Was this an OBE?

[PeacefulWarrior]

It may or may not have been an OBE.  One thing we must remind oursleves when we discuss these matters is that it really isn't a black and white question, ie. OBE or non-OBE.  As Bruce himself makes clear in Astral Dynamics, his book, there is a spectrum of continuum of what we might call OBE.  You may not have been out-of-body per se, but you may have been seeing into the astral/spiritual realm.

[Birm]

Thanks for your reply.
So i identify OBE as i feel my body but my body is paralyzed. I am in a dream world that i can move, talk or touch things. But sometimes this dream world becomes my own house. Then it is a mirror of the real house. I am saying this because i had an experience that i realized that doing things in the real world while asleep doesnt change things in the real world. Here is my experience:

I played chess that night until it was 06:00 a.m. And my father woke up and went to the bathroom. I thought he would be angry to me because i was awake at that time. so i lied in my bed and started acting like i am sleeping. My father got out of the bathroom and went to the bed room. i got up from my bed and went to the bathroom. i looked at the mirror, washed my face. Then i heard my father closed our houses door and went to work. I went to my bed and lied down. Then i opened my eyes. It was 06:03 a.m. Only three minutes were passed since i lied in my bed. i got up and went to bathroom. my father was there washing his face.

This experience shows me that if this was OBE it is a mirror of the real world. if it was a projection then i created a mirror of the real world and lived in there. All i can say is everyting was so real that i got shocked when i saw my father in the bathroom and got confused for a while.

I am asking about these to identify what an OBE is. Because i had these kind of experiences all my life. Now i am 27 years old. And i want to have control over these. i am trying to learn. 2 years ago i did train my self on Zen Meditation and improved my concentration skills. That helps me a lot. In a few minutes i can move into the astral dimension. Even if someone tries to wake me up i can respond to them and turn back to where i was in the astral.

So tell me. Where sould i go in the astral or what should i concentrate on or what should i do to make sure that i am having an OBE?

Thanks for your help anyway.

[Birm]

Hi there,

I want to ask you guys about an experience i had two years ago. I am new to the forums and as i read i realize that your experiences are familiar to me. Ok here it is...

I was very sad and alone at that time. I went to bed but i couldnt sleep for a long time. After a while I fell asleep but a frightening dream catched me on. First i heard someone speaking to me very loudly. He/She said something about the roof of the house. I got scared and tried to wake but then i realized somebody is touching my shoulder. I looked back. I saw a shadow of a man then i was so scared that i suddenly wake up. There was nobody there... i was all alone in the house. i turned the lights on and slept in peace.

Was this an OOBE? Or a projection? or a Lucid dream?

Thanks in advance...