Obe's And Ld's

[dagmar]

Are out of body experiences the same as Lucid dreams???

[LifeLongStudent1]

Are out of body experiences the same as Lucid dreams??? [/b] Environmentally, Lucid dreams and OBEs are different. The things witnessed by persons having OBEs are either in the external (physical) world or spirit world, and those things have a sense of permanence. By contrast, the things witnessed by lucid dreamers are in the dream world, and do not seem to be permanent. Psychologically, lucid dreams and OBEs could be related. I think that lucid dreams and OBEs are psychological equivalents. Lucid dreams are peak conscious experiences during full sleep. OBE experiences may be peak conscious/control experiences in non-sleep or in half-sleep/partial sleep (e.g. hypnogogic stage).