*Playing devil's advocate*
How is this is all proof? It could all be a product of your subconscious.
very interesting, the maven, he says MY proof, which is proof for HIM.
OK so I have read a great number of books on the subject of OOBE and have also had my own experiences.
As of late I have been in a "dry spell", no dreams, no experiences, nothing...the reason why as it turns out was problems with dream recall / shadow memory (what ever the terms you use).
I personally belive that we all get out of our bodies every night, even if we don't want to or don't remeber it.
This morning I had a very powerful experience...even if it makes very little sence to me at this moment.
I am going to copy the exact experience that I recorded in my personal journal...don't get hung up on the details, most of it seems like gibberish or small parts of a bigger picture.
Keywords in Journal: Graves, Carolyn, the thief, and duality
--- Journal Entry ---
This morning was very weird.
I wolk up to the alarm and thought to myself "great another night without dreams".
Turned the alarm off and layed down determined to get another 10 minutes of sleep.
Then a voice that sounded like my own (kind of like I was talking to myself) said "what are you talking about we had a lot of dreams.
Suddenly I was flooded with images and thoughts that seemed to be not my own, but at the same time seemed like I was remebering them.
As this was happening I seemed to realize I was laying on my left side and standing at the edge of the bed at the same time (OOBE duality / mind split?)... this was freaky and amazing at the same time.
They raced by so fast that I had a hard time retaining them all but here goes...
Was walking through a gravyard, the sub was up and it seemed to be about noon.
I was with a few other people, can not remember their names or faces.
I asked what we were doing and an man in the group replied "looking for the oldest graves".
Before I could ask why in the world we would be looking for the oldest graves, another man in the group shouted "over here"
We all raced over and saw a small cluster of headstones, obviously old and weathered.
The legend on the first one read "Carolyn 1" the next ready "Missy 1" and the next read "Carolyn 2"
The images blured and I was standing in what looked like a department store.
In front of me was a teenaged girl - she was encased in what looked like wax paper, it surrounded her from the floor to the ceiling.
She was talking to a cameraman is if she was on TV.
In her hand she had a toaster oven.
She smiled into the camera and said "truley this works, i have been here 4 times today...don't worry I will return the toasters back to MTV and they can give them back to the store owner."
It dawned on me that no one else in the store could see her.
After the thoughts and images finished, so did the feeling of being in two places at once...I sat up and looked around the room, wiggled my toes to make sure I still had 10 of them (could not feel my feet).
--- End Of Journal Entry ---
Now to me those images / thoughts / memories were complete gibberish.
Like I said in the journal, they went by so fast I could only grab bits and peices of them.
What I am trying to point out in this post is not the dreams / thoughts / memories...but rather the duality.
While this was happening I was laying in bed and standing at the end of the bed at the same time.
In Robert Bruces book he talks about the mind split effect and downloading "shadow memories" from your astral body as it re-integrates with your pysical body, the issue is when you are consious and aware of being in both places at the same time.
This is what I belive happened to me this morning.
And I have to tell you, after having a dry spell of no experiences at all, this to me is a HUGE milestone.
I found also WHY I was having a "dry spell" -
Have been sick as of late, sore throat, mild fever - basically a cold.
After I got up this morning I felt much better (not just because of this experience but pysically better).
The dry spell directly relates to the process of me getting a cold - as soon as I started feeling crappy, my experiences stopped. And as soon as I started feeling better (today) they started back up.
I have had full blown OOBEs before and this obviously was not one of them. But it was the first time I experienced total mind split.
And to me, it proves that we do leave our bodies even if we are not remebering them.
I know that tons of people have said this to be true...but to me this is proof...and that removes doubt from my mind.