio noises - they are a fairly common occurence.

I don't believe they're lower astral entities, but then again I don't believe a lot of stuff...

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13384

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13955

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13020

Happy reading.

Sarah

[The Present Moment]

Ah, that's probable. I was also doing 5 Tibetan rituals/exercises, which raise my energy a lot, right before meditation.

Do you think the "radio station" I was hearing was what's described in the FAQ, where lower astral entities try to trick you into staying there?

I must admit, I am a little leery of picking up my practice again (I took a break over the weekend)...

If you continue meditating as you were prior to the OBE, I don't think it would happen again. Personally, I have to meditate for 2 hours or more a day to get automatic lucid dreams or astral experiences.

The most important thing is to have a positive attitude about it.

[Marlinya]

Thanks for the reading, Selski!
I think the radio sounds must be my subconscious letting me know that I'm dreaming and able to move onto other things, because as I listen to the music and hear that it's a song that I know doesn't exist, I also realize that I must be asleep.

I think one of my fears is that, because I feel so very awake, that I am not getting good sleep and that I will be tired from waking up too early. This really annoys me, so I wanted to fight it and "really" go back to sleep. Do you ever feel sleepy after projecting?

The Present Moment, I think it was probably a combination of emotional stress (from the breakup) and my renewed energy work that caused the spontaneous vibrational state. Although I don't want to feel that kind of emotional stress again, I feel like I'm on the right track, like I've discovered the right combination of exercises to raise my energy enough to try it on purpose. And I'm reading more about astral projection, so I am gradually losing my fear. I'm starting to get excited about all the possibilities, and I am so glad I found this forum.

Thanks!