Hi There,
I have been trying to have an OBE for years without success. I seem very stuck in the physical for some reason. A few reasons I believe this are:
1.) I never remember my dreams, only around three times in my entire life have I done so, and this was when I woke up and went back to sleep. But, every other time its just black and wake up.
2.) When I go to sleep, it seems my mind is still physically active. I will talk all night about what has happened during the day (This often gets me into trouble with the wife, as I have the habit of telling her what i really think, rather then keeping my mouth shut!).
3.) I never wake up feeling rested, i always wake up feeling tired and wanting more sleep even if i have had 12 hours of it.
The other day, i watched OBE videos of Bob Monroe and other people for around 6 hours before going to bed. I woke up at 3am and went back to sleep, i then heard a big whistling noise in my ears, found myself in space with a window in front of me with complete blackness inside of it. Curtains blowing either side (Which was strange, no wind in space). I then attempted to look at my arms, which i would describe as arms made of out black flames which were burning, but seemed pretty cool. I remember nothing after that, except waking up.
The question is, did I make this up in my mind after watching all of the videos, as there some common themes (Whistling noice, Space.. windows etc) on the videos i watched before sleeping or was this a real experience?
Any advice or comments are appreciated.
The whistling noises you heard as you were falling to sleep are normal as many people hear different kinds of noises and sounds as they are drifting off to sleep.
As far as your experience being an out of body experience, it's hard to say. Were you aware of what was going on the whole time? Were you fully conscious of what was happening?
In my limited experience, being able to recall dreams, lucidity and anything related to controlling dreams can be one way of approaching out of body experiences. I have a friend who played with his dreams trying to decide what he was going to dream about just before going to sleep, but the only success he has had has been during meditation, not sleep. Maybe you are right and remembering your dreams could be important as in training yourself to be more aware of what happens to your conscious mind when you fall asleep.
Have you tried lucid dreaming techniques just for kicks? It seems saturating your subconscious with 6 hours (!) of OBE videos kind of worked, so anything you can do to distract yourself from your everyday business might help.