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u/awarenessis · 2 pointsr/threekings

Congrats and welcome to the club...or maybe almost to the club (though it sounds like you were possibly close). :)

There are tons of books out there on the subject of Out of Body Experience / Astral Projection. You will find that authors generally fall into one of three categories: -1- traditionalists (with occult explanations for OBEs); -2- realists (believe OBEs are entirely internal experiences, lucid dreams, or some other natural phenomena / hallucination); -3 - mystics (believe the realms explored are real or diverging realities / planes of existence).

I've read and amassed a small library on this subject because it became very important to me when I started regularly having OBEs. Through my reading and personal experiences, I definitely recommend starting with two of the better known authors in the mystical camp: Robert Monroe (who has already been mentioned), followed by William Buhlman. The books you want are Journeys out of Body and Adventures Beyond the Body. These books will do a good job of covering many great OBE techniques, as well as provide inspiration and motivation. They're good reads too... :)

Some may recommend books by Robert Bruce, but I would advise against his stuff (at least in the beginning)...his energy work is an interesting approach...however, if your goal is to gain OBE / AP quickly, there are better methods.

I am currently working my way through Explorations in Consciousness by Frederick Aardema. This book is very very good. I would go so far to say that it is possibly my favorite book on the subject. The author does such a great job of pulling together information on the subject from all sides...it is (mostly) a non-mystical take on OBEs, but completely objective and inclusive of all possibilities.

Anyway, the topic of OBEs is something that is very personal and you should formulate your own conclusions. Give it time though and remain open. Read as much as you can on the subject. I think you'll find though that once you have a full-fledged OBE, you will figure out what you believe rather quickly. For me, I simply "knew" it was real. Hard to put in words, really beyond this knowing.

u/eugenia_loli · 1 pointr/DMT

People here suggested sleep paralysis, which is correct, but their explanation don't go far enough. Sleep paralysis is how people get OBEs. The rocket ship seizure is what you get when you're trying to get out of your body. I's textbook OBE experience. Once out of your body (or almost out of your body), you can hear the mental thoughts and emotions of everything around you, even entities that aren't visible when inside your body (since the human brain filters them out). When you're in that etheric world, reality is not as solid as human reality is. So for example, if your wife is having a dream at the time where she argues with you, you will experience it as if she's trying to kill you. This is why this stopped when she woke up, her dream ended, and so her mental projection to you ended too. In that out-of-normal-reality world, thoughts become real to those who witness them. And you did, because you were not using your human brain to filter that stuff out anymore, you were slightly out of your body. I highly recommend you start reading this book (by a PhD researcher) to understand what I'm talking about: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0987911902/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1