Futuristic Gadgets, Ashtrays and Approaching Carnivals

[Selski]

Today's chaotic foray into the astral...
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I awoke from a nap and relaxed.  In my minds eye, the environment opened out.  It was a large room, absolutely full of stuff.  Gadgets, furniture, all sorts. 

I don't recall any people.  I walked to the first table and had a look.  I wanted to find something really interesting, something that wouldn't zap me back due to surprise/emotion.  There was what looked like a computer on the table, but it was much smaller, half the size of a laptop.  It was closed and just as I thought I'd open it and went to move my hand, the gadget next to the computer moved in unison with my hand.  This distracted me from the computer and I looked at this "thing" instead.  I have no idea what it was.

It looked like it could have been a table lamp, but it had perhaps 8 or 9 arms/stalks coming off the main piece.  These 8 had something in the end (not bulbs) and they detected movement.  They weren't eyes as I sensed the instrument was inanimate.  It was a very delicate looking piece of equipment.  Whenever I moved, the 8 heads would rearrange themselves slightly.  It was if they were realigning to always be in perfect balance with me, or perhaps to keep the electromagnetic atmosphere exact.  I felt it was somehow connected to the computer.   I don't know for sure, but I was quite fascinated.

I lost it, but stayed very still and watched my mind.  After a few seconds, another image opened out to me.  This was a close up of a white ashtray, a big old fashioned square thing, with a red design on it, possibly one of those cheap trashy things you get on holiday.  There was also something going on to the right of my vision, alas I looked and detected a deep orange colour, but couldn't get any further than that.  I was perhaps too close to it.

Then I realised that I was slightly swaying, feet first as if on a swing.  I mentally willed myself to go faster and soon I was moving in big sways.  I love doing this – it's one of my favourite things.

At the forward sway, I leapt out of my body.  I landed in a heap on the floor and thought I might lose it as my perception was 25% on the floor and 75% in my physical mind.  I concentrated on the feel of the floor and started crawling.  That did the trick!  I stood up and faced the window.  I could hear music.  I couldn't see anything - hey, what's new

I stuck my head out of the window and looked up the road.  Vision came and the music got louder.  I could feel the temperature difference when my head went through.  It got much cooler outside.  The music was coming from the other end and it was as if there was a carnival, and a float would turn the corner shortly and make its way down my road.  There were one or two people around, although the houses that should have been on the other side were not there.

I lost it, but started swaying again.  I managed to get out.  I felt I was losing it again, so reached for the lamp on the side table.  It is made of taut vertical pieces of string and touching it feels like you are strumming a guitar (sort of).  I found the lamp and started stroking it, using touch as a way to keep me out.  When I felt more in control, I started going towards the window again, but lost it and finally regained full consciousness.
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And we believe OBEs are spiritual...? 

Sarah

[Zante]

My greatest annoyance lies in being unable to convey how magnificent this stuff really is. 

[Novice]

And we believe OBEs are spiritual...? 

Its weird -- many of mine are -- but there are a lot that are just 'fun'!

I actually had to laugh a few weeks back. I somehow caught strep throat and was in bed with a 103 F fever. It was the middle of the night and I was asleep (both physically and consciously) when all of a sudden I flew out of my body and landed with a proverbial thud on the floor by the bed. It felt like my body just kicked me out all of a sudden. I turned back to the bed and looked at my body and just laughed and said "Ok I can take a hint!"  I then stood up and walked out the back wall.

I never had that happen before -- but found it comical.

[Leranomek]

Fascinating. This reminded me of a dream I had once. In this dream I was also playing with a futuristic interface device of some kind. It had several small glass plates drifting in the middle of a glass sphere that would respond to the movement of my hands!

[Selski]

In this dream I was also playing with a futuristic interface device of some kind. It had several small glass plates drifting in the middle of a glass sphere that would respond to the movement of my hands!

Hey that's wacky!  Perhaps we both stumbled across a device that the great great great great great grandson of Bill Gates invents in the future.

I wonder if your device was a later model than mine - mine sounds quite primitive compared to yours... 

Sarah

[Leranomek]

Hey that's wacky!  Perhaps we both stumbled across a device that the great great great great great grandson of Bill Gates invents in the future.

I wonder if your device was a later model than mine - mine sounds quite primitive compared to yours... 

Sarah

Hehe, perhaps my sphere thingy was lying somewhere in that large room of yours. You never know!  

And you were lucid and projecting! That makes all the difference! Mine was *just* a lucid dream.