I became lucid and found myself in a big country house.  I was in a downstairs room with other people.  Someone put what looked like ping pong balls into a sink – and this caused the people to be in the right state for an OBE.

As I was already lucid, this didn’t matter to me, so I left the room by going through the door (without opening it).  Before I did this, I put my head through first, just to check the environment was stable and clear before I committed.  I’ve started doing this now, because if I just go through, sometimes I end up not being able to see and losing the experience.

Anyway, I was now in the hallway and I went through the big front door.  I felt a sort of “zzzzzzzzzzzzz” in my body as I went through both doorways.  The gardens were beautiful, with well-maintained lawns and a gorgeous variety of trees.  I noticed the trees and deduced that it was autumn based on the colours, however I also noted that in physical reality it was summer.  

I decided to fly near the trees, just to enjoy the garden and be there for a while.  I lifted off the ground and gently flew around.  It was lovely and especially so because I’m not good at flying and normally lose the experience very soon after lift-off, but this time I managed to stay in the air for a good few minutes.

Then I slowly woke up.  I did my usual staying put and drifting back down to sleep, hoping I could go back there.

I did!  I was back in the same room I’d started from.  The ping-pong ball person said that they had to go and run an errand and wouldn’t be long.  One of the other people spotted two balls and put them in the sink, saying “don’t worry, I’ve found some, we’ll all be off wandering by the time you get back!”

I took this to mean that the original person was the “boss” and had control over the OBE timing, but luckily for them, another person found two balls.

I went out again and started levitating around.  Same gardens.  This time there were quite a few people dotted around.  I suspected I couldn’t be seen, and this did appear to be the case as no-one looked at me.  I wanted to go past a group of people to get to some nice looking area behind them, but I was unable to do this.  It was as if there was a gentle magnet repelling me away.

I moved in the opposite direction and down the gardens.  To my left, there was a canal or river and a few boats were just taking off.  I decided to go and check it out.  I flew onto one of the boats and watched the goings on.  There was some confusion as the passengers had got on the wrong boat by mistake.  This wasn’t too much of a worry and about four boats sailed down the river.  

The scenery was really lovely – lots of very green gentle rolling hills and it was incredibly lush.

After a while, I noticed that we were no longer on boats, but appeared to be on a sort of green walkway that moved.  I decided to stand on the walkway (as I had been hovering all this time) and it felt like an airbed or lilo of some sort.  It was very long and we were all on it.

I became aware that the whole four boats were one party and they all knew each other.  The party was held for Joanne.  I’ve no idea how I knew this – but I did.

Someone said out loud, “This is a funeral walk”.  (I now believe that person was the Helper, nudging me to do my bit.)

Of course, a lightbulb came on in my head when I heard this and I quickly went to find Joanne.

I found her.  She was a young girl, possibly no more than 10 years old.  Long brown hair.  Slim.  Pretty face.  

Oh blimey, I thought, this is going to be difficult.

“This is a funeral walk Joanne,” I said.  

I watched her to see if she knew what that meant and the implications.  I sensed that she understood what funeral meant, but not that it was her funeral.

“Today, the physical body will die.  But the person inside won’t die.  They will simply move to another place.”

She looked at me confused and a little scared.  I think she was beginning to grasp that someone was going to die, but still didn’t realise who.

“Who’s party is it, Joanne?” I asked as gently as possible.

I waited until she realised.  Now she looked terrified.  

“Don’t be frightened,” I said, “all that will happen is you’ll lose this body, but you’ll still be you.”  

I tried to be as gentle and caring as possible, but I felt I had to explain.  

“I bet you by the end of the day, you will still be alive!” I added with a laugh.  

She smiled at me, out of bravery more than anything.  I noticed that her lips were turning blue and the female Helper was suddenly at her side and picked her up into her arms and reiterated that it was only the body that would die today.

They moved ahead and I felt myself fizzle and woke up.  I suspect I wasn’t able to continue where they were going…