Synopsis to help this community understand where I am at with all of this:
There has been a prolonged time frame where I haven't done an OBE, not because I wasn't given the opportunity to do so, but because I had a dream in February of 2009 - the month my brother passed away - and let me tell you, he was deep into Astral Projection experiences & research at one point. The dream was his higher self telling me to not do OBE's-- he said simply, "Matt, don't do OBE's." That was the whole dream and I woke up. It is one of about 5 spiritual dreams I have deemed a connection to the afterlife, all which involved my brother after his passing. For the longest time, I would obey this word of his, thinking it may have relation to the cause of his underlying psychosis (diagnosed as schizophrenia), which greatly progressed over an 8 month span before his death, but I didn't like to do so. I REALLY wanted to continue exploring this most amazing science I have yet come across, and that is with the human brain and the Astral plane of existence. I willingly denied every opportunity to project into this realm up until mid-September of 2011, when I finally convinced myself to take the risk; I was at a 17 day medical study (which paid $3400), and found a friend there that was totally into research with these subjects. Best time for me to get an OBE is a nap, because they usually set in for me within 20 min to 1 hour after I fall asleep, so for the first time since Feb of 2009, I wanted to project and succeeded to project, though it didn't last more than 10 seconds and I didn't have clear vision in this one.
I fell asleep-- only about 20 minutes after falling asleep, I had a dream about being on some outside Ancient Roman high balcony going to a street (no idea), and became aware immediately, but the dream was just lucid at this point-- meaning I had control in the dream to do whatever I want, (but this usually transitions into an OBE opportunity for me if I think about OBE's). I said to myself, "because this is a dream, I can do whatever the bonk I want," so I decided to leap off this high balcony and was falling with enough confidence in survival (probably for that reason), that it transitioned me to my body. From here, like every OBE opportunity, I was given the tingly locked up feeling (sleep paralysis), also called "mind awake, body asleep" stage, (where moving is always like trying to walk in a deep river up stream, but EVERY SINGLE every muscle in your body is hard as bonk to move, but it's possible). It's possible, because once you've moved enough in any direction (you can even go through hard materials), you are out of your body and into the Astral plane. Sounds pretty bonking crazy right? It's a real science, but that's not even the crazy part; once you're out, you're FREE to have full consciousness in all of your acts-- and yes, that is being a super hero, flying, seeing your body sleeping right where you are, and doing any other superhuman act that one could regularly only dream about, and because you're conscious, you remember all of it in vivid detail. If I'm ready for the OBE, I'm down to do it these days.
(Recent accounts dated in descending chronological order:)
1/30/12 thoughts on Spiritual Guides:
The most interesting sounding astral experience that I have yet to experience, is what people explain as "Spiritual Guides," a being, think of them as an intelligent alien species in the OBE. My brother would talk about these in his own experiences often, and I find this topic the most interesting because you can actually read about these beings-- everyone has these in OBE's, it is just a matter of time before you run into one or find one upon searching for them, (if you know about them, like me):
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Apparently they continuously watch you and your behavior in the OBE, but aren't easily seen because they hide out in hard to know places like the walls of your house. That's why it's smart to look for them if you intend to meet them. Why, you might ask? Because they are apparently super nice, can talk about anything, and can do many things for you. For example, my brother wanted to go somewhere cool and he was sent flying across the universe to a different planet with life, which had its own vegetation and everything. They can also answer any question you have. But I haven't had my own Spiritual Guide experience so there isn't anything I can say about this on a personal level. I honestly think there could be many real existing beings in this astral plane of existence-- so interesting, and hard to say otherwise when there are so many accounts of people's experiences that have these. If I meet one, I'll be sure to be as specific as I can in a follow-up. I don't know when that will be (or when I'll have the confidence to find one), because they still seem kinda scary to me.. watching me and excrement. Makes me think of a noble scientist studying the behavior of lab rats.
1/27/12 OBE:
OBE while taking an hour nap before my friend Alex came over to play Star Craft N64 emulation. I became aware I was asleep in the nap and within a second of becoming aware, my mind transferred to my sleep paralyzed body. Before the nap, I actually had decided that in the event this happens, it would be fun to take the opportunity, so I did. I tried to project out of my body any way I could and the top half of my body bent down through my bed. There was black emptiness as I managed to pull through my bed and floor completely. Thinking about the black emptiness shot me back to my body, making me believe I had lost my lucidity. I thought I woke up, but instead regained my lucidity and realized I was in fact only dreaming about waking up and was still in the dream, but that realization again, made it became a lucid dream. I was in my paralyzed body again so I tried to get out again. This time (like most second attempts) was much harder. I was paralyzed but bending my upper half of my body up into the air toward the left corner of my bed this time, just fighting for my way out, and remember feeling just like this:
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You think that's scary? I got half way out of my body and was struck by a violent black mass at the side of my bed, wailing on me with both arms. It was very frightening, but did not hurt. It continued to strike at me with hatred. I faced this terrifying figure as a fear, by looking right at it and telling it that it isn't real, which was obviously the biggest insult I could have made to it. I won, and the figure disappeared. (OBE's come with some pleasing and not so pleasing moments, but I believe all of them are important. My advice is face any fears if they are presented to you). At this point, I still wasn't all the way free from my body so I did a twisting rotate action 180 degrees so I was facing the foot of my bed. This was successful in freeing myself into the astral realm completely. I then saw my water bottle exactly how I last saw it, cap wide open and water 1/3 full, except it was sitting on my bed, just like this, but with water:
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Everything was so real, so I couldn't grasp that the bottle was actually sitting on my desk (in the real world), so naturally in my mind, I didn't want to spill this open water bottle. I grabbed it with both hands and lifted it. I could perfectly feel the hardness of this water bottle with both hands and the water inside the bottle was lighter than expected, maybe I was super strong at the time. My friend Alex then calls me in the real world, immediately ending my OBE.
1/25/12 OBE Opportunities:
Spending one night at my hometown. Had about 5 opportunities to have a powerful OBE but purposely rejected all because I wasn't ready for them this night. It started 30 min after I fell asleep, and I became very disoriented-- could have sworn I was on the floor of my apartment next to my bed in a different city. What I mean by opportunities, is there were transitioning phases of awareness from my dreams to my body for a few minutes here. I had been even dreaming a scene which was a nightmare and coming out of it to only be paralyzed and tingly. (Sleep paralysis often feels tingly, like a million needles poking your skin). One of the dream scenes was my father, (not how my real father acts), but I was in my hallway leading to my kitchen and I yelled something too loud, and my dad was standing in my kitchen and everything just slowed down, like slow-mo, my dad then yells back, "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO LOUD!" Followed by me getting pummeled by him (in slow-mo). Don't ask, it was scary, hence why I called it a nightmare, but more confusing than anything. I then would warp to my body in paralysis to be given the opportunity to project, but continued to decline like I said.
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I'd like to hear if any of you can relate with these stories or shed some light on any of it.
Can you relate to my projecting methods/experiences? Did you find anything interesting in the stories?
Thanks guys! Look forward to any responses.
Hi, I can relate to your method for projecting- I too only ever project while having a nap. It's always been by sheer accident and I've never known much at all about Obe's.
Came close today as the tingling was turning into a loud vibration noise, but then my restless legs started up in the worst way putting an end to any experience.
Quote-"I could perfectly feel the hardness of this water bottle with both hands and the water inside the bottle was lighter than expected, maybe I was super strong at the time. My friend Alex then calls me in the real world, immediately ending my OBE."
There is definitely something in this. Sometimes I get this sensation of actually holding an object(while meditating) and it feels like your mind is very,very powerful and that the object is completely real. I've done this and it's lead to Obe's.
I tried to pull my son into an OBE/dream with me once and could feel him holding my hand. It felt very real. He had no recollection of it though. I have met a spirit guide twice. I couldn't see him but he sang to me and assisted me with where I wanted to go. I can usually feel him grip my arms when he arrives. Its very strange how we can feel with our physical bodies what we are experiencing while out of body.