A few nights ago, I woke up in the middle of the night, just randomly. I was going to open my eyes, but then I remembered reading that it was easier to go into sleep paralysis and then an LD after waking up from sleep.... so I kept my eyes closed and decided to WILD. I decided to try out a few techniques which I had read about earlier, which I had heard can help people induce LDs and OBEs. First of all, I tried something called 'phantom wiggling', which is basically, trying to move your body parts without moving any of your muscles... to separate from your actual body. I usually have trouble with this... but when I tried it.... I moved my arm almost all the way to the torso..without using my muscles (or at least it felt that way)... and then I moved my entire body and rested it in such a position that I was surprised that I could balance it at all! The movement felt so real... maybe it WAS real... but I didnt open my eyes to check, I couldn't miss this chance..
Next, I tried to listen to that buzzing sound that I usually get in my head when I try to WILD... it was really really loud, almost as loud as a jet plain... but my ears didnt hurt at all. Next I tried something called 'straining the brain'. In this technique... you must attempt to twitch and squeeze the brain (while forgetting that it is impossible to do so)... as soon as I did this, I immediately felt my brain compress, and just a split second later, I ears totally exploded with this strange noise... first it was like a BLOOOB and then a WOOOOOSH... all of a sudden, I felt my body lift up into the air at such a great speed... faster than a roller coaster. My body kept going up... up above... I saw streaks of purple light pass me by (which is strange because my eyes were closed) as I went higher and faster. After maybe one or two seconds, it felt as if I had ascended into a new layer... this layer was scary... there were streaks of red here... I felt evil-ness, and I 'felt' something that resembled demons or ghosts... I also think I heard screams. This was scary, but I kept my eyes shut... and soon, I was out of this layer... after which I stopped ascending.... and felt silence and calmness..no more noise.... I felt as if I was above everything... my house, me, the sky.... I thought 'WOOOOHOOOO!!!' and opened my eyes to see the view, but I found myself laying in bed. I wasnt in the position that I remember balancing either... I was back in the position I had originally fallen asleep in.
So WHAT was this? O_o
Have any of you had similar experiences? Was this an OBE? and LD? a false awakening?
