Can someone please enlighten me about this? Last night I went to bed listening to an audio book on my ipod, I sometimes listen to things if I know it's going to take a while to get to sleep whether it be an audio book, binaural beats or soft relaxation music. At some point I drifted off for about half an hour max and could hear the book still going on when I came round. Anyway there I was awake again so I continued to listen.
I closed my eyes, but my mind was still alert and awake as I wanted to keep listening and when I felt that I may be nearly dropping off I would open my eyes and become awake again before shutting my eyes and carry on concentrating. Some time passed then I began to feel my body go dead weight, yet at the same time every part of me felt floaty. The more I focused on the floaty feeling the more it seemed to increase. I had a strong tingling sensation all over and could hear a sound that was more louder than the words of the book (I don't know what energy sounds like, but it felt like it was that as it was rushing through me in waves and building up by the second). I lifted my head slightly and in my mind was thinking I bet I could just sit up right now and see my body still in the bed. I continued to lie there eyes closed as was enjoying this intense floaty and light feeling, but at the same time was thinking where the hell am I going to go with this, will it just go if I don't do anything.
It was increasing more and more and when it got the point where I felt like any second I could possibly just float upwards I had to open my eyes and slowly it began to fade. I opened my eyes as I felt uncertain and I guess a little scared as to what was going on. Would this have been an OBE had I allowed myself to go along with what was happening? I would really like to experience that, but I know last night I wasn't ready or something like that and I didn't know what to expect. It all felt really incredible, but something held me back.
If anyone can give me any ideas about what this was I'd be grateful. I don't know if this will happen to me again, I guess if I knew what it was then next time I maybe better prepared to deal with it. Thank you.
Sounds like you were plunging into deep trance and frightened yourself. This would've resulted in a projection had you kept a lid on your emotions. Good job, anyway.
You experienced the tell-tale signs to the beginning of an OBE. The "trance" state is where your body is asleep and relaxed while your mind is awake. This leads to the vibrational stage, where you feel the vibrations/energy rushing throughout your body and hear what I describe as a static/crackling sounds. It can be quite scary to the uninitiated. I will note that the vibrational stage is not experienced for some people. I only get it sometimes.
Next time just try and relax and visualize yourself floating out.
Thank you for that information!