First OBE

[dainjamouth]

hey guys im new to this and i wanna tell u what happened,
I have read a book on this this guy written saying how you can have one and what his experiences where, and i have tried ever since i read it and it has never worked and when i was asleep i was dreaming about swearing at this dude loadsa times (which i was actually doing out loud), then still in my dream i realised it was a dream at that time i thought about floating and being as light as a feather. I awoke in bed and my whole body was tingling and vibrating, the sound in your ears sounds like theres wind being blown in your ear but coz i read about this i knew that that was the first stage of an OBE, i then opened my eyes and everything was really hazy, at that point i looked up at the ceiling and thought about floating towards it, and i did, the sounds and tingling went away and everything was really peaceful, floating in the air is the best sensation i have ever, it was wierd as i saw the celing about 2 inches away from my face coz in plymouth, devon, UK the ceilings in the houses here are really high! i then thought about going outside and as i started moving towards the ceiling i thought 'i wonder what my body looks like?' at that point i instantly woke up in bed, the tingling sensations faded away my heart pounded for about an hour after!! i just wanna kow if you think theres is anything i could of done, and how i can make this happened again? coz when i tried and tried when i read this book nothing happened, then the day before this happened to me i thought about the obe a i came across the book on my computer, i just though that seeing that triggered off it in my mind. any help or ideas?

thanks

[dainjamouth]

well thanks all for your help

[dainjamouth]

bump

[Stookie]

You made the mistake of thinking about your body, so you returned to it. At least you got that far - it's not easy in the beginning.

All you can do is try again. You did it once. Why not twice? If you need tips, check out the Astral FAQ's & Permanent Astral Topics.

[psychonaut]

Excellent advice Stookie. I was going to ask how do you keep from thinking about your body and decided to answer it myself.
I guess my first and greatest experience i didn't really think about my body while I was out until the end.
I thought things like this in this order...
"Those are cool colors."
"I want to float through this wall."
"Whoa, that was cool, now I want to go out the back door."
"Wow this is fun, I want to fly like in my dreams."
"Is that a clown?"
" Can she see me? I don't want to scare her."
and then finally,
"Am I a ghost?"
That last thought led me to thinking about my body which then brought my back to it feeling fully awake as opposed to the drowsiness as when i first went out. I was suprised to hear I had been sleeping on the couch for almost an hour because it was hard to tell whether i was out for 2 minutes or 10 or more.

you can read about it here:
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_experiences/was_this_my_firstonly_obe-t23488.0.html;msg197991#msg197991