New here! I think I finally achieved my first OOB

[mikaixx]

Hello all! I've been a member for awhile but I did more looking around than any posting. I've been trying to have an experience for over a year or two. I used to try every single night with a few minor things that happened (vibrations when meditating, sleep paralysis, some weird visuals, and strange dreams) but nothing of the sort of what just happened a few hours ago. If you would like to read on, I would much appreciate it for any insight you might have of what may happened? Thanks in advance (:

I was not even trying to have an OOB or anything, it didn't even cross my mind. But I took a nap around 4 and slipped right into a very vivid, not entirely lucid dream. I walked out of my bedroom to the main room which was very dark and I remember feeling very...odd. Not like myself. It all felt very real but I could just feel something was weird. My husband was laying in the dark room on the couch with some people who I did not know. They all acted like very good friends who had known each other for a long time. I remember falling down a lot and I was struggling to move around. I thought I was awake in the dream so I just decided forget it, and walked back into the room to go back to bed. Although this time I had to walk up a stair case to get there which was not there before. When I walked in, my bed was moved and there were strange posters on the wall that aren't there actually. My alarm clock read 3:48 (which does not make sense as it was after 4 that I fell asleep).

I laid back down and I could feel myself "awake" (not sure if I was actually awake at this point) and I felt the sleep paralysis all over my body so I decided it would be a good time to get out of body. In a split second I had this crazy "rushing" feeling come over me and I heard this incredible popping noise. I told myself not to panic (I felt this crazy sense of...giddiness actually so I guess I wasn't really scared at all. I felt myself floating out above my body. It was hard to see a little bit but I commanded myself to turn around on my stomach so I could see my room below me and low and behold, I saw my floor! I remember at that point I started to feel me going back to my body but I wasn't ready for it to end so I ordered myself outside. I saw the grass outside my window and I was kinda falling to the ground and at that point I told myself "I really have to master this flying thing" and right before I hit the ground I shot back up. After a little struggle to keep my body in motion and not just hover there awkwardly lol, I told myself "take me to france!" (the first thing I thought of I guess, I'm not sure) and away I went! Now I'm not sure where I went after that, I don't think I ever made it ha but it was really pretty along the way.

I don't remember but something had to have happened where I got sucked back to my body pretty quickly cuz that time I did actually wake up (exhausted at that, I never got to take my nap lol) and immediately tried to write down what happened. I also looked at the clock when I woke up and it was only 4:50. It was pretty exciting nonetheless.

Anyway, just thought I'd share and see if anyone had any thoughts on it (: sorry it was so long xD

Edit note: I don't get to the status of sleep paralysis very often, maybe once every six months or so it's very interesting to me how that happens. It only happens when I'm having weird sleep issues such as staying up all night and going to bed at not so normal times or like today I only got maybe 3 hours of sleep last night, drank an energy drink, then tried to take a nap because I was still very tired. I wonder why messing up my normal sleeping patterns induce the paralysis. Just an after thought.

[Astralzombie]

It's funny like that. Many people have their first success when they aren't even trying. I know a lot of people say that thought equals action in the NPR and that's true but you also have to have belief. Believe that you can fly or that you will go to France and I guarantee it. Just understand that you might end up in medieval France in some dungeon  so it's best to think specifics.

I'm sure this experience still had a lot of dream like qualities to it. I think it was probably my fourth or fifth time with intent that I would say it felt as real as any other reality could feel.

Congratulations and keep exploring. You haven't seen anything yet!!

[mikaixx]

Yes, exactly. I'm not entirely sure why I wanted to see France but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I just wanted to experience more xD You are right though sometimes you might get more than you bargained for in some instances. This is still so new, I'm not sure where I wanna go or what I want to do out there.

It did feel somewhat dream like. Especially when I knew somehow that I was dreaming in the first place. I'm sure that had an affect on my level of consciousness to achieve the OOBE. I would love to have more clarity for future travels, and it'll be something to look forward to. (:

[LightBeam]

I'm not entirely sure why I wanted to see France but it was the first thing that came to my mind when

That happened to me during one of my first OBEs as well. I guess it's because before knowing much about the astral worlds and their diversity, we tend to want to explore physical locations where most people never get to see. Places like France, Italy, Egypt, etc. During my first OBEs I  visited most places I wanted and it was a very thrilling experience, although some places were not as I imagined them. For example when I wanted to see Paris, I was taken to a place which looked like from the 1800s. Very old houses, narrow streets and somewhat colorless.
But ones you discover that there are so many worlds that are different in appearance, a lot more colorful, even fairy tale like lands with different creatures and entities, you will loose your desire to visit physical places here on earth. Not to mention going higher where there is just pure emotion and sense of completeness.

But everything with time. Enjoy whatever comes to mind and work on gaining more control. I suggest using affirmations before going to bed. And yes, sometimes OBEs happen if we don't do anything, but it is a result of some consistent practice, which at some point triggers events like the one you have experienced. It is the after effect, or a delayed effect from whatever practice you have used to raise your inner frequency. Naps work great for me as well, because the sleep is not so deepened, and it gives a chance to our minds to remain somewhat alert. 

[mikaixx]

Definitely... I don't necessarily wanna experience the real-life structures. And that's what was weird...I didn't want to go to normal places. I wanted to go to other parts of the astral world. Well..not in my recent discovery, but in my mind, I want to obtain certain levels and just AP to be quite honest. But at that moment I wanted to just go somewhere. In my recent discoveries I have found my astral body and what it means to get there.

On your note with the "fairy tale like lands and different creatures and entities" I have seen those. The fairies have been most predominant. And if any of you know of Linda Goodman, she was a very respectable woman with very intuitive ideas with what they do in this world.

But anyway, I will take your advice. Affirmations are good, most definitely. I will try to work them more into my routine.