I began playing with OBE's when I was about 14. I happened upon a website about Astral Travel and OBE's and was instantly interested. I was always looking up/researching something on the internet, usually ghosts or conspiracies. I had a few but never really got to far away from my body and was lucky if I could see anything. The last time I tried to have an OBE was around when I was 18. Usually, I be rising in the darkness with the whoosing, and then I freak out. Last night I wen't to bed, very tired quickly drifting off to sleep. As soon as I wen't to sleep I realized what was happing I knew the feeling. The energy pulsating through my body. And the slight whining in the background. And then there was the fear I knew too well. I quickly woke up. Again, I drifted off to sleep. Once again the energy pulsating through my body, the whining, and again the fear. Again I woke up. Really getting aggravated I again decided try to go to sleep. This time was different I soon felt the energy pulsating through my body, and then the whining(which this time was a loud roaring like I have never heard) and I soon felt myself floating rising very fast but I couldn't see just like the last time I tried to have an OBE. I realized I was out of my body and was looking around but I still couldn't see I then started panicking and quickly awoke. After I woke up I was laying in bed with my arm around my fiance' I was looking at the ceiling chills going down my spine. That's when it started I was hearing distinct footsteps in our bedroom. I quickly sat straight up looking around, no one was there our dog was lying on his mat. This continued for several minutes. I asked Janel ( my fiance') if she heard anything which she said she didn't and quickly fell back to sleep. I then decided to try to go to sleep again. Once again it happened this time the roaring increased so much I couldn't stand it and I remember feeling the urge to scream.
Last Sunday we went to my church I attended growing up. As soon as the service began our four month old son began crying during the opening hymn. So I carried him out to the narthex in the church and I stood there looking out the entrance to the church. When I caught a glimpse of movement to the left of me in one of the Sunday school rooms. So we walked over and no one was there. I dismissed it as my mind playing tricks on me and started walking around. Ever since at different times I have noticed I will see something move, and look and there's nothing there. If I had to guess I'd say it happened about 5-8 times this week.
I was just wondering if you may have an explanation as to what is happening. Why did I have multiple OBE's without trying, out of the blue. And is it connected with everything else? Am I losing my mind? If nothing else maybe you'll find this entertaining.
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You ,
Steve
Hi Steve,
Sorry it took me a week to get back to you but I wanted to wait until I had enough time to write more than a couple of lines.
First off, you’re not crazy – at least I hope not! It looks like there are a few things going on here and they sound very similar to what I’ve experienced. I spent at least 15 years with constant spontaneous sleep paralysis before I learned that they were the initial stages of OBE’s. If you’re getting them when you don’t want to it sometimes works if you roll onto your side afterwards. Lying on your back is the natural way to project but it does happen to me on occasion while on my side – but not often. All the whooshing and other knocks and noises (besides the footsteps) are known as Kundalini but that’s another story. These only happen around the moment you first get out of your body. Once you’re out there are sometimes other noises such as ocean waves or bees buzzing and you can sometimes notice your ears picking up sounds from far away but usually by this time the frighteningly loud roars are gone. Getting passed this state can be frightening at times but if you let yourself relax and remember there’s nothing to be afraid of then it will become much more enjoyable. I also remember reading somewhere that the prime beginning years for having OBE’s are in the 20’s. Most people who start off getting them spontaneously are between 20-30 years old. This is the best time to practise because if you can perfect your skills now you will still be able to do it easily when you’re older.
Now, let’s move onto the psychic senses. As you begin having more and more OBE’s you will start to notice your psychic senses developing. For some reason they go hand in hand. The more OBE’s you have the stronger your psychic abilities will become. It goes the other way as well – if you’re not getting many OBE’s your psychic abilities may begin to shut down but it looks like you’re on the uphill at the moment. Since you’re living in an old farmhouse you have 166 years worth of previous tenants who have lived there and may have died there. You could be sharing the house with one of these spirits but you shouldn’t let that scare you. You’re also living with the guardian angels of yourself, your fiancé and your son. This means you have at least 3 spirits in the house with you at all times and possibly more if you have ghosts present in stereotypical sense. If this spirit had ill-intentions you would probably already be dealing with strange, annoying happenings around the house. These spirits try to scare you into moving out. Hearing footsteps and having a feeling of not being alone doesn’t mean they’re unhappy with you – it means your psychic senses are picking this all up.
The footsteps happened after your OBE but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was your psychic senses picking the sound up but it could be. There’s always the chance the dog was sleeping and either didn’t hear or didn’t care about the footsteps. Dogs often hear these things so they’re often used to having spirits in the house. I remember my dog playing chase with a child spirit up and down the stairs. He was barking and running back and forth just like he did with my son and me when we’d play with him. I could distinctly hear the footsteps of a child running up and down those stairs even though my son was sound asleep. I was also standing right there watching my dog and didn’t see anything else. This just shows how dogs become used to spirits and sometimes interact with them. Since your fiancé was sleeping you don’t know if the footsteps you heard were physical or psychical but I wouldn’t be too worried about it.
Another thing about psychic senses is the fact that you often see things in your peripheral vision. I always see things out of the corner of my eyes and sometimes you can distinguish complete faces along with the body. When you look in that direction you can no longer see the person because you’re now focusing your vision. The spirit is still there but you can no longer see it because of the way you’re looking at them. This same technique is how you can see your own or somebody else’s aura. Our peripheral vision is in the unfocused position naturally so we often see things out of the corner of our eyes. For all you know, this could mean your church is haunted as well – you’re just beginning to see these things.
There are 2 options available and both are completely acceptable. The first one is to start sleeping on your side and forget about the whole the thing. Some people are unable to overcome their fear of the unknown. We grow up believing ghosts are evil thanks to ghost stories and horror movies. Like the real world, some people are good and others are bad. By the sounds of it you’ve got a perfectly normal spirit living with you. If he was indeed knocking on the floor to get your attention it could even be that he was trying to let you know he was there in hopes of you coming out of body to visit him. That brings us to the second option.
Getting to know him (or her). If you can manage to achieve a full astral projection where you’re relaxed and aware of everything you may be able to approach your spirit and get to meet him. I forgot to mention the blackness you spoke of. I’ve experienced this a few times and can’t really explain it but it does happen on occasion. Sometimes it goes away once you calm down and other times you’ll just have to return to your body and try it again. Either way, the blackness goes away and it’s just a “fluke” that happens. I think it might have something to do with realizing it’s your “astral eyes” you should be seeing with and not your physical eyes. If you relax and wait for the blackness to go away it should.
Now you’ll need to find out who this person is. If you can meet them spirit-face to spirit-face then that’s great. Using your thoughts (instead of your mouth) you can learn more about the person. See if they need help or if they’re just lonely. Basically, befriend them. If you’re not able to do this, make up a name for your spirit and talk to them when something’s happening. If you’re startled by the “I’m being watched” feeling just say, “Hi, ghost!” and go back to what you were doing. Maybe ask them how they’re doing or something like that. If you hear footsteps address them by name and ask them to stop. I’ve been doing this for years and it works. It’s also how most people living in similar situations learn to handle it. Either find out their name by astral projection or even a Ouija Board then treat them like another family member. It can be hard to get over the initial fear of meeting the spirits in an astral projection but it’s worth a shot.
Hopefully this helps.
Best of luck and congrats on the new baby!
Doug
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