In this interview Donald Cerrone describes what it is like to be "in the zone" as an out of body experience.
https://youtu.be/aqM4E6LxMCM?t=3981
Does anyone here have the ability to just go into an OBE state like this?
Listening to the Joe Rogan clip, I am not completely sure what the fighter is describing. I think the language "out of body experience" has sort of been co-opted by common vernacular speech to mean a lot of different things.
There are neural disorders that will cause a person not to recognize their own body as being them, and will actually identify it as something foreign. A person with this disorder will think of their own hands as though they belong to another person.
That sounds very much like what this fighter is experiencing... I wonder if the intensity of the moment for this person shuts off that same neural center?
That is my guess at least!
The impression I got from what he described is that his focus is allowing him to increase his peripheral view to the extent that it appears like he has a 3rd person perspective on the scene. I thought this was a common exercise for projection; I have seen it described in documentaries.
This would be quite advantageous since it would allow the fighter to react to things that normal eyes couldn't see. It reminds of the anecdote posted on here a while back where a person was doing this exact same thing to drive a car while in the out of body state.
Quote from: ThaomasOfGrey on September 24, 2015, 22:47:04
The impression I got from what he described is that his focus is allowing him to increase his peripheral view to the extent that it appears like he has a 3rd person perspective on the scene. I thought this was a common exercise for projection; I have seen it described in documentaries.
I agree with Thaomas here. Many times when I first become aware in a LD I am watching a version or usually a vessel of myself, until I become "it". This especially happens when I first see myself in a flying adventure. First I see a body in front of me and the next thing I know I am that body. The same happens when I see a body on a motorcycle or for some reason a horse. I will first see the action, then I am the rider.
I never could figure out why "horses" are such a regular scene in my APs. I don't ride them here in the physical. One almost killed me when I was 14 by throwing me off it while my foot was still caught in the stirrup. This happened while it was in full gait and led to multiple concussions, facial lacerations and a broken ankle. I guess my horse APs are a way of forgiveness. I didn't blame the horse though. I chalk it up to my own inexperience. It was my first time horse back riding. We were half way across the chosen track and the horse saw the stables in the distance and decided to go back very quickly, lol. That led to me holding on for my dear life until I couldn't hold on any more and found myself being dragged by my ankle the last 20 or so feet. I was unconscious for a few minutes. When I came to I was glad to be alive.
QuoteThis would be quite advantageous since it would allow the fighter to react to things that normal eyes couldn't see. It reminds of the anecdote posted on here a while back where a person was doing this exact same thing to drive a car while in the out of body state.
This would definitely give him a advantage. It would help his "telegraph" his next moves.
I think it was Soarin that said that. It was in the thread named "the Phantom Wiggle". She was talking about flying above the car though.
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_consciousness/how_exactly_do_you_perform_the_phantom_wiggle_method-t44583.25.html