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Reader Stories: Tell us about your out-of-body experience

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Have you ever tried to have an out-of-body experience, or astral projection? Was it successful? Or did you have such an experience spontaneously when you were not expecting it? Tell us.

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Lucid dreaming began first...

I usually leave my body so fast that I just fall out of bed. I am always happy when I have an obe. First thing I do is try to leave the room I'm in by just going right thru the wall. Sometimes I am u…More

Force lifting me higher

At the time I was 24 just happen I was asleep in bed with my gf all of a sudden I felt my body floating level above my body and as this was happening I looked down at my body asleep in bed and I coul…More

Cheated Death

I never thought that I would cheat death. I know that we will die one day but I never thought that I would die that soon. On March 30 of last year, I remember I got out of class early because I had a…More

Couldn't move

I really don't know it felt like my body was on fire and then I was out djhxhdhdjhshzhdhxhhdhxhd hebsjsjdjdndbdbsnjdjdndjdjdkdjdjdjfhdjdh sorry it made me have at least two hundred characters Hhshdhe…More

Sleep paralysis since I was a child

I used my own technique which was basicly imagining that someone is pushing my back to a sitting position. It works every time and now it is so easy for me to do it. It is like I am awake and actuall…More

OBE of Love

One day, I felt a strong intense yearning to give myself completely, body, mind and emotions, altogether unconditionally, to my lover without any expectations whatsoever. He received my emotions, wit…More

Why did this happen to me?

February 24, 2010. Two weeks before my 16th birthday I was with my friend Justin and his family. One of our friends was moving so me and Justin went to say goodbye that night. I was hit 3 houses down…More

In another dimension

As a defense I turned my soul to gold and assumed a floating meditative position. I imagined myself as a rocket breaking through to higher ground, so I could see the world from above the fray. There …More

Could project into picture

me if u want me to leave i will theres a man standing beside me he walked in with me,she said what does he look like i said hes not much taller than me has on black pants with pleats in front a white…More

Thrown Overboard

When I went into the sea I was fully dressed in wet weather gear etc.I kept the clothing on for several hours ,but took everything off to aid my attempt to swim ashore.The water off the west coast o…More

Almost did an OOBE

I was lying on a bed, trying to have an out of body experience. I relaxed about 5 minutes, then after 5 minutes I started feeling vibrations. My heart was beating fast, then I tried to move my spirit…More

OBE in Lounge Room

I have had over about 20 OBEs in approximately 8 years. I have never had an OBE through lying down and trying to induce it. I have only been able to induce them by noticing my arms or legs moving. I …More

I-Doser

I decided to look into this, and I can meditate, but not well. I looked into I-Doser for a binaural beat for AP, and to my delight I found it for free. So I sat back and meditated with the AP I-Dose …More

Floating

I don't know. This experience was completely spontaneous. I was under stress during the day and, in fact, went off by myself and sat outside by a lake for about an hour just trying to allow my mind t…More

First OBE at age 6

Maybe because I came from a lineage of not-so-normal family. It happen during slumber, and after that a lot of things have happened... things that left unanswered questions.When I was growing up, thi…More

OBE UFO

I went to sleep angry with my husband, and I awoke out of my body. I floated out the front window of our apartment in Oakland, CA in the late 1980s into the street, and I knew to look up into the sky…More

My OBE

I don't know how I did it. The entire time I was out of body I was completely unaware of the fact. Even after waking up I was still convinced the house might be on fire and I went back into the hallw…More

Accident OBE

My uncle and I were just coming back from grocery shopping for my grandmother, needless to say he was speeding and I was sitting the passenger seat without my seatbelt. We were approaching a yellow l…More

Dream matched reality

it was like a scarey nightmare, but the experience so exactly matched reality, perhaps it was like being out of my body, then I was able to see creature from another dimension of reality? It was a ve…More

OBE experience

I have no idea how I did it but it happened and it felt so real. Also when I awoke I remembered it right away as if I lived it. I remember I faced my teliviosion and I was standing infront of my mirr…More

OBE Experiment

So I decided to make a habit.For 3 weeks I looked at my hands every hour and asked myself, "Am I sleeping?" and immediately answerd "no." And before I knew it, it became as a habit. I was doing it wi…More

OBE and Spirit Orb

With all my will I tried to reach the power lines. If I could just grab hold I could pull myself down. Each attempt failed. I felt like I was there trying forever. I could will myself closer to the p…More

Left My Body

I was looking after my friend's flat whilst she was away on holiday. That evening I went out with another friend and then returned back to the flat. I hadn't been drinking as I don't drink alcohol. …More

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