Another Typical OBE but with vibrations

[Selski]

I thought I'd share a very tiny OBE I had this morning.  I'd woken up at 4am, went to use the loo, returned to bed and lay on my back relaxing and doing Frank's noticing exercise.  As per usual, I turned onto my side and fell asleep.  

About an hour or so later, I became conscious and realised that my astral arms were floating around all over the place.  I felt incredibly conscious, and I noted that my physical body was lay in a really awkward position.  I knew if I moved it I would break the projection, so I lay there trying to relax into the feeling.  I could still only feel my astral arms, but I was acutely aware of my physical body, especially feeling the bedclothes on my toes.  My astral arms were moving ridiculously slowly, I didn't seem to have much control over what they were doing.  I then started to think I was half physical and half astral, with no control over either, although I wasn't paralysed.  I couldn't see a thing (no surprises there then), however I "looked" at my astral arms and they looked physical, so I began to wonder if I was quite simply waving my physical arms around in bed at 5am in the morning.  How many times I've wondered this during OBEs you wouldn't believe, and I keep telling myself when the projection has finished that I've never ever been waving my physical arms around, so they MUST be astral, and to please remember this next time it happens.  It seems I've still not learned that one – which annoys me because I was convinced that my faculties were top notch this morning.

Anyway, I felt myself rising slightly, but I had the stray thought, "I'm lay too awkward for this," which plopped me back into myself, but I was still astral.  Then I decided that rather than rise, I'd sink (I'm fond of sinking into the bed and down rather than going up – don't know why), so I let my whole self go floppy, and then some, and I started sinking through the bed.  Within a second or two, I was back in the physical, but still astral.  I started getting frustrated – why couldn't I get out?  I really didn't have much control, although mentally I was clear as a bell.  Then I had a great idea – I'd slither out from my head (well, it seemed like a great idea at the time).  Actually, it worked really well, I slithered up the wall, head first and I had the thought that I'd quite simply slither up the wall, across the ceiling, down the other wall and back into bed.  However, I only got halfway up the first wall before I plopped back into the physical, but I was still astral.

And then, lo and behold, something new happened to me!  I started getting vibrations.  Now this was very interesting, I'd already been out.  I don't get vibrations.  I never have had.  So, of course, I didn't ignore them, I focused on them, enjoying them and trying to remember how I was going to describe them when it was all over.  They were more than mild, but not particularly strong.  They were everywhere, I couldn't pinpoint them to a specific place on my body.  At the time, I thought to myself "this is like an electric shock".  They stayed with me for a few seconds (perhaps 4-5 seconds – a long time for me) and they were quite pleasant.  I also had a very loud sound in my right ear while the vibrations were happening – hard to describe – a whooshing.  I was only aware of it in my right ear.

And then it was all over, the vibrations faded and I became fully physical.

All in all a very frustrating, but interesting, experience.

Sarah

[Selski]

Hi Major Tom

Thanks for the response.  Yes, I continue to be amazed at how physical I still am when I begin these types of OBEs.  

I agree with you about phasing – the times it has happened to me, I've been very much aware of my physical body whilst watching the screen.  In fact, I was able to step into the screen at will, and come out again, note any physical sensations without losing the screen, and then to step into it again.  Unfortunately, you will see that I say "the times it has happened to me", meaning that I'm not quite sure how it happened; therefore I find it hard to recreate.  I know that I get glimpses of images while doing Frank's noticing exercise and just before sleep, and what I'm working on at the moment is having these images become so normal, so routine, that my mind stops going "woah woah, what's that?" and my physical eyes try to snatch a glance.  I had one just today before an afternoon nap (oh, the luxury of Saturdays!), where I was travelling down an autumnal road.  No sooner did I realise this, my eyes wanted to look at it all, and it promptly disappeared!

Interesting point about why I got the vibrations.  You're probably right, although I have had many OBEs all very similar (leaving my body numerous times) where I've felt nothing of the sort.  It may have something to do with reading about vibrations a lot lately, and that seeped into my mind.  But you are right, there was definitely some sort of "strain" between physical and non-physical, due to my very own restrictions of thinking I was lay awkwardly.  

Ha ha, my other plan is to practice phasing while OBE (but still ensconced in my physical body), and however lucid I thought I was this morning, that never crossed my mind.  I seriously thought I was so incredibly mentally "with it" and yet phasing to the API didn't enter my head (and I've thought of nothing else for the last few days!).  Now closing my eyes – there's an idea.  I've never ever thought of that.  Because I am normally astrally blind, I assume my eyes are already closed.  Hmmmm, something to put on my list of things to do!  I think you're absolutely correct – an astral screen should come practically automatically in that state.  I've never knowingly experienced the 3D blackness (although I'm sure I have, but simply passed it by without acknowledging it).  Actually, I think I pass a lot of the process by; this morning's excursion only started when I became conscious my arms were waving around, so I must have missed the whole hotchpotch of sensations before this.  LOL – I probably get vibrations every time, but simply ignore them until I'm ready to exit!

Sarah

[Feathers_one]

Sarah,
I have had a few experiences, exactly as you describe (without the waving arms!) it is usually between 2 and 4 am when i have got back into bed.  I kinda have this feeling that I am not going to go back to sleep and have a mild expectation of something.  I used to be frustrated about not being able to sleep, but now if I feel like that realise there is another option.  So being relaxed helps. I usually do go back to sleep, if I need to, but if not then stay focused and breath deeply and the very first thing I feel is a vibration like you described.  At first it comes in waves from my head to toe, then is just there.  I too once noticed I can be too much of an observer so do not progress further, but If I stay "in it" I can feel a separation starting to occur.  I will then get out completely of  or have this balloon on string feeling.  Separate, but still attached by a thread.  This has happened 3-4 times in the last year and only twice did I separate completely.  I can get the vibrations quite easily.
So the vibrations do seem to be the start of it.
Ian

[Selski]

Hello Ian

Great to hear from you.  Yes, I know what you mean about the "expectation" thing.  It's odd, isn't it.  You know that SOMETHING is going to happen, whether it be an OBE, a lucid dream, or a very "important" dream.

Funnily enough, I've had nigh on 90 OBEs, and only twice have I experienced vibrations.  I'm either the exception to the rule, or "sleep" through the whole vibration thing!  

I love the balloon string feeling - have you ever played with it, where you shift your awareness between physical and non-physical?  At times, I've managed to experience both awarenesses at the same time, physical and non-physical, which is pretty awesome.

Sarah