I've done it!! my first conscious oobe!

[Euphoric Sunrise]

Congratulations! May i ask how long you've been practicing for and how often do you practice?

It must be exciting. I can't wait til my first real exit either. At least one i can be sure of. Thanks for sharing []

[Sampson]

Hi Euphoric Sunrise,
Thanks for your reply, I have been practicing now for about three or four months but I have always been interested in oobe's since I was very young.

I don't really practice as such, although the subject is always there in the back of my mind.

I read a lot of books on oobe, philosphy etc, very subjectively I must add and have also listened to a few binaural beat cd's, most of which I have found unhelpful.

I think that my biggest stumbling block was fear, not of demons or monsters etc but fear of the unknown.

I can compare it to when I was trying to learn to swim in the deep end of the swimming pool as a youngster, at first I was petrified but eventually something clicks or changes and you learn to let go of the side, I guess that is what happened to me earlier this morning.

One thing I would add is that I projected early in the morning and there was some light coming in through the blinds in my bedroom giving the room a softly lit and pleasant appearance.

I can understand that if you were to project in the middle of the night in the dark then this may be a cause of anxiety for some people and may possibly disrupt concentration etc.

I still think that the humming or ringing noise is definitely connected to the vibrations and the experience in general, something I'll have to try and research a little more.

Thanks again for your reply

S

[Euphoric Sunrise]

Great that you conquered your fear! I think what's stopping me is my lack of concentrationg and dedication. I think i have enough believe, and i'm far from affraid (i'm more on the excited, ready to go end of the scale). Still, it can be frustrating.

Have you checked out Birm's triangle method thread for that ringing noise?
He thinks it might be the connection to the astral/etheric senses.
Here's the thread incase you haven't seen it yet: http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6762

It's the method i use whenever i try because it feels the most comfortable to me.

Again, congrats on your exit and here's to many more! []

[Fat_Turkey]

Awww if only our sunrise came earlier at this time of year! The whole middle-of-the-night projection scares the crap out of me. The anxiety screws my focus, and I need to find a good time to actually try without getting distracted.

This has been really encouraging!

~FT

[galacticsurfer]

I was making a lot of progress over the weekend and got a couple of very real lucid dreams and then on Sunday night after reading in Astral Dynamics how to do it I tried the rope technique after waking up from sleep. It did not seem to work completely but I think that was the split mind effect and my heart was racing like RB says. I imagined contact with my astral projection looking at his hands in the kitchen and later I felt a rush which could have been a return in the physical body. I later had a dream of running around in the streets  in my underwear at night trying to get back to where I was sleeping which might have been my downloaded shadow memories coming up.

In the night when I got up afterwards my astral body feel was much more strong with a feel of energy body going out farther than usual. For example I went in the dark to the bathroom and as it was dark and I was a little afraid of ghosts or noise in the bathtub I felt my energy go in that direction with my fear.

This is a lot of fun as it really seems to follow the sensations RB lines out in his book and gives me a lot more self confidence than before. I notice what I was writing in the forums last week and it is all arguments based on logic and trying to prove some point through what I know intellectually. Now I just could care less of proving anything or making points. I feel good and more relaxed slowly but surely. This is only getting better the more I work on it.

[Sampson]

Hi All,
Excuse my excitement! but at the moment I am still a bit stuck for words but I shall try and explain my first real total out of body experience anyway! Excuse the length of my post, I'll try and keep it as short as possible.

The experience was very brief but made a strong and lasting impact, I'll start with the events leading up to my first oobe.

Evening of Saturday May 1st 2004 & Morning of Sunday May 2nd 2004

9:00pm to 9:30pm - Played about with Bwgen and created a Theta binaural beat, listened for roughly 5 to 10 minutes.

10:00pm to 10:30pm - Ate late and Had a snack before going to bed, also watched T.V. for 15mins.

11:30pm - Went to bed but didn't fall asleep immediately, had thoughts of having an oobe in my head.

12:00am - Probably fell asleep at some point just before midnight.

5:00am -5:30am - Became aware of the vibrations or electrical fuzziness, tried constantly to keep the vibes continuous, they fluctuated on and off for what seemed like quite a while, the thought of having an oobe was now constant in my mind.

Tried repeatedly, probably 6 or 7 times concentrating on the vibrations and the accompanying sensations, felt a lot of intense energy sensations in my head.

After a while of experiencing just the vibrations I very almost considered giving up, but thought that if I don't persist and concentrate then I'll never be able to do this, and then it just happened!
   
The exit sensations were extremely light, I felt that I must have left through my head, I then rolled or floated down my body pausing above what I assumed were my legs, this was a strange position to be in, something like being in a diving jackknife position except horizontal, normally I wouldn't be able to assume this position due to a bad back.

As I rolled down my body I was aware of a tearing or ripping sound very much like the sound of Velcro being pulled apart.

I was also aware that I didn't have human form or size, I would say that I must have been about the size of a tennis ball.

Visibility was at first poor then became just a little blurred, but good enough for me to make out the wall and door of my bedroom just in front of me, some 1 to 1.5 metres from my bed.
   
At this point including the exit I would say that I must have travelled roughly 3.5 metres in total.
I must also add that travelling this short distance had not been easy, movement had seemed a little slow and quite sluggish, I felt like I veered off to the left ever so slightly as I tried to move forward.

It was unfortunately now that I had the frustrating urge to turnaround and look at my body , as soon as  I thought this I had a strange mind split effect, I felt like I was in both places at once, I also felt as if I was opening my physical eyes, which I later realised I was  not.

The entry sensations were also light and not at all uncomfortable, time had appeared to slow up quite a bit as the short distance I travelled had seemed to take me a while, but after looking at my bedside clock the experience was actually quite brief.

Through the whole experience I could hear the familiar ringing or humming sound  which originally gave way to a vertigo like sensation in my head.

So that's it my first oobe! I'm still quite in awe and am glad that I am putting this down in writing as I would say that as the day progresses it would be easy to reflect back on the experience and see it in a different and perhaps less credible light, let me stress that this was in no way and totally unlike any dream I have ever experienced.

If I had to name a few things that were important in achieving my first oobe then for me it would have to be: Relaxed physical state, Peaceful state of mind, Focus and lots of concentration, determination, willpower, and a total lack of fear.

Thanks for listening!

S