OBE, ND, Astral Projection- believers only please
Being new to the terminology here I have some experiences I wish to share to see if my experiences are on the same page as the definitions commonly held here.
Just for background, at the age of 10 I broke free of the concept of religion and began seeing religion and divine teaching as two distinctly different things. It was then that I began pursuing the teaching rather than the religion.
At the age of 20 and again at the age of 30 I had nearly identical what I guess to be ND/OBE experiences. Both began while asleep as like a dream but one in which I was fully aware. I felt my presence literally pulling away from the body. My presence was moving quickly faster and faster over the earth first about 30 feet off the ground, then out into space over the earth. While this was happening I was keenly aware that there was yet a thread of sorts tieing me to the body yet. Also I noticed that everything seemed dim and somewhat dark, even the light of the sun and stars shone as dimmer than normal. Whats more interesting is that there seemed to be a brightness coming from myself that lit up whatever I was focusing on seeing. Also, the "seeing" didnt seem as usual, it was like all the senses rolled up into one, all functioning as one. (Best words can do to explain it) At this point a bright white light opened up in the direction of my movement and at that moment a feeling of calm came over me and the thought " do you/ I want to go home?" arose. Filled wth thoughts of the Ego self I thought "No, not yet" and with that my eyes opened and I was in my body again. Immediately the realization was there that I was not breathing, and when I took a breath, it burned real bad just like when you have held your breath underwater too long, only multiply that by ten or more.
Both accounts were pretty much identical, save for the second being that I was fully aware I had been there, done that before.
Prior to turning 40 I made a shift in my conscious thinking. I banished all doubt in the possibility of direct manipulation of the things around me by conscious intent. I merely set forth the thought "how is such done? what are the mechanics behind such?" . There hasnt been a dull moment since.
That was a little over a year ago. Being moved from one subject to another, reading one book after another, and may meditative journeys within, I found myself lying in bed one eveing fully awake. I began reciting a short mantra, "one with God one with All". ( FYI I do not see the essence commonly called "God" as something seperate from myself or any other) Over and over I repeated this mantra.
Now I dont really know much of the definitions of Chakras or anything along those lines, but I can/could feel the energy "vibrations" within( if that means anything) and I focused on expanding that energy upward and outward (best I can describe at this point)
Anyhow, all of a sudden it was as if my conscious self shot outward in all diretions at once. A good analogy would be what happens to the air inside a balloon when it is popped.
Then I it was like I was in Space looking around at planets, stars and the infinite expanse. Just as the two accounts above, everything seemed a bit dark or dimm, even the light of the stars and the sun. Different though was that there was not one large point of white light , but many many small points of white light, all brighter than the stars and sun . tens of thousands, uncountable. I began to notice a lot of these points of light going out, extinguished one by one. At that point a huge wave of sorrow came over me, then a huge wave of calm and I was back in bed. Interesting to note that I noticed my eyes were already open. I dont think they were ever closed during the whole experience, and thats what makes me wonder if this was an Astral experience.
Any thoughts?
Sorry for the excessive length.
