Have you ever had an "out of body" experience?

Question

When I was five, before my mother tucked me into bed, I would hide under the covers. As I lay there hidden, I used to wonder what I looked like hidden and could you tell that I was hidden underneath simply by looking at the covers. One night, no sooner did I have that thought, I was floating over my bed, looking down at myself. I couldn't tell if I waas hidden so I moved up to the ceiling and to the side of the bed and I remember thinking, "Well, yeah, you can see the whole outline of my body. I'm not really hidden." Through the doorway I could see the living room and my mother getting up from the couch to come tuck me in. The next thing I see is my mother removing the covers from my head and tucking me in.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I've never been able to repeat it.
Did it change you? Any information about this would be welcome.

Answer 1

Yes. astral projection involves leaving your body and travelling to various different "planes" of existence referred to as "astral planes". When you first leave your body you are generally in a plane that closely resembles the physical world - but you may notice differences like windows and doors in the wrong places, etc.

Once "out" of your body you can go other "places" with various techniques, such as going through a picture on the wall. Another technique is to go outside - you'll be able to walk through walls, doors, etc. and once outside look up in the sky and pick a spot up there and essentially blast off in that direction with the intention of flying at amazing speed right out into space. You'll sense that you're travelling through the stars and you'll eventually end up in some other plane entirely and you can check it out and see what's there.

Note however, that once you're out of your body you will generally have trouble remaining lucid. That is, initially you will know "hey, I'm me! and I'm not in my body" but very quickly you will lose that awareness and the whole thing will devolve into a dream and you probably won't even remember it. There are some things you can do to keep lucid.

If you want to learn more about it there are many books, websites, etc. on astral projection. I recommend William Buhlman's "Adventures Beyond the Body" for starters. Also you can check out astralpulse.com.

Take it all with a grain of salt. I've done it many times, but still am not convinced of the objective reality of it. One thing I am convinced of however, is that a lot of the folks at astralpulse.com are unhinged to one degree or another and I don't generally believe a lot of what I read there (although most of the folks there do in fact seem sane and realistic).

Good luck.

Answer 2

Yes I had similar experience.And was very scary for me.