it's about time!

[Eol007]

Good on you. WELL DONE!

S

[rantboi]

It was great!

Can't wait till it happens again (soon, hopefully)!

-Ater

[Nick]

Congratulations rantboi on your ap/obe experience! []

[Jeff_Mash]

Wow, your first experience was a lot better than mine was!  Congrats!  Now you realize why even experienced people such as myself occassionally need to double-check that they are truly out of the body, because everything is so real.

Usually what I do is when I touch my door, like you do, I push a little bit, just to make sure my hand starts to go through it.  Then I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am out!

I also like your description of going through the curtains and walls, because you described it EXACTLY as it feels.  Whenever you pass through anything, you can FEEL it.  There is a slight density that makes you aware that you're passing through something solid.

One last thing....I too have verified on numerous occassions the weird thing that happens to your voice.  I don't know why that is.  Up until now, I always thought it was soft and raspy because our astral vocal chords weren't fully developed (or in tuned).  However, now I am thinking that it's not our voice that is the problem, but our astral hearing which isn't in tuned.  Something to think about!

Anyway, great post.

[rantboi]

Nick - "Congratulations rantboi on your ap/obe experience!"

Thank you.[8D]

Jeff_Mash - "Now you realize why even experienced people such as myself occassionally need to double-check that they are truly out of the body, because everything is so real."

Yeah, I read about it feeling like the physical, but I never thought that it could be that much 'solid.' It surprised me, even after reading other people's experiences of the same feeling.

"I also like your description of going through the curtains and walls, because you described it EXACTLY as it feels."

Thank you! This means a lot to the writer that seems to reside in my body.[]

"...However, now I am thinking that it's not our voice that is the problem, but our astral hearing which isn't in tuned. Something to think about!"

That seems reasonable, although I wouldn't know since I'm a mere beginner right now. I'll try to pay attention to it when my next projection comes. (Still hoping it's soon!)

-Ater

[Dream Cadet]

rantboi,
No disagreement here.  It sounds to me like you nailed it.  Congratulations!  The reason that you may not have felt vibrations is that you were dreaming first.  In one of my OBEs, I was dreaming and this little creature that was common in my OBEs walked by. I recognized him and everything changed. I actually exited my body with no sensations.  Interestingly enough, I had one other OBE that generated from a dream and there were vibrations.  Go figure!

D.C.

[rantboi]

Yeah, that might be it.

I guess time will tell!

-Ater

[MoonlightFairy]

Good job!!!


Yeah...that's something I've always wondered, do you look the same in the Physical World and the Astral World? I wonder if everyone will be able to see my Winnie the Pooh pyjamas then..[] j/k

[rantboi]

LOL!

I don't really know how I look in the astral; it din't occur to me to find out. Many books say that you look 'better,' or if you're older and maybe over weight, that you look younger and fitter. It's a mystery to me, for now!

-Ater

[Thing]

"i found myself in a bookstore i usually go to. There were people in it and everything was vivid/clear." what were they? other people in the astral plane or maybe normal people that go there in normal life?

[rantboi]

I'm not really sure. They looked like normal people, although I didn't recognize any of them. However, I think the bookstore was closed in the physical at the time, so they were probably just some people in the astral (if they were people at all).

-Ater

[rantboi]

Yes, people, I've finally astral projected! (Feel free to disagree with my conclusions, if you think it was a mere dream or something.)

Anyhow, after two weeks of visualizing a place in my house and repeating "now I'm out-of-body," I've finally made it. Ironically, I didn't do the technique on the night this happened!

Okay, yesterday I was kind of tiered so I went to bed. I said 'now I'm out of body' three times, tried some breathing exercise for a few breaths, and tried to listen with my 'astral' ears a bit, connecting that with my third eye to make a triangle. (I think this triangle techinque can be found in the permanent topics forum.) Anyway, I did the trangle really quickly, and then went to sleep. (Actually, this is when I repeated 'now I'm out-of-body'three times.)

I found myself dreaming, and I guess I became bored and said 'now I'm out-of-body,' and I started feeling this 'inner motion'. Then, I found myself in my bed, eyes closed, but I think I could see stuff, but it was too dark, so I'm not sure. I felt my astral legs float above my physical legs, then I 'crawled' out of the rest of my body. I felt this 'pulling' motion as I got out from the rest of my body. At this point, I found myself on the floor, and I looked up at the bed, but couldn't really see it completely. It looked empty from what I saw of it (which wasn't much). Anyway, my vision wasn't that good, it was blurry and the room was dark. I said 'clarity now,' and to my surprise couldn't really hear my voice. Only a low sound came out. I started walking away from my body, and repeated my command for clarity. Now I could hear my voice better, and as I put my hand on the wood where the door was, I realized how solid this astral plane was. I was kind of surprised, it felt like I was in the physical. Then I went down the stairs and into my living room, which was a bit different than in the physical, and decided to go through a window/wall. I could feel the fabric of the curtains going through me, and a bit of resistance from the wall, but I got through it. I was in the backyard (again, a bit different than in the physical) and wondered if anyone could see me, since I was in my underwear! Then I kind of stopped paying attention to my body. Now, I found myself in a bookstore I usually go to. There were people in it and everything was vivid/clear.

Some things happened there, like me trying to fly (I just floated around a bit) and me trying to conjure up some famous person but then losing intrest. Then, as I was coming down from my floating session, I came down infront of this woman in her early twenties I think, she had longer brown hair, wavy at the ends. I told her I was astral projecting and she told me that was cool. Then I floated some more and met her again. She was talking about taking up astral projection in a month or so, I told her that she should buy/read Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce (I haven't read this book yet!) and Adventures Beyond the Body by William Buhlman (I've actually read and have this one). Then both of us went to this section. We were kneeling to take a better look at the books on a lower shelf. I helped her by finding an art (I think) book she wanted. Then, I touched her thigh. It just happened, I wasn't planning on it! Then I walked away and said 'sorry about that,' and I think she said it was okay. As I turned to go, I immedietly found myself in my body, and opened my eyes. It was around 8:40am, and I felt totally relaxed and refreshed, even though I went to bed around 1:00am.

Interestinglly, I didn't feel any vibrations before coming out-of-body, just this feeling of being energized.

Well, if you've come this far in my post, feel free to share your opinions about my experience.

::wanders off happily::

-Ater