Wow, it has been a long time since I posted. It doesn’t seem like it could have been that long. Trying to stay employed is becoming more time consuming these days!
To be fair, my OBE experiences of late have been incredibly disappointing. Perhaps it points back to the stress of the current working environment. That certainly can’t help but have an impact. However, I think that some of it points back to good habits that were unlearned as quickly as they were learned. Add to that a journal system that should have been more comprehensive, in terms of techniques, and I find myself bewildered that the successes get fewer and more far between.
By contrast, I have a friend whose results have gone in the opposite direction. While my results have declined, his have been on the upswing. He has even beaten me by having a verifiable experience; an experience in which he saw something that he was later able to confirm. To what does he attribute success? Interestingly, two things. He believes that a very important piece is his intent as he is falling asleep. In this way, he is very much a supporter of what Buhlman has to say. Also, he believes that his disturbed sleep pattern contributes. This supports the contention put forth by Nicholas Newport at http://www.saltcube.com. As I’ve mentioned before, Nicholas’s DVD is a worthy purchase.
But enough about them, what about me? Last night/this morning, I had the most positive experience I’ve ever had using the Lucid Dreamer pills offered by http://www.dreamamins.com. As mentioned before, I had zero results with the pills until I started taking them in the wee hours of the morning, as opposed to when I go to bed (as suggested on the bottle). Also, my experience has continued to support the contention of Thomas Yuschak:
Advanced Lucid Dreaming: The Power of Supplements
As Mr. Yuschak suggests, my body seems to get habituated to the pill and the results diminish rapidly if I try to take the pills too often. By keeping myself to a schedule of taking the pills every 2-4 weeks, I am getting better results.
So, last night I took them again for the first time in 2-3 weeks. The prior time, I had taken the pills around 5:00 AM and never gone back to sleep. As far as I can tell, going back to sleep is as big a key as taking the pills at the right time. Around 3:48 AM (give or take), I woke up and decided to evacuate my bladder. Then, thinking it was a good time to try the pills again, I went downstairs, checked e-mail to wake up a bit, then took two of the pills and went back to bed. Once in bed, I began to do deep relaxation exercises.
When I drifted off to sleep, I began to experience the tell-tale signs that the pills were working for me: intense flying dreams. This time, I was smart enough/alert enough to realize just that. This changed the experience because I was then able to think about what I wanted to do. I began trying to visit specific people (to no avail) and to try to go to different places (with only slightly more avail…). However, with this level of awareness, the experience was very visceral. Anytime I wanted to go somewhere else, I would “jump down.” I would immediately launch into an intense flight, like I would imagine jet fighter pilots experience. The intensity was overwhelming but exhilerating. I visited amazing landscapes in the clouds, in forests, in jungles… The colors were so vivid that it was amazing. Skies of bright blue, or pink/purple. Trees of the deepest greens. Oceans of the brightest blue. At one point, I found myself in a room. I decided to keep flying “lower.” As I got lower, I got smaller. I soon found myself flying above the top of a PC motherboard. Each chip/component was the size of a computer bag. I could recognize the components but was afraid to touch them.
Probably, some will argue that this was a series of lucid dreams and not OBE’s. For me, this one seemed more OBE than LD. The self-awareness and the vividness were far more accute than in the other experiences I’ve had with lucid dreams. To me, there IS a difference.
Good luck with your own efforts.
Tags: astral projection, lucid dream, lucid dreaming, OBE, OOBE, out of body experience, soul travel
May 6, 2009 at 5:02 pm |
I suppose in an OBE you can be as big or small as yhttp://www.dreamamins.com.ou decide… so I take it for an OBE. I also ask the question: who controls the flight? Is there a guide with us? I sometimes sense someone in my back, guiding, but cannot see him or her and when I ask, I have seldom an answer. One time I did have an answer, though.
May 6, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
Very interesting. I’ve read before that the sense of someone or something on your back is actually you experiencing the nearness of your physical body. Not sure how much stock I put in that. Once I felt something on my back and it was holding on for dear life. Definitely a bit frightening. Did you like the answer you got?
May 6, 2009 at 9:24 pm |
I have to look at the ream journal to find this specific entry and I will try to post it here. What I recall is that was a matter of fact answer and I was not afraid. Like a regular conversation.
I will look at this:there most be some cases reported.
“something on your back is actually you experiencing the nearness of your physical body.”
Thanks or planting the idea.