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[Raui]

I had an OBE when I was very young, about 7, and can remember it plain as day. I was on vacation and woke up with a very high temperature started to hallucinate and then I felt as though I left my body and floated out the door and up the street a little bit I suddenly got scared and started crying so then snapped out of it. Was one of a weirdest experiences of my life.

Peace.

[SamTheMan]

I had an OBE when I was very young, about 7, and can remember it plain as day. I was on vacation and woke up with a very high temperature started to hallucinate and then I felt as though I left my body and floated out the door and up the street a little bit I suddenly got scared and started crying so then snapped out of it. Was one of a weirdest experiences of my life.

Peace.

When you're that young, sometimes you're memory can play tricks on you. Put things where you want to believe them, especially for dreams and such. However, in no way am I denying you. If it was as weird as you say, it'd be hard to forget

[Donaldmax]

Screw you all.... You made me have nightmares.

[Chalk]

Screw you all.... You made me have nightmares.

Lol! Yeah, I felt really awkward going to bed.

[WharfRat]

I've had a couple OBE... one at 8 and one at 13. The one at 13 is much more memorable...I swear I was awake at the time and slowly was gravitating upward and backwards out of the ceiling/room... and I turned around and looked down and I saw my body lying there on the bed with my hand over my chest. As I was rising higher than the ceiling, I "Snapped" out of it and was back in my body with my hands grasping my chest with my chest hurting fairly badly. I could swear I was awake, but I can't think of any logical explanation other than dreaming.

As far as Astral Projections? I've had a couple, but all were drug induced. I may post more in detail at a later time, but it's probably doubtful.

Cheers!

[Legault]

I've had a couple OBE... one at 8 and one at 13. The one at 13 is much more memorable...I swear I was awake at the time and slowly was gravitating upward and backwards out of the ceiling/room... and I turned around and looked down and I saw my body lying there on the bed with my hand over my chest. As I was rising higher than the ceiling, I "Snapped" out of it and was back in my body with my hands grasping my chest with my chest hurting fairly badly. I could swear I was awake, but I can't think of any logical explanation other than dreaming.

As far as Astral Projections? I've had a couple, but all were drug induced. I may post more in detail at a later time, but it's probably doubtful.

Cheers!

Very interesting.
People who go out there on purpose always have the best stories. Why? They last a lot longer than people who accidentally have one. People who accidentally have one usually don't last long because they freak out.

Hahah, oh God. That made me laugh.

[Sweeney]

The sheer volume of people that can provide independently verifiable information gleaned from an out of body experience is absolutely, undeniably... miniscule.

No doubt that people imagine it, or hallucinate it, but actually leaving your body doesn't happen.

[kittycat]

Haven't had one before, but I get 1-2 second hallucinations every month or so.

[Legault]

I wanna see someone place a card face down, without reading it, leave their body, read the card, and recall it when they come back.

[Sneaky]

I dont...think...I've ever had one.
But I'll let you know if I do.
x3

[Tanuki]

Some thoughts...

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I'm not sure what to think about this sort of thing. My scientist sceptic brain declares that this stuff couldn't happen. But when I was younger, I did a lot of reading about alternate faith based...things, anything from astrology to paganism to OBEs to whatever. Some of it is pretty ridiculous. But some of it I can't help but feel a little bit of truth behind it. Perhaps I'm just wishing for something "out there", because the alternative - that we're all mindless sacks of chemicals - is far too depressing. Frankly, I think that there's as much chance as OBEs happening as there is any sort of deity(ies) existing. I don't worship a god or follow a religion, but I acknowledge the fact that they may very well have truth in them. Either way, I'm banking my afterlife on God not being a dick, recognising that everyone doubts, and noting that I tried to live a good life even without thinking too deeply about it all. Just gotta hope that God Hates Fags is wrong...

Lucid dreaming is something I've tried to do but never really could. Maybe I need more deciation to it. I used to have a really fabulous guide that helped you learn it, but I never did...

I have tried past life regression meditation though. THAT was interesting/weird.

[Gen]

I wanna see someone place a card face down, without reading it, leave their body, read the card, and recall it when they come back.

You dont really need to do astral projection to do that, there are other ways, too weird for me to say...

This subject seems to follow me wherever I go... Well, for a while I tried to induce it, but there were some more important stuff that I needed to learn (quite in the same field of astral projections), so I ended up leaving astral projection behind. I did have a couple of experiences: The first one I was awake at my bed, and I closed my eyes, the dream came really fast, but as fast as it came it went away and suddenly (I had my eyes closed) I could see my bedroom, my body was frozen, I couldnt do anything but watch my room twist in front of me and getting far, around me I could see a purple corridor getting longer as my bedroom got tiny. I used all my strenght to come back, and when I opened my eyes my bedroom was just the way I saw it first.

The second time it happened, it was really late at night, I just had a terrible nightmare(a man was talking to me, then he was something like a devil and went inside of me) and woke up around 2-3 am, and I kept hearing that noise some people hear beforing getting into an astral projection. (sounds like a train inside your head). Whenever I closed my eyes I would hear the noise louder, my body would slowly stop to answer my commands, once or twice it froze and I had to do a lot of work to make it move. It was terrible, really terrible.

Before these two tries, I would be all like "I wanna do astral projection, its not that terrible, I know about all the stuff that lies on the astral plane, I shouldnt be afraid!", then I was like "Fuck, I dont want to do this again D=". And I would argue with my friend who does it naturally (about every other night) who would say "Fuck, I'm scared, I always try to stop" and I was like "You dont need to be afraid, let it flow".

So yea, that's my experience with astral projection. I definitely believe in it, I kinda want to do it, but whenever I start the body-freezing part I want to stop it lol. I also have 2 friends (who I know in real life) who do it naturally, one of them told me about astral projection and kinda introduced me to all this stuff(she's afraid, but she never stops it from happening), and the other just came to me randomly after he met me asking if I knew what it was (he doesnt even talk to many people about it, and it was like the first or second time we spoke to each other). I have plenty of internet friends who can do it easily and always do when they can.

[EvilBunnyFooFoo]

Psychological studies have shown that besides car accidents and other such things, it is possible to induce "out of body experiences" with drugs.

That's all I am saying on that topic XD

[Sweeney]

So yea, that's my experience with astral projection. I definitely believe in it, I kinda want to do it, but whenever I start the body-freezing part I want to stop it lol. I also have 2 friends (who I know in real life) who do it naturally, one of them told me about astral projection and kinda introduced me to all this stuff(she's afraid, but she never stops it from happening), and the other just came to me randomly after he met me asking if I knew what it was (he doesnt even talk to many people about it, and it was like the first or second time we spoke to each other). I have plenty of internet friends who can do it easily and always do when they can.

Your friends should probably see a neurologist.

[Gen]

Your friends should probably see a neurologist.

I'd probably say that too if I didnt have the experience by myself ._.

[Kat]

I have experienced what some people call "astral projection" but I do not believe, as Sweeney has said, that I actually leave my body. Neither in spiritual or mental form or whatever you please.. I have only experienced these when I am asleep or when I think I am almost asleep but still semi-conscious. I think it's just really lucid dreaming, and I've had these experiences since I was a kid. Most of mine only happened when I was under some emotional or mental stress. I'm about as non-"spiritual" as you can get so I don't believe all the hokey-pokey "I can travel via my soul" or "I was hovering over my body" crap. Maybe I'm just cynical but I think it's just all in your head..

Edited by Katrinas, 21 July 2011 - 10:07 AM.

[Sweeney]

I'd probably say that too if I didnt have the experience by myself ._.

If it's recurrent, then you should see one too.

[SamTheMan]

If it's recurrent, then you should see one too.

Unless they enjoy nightmares. In which case, continue to believe you're leaving your body to go see stuff that doesn't exist

[Legault]

I keep reading about studies and experiments that have been done, but can't seem to find any of them on Google -.-

They have experienced projectors leave their body, go into another room and read numbers on a digital screen that constantly change at certain intervals. They are supposed to read the number and remember the time that they read the number. There is a clock, not digital, right next to the screen. When they return, they tell the numbers and times to see if they match.

I keep reading about them and similar ones done, but cannot find the actual experiment or any videos.

[Junsu]

[Legault]

Same thing as to reaching an OBE or AP. Except they have methods of escaping your body.

[Chalk]

Psychological studies have shown that besides car accidents and other such things, it is possible to induce "out of body experiences" with drugs.

That's all I am saying on that topic XD

Why? Please elaborate.

Do you know if that is actually true?
I'll try it tonight. xP
Staying "awake" for those 20-30 minutes though sounds way too hard for me though. I fall asleep fairly quickly.

[Legault]

Do you know if that is actually true?
I'll try it tonight. xP
Staying "awake" for those 20-30 minutes though sounds way too hard for me though. I fall asleep fairly quickly.

What I do to keep my mind awake, I lie there perfectly still, keeping focus on my body. I'll also watch the neurons that are in the eyes; the little lines and such you see when you close your eyes.
You'll lose focus and your mind will wander off, but as soon as you realize that it has, switch focus onto your body.

I dare you to open your eyes once you have reached sleep paralysis. You'll most likely never do it again x)

[Sweeney]

I keep reading about studies and experiments that have been done, but can't seem to find any of them on Google -.-

They have experienced projectors leave their body, go into another room and read numbers on a digital screen that constantly change at certain intervals. They are supposed to read the number and remember the time that they read the number. There is a clock, not digital, right next to the screen. When they return, they tell the numbers and times to see if they match.

I keep reading about them and similar ones done, but cannot find the actual experiment or any videos.

That's because they weren't real studies, and were never published.

[ShadowLink64]

I wonder if Astral Projection is just being mistakened as a lucid dream or not. The reason being, the induction method for AP seems to be the same as that for an LD, yet Lucid Dreaming has lots of scientific evidence to back it up where as AP has none. (This is probably because of the whole "spiritual" stigma that AP seems to have, and that people projecting claim to be able to interact with the physical world, whereas LD is just plain old neuroscience at work. )

I've tried Lucid Dreaming, and I just don't have the discipline to build up my dream recall enough to go further into it, or keep up with the reality checks. I would love to be able to have LDs at will though. I could make some productive use of that time.

As for Astral Projection, I have my doubts about that.