First real OOBE.

[Dolari]

I always want to start out these "My First Time" posts with "Dear, PEnthouse, I never thought this would happen to me...."  I'll spare y'all the pain.

Anyways, some quick background.  I've always had a little bit of fascination with the occult, metaphysics, magick and so on, but have basically been always been stuck on the observer side of things, instead of the do-er side of things.  

When I was very little, probably around 12 or 13, I began reading about astral projection and OOBEs and decided I'd like to try that.  I'm 30 now, and have had one trip, and even then, it was only, like, last month, and "by accident."

I still try to astral project every now and then, but more than usual, just fall straight to sleep just like all the other times.  It was this time that was different.

Every month, I go see my doctor in San Antonio, and he can only see me in the mornings.  I'm a day sleeper, so I'm usually going to bed when he wants to see me.  So to make the appointment and the 160 mile round trip easier, one weekend a month, I just get very little sleep.

Last month, I was sleeping on the couch (helps me from falling deep asleep and sleeping through my alarm clock) trying to get a few hours of sleep.  At some point I woke up with my eyes closed.  I was still in that sort of slothy grey area when I told myself "Gotta get up and check the time."  I tried to open my eyes and I couldn't.  I tried again, and still couldn't.  I told myself OPEN YOUR EYES, and I did.  I was looking at the ceiling.

So I got to move off the couch, and I couldn't.  I tried to move at all, and found I couldn't.  The nice thing about my head is that it takes a LOT for me to panic, so instead of saying "OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T MOVE!" my thought process was more "Why can't I move?"  The reply "Sleep Paralysis."

At that point, my whole attitude just became "This is it.  You finally did it!  You're stuck!  Now...GET OFF THE COUCH AND DON'T LOOK BACK."  After some serious attempts, I managed to get off the couch.  I was out!  For the first time ever I was out.  I decided I wanted to look around, and I walked towards the hallway to my bedroom.

I managed to look into my bedroom, and that's when I DID panic.  There was a glowing red eye staring at me.  At first I was just cautious, but the eye never moved or blinked.  I reached for the lightswitch to flip it on.

Of course THAT didn't work at all.  

That's when I panicked.  I have a bit of a phobia of the dark.  I can handle the dark, but if I feel threatened at all, I want the lights on.  So here was this red eye, staring at me, and I couldn't get the lights on.  I blindly ran for the dining room light, which also (of course) didn't come on, and that was enough of a panic for me to pop back awake in the real world.

After about two minutes of calming down (with the lights) on, I decided to get up, it was 5:45, and I had to get up in 15 minutes for the trip anyway.  I was stoked, though.  I did it.  for the first time in almost 20 years, I managed it ONCE.  

I looked into my room and got a chill - there was that red eye.  I turned on my light.  

Whoever designed the back end of Microsoft's Optical Mouse to look like a giant red glowing eye really needs a good talking to.

Anyways, any comments or suggestions would be great.  I do meditation, although not often, and can easily manage to "go inside," but never outside.  I'd like to do this again, but all the rest of my attempts since have failed.  

Thanks for listening, and hope to do it again sometime.

[Joerii]

Wow that must have been really scary and cool at the same time, like that movie i saw a while ago, dawn of the dead :

Seriously, though. What, do you think, was the ingredient that made it succesfull this time ? Was it the time you tried it, the state of mind, the amount you ate before falling asleep, etc ? If you want to have an OBEE, you might want to ask yourself that question. I don't think it has to take 20 years to have a successful OBEE.

-joerii

[Nay]

Oh Dolari you have a great sense of humor!!  Welcome to the forums!  Hope you stick around and share more experiences that are bound to happen, now that you know what it feels like.  

Too, too funny about the optical mouse, I'm still laughing.  But that is a good lesson for the newbies, when you see or hear something in the astral it may not be what you think at all, just a simple little mouse.  I scared myself once thinking something was growling at me, only to find out I was SNORING...

Nay

Edit: Joerii, did you mean Shawn Of The Dead?  I saw that and it was pretty darn funny and a bit creepy in parts.  But Dawn Of The Dead was down right freaky.

[Macaroni]

haha Tha's too funny, I have that mouse!! Great story.

[Dolari]

Seriously, though. What, do you think, was the ingredient that made it succesfull this time ? Was it the time you tried it, the state of mind, the amount you ate before falling asleep, etc ? If you want to have an OBEE, you might want to ask yourself that question. I don't think it has to take 20 years to have a successful OBEE.

I think it was the lack of sleep all weekend mixed with the "expectation" of having to wake up.  Maybe even being a little uncomfortable on the couch.  It hasn't happened again since, though...I'm hoping it'll happen again.

Hope you stick around and share more experiences that are bound to happen, now that you know what it feels like.

I definitely will stick around.

[CherryBomb]

lol i loved it. best experience ive heard yet. thaks for sharing it.  

[manuel]

Hahaha that was great  

[daan]

The little red-eye monster-the mouse! LOL. One question:did you feel anything different when you got out of your body? Any vibrations and all that?

[Dolari]

The little red-eye monster-the mouse! LOL. One question:did you feel anything different when you got out of your body? Any vibrations and all that?

Actually, no.  It felt and seemed 100% like I was really and truly walking around the house.  I felt exptremely tired, though....