"A mysterious and highly controversial phenomenon sometimes occurs in which people experience the compelling sensation that they have somehow "left their bodies." The "out-of-body experience" or "OBE", as this fascinating phenomenon is usually termed, takes a variety of forms. In the most typical, you are lying in bed, apparently awake, when suddenly you experience a range of primarily somatic sensations, often including vibrations, heaviness, and paralysis. Then you experience the vivid sensation of separating from your "physical body" in what feels like a second body, often floating above the bed."
This happened to me this morning, about 2:30. It only lasted about ten seconds or so, and I had control over it. But it was so strange and eerie feeling that I made myself wake up. A very short dream precluded the "OBE", a dream that I, too, was manipulating.
I was lucky to be able to go over the details with Don before I forgot the whole thing. Crazy stuff! Now I see why some people might think this kind of experience is an alien abduction or demons inhabiting the body (ala "The Exorcist!") However freaky it is, I have had these experiences a few times before. I don't have any mad desire to learn how to make it happen more frequently, though I bet I could if I worked harder at it. I'm just too lazy to do that, though. :)
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