I don't really know what to coin this, so I'll just call it an OBE for the sake of giving it a name. I wrote it down so I wouldn't have to worry about forgetting about it, but I'm confused as some things and wanted to know if people could give me some tips on not having such a weird and discomforting experience next time. Here's what I wrote down..
QuoteI wasn't entirely sure if this was a plain and simple lucid dream or an out of body experience, either way I consciously induced it using the simple method of focusing on my breathing shortly after waking. When I was there, I was in a room with some random guy who said something that I cannot remember. Later I just happened to be in a room with a wall mirror. I looked into the mirror, however I didn't see me as I was. I saw a version of me that looked like a psychopath, with hair all over the place as if I gelled it and then rubbed it with a towel, white sand covered half my face and my facial expression (in the mirror) looked insane, smiling manically. I then found myself in the bathroom in the tub, same thing when I looked into the mirror, although my hair changed its direction, was still a scary sight. So then a toothbrush floated out of a coat pocket that was somehow hanging from the rail, I grabbed it and dropped it out of paranoia. Afterwards I found myself in that room with a wall mirror again, not my bathroom; the one before that. I looked into the mirror to see I looked normal again, flat hair that was the same as in real life, clean face. Although my jaw unhinged itself and floated to the left, this stopped when I looked away (because I felt it happening).
Note: The first time I looked into the mirror, the piece of my short on-top of my right nipple began to dissolve and my nipple began to burn inwards. This cured when I looked away.
If anyone here is on the group page on Facebook, you'll have already seen this, I just thought I'd post it here to see if anyone else could share anything. Mainly to do with..
- Why do I look like a freak in the mirror and why does it cause pain or discomfort to my dream/energy body?
- Why couldn't I remember where I was fully and seem to teleport unconsciously, whilst forgetting how?
- At one moment I got paranoid that someone else was controlling this dream, not me, would there be any truth in that?
- I couldn't control my surroundings at all, why?
I guess I still have some way to go eh? I've just got my hands on Robert Monroe's trilogy so I'm going to get reading that, but if anybody could give me a quick "Calm down, it's fine", that would be awesome. Personally I've found my body waking up quicker than normal for the past two days so I haven't been able to do it, usually I need to wait until my body starts seeing through its eyelids, or peering into another place altogether before I get anywhere.
Edit: I kept doing reality checks by looking in the mirror now and then, as-well as my hands, then finding I was still sleep.
My opinion and judging by your past posts is that you still have not handled your Fears yet.
So, because of that, fearful things are what your seeing and finding.
You will be tested again and again until you start changing these fear scenarios into your advantage.
In this situation you could have done that by avoiding the mirrors altogether and gone surfing or walking in the wilderness.
You have the power to change it, you just need to believe that.
Also, you could take this as a strange encounter like this left you with full recall of the event. Which in turn is always a plus.
They always catch me by surprise and I always end up doing "Just go with it" feelings when it happens instead of planning on what I'll do. I mean, I have a habit of trying every night (usually requires tiredness and the ability to get back to sleep), hasn't happened though for 2-3 days. :(
Lionheart has wonderfully given the reply of your thread. I really enjoyed this thread. Thanks for starting it Jdeadevil.