For many of you, this might seem really mundane because maybe you experience it everyday. But, my God, this was so freaky for me.

I think I've had 2 OBE's now. Well, I guess you could say half OBE's. Actually, I'm not sure what the hell happened.

The first one was about a month ago. I woke up and my eyes looked around the room. Everything looked EXACTLY how it was. I had this weird tingling feeling. And then I was like okay, time to get up. For some reason or another It was so hard to get up. And then I realized my body was not moving but "I" was moving up. So I'm at a point where I feel like I almost out of my body and then I try to look at my hands....and there was nothing there...at least at first. Then it was like my mind tried to fill in the gaps or something weird and I saw a white outline of my hand and this really scared me and I suddenly was pulled back into my body and I was begging God to let me live or something. And I wake up.

The second one happened today. Same thing, and I was almost out and I fell back in because it's so hard to peel myeslf out..it's like I have to put a lot of force or energy into it. I tried again, and for some reason I got scared and I was thrown back hard into my body and my eyes open.

It all feels like a dream after...Does this sound like an OBE sorta thing? If it is, what should I do to actually get out?

Sounds like one to me!  Mundane?  Nope. Its been a while since I achieved OOB..too long, in fact.

I remember finding myself out of body..but I got up from the bed, hearing my daughter cough (so I thought) and going to check on her.  She was working, and closed that night, coming in late.  Only..she wasn't home yet.

I walked out of my bedroom..and tried to turn on the light in the hall..my husband was right behind me.  I told him the light was broken.. ;D  I still didn't realize at that point what was going on.  Since it was dark, I didn't "see" my lack of body.

I reached into the bathroom, to try that light, but it wouldn't work either.  Walked into my office room across the hall..turned and realized I had not opened the door of my bedroom.  That's when I realized I was not physically walkiing around.  And immediately, I was back in body.

I opened my eyes..and heard my daughter cough..for real this time.

Another time, I went into the kitchen..but could still hear the TV in the bedroom, where I lay "sleeping".

As to maintaining..well, not getting too excited helps.  But, that's easier said than done, I realize.

Good job, though!

Hi James,

Quote James Bond:
>>>I woke up and my eyes looked around the room. Everything looked EXACTLY how it was.<<<

I had this too, twice while partly out of body, and once when I awoke, looked around my room until I realized my eyes were still closed. In normal dreams I never see such detailed exact visuals of the physical.

Quote James Bond:
>>>then I try to look at my hands....and there was nothing there...at least at first. Then it was like my mind tried to fill in the gaps<<<

Interesting, it fits with a theory of Robert Bruce, he says the near-physical OoBEs are not really in the physical, but what we perceive is a reproduction of it by our minds. He talked of a phaenomenon he called "melting hands", it's like the other way round of what you told, Robert Bruce says when looking at his hands while in a OoBE at first they look solid, but the longer he looks at it the more they begin to melt, becoming unstable, and that's because (so he says) our mind cannot produce this illusion when at the same time one is examining in a critical way the reality of it.
There are other explanations possible, and Robert Bruces theory is, faced with this other possibilities hard to proof, but it's a possibility.
When I had an OoBE, I looked at my hands, and they looked physical; but then I reached out to grab something which was physically out of reach from my position, and then my hands became fuzzy and unsharp until I couldn't perceive them anymore, a sort of blurred spot in my field of view.

Spooky

Yes, definitely sounds like an OBE.  It sounds to me like you are thinking in terms of your body.  Don't let how physically real everything seems to fool you into thinking in physical terms.  Just remember to use your thoughts to get you out.  Think of wanting to be in another room of your house.  All you have to do is think it and you will get it.  Good luck!

:)

Greetings non-Newbies,

Another newbie 'kroan' is down in the book section, under RMonroe's "Journey..."  seeking the same help. I thought of recopying his inquiry with yours, JamesBond, but I'd better not tamper.
What should one do to help?

bets

How does one get passed the fear part of it. Everytime I think it's really cool at first, but then I start freaking out once I'm halfway out.

I suggest you do a mental walk-through while awake, pretending in your mind that you are starting to go out and experiencing the things you've felt before, and tell yourself there's nothing to fear.  Also tell yourself you really want this and you don't even want to let fear stop you.  If anything, maybe the next time it actually happens you'll remember mentally practicing and remember that there's nothing to be afraid of.