Ever had an OBE?

[Haole Girl]

Have you ever had an out-of-body experience?

If so, what was it like and how did you achieve it?

p.s., Please keep it PG-13! :hi:

[Inchworm]

1. My past was an OBE

hehe.. was that really me?!?!

Hi you!

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

3. Hey you!

Where've you been? :hi:

[Inchworm]

5. I've been around

I've just been posting in spurts. Hows things?

So... have you have an OBE?

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

7. I don't remember having an OBE...

..even though Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) made me pretty goofy once. lol

Oh, and things are fine at my end. Still giving up the cancer sticks... I hope...?

[Inchworm]

12. Yup

Still off the smokes...

Time Smoke-Free: 43 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes and 26 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1738
Lifetime Saved: 13 days, 6 hours
Money Saved: $258.00

I've slipped up a few times but nothing that would make me start back.

I'm glad to hear all is well on your side!

:)

[Haole Girl]

14. Thanks

And, I am very, very glad you are being so strong!! :D

[IndianaJones]

2. Did an isolation chamber once, no OBE,

but I had some weird thoughts and experiences.

[Haole Girl]

4. Why were you in an isolation chamber?

...if you don't mind me asking...

[IndianaJones]

6. My wacky friend built one from plans on the internet....

it actually did work, but it ended up getting scrapped due to issues with upkeep.

[Haole Girl]

8. Was it scary in there?

What kind of thoughts did you have?

(yes, I know, I have a lot of questions!)

[IndianaJones]

15. it wasn't scary, although a fear of confined spaces would not be good...

for getting in one. It was half filled with salt water that was regulated to be about body temperature and completely dark when closed. After a little time, you began to have no sense of outside stimulation - sight, sound, feeling. It was a little freaky. I spent about 30 minutes inside, but it felt like much less and much more at the same time, which is hard to explain. Whatever you think of begins to almost become reality. I think that a longer session would have yielded very interesting results. The guy that built it would spend 2 hours or more in there, and he said that he would emerge feeling like he had lived another lifetime. I would recommend it as an experience to try. I never really had a desire to do it again. I think that someone with a little more patience than me could experience what would feel like an OBE.

[Haole Girl]

17. It sounds interesting

Although I am a little claustrophobic. I sort of freaked out, once, when I felt like I couldn't breathe well several miles down into a dark silver mine. I ran over 2 miles, in a sprint, right in the middle of the tour! So, I've been careful (even though that was 20 years ago) not to place myself in situations that could ever trigger that again.

But, it is interesting to think about how much clarity we can obtain through silence. I think that is why a lot of people like to hike up into the mountains... away from city noise.

Thanks! :hi:

[crispini]

24. Wow. I would like to try it.

I was reading online about these tanks, and it sounds very cool!

[IndianaJones]

25. it was cool, but very costly and nearly impossible to maintain...

I believe there are some companies that sell them pre-made.

[Deep13]

9. I had a clarinet once.

Oh, sorry, I thought you said oboe.

[Haole Girl]

11. That's funny!

I almost didn't put the acronym, just for that reason. lol

[Droopy]

10. I had that sensation once

when I was suffering from the symptoms of a serious mental illness- one that causes psychosis. So I'm not sure if what I experienced was real or just a hallucination.

I used to live with a friend of mine in a trailer park. We were hanging out with another friend and they were drinking beer. I had one beer, but it did not taste good to me so I didn't drink more. I became sleepy and went to bed. As I laid there I became more and more alert. I thought someone had slipped me something in my drink afterward.

As I became more aware the ceiling in my bedroom dissolved revealing a somewhat cloudy but bright night sky. I felt as though I was hovering in my bedroom over my body and then that part of me shot up into the sky. I was rising and rising going through the clouds and then I was above them and headed into outer space. Suddenly, I was back in my body again. I was very alert, though, and in my mind it was as if I had transcended the mental troubles that I had been experiencing- somehow rising above it- and all was quiet in my mind for the first time since I could remember.

By the next morning I was crazier than I had ever been in my life. I thought that people could communicate telepathically and that they could see all of my thoughts- even the most private ones. I ended up in the hospital shortly after that for my first hospitalization for mental illness.

[Haole Girl]

13. Wow

Do you think, possibly, somebody did put something in your drink?

:hug:

[Droopy]

16. I used to for a long time

I questioned my room mate about it and he said that they didn't do any such thing, but I didn't believe him for a while. But later I realized that he was not the type of guy, nor was his friend, to do that sort of thing. They'd much sooner use the drug themselves rather than waste it on me. :)

[Haole Girl]

18. It is a bit coincidental, though

I hope you're right!

[Haole Girl]

19. kick

To be closer to the copycat, of course! ;-:

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Thought you meant one o' these

Order of the British Empire.

[Haole Girl]

22. Nooooo

:hi:

[skygazer]

21. I almost drowned when I was 8 years old

A bunch of us were swimming in the river and one of the older boys threw me into a deep spot - no one knew I couldn't swim.

I was struggling out there, bobbing up and down and finally I sunk beneath the surface and started drifting to the bottom. At that point, it seemed like I separated from my body and I could see myself - it was as if I were a little above myself - struggling weakly and sinking.

Then from out of the corner of my eye, I saw an arm extend toward me and as soon as the hand grabbed my arm, I was back in my body. It was a friend and she pulled me out of the water where someone performed mouth-to-mouth and revived me.

I've always vividly remembered that.

[Haole Girl]

23. Wow, that is incredible

Especially since it happened so quickly. Thanks for sharing that! :hi:

[no name no slogan]

26. No, but I've regularly had OPP

yeah you know me