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Posted: 03-01-2002 01:20 Post subject: 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

Posted: 13-02-2002 08:50 Post subject:

it happens sometimes to me but i havent learned how to properly control it? sorry no info ortherwise

Posted: 13-02-2002 20:51 Post subject:

I recommend Susan Blackmore's Beyond The Body - somewhat skeptical book, but written as the result of her search to explain her own experiences.

Posted: 13-02-2002 21:00 Post subject:

I wouldn't recommend Blackmore's book, nor would I equate her own experience (which I once heard firsthand at a presentation) with OOBEs, which are often non-volitional and spontaneous experiences.

Having said that, I can't think of another source right now to which to point you.

Posted: 17-02-2002 15:53 Post subject:

You could try Journeys Out of the Body by Robert Monroe. It's kind of bizarre, he has some rather dreamlike experiences, but it is interesting.

I had a series of OBEs when I was meditating regularly on the Tree of Life and the tarot - they were not really controllable, but I was aware of what I was doing. It seemed more real than dreaming, but less real than being awake. I can give you more details if you're interested...

Unlikely

Posted: 17-02-2002 19:08 Post subject:

I had an out of body experience just the other day when a b*stard in a Merc' papped his horn behind me as I daydreamed across the road! Eek Eek

No need to show me out...

Posted: 22-02-2002 14:06 Post subject:

The other night I had the definite sensation of 'falling' back into my body.It was quite unlike any feeling I've ever had when waking up.TBH I first thought I was leaving my body,panicking myself for a second as I thought "Shite, I'm dead!" but I opened my eyes and I was in bed.
I'm more inclined now to believe in OBEs.

Posted: 26-02-2002 10:31 Post subject:

I recommend readying Beckjord's OBE/Mothman threads for that info. Ok so he's a loon, but...

Hell it's FUNNY!

Posted: 28-02-2002 17:53 Post subject:

Define OBE.

When I was about 10, I fell off a 12 foot wall. I remember vividly seeing myself fall from a vantage point on the ground. I saw myself fall. Weird.

And OBE? Some would say so.

Then again I did get a nasty jolt when I landed which surely shocked my brain a bit (landed on my feet and then toppled over).

So I've always divided OBEs into "Shocking OBEs" (like mine) and "Mystic OBEs" (ie: I meditated and travel to Atlantis...). The former being most likely explained on a psychological/physical level and the latter being explained as "most likely a bunch of hooey".

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Posted: 28-02-2002 20:52 Post subject:

It does explain a lot of my behavior.

Although the cops never seem to buy it.....

Posted: 03-03-2002 03:05 Post subject:

My secondary school headmaster had an OBE.

It was for services to the ATC in Scotland. Smile

Don't know if he ever had an OOBE, though.......

Posted: 30-05-2002 08:06 Post subject:

My eldest child used to astrally project and travel when she was a child. I had read about this but didn't connect it to what she told me was happening.

When she was about 4, she'd know where things were, eg the sweets I'd been given for her and hidden on a high shelf without her knowing. She'd ask me for them as she'd 'floated' up and seen them. She also 'floated' up and down stairs. (This is all described in a previous thread called something like 'floating downstairs'.)

It has occurred to me that when this was happening to her, if she'd thought to turn around, she might have seen her 'body' standing behind her. Brrr.

Posted: 27-08-2002 11:03 Post subject: Was this an OOBE?

When I was young - 4 or 5 years old, the following used to happen to me quite often. If I was sitting in the living room and listening to my mother or father talk to me and I wasn't concentrating and letting my mind wander, I used to get the feeling that I was looking at them from a great distance because they appeared very small. Also their voices would appear to come from far off. I used to enjoy this and could make it happen almost at will. Do you think this was an OOBE?