The road to OOBE's and a few questions

[mr_karl]

Hey there everyone i'm new to the forum but not to OOBE's, or atleast the practice of as i've not yet had a conscious OOBE, although i've been trying for well over a year with no such luck except for a few bizarre experiences whilst meditating or trying to project in which the feelings have been too intense and I gave in to the fear. But i'm not really worried about the fact I haven't projected yet or haven't passed the fear barrier as over the last few months i've been practicing nightly and am slowly but surely 'getting there' each night will be a step further than the previous night I know i'm very close and it seems to be working well for me. It's quite strange really over these last few months I have noticed a 'knowing' for example I just 'know' that i'm not quite ready yet but soon will be, it's like I can feel it.

Wondering if anyone else has had that kind of feeling too, and also wouldn't mind hearing other people's experiences/feelings leading up to your first OOBE or projection.

I would also like to mention that since i've been practicing nightly and getting into a trance state experiencing different thoughts/feelings/emotions/perceptions i've noticed sometimes when i wake up in the morning i can't always remember the ins and outs of what happened the night before and am a bit worried when I finally do have an OOBE that I won't remember all or any of it. Has anyone any experience with forgetting like this and what can you do to remember or will it simply be too amazing an experience to forget?  hopefully the latter lol

[dbmathis]

Hi mr_karl,

Glad you stopped in. You have come to the right place.

I actually found this place about 3 to 4 months ago when I first started trying to have my first OBE. My experiences though, seem to be much different than yours as I was able to have a induced conscious OBE a week after beginning to try.

I think that you have the right attitude and it's what I tell people all the time which is skills don't just show up overnight and that we have our entire 'hopefully long' life to learn this.

When I first started trying I had to seriously convince myself that it was possible even though on inside I was going through denials and almost laughed out loud about how ridiculous I must look. Once I had that first OBE all of the changed and I realized my life would never be the same.

Regarding the feeling, I did feel something similar when I first started trying, it was almost as if I was learning to do something that I forgot how to do a long time ago and that someone was speaking to me saying it's almost time to relearn. Strange how I have this feeling but at the same time feel so awkward about trying it. I guess that's just a byproduct of our society's conditioning.

I think the best way to remember dreams is to repeat affirmations throughout the day and while falling asleep that you will remember your dreams.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards

David

[mr_karl]

Cheers for the reply David, all of you 'It only took me a week' lot are starting to make me jealous! lol The funny thing is i'm quite a skilled person i suppose, I'm a joiner, plumber, kitchen fitter, welder, musician. Well perhaps physically skilled but i suppose all that goes out the window eh? literally in some cases lol

And about it changing your life forever, that has been affecting me. When i've been getting just to that point where i think i can leave my body, suddenly i'll stop and think to myself just how great a step this really is and how this will change and affect my life.

It is a big step, i'm not saying i don't want it to happen,far from it. I think it's just that fear barrier again you know, the unknown. How WILL this affect me? The person i've been and known for the last 22 years, like you say i guess that's the conditioning.

[T.L.]

Once you do get out be sure to keep it short. The longer the experience at first, the more you will forget. So just keep it short. Once you are done focus on sitting up (in the physical) and you should just find yourself sitting up (at least its that easy for me). I go from being in the experience to being able to just sit up in the physical at will. Then just write it all down. After a lot of practice you'll have no problem remembering anything. I can now go out, and for some reason if I find myself back in I can once again reach the vibrations and get out again almost immediately and have no problem remembering both or all the experiences. What you definitely don't want to do is to get out, then once back in the body fall asleep. Since the obe took place so close to you going to sleep you will forget it just as easily as you forget dreams (not always but sometimes).

[mr_karl]

Right I understand, thanks for that. Sounds like sound advice, I don't think i'll be falling asleep straight after it although i've heard of people just 'blacking out' so to speak. I assume that's something to do with lack of energy or something.

I read William Buhlman's book and he talked about how he would almost demand "clarity" and energy, perhaps that could be a good technique to use in order to become more aware and therefore less likely to forget? I'm ofcourse just assuming, practice and all that i suppose!