What to Expect

During A Typical OOBE

1. Most natural or spontaneous OOBE's happens once on a lifetime. But obviously, people trying to generate the event deliberately are much more likely to have repeat occurence

2. It is most likely to happen while lying down, either resting or just before or just after sleeping There has been cases where OOBE's happened while carrying out an activity of some kind

3. A floating, flying or soaring feeling usually accompanies the experience with a certain directional attitude of 'going upwards'

4. and being close to and seeing - or being aware - of the physical body - often from above

5. It can happen to anyone even children, but in most cases it happena during adult life and most often to women.If it occured during childhood, the person is much more likely in later life to attempt deliberate projections

6. Usually there is no sensation of 'leaving the body'. The person just finds themselves 'out'

7. Returning to the physical body is similar with little sensation or knowledge of 'going back'

8. Those who attempt deliberate projections are much more likely to report sensations of leaving or returning, but may well be in the nature of some of the techniques themselves

9. A usual case includes no connection physically with the physical body

10. A sense of 'realness' and viewing the 'normal world' - some has reported of leaving the room or area around the physical body

11. The sense of sight and hearing seem to work quite normally, but few cases are reported of experiencing taste, smell or touch.The sight and hearing may well be enchanced or exaggerated and many cases have reported objects 'glowing' or radiating increased light in some way

12. An initial OOBE is usually accompanied by feelings of detachment, calm and feeling 'ok' often quite pleasant Later deliberate projections may be more likely to be subjected to fear,apprehension or excitement

13. The person usually feel that the experience is real and at no time does he/she question what is being experienced. There is often a feeling of being able to 'go anywhere' and 'do anything' but the need to do so is rarely felt

14. An inability to affect, move or influence any physical objects in the vicinity of the physical body - and no desire to do so

15. Anyone who has had an OOBE is much more likely to want to repeat the experience, but not many actually do so, despite quite rigorous attempts

16. However anyone who had a spontaneous OOBE and then attempted a voluntary OOBE, with any degree of success, is likely to be able to repeat the experience

17. A certain mind-set is necessary for success - once that approach has been learned or discovered, it's much more likely to produce positive results in subsequent attempts

18. The experience of having had a spontaneous, unplanned OOBE does not give the recipient any particular knowledge that can subsequently be used. The whole process has to be learnt from scratch, but there is definitely an incentive to want to produce subsequent projections consciously

19. Whatever one's beliefs, before a spontaneous or voluntary OOBE, there seems to be a radical and permanent change in one's attitude to the soul,death and life after death. The fear of death seems to reduce remarkedly. It also seem that it is a pleasurable and rewarding experience

Getting back in

The majority of people who have consciously projected say that you can return as quickly as you want, by merely 'willing' yourself back in. Apparently any situation you encounter, such as strange noise or light wind, will immediately take you straight back in. There is absolutely no evidence that you can get 'stuck' out or be attacked or get lost or not be able to find your physical body again or go too far or to be taken over

Paralysis

This state of paralysis is known as a cataleptic or catatonic state and is frequently encountered.Just before or upon returning some could have a feeling that their physical body is paralysed in some way.No need to panic, this is quite normal and will disappear quickly. Just stay still until feeling has return to your body and you will be able to carry on as usual

info sources:

Astral Projection-Richard Craze