Congrats man. I tried meditation for a while LONG before I had ever heard of OBE. I eventually started reading and combined that into my meditations when I found time for them. A good method for energetic movement is to assume ANYTHING and EVERYTHING will work. I raised energy one time from a random vision of a humanoid figure with kreuger-like nails scratching upward on my arm. Energy moved quite freely and it works well, but is weird. Anyway. congrats on your success and kudos in the future
Ok so I've been trying to get OBE since December, and all the experiences I've had were pretty much null. They were advanced lucid states or whatnot, but I never actually got out. But tonight that changed, no matter how little the accomplishment actually was. I'm here to tell you that I think I've figured it out, and I see myself actually getting out within the next few attempts.
Yea so I got home at midnight, put on some trance (I changed the song, I think that helped too - Paul Oakenfold is nice to meditate to). I was meditating for about an hour I think, trying to let go, and I finally did. I abandoned some traditional visualizaing techniques as well. For example, when I flow really fast, I usually visualize myself on a raft in an ocean. I decided to get rid of the raft and just flow above the water instead, and even walk on it!
So things were going good, I was letting go, and then I got vibrations. They faded, and then came back again, and I tried to encourage them. I felt energy flowing in my hands and feet, and let that spread with the vibrations. I was moving all around in my body, which I envisioned as a shell.
So then I tried a small experiment. I pushed my finger against the bed and I didn't feel anything. Seemed like a good time to try and get out, so I moved my hand up into the air. This wasn't as easy as it sounds, because I felt a lot of pressure against it. It was thought the air had mass, and i was rubbing on it. I did feel as though I went through my physical hand, so I decided to try and move my other hand. I didn't get the same feeling though, and I broke my concentration at this point.
But I decided to keep a journal, and hey, I finally got vibrations and I felt my astral hand! At points I felt like I could see outlines of stuff in the room - it was like a curtain rising inside my eyelids, weird stuff. So yea, I think I'm getting really close, and this was a positive experience for me. and i was still physical shaking a bit after the attempt, but I guess vibrations will do that to ya :)
Thanks to all of you for your helpful advice!