Sharing Aspects of OBEs to Help Others

[Selski]

In the hope that others may benefit from my experiences, I have written a bit about my OBEs and some of the steps I have taken to progress, and also some of the frustrations I have felt (and still feel!).

Any comments you have are always gratefully received.

Here goes.  It's a tad long.

I have been having OBEs for 16 months.  I had them before this, but at the time I wasn't aware what they were.  I have had 77 so far, approximately one per week.

They started after I'd read about OBEs on the Internet, and how you can turn a lucid dream into one.  Within a week of reading this, I had a lucid dream, realised I could have an OBE, and promptly did so.  That first time, I had grand plans of flying to the Grand Canyon, Australia, or somewhere just as magnificent.  In actual fact, I managed to get from one side of the lounge to the other!

My initial frustration was down to lack of sight.  Mostly, I'd be completely blind, or at best have tunnel vision, the tunnel being very small!  Over the months, I learned not to be bothered whether I could see or not, and strangely enough, my sight improved.  I still have OBEs where I can't see, but I just continue moving, in the knowledge that eventually, I will see.  Invariably, I do.

At the beginning, I could honestly say that I had no fear.  I still feel I can say this, in the traditional sense of fear.  I've never met a "neg", although I have come across a few shady characters that, if I allowed myself to feel fear, may have fed on that fear.  I don't disbelieve in negs, but according to my experiences, they don't exist.

I keep an OBE journal, which is of great use when I sometimes feel that I haven't progressed, or when I have a very short OBE and feel that I'm not learning.  I look back and read what they were like a few months ago, and this confirms that I am progressing, albeit sometimes very slowly!  

I used to spend an age just getting out of my body – I'd get stuck or something would be twisted.  However, these days, I don't have any problems.  I don't really know what has changed – but it's possibly down to a mixture of things: -

*   I rely less on having a "second" body, therefore my mind is less likely to think that one astral leg is stuck and I can't get out (because I try to remember I haven't got legs);

*   I have learned that when I can't get out, I can "throw" my consciousness half way across the room, and most often than not, I find myself halfway across the room – which I term a mental exit, rather than a physical one;

*   If some part of me is stuck, I rub my astral hands on that part, in the belief that it makes it more astral than physical, and so easier to separate.  This has worked for me every time.

I have so much to learn still.  I need to keep my emotions in check, as I often get worried that I haven't got much time, so I rush rush rush, which seems to abort the experience.  I have been practicing at drawing energy from the physical body (at some distance) by breathing deeply, but I think I overdid it this morning; I felt overwhelmed with energy and promptly woke up!!

I also have dreams about having OBEs, which can be very frustrating because at the time of dreaming it, I am convinced I'm having a genuine OBE.  Occasionally, I can't tell the difference, but I don't concern myself about it.  I try not to get hung up on the words – AP, OBE, false awakening and so on.  I simply enjoy the experience.

I have visited the astral world about half a dozen times.  The rest of my experiences have been in the RTZ.  The astral experiences are closer to a lucid dream than RTZ, because they bear little resemblance to the physical world.  However, I know they are astral planes mainly because I just don't have dreams like them.

I have a sneaky suspicion that to enrich my experiences, I need to meditate more often (I'm not saying this is true for everyone, but I believe it is for me personally).  I also think that this is a "self-fulfilling sneaky suspicion"!

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!

Sarah