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Doesn't that make it an out-of-out-of-body experience?"She was able to see herself rotating in the air above her body"
Doesn't that make it an out-of-out-of-body experience?"She was able to see herself rotating in the air above her body"
For example, seeing a friend in a London club watching a band - which she indeed was, but I have no validation that the club really looked like the place I saw.
Yes, surely my out-of-body carpet touching skills will be in high demand.With that success rate, I'm sure the NSA will want to employ your services.
So you can cross the Atlantic?
*shudders*
I had an American horror comic in the 70's which had a story about OOBE. A man who was ugly and not a success with the ladies persuaded his handsome neighbour to practice astral projection with him. They finally managed it and set off flying about the city in 'ghost form'. While the handsome guy is checking out some women, the ugly one goes back and inhabits his body. He becomes a ladies man, as he had deviously planned all along but it doesn't end well for him.
It never specified what happened to the handsome ghost.
Hang on, do you spend a lot of time OBE-ing in branches of WHSmiths?Yes, surely my out-of-body carpet touching skills will be in high demand.
I thought it was just the staff doing that.Hang on, do you spend a lot of time OBE-ing in branches of WHSmiths?
I had an American horror comic in the 70's which had a story about OOBE. A man who was ugly and not a success with the ladies persuaded his handsome neighbour to practice astral projection with him. They finally managed it and set off flying about the city in 'ghost form'. While the handsome guy is checking out some women, the ugly one goes back and inhabits his body. He becomes a ladies man, as he had deviously planned all along but it doesn't end well for him.
It never specified what happened to the handsome ghost.
Reminds me of a TV series back in the 90s, with a different occult/sci-fi theme each week. In one a convicted murderer can secretly astrally project and gets up to chicanery from his prison cell.
He isn't disturbed because he does it at night while he is supposed to be asleep. However, eventually someone checks on him and finds him apparently dead, as his spirit is elsewhere, and before he can return to his body it is buried and he wakes up in his coffin.
I'd like to see that series again.
They truly are. Where were you at the time of these OBE's? I mean, were you laying down, asleep maybe? Were you in the same location each time?Recently in this thread
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...umping-off-point-for-astral-projection.60765/
I mentioned having seen things during perceived out of body experiences that I wouldn't otherwise known. Since I have time to kill, I'll describe them here.
1. During an OBE one night 2003, I found myself near a church miles away, in an area I didn't normally visit.There was a set of steps that led down to the sidewalk, and I saw something shining in a crack between the steps and the walkway. I went in close for a look, and could make out small, shiny square shapes, though I couldn't make out exactly what they were.
Since I wanted to know if these OBEs were simply an altered state of consciousness or actually "out of body", I went to the site and (trying to be surreptitious ) peered into the crack. Sure enough, there were square pieces of a broken mother-of-pearl bracelet with metal backing. It was nothing valuable, but I picked them out - so excited at that point I no longer cared if anyone saw - and saved them as "evidence". (I still have them today, stuffed away in a handbag somewhere)
I'll leave it up to reader whether this actually counts as evidence or not.
2. Approximately 2005, during an OBE I was "dragged" to an acquaintance's house (meaning I didn't have much control over my movements and was pulled there without meaning to be). There was no one in the house, but visible were two plane tickets to San Francisco. This acquaintance hadn't mentioned planning a trip, so I was curious, but 2 days later he mentioned that he was about to fly there.
The curious thing about this one is that the plane tickets I saw were more old fashioned than the ones that were being used at that time. That could either mean that I perceived this more symbolically, in an intuitive sort of way rather than truly "seeing" it, or it was just because of the way things can look very peculiar in the OBE state.
3. Around 2008, another OBE where I was struggling to gain control over my movements. I settled for just swooping in ever-increasing circles until I could pass through the wall of the house. I still couldn't gain control though, and ended up passing through the walls (that sounds so funny, doesn't it!) of the neighbors house, too.
I hadn't intended to violate our neighbor's privacy, but as I found myself in the back room of their house (where I'd never been) I couldn't resist having a look around. There was a very large antique mirror with a gilt frame and stacks of framed paintings against the wall. There was also an area rug, quite old, with small red and blue flowers on a dark yellow background. It was made of wool - I could tell because I passed my hand through it on one of my very slow swoops through the room.
That OBE didn't amount to much and came to an end, but a short while later, the neighbors asked for help moving some furniture into their back room, which turned out to look exactly as it had during the OBE.
There were a few other instances besides these, but less certain how well they correlated with waking life. For example, seeing a friend in a London club watching a band - which she indeed was, but I have no validation that the club really looked like the place I saw.
As I've said before, I have no idea what is going on with my body or brain or anything else during these experiences, just that they happen, and that they certainly feel like out of body experiences. I make no claim as to whether they truly are or not.
Make of it what you will.
No, but we do seem to have carpet on the brain here, lately.Hang on, do you spend a lot of time OBE-ing in branches of WHSmiths?
'Out-of-body carpet touching skills' sounds wonderfully perverted.
They truly are. Where were you at the time of these OBE's? I mean, were you laying down, asleep maybe? Were you in the same location each time?
Thank you Ulalume, this is very interesting. If your OBE had occurred whilst in the same location, then I would have guessed at the existence of a perpetually open Dimensional portal. This can happen and can also be closed by those with the wherewithal and ability to do so. Yet its not that. I believe that you've had this 'condition' and engaged with it for such a long time, that you have become able to achieve Astral Projection almost at will, much in the same way that some people are aware of dreaming and can consciously engage with their dreams.All my OBE's begin with sleep paralysis, so they began with sleep and become...whatever state is occuring during sleep paralysis (a sort of awake while asleep?)
Sleep paralysis was a problem for many years until I learned to induce an OBE by increasing the feeling of vibration that occurs in the body during SP. Which enabled/created (or whatever) the sense of having left my physical body, also perceiving an environment that was recognizable as "the real world" but also quite different.
So tne pattern goes from sleep, to sleep paralysis, to awareness within the sleep paralysis, to OBE.
These OBEs happened in different places and different times of day or night. In short, any time sleep paralysis can occur, so can an OBE.
BTW, i've had many OBEs over the years, due to the sleep paralysis issue (which doctors have kept insisting is "no big deal" ) Ive mentioned these few above because information learned in that state matched up with information learned in an ordinary state.
All my OBE's begin with sleep paralysis, so they began with sleep and become...whatever state is occuring during sleep paralysis (a sort of awake while asleep?)
Sleep paralysis was a problem for many years until I learned to induce an OBE by increasing the feeling of vibration that occurs in the body during SP. Which enabled/created (or whatever) the sense of having left my physical body, also perceiving an environment that was recognizable as "the real world" but also quite different.
So tne pattern goes from sleep, to sleep paralysis, to awareness within the sleep paralysis, to OBE.
These OBEs happened in different places and different times of day or night. In short, any time sleep paralysis can occur, so can an OBE.
BTW, i've had many OBEs over the years, due to the sleep paralysis issue (which doctors have kept insisting is "no big deal" ) Ive mentioned these few above because information learned in that state matched up with information learned in an ordinary state.
This is *fascinating* Ulalume, I have suffered from sleep paralysis on and off for many years now, plus other odd sleep events. I had never considered that it might be possible to use it as a trigger for something useful - it still just scares the crap out of me! (I am led to believe that the 'malevolent presence in the room' feeling is perfectly typical in SP events?). I would love to try this for myself, to gain control of something which is quite literally a total loss of control...
I had an American horror comic in the 70's which had a story about OOBE. A man who was ugly and not a success with the ladies persuaded his handsome neighbour to practice astral projection with him. They finally managed it and set off flying about the city in 'ghost form'. While the handsome guy is checking out some women, the ugly one goes back and inhabits his body. He becomes a ladies man, as he had deviously planned all along but it doesn't end well for him. It never specified what happened to the handsome ghost.
Is not astral projection the same thing? Ive read several books that describe it like an oobe.
Perhaps the scientists involved should get some spiritualist groups in to help as they some times claim to have this extrodinary ability.
The term 'astral projection' is widely used but not universally specific to a single context for describing the phenomenon / experience.
The older, more formal, version frames things in terms of a spirit, soul, or equivalent ephemeral component of oneself that effectively disengages and travels 'elsewhere'. This version pretty clearly correlates with the notion of an OBE / OOBE.
The informal version doesn't necessarily rely on the spirit / soul aspect, focuses on perceiving or experiencing things 'elsewhere' without dwelling on 'how you got there', and therefore sometimes refers to something more akin to remote viewing. This version doesn't necessarily correlate with the concept of OBE / OOBE.
Master Enola, you know that I am a big fan of your Aristotelic ways (and this IS a compliment), but I suspect that the separation between categories of OBE (the Fortean phenomena, not the chivalry title) don’t take in account some moveable boundaries when we actually live this kind experience. ...
You're happy to let people you don't know simply mess with your head? Sometimes I think it would just be too easy to become a cult leader. Just be glad I am too ethical to put subliminal suggestions into a binarual beats video on Youtube.Occasionally i go to sleep listening to binaural beats on youtube...As i say i may have simply preprogrammed my brain to dream on the subject..
whether or not one can have these experiences at will is certainly plausible, there was some inquiry done by the US military in conjunction with the monroe institute back in the day, the results being and I quote " the program has produced statistically significant results" though they hit some road blocks with practical application of their findings. I think we would need more data to verify the results, another more recent study conducted has been by professor sam parnia with his multiple AWARE programs, which tried to test the vision of those who claimed to have an OBE during cardiac arrest, he concluded that at least some of the patients they were able to interview had memories consistent which events that had happened, though more investigation may be required due to the limited sample size.obe's
ok dunno if this is the right thread for this but..
ive heard everyone has the ability to have an out of body experiance well ive read things on sites about it and so far it appears to be a load of - dare i say it? crap
if someone could give me more infomation it would be great as i am genuinly interested in it