It's not much compared to other peoples but I'm really excited because I may have finally had an OBE of my own :rolling:
I just suddenly found myself sitting on the edge of my bed but it just didn't feel right it was dark but I could see everything and that just struck me as odd. I have a ceramic candle thing by my bed that I picked up to look at and when I picked it up I saw it in my hand but it was also still on my table (so there appeared to be two of them). Then it hit me that this was an OBE :yikes2: so I turned as quick as I could to see if my body was behind me and that's when I woke up :angry3:
I admit this "may" have been a lucid dream and I do have 1 or 2 a month but this just seemed different to me almost too real for a lucid dream. However, I don't know what to make of the two ceramic things.
I also immediately got up and checked and as far as I can tell the ceramic candle holder wasn't moved. I was really hoping to find it dropped on the floor :(
Regardless it was a cool experience and if it was an OBE I bypassed any sounds, vibrations, etc. or atleast I have no memory of anything before sitting on the edge of my bed.
Hi Grigori
Sounds like an OBE to me. I usually by-pass the vibrations too. Occasionally get sounds, but not all the time.
It's a VERY typical OBE in my opinion.
Next time, try to "forget" that you even have a physical body. I have found that even just thinking about the physical can snap me back before I can change my mind! :grin:
Great stuff - let's hope it's the start of many more for you...
Sarah
Cool! Typical was what I was hoping for ... I would have just called it an OBE if it wasnt for the twinned ceramic thing that got me questioning it.
I guess I'm a little obsessed with wanting to look at my physical body from an OBE ... when I was very young kindergarten-ish I remember seeing myself face-to-face and still vividly recall wondering if I was the real one. Then when I learned about OBE's I wanted to see if I was my own doppleganger and thought the frst thing that I'd do if/when I OBEd would be to look at my body ... but I guess that kind of blows the whole OBE experience :sad:
Thancks for the reply! it was much appreciated!!!
Sounds pretty much like an OBE to me as well!
I found if I try to get as far from my body as possible, I can stay out longer.
Grigori,
Yes, it sounds like an OBE to me as well. :grin:
My theory is that we should be able to transition from a lucid dream to an OBE without difficulty once we gain sufficient control. I am testing it now, but it is a long process.
It sounds to me like you were in a perfect transition -- with a foot in both astral and physical worlds. That's why you saw two candleholders. There "really" were two of them! :cool: Man, if you can do that again and hold it, no telling what it will bring!!
Selski is right, at least in my experience. As soon as I become aware of or think about the physical, everything is over and it's back to square one! :roll:
Hopefully next time will be longer ... but I've really only worked on getting out of body and never really thought much about how to stay there :roll: but I guess that's the next step :grin: ... or atleast it is if it wasn't just a fluke and I can figure it out. I seriously have no prior dream (or whatever) recall before sitting on the bed wondering why I everything looked funny.
Now that bit about getting to an OBE state from a lucid dream is really intriguing but I've just never had any luck with it :( Usually I'll have one or two lucid dreams a month and I have tried to make a transition to an OBE but for me anyways it's never gone beyond a somewhat altered environment. I'm not sure how to describe it other than ya just know it's still a dream even if you are in control :?
Thanxz people it really is nice being able to discuss this without being thought completely insane :grin:
Heck, if I stay out for a minute I'm lucky. My longest OBE was my first where I was out apprx 2 minutes.
It seems any more by the time I figure out what the heck is going on "poof" back in the body. :sad:
Well that sucks ... it sounds like the key to a prolonged OBE is not realizing it until you're done :?
Not necessarily. Typically, once I'm out I realize "I'm out again - Great!" and then I go about doing whatever I do, and it never leaves my mind that I'm out-of-body.