Confrontations with other beings

[daddyshome]

I am pretty experienced with astral projection and have never come across anyone or anything other than myself until last night. As usual i projected while i was sleeping. I did not realize I was projecting until i got sucked back into my body. Anyways, I got up and went to the bathroom then sat down on the couch to watch television. I looked out my front window and seen my neighbor (across the street and a couple house down), with their garage door open and their garage light on. Someone was standing in the driveway just staring in my direction. I thought this was a little weird, being about 2 in the morning. I heard a sound like a trash collector so I thought she was just out to make sure the new trash collectors picked up her trash. I knew something was a little weird about this so I got up and went outside.

As soon as I got outside I noticed my neighbors garage light was off and I could no longer see whomever was standing their. Also I could not hear the trash collectors. I had a strange feeling and as I turned to go back inside whatever that was that standing in my neighbors driveway was standing right next to me. I didn't get a very good look at it because I was instantly sucked back into my body and woke up in my bed. All I know is that it was tall and black and i couldn't see a face on it. Whatever it was didn't give off a bad vibe. It didn't seem like it wanted to hurt me, just that it wanted to scare me.

Like I said, I am pretty well experienced with astral projection and have never had an experience like this before. It don't know what it means or ever what to think about it. I would really appreciate some feedback and if anyone else has had an experience like this i would really like to know. daddy

[Xanth]

Hi there,

Welcome to the Astral Pulse. 

I am pretty experienced with astral projection and have never come across anyone or anything other than myself until last night.

How can you be sure (100%?) that you've never come across anything other than yourself?  Are you usually completely alone in your projections?  What about your dreams?  Or lucid dreams?

As usual i projected while i was sleeping. I did not realize I was projecting until i got sucked back into my body. Anyways, I got up and went to the bathroom then sat down on the couch to watch television. I looked out my front window and seen my neighbor (across the street and a couple house down), with their garage door open and their garage light on. Someone was standing in the driveway just staring in my direction. I thought this was a little weird, being about 2 in the morning. I heard a sound like a trash collector so I thought she was just out to make sure the new trash collectors picked up her trash. I knew something was a little weird about this so I got up and went outside.

As soon as I got outside I noticed my neighbors garage light was off and I could no longer see whomever was standing their. Also I could not hear the trash collectors. I had a strange feeling and as I turned to go back inside whatever that was that standing in my neighbors driveway was standing right next to me. I didn't get a very good look at it because I was instantly sucked back into my body and woke up in my bed. All I know is that it was tall and black and i couldn't see a face on it. Whatever it was didn't give off a bad vibe. It didn't seem like it wanted to hurt me, just that it wanted to scare me.

Like I said, I am pretty well experienced with astral projection and have never had an experience like this before. It don't know what it means or ever what to think about it. I would really appreciate some feedback and if anyone else has had an experience like this i would really like to know. daddy

Definitely was a "strange" experience.  Unfortunately, the only person who can tell you about what it could possible mean is yourself. 
You should write down all the different subjects of the experience then search for what they mean to you.

[Greytraveller]

Hello daddyshome
Recently I read (and replied to) a post on another website by a person who had a similar experience to yours. This person had been getting out of body for many years and had never had a negative or violent encounter before. (Although he Had seen other beings when out of body all of the encounters were friendly or neutral). And then a few weeks ago he was attacked by an astral dog.
Both his experience and yours strengthen my belief that such negative and violent encounters Do happen from time to time during OBEs. And, while Yes, there are people who have had hundreds, or even thousands, of OBEs without ever having a negative encounter, most people Do eventually have such experiences if they have a lot of OBEs.
I have had several violent encounters (2 with astral dogs, a couple with discarnate people and one or two with non-human, non-animal creatures). Yet this is many more than most people and is only a small percentage (maybe about 5%) of all my out of body experiences.
Overall such negative experiences account for only about 1 % of all OBEs. See my Informal OBE Survey at http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_out_of_body_experiences/obe_survey_report_part_5_a_through_f-t24931.0.html

Regards 
Grey

[c0sm0nautt]

What's up with those astral dogs? I'm convinced dogs have a rich inner life which involves running around their immediate neighborhood, causing all sorts of ruckus.

[Szaxx]

Hi,
You can find trouble if you want it. Occasionally it finds you. Its your initial reaction from within that sets the outcome.
Fear nothing has meaning.
Then you get avoided constantly from entities as they feel your confidence.
Thats how it seems to work.

[FrauStorm]

As all cliche negative entities are portrayed, they feed off vulnerability and fear.
Try your best to engage this experience and entity with confidence and curiosity,
and remember that it can't hurt you!

[roman67]

I am totally confused... I think you were dreaming.