OBE vs. Lucid Dreams

[erik000satie]

This is my first post on here, and I've never had a Lucid Dream or and OBE, but I am practicing and I know it will happen sooner or later.... .....but anyway..... what the heck is the difference between and Out of Body Experience, and a Lucid Dream?

[cygnus]

let's see... an OBE (it seems) is where your energy body projects outside of your physical body and your awareness is present in the 'real time zone.' this is basically the consensus reality we exist in, but when out of body it is a buffer zone, beyond which is the astral (non-consensus reality). for example, the last time i had an OBE i floated towards the far side of my room, whereas an AP is sort of an extension of this and much closer to the dream world. by that i mean a lucid dream is more 'in your head,' although those who have experienced shared dreams will point out that it can also be more than that. in terms of what it's like... i think you can do a lot more in a lucid dream than in a OBE. i much much prefer LDs. ...i think there are others here who can elaborate on this.

[LucidFlanders]

There is not much of a difference really. I'm sure a huge percent of OBE's are really dreams. Try for the verrification ones, and i don't mean where you hear someone in the same room as that can be done anyway. Other side of the world, or tools in the area you have never been to (hospital?), someone who did so and so and then other things and it was in that order they were told.

[Hukif]

I always thought the difference is that OBE is out of body and not a dream, while a LD is, well, a dream where you are lucid <.< Still don't see the relation... unless you go for FA/OBE, but thats another story.

[Lucidness]

Isnt an obe like a dream while your awake, like an hallucination. But a lucid dream, is being aware that your in a dream.

[saxonharp]

The differences for me are subtle. In an OBE, the energy body separates from the physical body and is free to operate in non-common reality. Some call this alternate reality the Astral Plane, others call it the Nagual, or the Spirit Realm. Whatever you call it, it is an alternate reality that is very much associated with our shared 'common' reality but on a different level. A Lucid Dream allows a person access to the same information and experience without the necessity of releasing the energy body. Therefore, your energy body remains fixed within your physical body but without the restrictions your waking consciousness imposes.