Was it a real OBE?Subscribe |
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Mon, 03/17/2008 - 04:06
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Miako6
Join Date: 2008-03-17 Forum Posts: 5 |
hey all.. i have only started this 2 days ago.. and i want to know if what happened to me was real OBE.. the first day i tried i laid on my bed and relaxed, closing my eyes and thinking of nothing... after a while i felt my body tingling something in my throbing lightly that i could hardly feel it.. and then a bit later, in the middle of my forehead i felt weird like there's something there putting pressure.. and that was all for it, cuz i lost my concentration and couldn't do it again for the rest of the day.. the next day after i woke up, i kept listening to my 2 room mates, who were studing, and the A/C... i ignored them and kept thinking of my last try the day before and closed my eyes.. in less than one minute the sounds around me became like its under water and it startled me.. then i closed my eyes again and again the noises went under water... i saw myself out our house, which i was not at but at my grandmother's at the time, looking at my cats, which were on the wall looking somewhere else, one cat, Yuki, on one wall and other 2 cats, Kanna and another i didn't recognize at first, on the other wall.. they were all looking at something in the house, but suddenly one of them, Yuki, turned his head to me and looked at me, then mewed a long meow like he recognized me.. at that moment i wondered, what was i doing there in the first place???? i woke up the next moment in my bed at my grandmother's house... now i want to know, 1-did what happen to me was OBE or a mere dream..? 2- can animals see us when we're out of our bodies? please, answer me soon.. Miako6 |
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Join Date: 2005-05-29
Forum Posts: 172
Hello Miako6,
There are many sensations that can take place when we are falling asleep every day, usually we aren't aware of them because we loose consciousness and so fall asleep. In astral projection one relaxes the body and stays focused, conscious. So the physical body falls asleep, but the consciousness remains awake. That's why we can feel sensations like that, some feel their body really heavy or light, I've feel a kind of electricity flowing through my muscles. Anyway, this sensations aren't really important, so we have to ignore them in order to remain concentrated.
I have experienced the same thing as you when you woke up in the morning; like sounds being under water. With me it sometimes happen at the moment of the split, but then I simply stand up, don't think about it, just stand up, and then you actually stand up in the astral, listening gets clear again and you're able to listen to the sounds in the astral plane which are just as real and clear. I used to feel the under water kind of listening before I even practiced astral projection, when I'd be falling asleep in a nap, though I didn't know what it was at that time.
The last experience you wrote, sounds pretty much like an OBE. Dreams happen in the astral as well, but in those we are not aware of it and imaginary scenarios are projected by the subconscious. When you have awareness, you see more of what is really there, it depends on the level of awareness. Also, we don't necesary project at the place where the physical body fell asleep. You can project directly to another distant place. It can simply happen, or we can aim to project directly to another place with one of the techniques given in the course at this website.
Regarding your question about animals, I had once a related experience. I once projected and went outside to the garden. I was greeted by my dog there and he seemed happy to see me just like in the physical world. Everything felt so real. I think it was more like I saw him in the astral. Everyone goes to the astral when asleep. Still it could have been there due to my subconscious, even if we have projected consciouslly, the subconscious mind can still alter a bit or a lot of what we see.
I recommend you to take the course given for free on this site, it helped me a lot when I took it to the point that I had my first conscious OBE during the course. It gives great excersices to train that awareness, relaxation and concentration all which are the main things needed for this practice. It also gives very effective techniques for the actual pracitce.
All the best Miako6.
regards,
Mauricio
Join Date: 2008-03-17
Forum Posts: 5
Hi Mauricio, thanks for the informations.. so what happened was a real OBE, i can't believe it!!
seems like animals see us then.
another thing, i wanted to join for this OBE online course, but it says i'm enrolled for the next one. i don't think i will be able to attend the next course and i want to be in the one running now, do you know if i can sign up to it? or can i talk to someone who can teach me what missed or need to know?
Miako6
Join Date: 2005-05-29
Forum Posts: 172
The next course starts on May. I don't know if you can still join the current course because it is already on week 2. But you can send an email to helpdesk@gnosticweb.com and ask them if it is possible. If not you will have to wait for the next course, or learn with the book which covers all the material given in the course. You can find information about that book here.
Good luck Miako6
Join Date: 2004-11-30
Forum Posts: 2615
Hello Miako6,
While waiting for the course, you can also study materials here.
best wishes,
Vadim