First Verified Astral Projection!!

[Embodied Words]

I finally had one that I KNOW for a FACT was real!!

I was having some trouble staying asleep, and I remembered someone saying that that is a good condition for an OBE, so I started trying to fall back asleep, but keeping a tiny piece of myself awake. I managed to doze back off, and then I drifted out of my bedroom and into the kitchen. Everything was VERY hazy, and I wasn't SEEING everything so much as SENSING everything. Maybe like how a blind person has a hightened sense of everything, because they are blind? Anyway, I drifted through the walls into the kitchen, and I "saw" my dad standing at the fridge fixing himself a drink, and I "saw" him talking to someone behind me, who was standing at the stove. I "looked" at the clock, and it said 10:30. After that, I don't remember much.

I woke up later, around 11:00, and I walked into the living room, to find my mom still awake watching t.v. I asked her what she was doing at 10:30, and she said she was in the kitchen making sandwiches. I asked her if dad was in the kitchen with her, and she said he came in for a few minutes to refill his glass of coke! I asked her if she was at the stove at the time, and she said yes. Then she looked at me funny, and asked if I was astral projecting, I said yes, and then we both laughed and agreed that it was really cool, and about time. ^.^

I doubt I would have been able to do this if it hadn't been for all the support I've gotten from everyone here. I was trying WAY too hard, when in fact, the process is very simple. Hopefully, now that I've had ONE, I'll be able to have many more, and perhaps they will get clearer.

Thank you everyone!!

[bjb1234]

Thats a interesting story altho i would just like to mention one thing...

Blind people have the hearing senses as people who can see.  Them being blind does not make their hearing any better or worse, that is just a myth.  But has nothing to do with your experience anyway.

I dont know why your vision was hazy, any explanation of why would just be guess work.  Maybe more experienced projectors could help you out with that one.

Congratulations anyway

[CFTraveler]

Everything was VERY hazy, and I wasn't SEEING everything so much as SENSING everything.

This is very common, and that's how the energy double 'sees'- by sensing everything.  I would say that 'haziness' is common for the RTZ, that you get clearer vision with more energy, and further from your physical body-less feedback- but in this case I don't think it would have made any difference.  In my experience (and I'm sure others will report something different, as there are no hard & fast rules for this) the clearer the environment the further from the RTZ you get.  So if everything is 'crisp and clear', chances are you're no longer in the RTZ, and have shifted to the astral.
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[Embodied Words]

Thank you very much. ^.^ I would like to mention one more thing, the MOVEMENT, was so ODD. It wasn't anything like I thought it would be. At one point I think I was even moving backwards... It felt like it was a struggle to move at first, but the further from my room I got it seemed to get easier.

Is there an easier way to move? Robert Monroe mentioned a "stretching" technique.

[CFTraveler]

That's a hard answer, because all experiences are so different, and most of the time I don't even think about it, unless I'm having one of those 'projecting in plasma' experiences (where it feels you're floating in jello and it's hard to move).  I just find that 'pointing myself' and focusing on where I want to go works for me. 

[Tongo]

I have to play Mr Skeptic here.

You said you were able to verify seeing your mother and father both in the kitchen.

Could this also be considered as something maybe you have been used to seeing over the years?
so given this, could this not be something that you may have been used to seeing and is kind of "preprogrammed " in your sub conscious? what i'm trying to say here is it seems a little too vague.

Are you SURE they wouldnt be up that time of night?

[Embodied Words]

I don't blame you at all for playing the skeptic! In fact, until my mom pointed out a few details, I did the same thing!

First off, my dad isn't in the kitchen often. He's a lazy buttmonkey, and is usually found in front of the t.v. Not only that, but if he wants something to drink, he'd normally get my mom to do it!

Secondly, the timing was perfect. It only takes a few minutes to fix sandwiches, and mom just happened to be fixing them at 10:30.

^.^ I'm pretty sure it was real. I hope it was.

[Vitruvian]

EW - congratz to you. Remember that first goal's the hardest.
Vitruvian

[Greytraveller]

Embodied Words -
an impressive bit of verification. Especially that your dad was making a drink And talking to someone who was out of your line of sight !

If your vision is hazy in a future OBE(s) try asking for "Clarity Now" (or "Better Vision" or something like that). Many people report that using those (or other) Affirmations immediataly improve vision And enhance consciousness when out of body.

Grey

[Embodied Words]

Ah, yeah, the "clarity now" trick. I tried using that once or twice during a few lucid dreams, and it always just caused me to wake up. It has a worked a few times, but usually it causes me to become too aware of my body, and thinking about my body causes me to regain consciousness.

Maybe it is different during OBEs though? I dunno. I'll try it and find out. xD

[Th13rteen]

Grats on your first OOBE man! Now you have seen and you know its legit.

I wish I had been there when your mom gave you a funny look when you were asking those questions.
I think its very cool that your family is open to you having OOBEs and not condemning you to the fiery pits of hell for being a satan worshipper! (obiously this is the worst case scenario but you get the point.)

-13

I reject your reality and substitute it with my own. -Adam Sessler

[MinstruelZ]

Nice going! The first one is a great feeling isn't it? To experience a little bit of some of the things you've read about is really great. Keep us posted on your successes.