9/12/11
I wake up around 6 am Monday morning. I had meditated the night prior and am in a mood to have a non-physical experience, so I force myself to hold off sleep. After 10-20 minutes of meditation I fall asleep and enter the void with near, if not full awareness. With sufficient focus I find myself ascending from above the treetops into my backyard. I catch a bird's eye glance towards the southern horizon and notice a vast ocean which doesn't belong. Seeing a random ocean from the vantage point of my neighborhood isn't an uncommon occurence. Anyway, I stick the landing in my backyard and notice it's a regular cluster-f of old looking furniture and possessions. This isn't a totally new experience either. I start feeling around what looked like an antique dresser with a picture frame and unidentified knick knacks on top of it. I do this with the sole intention of remaining in the experience, as added stimulus seems to help keep me grounded in the environment. It works for a while, but soon I find myself back in the void.
I pop out in my bedroom. A perfect time to check the playing card that's been face down on my desk for several weeks. I walk over to the desk and notice objects I've since moved but luckily the card remains unscathed. I pick it up and observe numbers appearing and disappearing as I try to improve my perspective. I even see the grinning face of a Joker card at one point. It was a lot like looking at one of those pictures with lenticular printing. With no conclusive answer, I integrate back into the void. Later on in my OBE sequence I try again and see a 6 at the top of the card and a 9, or inverted 6, at the bottom. My intuition in the weeks leading up to the experience was that it was a 6, so I settle on that. (It turns out it was an 8 of spades! Boo-urns.)
I'm back in the void and attempt to put more "oomph" behind the focus technique that'll push me out of it. I'm out again in what I initially think is my backyard. Whether this is a random assumption or a forgotten aspect of this particular memory I can't be sure, but the environment I remember is nothing like anything I've seen in my area. I find myself walking towards a lake, possibly an ocean but I think it was landlocked. A giant rock is sticking out of this body of water. It's maybe the size of a typical two story house and has water shooting out the middle, much like a fountain. The bright and vivid nature of the environment is inspiring. It had a middle of the jungle vibe to it. While I'm taking this in I notice I'm with 2 or 3 other people, and we're walking towards this lake. "What's this place called?" I ask an unidentified girl not too far to my right. "Fah-nah" she responds. That's a weird name for a location I think. I follow up, "How do you spell that?" She rambles off a few letters that don't quite match her first answer phonetically. Hmmm, whatever.
Towards the end of the longer sequences it's not unusual for me to have to remind myself I'm in the non-physical. At one point I'm walking down the staircase from my bedroom and realize there's absolutely no tension or weight bearing in my leg muscles. I'm still in the non-physical, I think with enthusiasm. I walk into the kitchen and in the bathroom I find my mother getting ready for work. We have a brief dialogue but I don't remember it, as my attention is on the nature of the non-physical state itself. I observe this state as I feel it. I note how the environment and I feel electrically charged compared to the physical. I conclude with the thought that this is better than any recreational drug I've had in the physical. Not long after I return to the physical and with a post-projection body buzz and a few new memories, feel like a million bucks.
Thanks for reading and as always, discussion is welcome.
Maybe you could try the card thing in reverse as well as the same experiment. Maybe try to perceive which card will be next BEFORE you place it down. Then on your next OBE, try to see which card it is again without forcing it to be the card you thought of first. Make a note of both, even if they are different and then see what the card really is and report back. :)
Will be interesting to see if either of the "senses" was correct.
Hallo Astral316
So, maybe I missed something in your post, but .... have you checked what card is actually lying face down on your desk? :? If you went to the trouble of going through with the experiment while OOB then don't you want to know if the experiment was a success, yes? I'd like to know, anyway. :-)
Regards 8-)
Grey
Yerp, he said it was the 8 of spades :lol: hehe
^ Correct. :-D
Quote from: light487 on September 15, 2011, 21:06:41
Maybe you could try the card thing in reverse as well as the same experiment. Maybe try to perceive which card will be next BEFORE you place it down. Then on your next OBE, try to see which card it is again without forcing it to be the card you thought of first. Make a note of both, even if they are different and then see what the card really is and report back. :)
Will be interesting to see if either of the "senses" was correct.
Yea I basically did that this time around and I'm thinking the 6 I saw was influenced by the 6 I perceived leading up to the experience. The 6 didn't last too long though... like I mentioned the forms were constantly changing. Numbers and letters never truly "stabilize" in my experiences so that should've been expected.
Among a few neighborhood flight simulation experiences in an OBE sequence I had this morning, I was able to perform the playing card test again. However, as I approached my desk it was cluttered with random action figures I'm not familiar with. In the center of the desk was a cloth place mat. I didn't see the card so I forced expectation that it was under the place mat. Sure enough I lift and it's there. I identify the card as a red 5 with black at the bottom. I look away fast assuming it'll start to morph if I prolong my gaze. The card was actually a 4 of clubs.
Maybe you could ask assistance from guides about this. Not so you can do a "parlor trick" but so you can understand why you can't see the card.. find out what is preventing you from doing so.. I mean, admittedly it's not something that is really going to help you to evolve, that is by being able to see what the card is, but understanding why you can't see it would; understanding how you can get a better "remote viewing" ability would; understanding, in general, would help you.. so maybe next time, you can ask for assiatnce with this and find out more about that kind of thing.