Last night my awareness was hightened due to feeling strong vibes. I could see astrally, and I recall at one point seeing a glimpse of a kind of shadow in the upper left corner of the room which then started moving towards the bed. At this stage I didn't see astrally continuously, mainly because I was so focussed on the vibes, which were kind of forcing me to go OOB, and because I was still in the process of hightening my consciousness.
Because I had become aware of a "being" in my room I became rather hesitant to get "out". (Unfortunately the fear-factor has been "playing up" lately, with regard to the way I deal with astral-experiences). But the vibes kept on and kept bugging me at full strength, so I decided there was nothing else for it but to get "out" there. I thought: "alright, but then I'll just keep my (astral) eyes closed so I won't see anything I don't want to be confronted with." (whimp!)
After several attempts I finally got totally "free" and - then with only vision of grey-ness around me - I tried to go to "higher grounds" by calling out "Higher Self now", so that I would feel safer. I didn't realy feel that I went anywhere else; I didn't feel the rush and speed I otherwise often do when saying "Higher Self now" and willing myself to move "up and away". But in hind-sight I do think I actually went "somewhere else", because a moment later I gained more vision and could see everything clearly. I was still in the (I then assumed my) room. What must have cleared my vision was the fact that a bird of prey suddenly appeared, flying back and forth through the room. He did so for several seconds (at one point I saw that he had a bunch of twigs in his beak).
At the time I still recognized the room, and there were 2 large windows through which I had a very clear view to the outside surroundings. I recognized this view. I studied what I saw carefully, telling myself I had to realy focuss on it so that I would remember after I woke up. But after I woke up I realised that the view from this room while OOB was not familiar to me at all. It was definately not the view I normally see from my bedroom-window.
Now I wonder about the following: What role (if any) could this bird (of prey) have played in my experience? I can think of absolutely no reason why this bird suddenly appeared, other than that this bird could have in some way opened up the doorway for me to another location/time/dimension. Does this sound feasable/familiar to any of you? I thought this might be the explanation for why this bird came into my view. Afterall, first I only saw greyish mist, as I was trying to move away from the bedroom location to a "higher dimension"; then this bird appears. And straight after he has dissappeared I find myself in a room, but with a different setting and view... Could this bird in some way have represented and/or have provided me with this transformation?
By the way, I strongly suspect that I had then gone back in time. But I could be wrong about this.
I was again aware of the person/entity in the room. I then noticed the figure of a person sitting(?) next to my bed. The same person I had seen vaguely before. It was an old woman, dressed in a black/white, quite long gown (lots of layers of fabric). I could still clearly envisage her face upto a few minutes after I woke up. This is how clearly I could see her. I spoke to her and she spoke (telepathically? I don't know anymore) to me. She was sweet, yet seemed quite concerned (for me). Anyway, this is another part of the OBE which I won't go into now.
But I welcome any theories/idea's on what role this bird could have played. Has anyone had any similar experiences with birds(of prey)?
Thanks in advance.
Take care.
Mica