Out of body experiances

[ickma]

I've always wanted to have one and float around and stuff but I really have no clue where to start. Anyone know where I can find out how to try and have one or anybody have any pointers? It sounds like fun and not too dangerous.

[ObieX]

It can be more dangerous than you think, depending on how you would like to try it, mentally and physically. Whatever you pick i hope you read up on it a lot before you try it out.

[yellowgowild]

Be careful because maybe something is waiting to take your body.

Here are some things I remember...

*Aspirin helps
*Tempereature of the room should be so you can't feel if it's hot or cold.
*Head should pointed north, feet south.
*Be completely relaxed and try to sleep, then when you feel yourself slipping into a dream, try to imagine yourself lifting out of your heavy body.
*If you try too hard it wont happen.

Keep in mind that there has never been any concrete proof that there is a such thing as out of body experiences, that most of what people feel and see could be a trick of the mind.

[Johnny Rotten]

I came across this book years ago, and he made the whole thing available on his website:

http://robertpeterson.org/obebook.html

Good stuff, no mysticism or New-Agey crap. Just a regular guy.

[ickma]

Thanks for the help. I'm gonna try it out as soon as the house is empty :S

[thegreek]

im definetly tryin this sounds like a very cool thing

[fuzzix]

Dangerous? I sincerely doubt that. It can feel dangerous, that's for certain, but it's pretty much just a strange kind of dream. I started having them rather frequently earlier this year, the result of training myself to have lucid dreams. Ironically, my first OBE was a direct result of my scepticism and disinterest in them. They're certainly strange, but I don't like them as much as a regular lucid dream, in fact they can be downright disturbing if you don't know that you're dreaming.

My method is like this:
Sleep erratically, this increases your chances of finding yourself in sleep paralysis - sp is fucking frightening until you come to terms with it, after that it is your friend and gateway to interesting dreaming. I've only ever had OBE's in the morning, good morning sleep conditions are lots of people banging around and talking loudly outside your bedroom door - this means that you'll wake up quite often, though for very short periods of time, this will encourage 'false awakenings' which you'll often experience both before and after OBE's. Trying to learn how to achieve lucid dreams is probably the best way to have an OBE because they're closely related.

[Cynthetiq]

OOBEs are neat.. used to happen to me all the time.. i've been able to witness many things that I'd never had been able to see or have access to.

I got to the point that i could do it almost at will.... it takes some practice....

[Eviltree]

I have been trying with little success, maybe I'm trying too hard

[ickma]

What specifically happens to you? Is your spirit form walking around in the real world or is it just some psyched out dream?

[yellowgowild]

Originally posted by ickma
What specifically happens to you? Is your spirit form walking around in the real world or is it just some psyched out dream?

Supposedly, it's You, walking or flying around outside of your body in a spiritual form, like a ghost.

[ObieX]

An out of body experience can be very different from a lucid dream. When you have a real out of body experience you KNOW for SURE that you've had one.

As for the dangerous aspect i was mostly referring to drug induced out of body experiences. You're literaly taking your life into your hands if you choose that method. So research is the key.

[geodaro]

Try either LSD or mushrooms.....or eat cafeteria food from your local hospital. All will have the same out of body effects. Although one of them will get out of you body much faster than the others!

[ickma]

Someone just said how bad of an idea that was...

Originally posted by ObieX

As for the dangerous aspect i was mostly referring to drug induced out of body experiences. You're literaly taking your life into your hands if you choose that method. So research is the key.

[sherpahigh]

Originally posted by geodaro
Try either LSD or mushrooms.....or eat cafeteria food from your local hospital. All will have the same out of body effects. Although one of them will get out of you body much faster than the others!

The last time I had mushrooms I had an out of body experience along with many other crazy visions and thoughts. I'd never had that kind of trip on mushrooms before but I took more than normal that time. Havn't had any since (mushrooms or OBE's) and that was a year and a half ago.