My Story and My Plans

[RPM]

When I was 8 or 9 I had my first OBE.

I was in bed dreaming about DragonBall Z when I awoke to find it playing on the TV.

I leaned over the rail of my bunk bed and told my step-brother to turn it off.

After that, I quickly fell back asleep.

I remember thinking about being in a rocking chair...

And then it happened. There I was, floating above myself.

I saw that the TV was still on.

I closed my eyes tight and it felt like a flashlight appeared right in front of me.

When I was able to open my eyes again, the light was gone and I was in a new dream.

I went through a series of about 10 or 20 nightmares throughout this experience.

In between each one of them, I would transition by closing my eyes tight and waiting for the white light.

Every now and again, I would be floating above myself again.

After roughly a decade, I hadn't given much mind to it.

"Oh, it was just a dream."

But here recently, I've been reading about astral projection and lucid dreaming.

And I am next to positive that that is what happened to me.

And it's even stranger because some of the experiences line up 100% with mine.

And I want to do it again.

Not only that, I want to get good at it.

I want to be able to AP whenever I lie down.

I had a lucid dream two days ago and that's when I decided to do it.

I started keeping a dream journal then.

I actually attempted to AP last night, but it didn't really work out.

I went to bed around 7:30 PM so that I wasn't horribly tired.

I gave myself plenty of time to do what I needed to do.

I played some meditative music and hit the sack.

After laying motionless for 30 minutes and keeping my eyes still, not much was happening.

I did get a very strong sensation that my bed was spinning and I could feel myself being pulled in a circle.

The feeling subsided after a few minutes.

I'm not sure what the vibrations feel like as I haven't really given myself an OBE.

So I couldn't tell you if I got them.

I think I was too scared...

Sleep paralysis sounds horrifying and I kept slowly bending my finger every few minutes to see if I still could.

My throat would get dry pretty often as well. I think I'll drink more water before bed next time.

So what do I do?

The method I was using was to imagine a fluid flowing over my head and down my body to my toes.

And at one point I literally felt as if there was a cover over my face.

I'm not sure if that means I was close or not.

What should I do? Was I doing something wrong?

I've had a nagging in my head for 10 years reminding me of that dream.

I've had a nagging in my head for 5 years telling me I could have another OBE.

I've had a nagging in my head for 3 years telling me that dreams meant something.

I've had a nagging in my head for 1 year telling me dreams correlated with death in some way.

I've had a nagging in my head for a week telling me to pay attention to my dreams more than ever.

I've had a nagging in my head for three days telling me that having an OBE will tell me something.

So I want to get it over with. I want to listen to my gut and do it.

I want to do it and see for myself.

I've always been a scientific person.

I've never believed in god or subscribed to any faith or magic ****.

I've always thought that when we die, we're gone...

But something always caught me when I thought about death.

It always came back to dreams for me and I never knew why.

So I want to know why.

I want to experience it for myself and know if it's just another type of dream or if it really is experiencing a fifth dimension.

Thanks for any help, UM.

[rashore]

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[RPM]

Welcome to UM RPM Please, take time to read the site rules. Check out some threads, I hope you enjoy your time here

Thanks for the warm welcome. I've been lurking for a little bit.

Everyone seems really nice here.

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