First I would like to say hello to everyone. I used to be very active on the forums last year but I got extremely frustrated when I could never project and just gave up. Well, I am almost positive I projected last night without even trying, it just happened on its own.
I was dreaming about playing a piano piece that I am currently working on. Then suddenly I was back in my bed laying down, accept I could feel both of my legs floating, as if I was holding them up at an angle. Then something in my brain just clicked I suppose. It went something like "Holy crap! I'm sleeping...and I know it!" So I then willed myself to sit up and I did but it was extremely difficult to stay up so I grabbed onto my window ledge which is right next to my bed. Even then, I still felt myself drifting back down into my body so I sort of "asked for help" (I more or less willed someone to help me out of my body) The next thing I knew I felt another hand grab mine and help me sit up. Now here is where it gets really crazy.
So I am now sitting up in my bed, fully aware that my actual body is laying down and I'm sleeping. I look at my wall and the posters that are on it. Now I can't actually see them, but I could. Its very hard to explain. The writing and pictures on them were very distorted and the text kept changing. Everything seemed to be violently jolting back and forth. It was kind of scary, but I made the big decision to float up out of my body completely. I then grabbed on to whoever or whatever it was that "helped" me out of my body and suddenly I was skyrocketing upwards. I can't say how high up we went, but I do know we went well into the sky.
This whole experience was a bit alarming so I willed myself back into my room. So I sat on my bed and kept telling myself "OK wake up now" but it wasn't working and it was very scary. At this point it was odd because I was in my body but I couldn't move or get myself to wake up, yet I could see ahead of me as if I were laying down with my eyes open in bed. So I got back up and lined my astral body up with my actual body and POOF I was awake. It was quite a rush.
My theory is that I was about to wake up from dreaming and I just happened to become mentally aware of it, just at the right moment.
On possibly my only OBE experience I have also been launched at tremendous speed into the sky, this happened right after realizing my lucid state. 10 seconds after realizing, I awoke and was feeling adrenaline effects.
My theory is, when you are unfamiliar with OBE's and you suddenly have one... there's a lot of chance that there's going to be fear of the unknown, and a little fear is enough to release adrenaline in the brain... resulting the person to become conscious.
Yes, as you read in my first post it was about the same amount of time with me too. I sure am happy it happened because I'm FINALLY getting back into reading and learning about OBE again! :) About a year ago I used to be on the forums several times a day, but I just got so frustrated and gave up. I don't even remember my old password or what e-mail i signed up with so I had to make a new username lol.
congratulations. I'm too somehow were and am just like you, but except that I was projecting almost every two days. I even one night projected for 11 times, one after another. but now it seems that am stucked in a downtime. am getting back to my feet again, and my energy is becoming pure and really great, I can feel it. I sometimes can even feel the blocked channels of energy being opened and sense the rush of energy. though its happening again to me, the past times of not being able to project were so painful, and frustrating. and you know the frustration man, it kills ya.
but you know! if it didn't kill ya then yer on your way, cause what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
I read somewhere that on the road to self-mastery you must embrace the plateu. I somewhat agree with that, however I am also walking on that damn plateu and I feel I'm ready to climb.
I think I just need to get down in it more...practice
sweet. thats kind of cool that it was like a random OBE/LD. wow so u took a year off and then it happened? thats a long time for it to set in. i was trying so hard that i lost almost all my recall ability but was getting better at trying WILD. but ive given up completely and now my recall has never been better. maybe ill get some OBE/DILDs like u!