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[OneThousandToes]

I have had a lot of health problems since birth. And a lot of times I was in immense amounts of pain or discomfort (most recent was from a pulminary embolism), I have extreme OBE and lucid dreams while I am completely awake and they always seem to be about keeping me focused on positive things that help me get through intense situations like those. BUT I am having a hard time reaching that point in my mind without the extreme moments of pain. I have a lot of abdominal pain all day everyday from over 20 surgeries. And the days I am in a lot of pain and need to lay down are the days my dreams are most vivid and almost real.

I have been practicing meditation for a month or so now just trying to see if it helps my body relax in these situations and it has led me to alot of learning with my eyes shut. Recently, after just seconds of concentration with my eyes shut I get a flash of white light in the center of my focus and my eyes and forehead begin to burn or feel like the pressure is more than I can take in my frontal lobe area. IF and when I fall asleep like this, minutes later I am always smashed into the bed in state of falling. But the times I can keep my mind more awake and relaxed, I start to feel like my body is still connected to my bed, but theres a light almost free feeling above me that is resting on top of my chest. I will start to daydream for a little bit and then my brain will quickly get taken over by a stomach pain or a hard cough from my asthma.

I have read over these threads on this forum for 3 days now before I bothered to say anything or ask anything. I gave my mind a couple more nights of rest after doing more reading.. Now I am just stuck wondering if I can hit those periods of OBE without almost being dead from a health condition or being in the worst pain immaginable.
Thank you for anyone who takes the time to read this or reply. Its a lot of rambling but I feel like I have a lot to learn from these visions because they always come at my most dire time of help.

[Xanth]

Hello there OTT. 

It's nice to have you here.
Welcome to the Astral Pulse!

As long as you're heading into meditation with an open mind and heart and willing to give it a good honest try... you won't be disappointed. 

[Greytraveller]

Hallo OneThousandToes and welcome.
One theory holds that the weaker the physical is then the easier it is to get out of body.
Whether that theory is true or is not, I believe that because you have had OBEs while being awake then you already Do have a natural ability to go out of body (OOB). Waking OBEs are relatively rare. I have read accounts of waking OBEs from other people but have never experienced one myself.
Of course most people experience OBEs while asleep or when half asleep. OBEs while asleep are usually easier to control because the mind/brain is Less engaged with the physical body.

Regards 
Grey

[NoY]

welcome to the Pulse 



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[OneThousandToes]

I laid around for the last two hours in silence(im on SSI, i have a lot of free time. I tried laying back and just repeated "just observe" and I faded out a few times and started to have really vivid immages of what was running through my mind. I just dont realise it until I snap back into reality and wake up again. Then I have an extremely hard bringing out enough memory of something to bring it back out again in my head. I guess i'll keep trying tonight what I had a little success with earlier. HOPEFULLY something will make me realise im dreaming for a minute.

[Lionheart]

 Good job OneThousandToes, it sounds like you are traveling the road to success!
Good Luck and Safe Travels!