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      When's the best time to attempt inducing an OBE?

      I know it's not a good idea to try to induce one right before you go to sleep, but would trying to induce one in the middle of the day when you're wide awake be an okay option? Do any of you guys have a suggested time that works better than another in your opinions?

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      Quote Originally Posted by Lina99 View Post
      I know it's not a good idea to try to induce one right before you go to sleep, but would trying to induce one in the middle of the day when you're wide awake be an okay option? Do any of you guys have a suggested time that works better than another in your opinions?
      Actually the normal method is WILD at bedtime. It requires staying aware in nREM, so you do not need wbtb.
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      The best time to obe & ap is the moment upon awakening from sleep. Just have the intention to separate you can even make the physical movements of separating doesn't matter as long as you have the intention to seperate upon your awakenings. The window is something like 1-3secs so u have to set your intentions at the exact moment you wake. Takes some practice to remember to seperate upon awakenings as its natural to just fall back to sleep. With true determination that habit can be broken easily.
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      Actually the normal method is WILD at bedtime. It requires staying aware in nREM, so you do not need wbtb.
      @sivason: you mean at bedtime, when we first go to sleep ? thanks
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      Check your memory, did any suprising event happpen ? does the present make sense ? visualize what you will do when lucid, and how. Reality check as reminder of your intention to lucid dream tonight. Sleep as good as you can; when going to sleep, relax and invite whatever comes with curiosity. Grab your dream journal immediately as you awake and write everything you can recall (if only when you wake up for good). Keep calm, positive and persistent, and don't forget to have fun along the way

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      Quote Originally Posted by VagalTone View Post
      @sivason: you mean at bedtime, when we first go to sleep ? thanks
      That is how I used to do it. WILD is recommended with WBTB because REM happens more then. OBE does not require REM, so doing at bedtime is best in my opinion. You really do not want your brain throwing random crazy stuff in your way like it would in REM
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      The best time is NOW. There is no time, no past, no future... and no present.
      Anyway, you need good relaxation and concentration, to reach needed state of mind/body. Then you separate from body... I read some recommends during years... But I can say only this. I did OBEs during nights, mornings, noon afternoon, during strong winds or hailstorms outside, during different moon phases... And I did't have any problems with outside conditions... Only problem comes from within ourselves.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Lina99 View Post
      I know it's not a good idea to try to induce one right before you go to sleep, but would trying to induce one in the middle of the day when you're wide awake be an okay option? Do any of you guys have a suggested time that works better than another in your opinions?
      I'm going to go out on a limb, and suggest that as with most things timing is always the main thing.I would also hazard a guess that ancient monuments like Stonehenge etc. were, along with the people with the Golden wizard type hats that ran them, knew all about timing. Three of these hats have been found with the 18 year cycle of the moon etched on them, another was found in Ireland but "disappeared" tellegraph.co.uk/news/world/news/Europe/Germany/1388038/Mysterious-gold-cone-hats-of-ancient-wizards.html
      Ok timing,now this is the tricky thing, when the Paulo Alto Psy. lab did some number crunching, it turned out that all their "Hits" when the vibration of the big bang was coming up over the horizon and overhead etc (this causes the hum of static). Which means that wherever you are on the surface of the earth the main effect happens on your local horizon.Since we live in privileged times all I had to do is download a free program called "Starcalc" put the nearest city into it and it gave me a real time look at the stars on my personal horizon day or night.By clicking the hours on until "Sagitarius" was overhead which is the way to the centre of the galaxy.I could calculate the best times for any experiments. There were other times that seemed to be interesting as well. But personally speaking I did have success when bedtime coincided with the rising overhead position. This is called "Sidereal" time when the earths position is calculated from a star position, which is an hour later every day. I'm sure if anyone can be stuffed doing a bit of homework you will find it very rewarding. I haven't been a member long enough to post links, but you get the gist.
      So shoot me down if you think I'm on the wrong track here. But isn't it logical to assume that we are part of the environment. So environmental factors could well be taken into the equation. Or is it just coincidence that, massive structures have been built for the priest class to track the movement of the stars. The fact that the Sun and Moon effect the earth in non subtle ways, could be added, that the rest of the cosmos exerts more subtle, energies on our psych as well? The fact that in a world where natural efficiency for the sake of survival, gets switched off for at least 8 hours in sleep , because if it doesn't we slowly sicken and die. would on the face of it look like a gross natural inefficiency which of course nature isn't. I suggest that most of us go to bed at night trying for the elusive OBE/Lucid dream, and that at present they are gained according to the chance factor that the timing has been lucky.
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