It would seem to me like if you had already left your physical body at some point in your life, even for a short while, it would be easier to re-induce that same experience/sensation of leaving your body and turn it into an OBE.
On a personal level, I came extremely close to death when I was born, because my umbilical cord was wrapped around my neck. As it seems like I have indeed been experiencing some form of OBE, I'm trying to find an explanation for why I would suddenly start experiencing this without consciously attempting to do so (even though my NDE, if I had one, was so long ago that I can't remember it).
Has anyone read anything about a connection between people who have had near death experiences and then experienced out of body experiences? Or perhaps someone here has experienced both?
I couldn't find any other discussions about this particular question on here, so I'm sorry if this has already been covered.
NDEs do make it easier in the sense that they are first hand experience of a world beyond the physical body...
However, I don't know if it'll increase your abilities... I don't see a reason why it would :-s
Haha yeah I doubt nearly dying when I was born would grant me with an amazing gift to leave my body, although that would be lovely.
As you said, I think that if you've already experienced "a world beyond the physical body," somewhere deep in your mind there has to be a faint recollection of that, which would make it easier for you to channel back into those same sensations of leaving your body, if nothing else.
I don't think that's the case with me. I can't imagine my newborn brain comprehending that I was leaving the Earth.
Regardless, it's still an interesting idea. Thanks for your input!