Tried so hard .

[justinh]

Hi there,

I recently had the exact same thing happen!  My first OBE was totally by accident (kinda... I don't think it would have happened at all if not for practicing over the past weeks but I still didn't consciously induce it).

Anyway, I have been changing my technique to sitting in a recliner instead of on pillows on the floor, and also I think I might have had my trance/projection techniques backwards.  I think I was trying to sink when projecting and float when trancing!  Not sure, but I'll have to keep trying...

A general question:  when sinking should you feel your BODY sink or your awareness sink?  It's kind of a point-of-view thing.  I only ask because a night ago I was trying VERY hard to project, and was pushing my awareness upward, and I felt myself hit full trance rather abruptly. (perhaps because of my body sinking?)

Other than that, I get very relaxed, my arms and legs feel very numb, but I think controlling my breathing might be a problem, too.

Good luck,
Justin

[ralphm]

maybe you are trying to hard. my first obe's were also after i fall asleep after trying{and still are) what i do is wake in the night and try then because you are rested relaxed and your mind is not so active. just don't go to the bathroom before going to bed. now i wake in the night without even trying.

[nightflier101]

Hey!
One option is;
When I lay there and I'm getting too tired and nothing is happening,
I'll give myself an order.
I'll say," When my body falls asleep my conscious mind will awaken". Then
I can just roll over and go to sleep. This worked more times than it should have!  I'd wake up in the big black void, just floating there, or wake up totally
unattached to the physical and lift right out.
Rate of success for this was around 15% of the time, but heck, that does
increase your chances of having an OBE.
I guess it's sort of a self-hypnosis thing, but it worked for me...
It will give you some awesome dreams too, only an hour or two after going to sleep.

Nightflier...

[Grenade01]

One thing i noticed was that the more uncomfertable i was (assuming i can still trance like this) the better the chance of obe
i dont think that limits it to your position
but things like thirst, if you have to go the bathroom, stuff like that

just an observation worth noting
well if you try to obe in bed anyway like me

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[Astralpulse4229829]

I'm trying to get my second OBE but with no success. I got my first by doing most the book exercise (Relaxation ,Trance ..) but after an hour or so with no success I break  the state and I went to bed I slept on the right side and I'm kind of waiting. I fall asleep and I thought that I lost consciousness .but I felt me leaving the body so easy. I felt my hand and my head so real. I recall trying to get out-through-the-door and I stuck for a while but I manage my way out.  But I guess I fall down to a lucid dream after that !.
But otherwise I couldn't get any more OBE .why ?
Any ideas ? I'm trying for more than one year so hard with no OBE ?
Could any one tell us more about his pre-steps before he gets to OBE
What could help in OBE ?