short lived OOBE this morning

[Patty]

Hi Elastica,

I had a similar thing two days back.

here it is from another posting elsewhere:

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I  had a brief sort-of OBE this morning. One of the types that seems logical at the time and only later I realize things don't jive. it started with me separating my arms, feeling two sets of arms, feeling both sets as real as can be. Then I separated my legs from my legs, and they also felt real - both sets. I tried doing some funky bendy stuff with the astral legs, that was interesting, they bent however I tried to bend them.  I had the presence of mind to wake myself up a little more (get more into the C1 level of consciousness per Monroe) and saw that my physical body was still in the same position I had fallen asleep in.

Then I left the bedroom through a transom in the doorway (in the experience I thought "Oh yeah, there is a transom here" and upon awakening later I realized that there isn't) and went to the living room. I checked my clothing - long sleeved pink shirt  which I don't own - and upon awakening I realized that was wrong too as I was wearing only undies. Met my family of origin in the living room and had a giggle fit about how we were all there without our bodies - it seemed really funny at the time - and upon awakening realized that of course they aren't in the house with us. then went back and "re-entered" consciously and awoke.

AS always, it was most satisfying, to feel free for a little while and to feel the promise of another level of being. But also frustrating, as I have expressed repeatedly, at how I don't know what to make of it. Experientially it was great.

I wonder why, when I was so in need of these things in '97, why they were so much more concrete and intense and believable and now they feel more abstract or dreamlike. I also wonder why I seem to have these experiences only under certain circumstances - like when I am asleep but well rested.

It hasn't been five years for me, maybe a few months.  My visaion wasn't as clear as yours. But they were both morning experiences - and we both want more!

Later -

patty

Patty

[elasticca]

Patty,
That was an interesting account you gave of your experience the other day. I've had similar experiences as well. It strange how sometimes an oddity (like the transom in the door, or your parents in your home) can escape our attention during an out of body. For me, I woke up after the experience banging my head on the wall wondering how I could have possibly NOT come to the conclusion that I was out of my body while I was floating around... as if it's a natural event in normal life or something! During one of my first out of body experiences I walked into my backyard, and then around the side of the house, only to see the street lined with strange looking vehicles that I believed to be milk trucks for some reason. It was like the milk men were invading our neighborhood or something. Heh heh! But I only considered it odd after I awoke.

Thanks for the response, and good luck in your journeys!

Best,
Michael

[elasticca]

I seemed to  have had an out of body this morning, however it was of a short duration, with a very small degree of concious awareness. I had slept in late this morning, and after waking several times rolled over on my back with the intention to have an out of body. I eventually fell asleep, and sometime later "awoke" in the hallway just outside of my bedroom door. My visual perception was extremely clear and vivid, however at no point during the experience did I really come to the realization that I was out of body. I walked down the hallway towards the living room and somehow determined that I could simply float through the air. I suceeded. Somehow I found myself lying on my back in the living room, unable to move (I don't know how this occured). I sensed that I could simply will myself forward, and up off of the ground. I immediately sprang forward and up, albeit very slowly, towards my bedroom. I then woke up with no memory or sensations of re-entry.

I was very pleased afterwords, for I've been unable to reproduce an OOBE for about 5 years. I think my subconcious is finally gripping my desire to leave the body, and deciding to run with it... so to speak. I feel that I was very close to full concious awareness, however I was within cord range throughout the entire experience, and I think this perhaps could have been part of the reason I never completely "awoke".