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Experience description:

I am no stranger to out of body experience's. I have been allowed by God to have a few since I was a child. This event I'm going to describe is the most recent and one of the most detailed ones yet.

When I try to fall asleep sometimes, especially if I'm going from a long stretch of sleep to another shorter nap, my astral body will start slipping out and I have to try and either wake myself up, or fall into a deeper sleep. Almost every time my body is in this state I have to force myself awake. I know most people describe this situation as sleep paralysis (which it is) but I am used to the feeling and it's more of an annoyance at this point, rather than a distressing situation. When I'm in this state I can see my astral hands lift out of my physical hands. When I see my physical hand start moving I know my efforts to wake up are working. It's almost like trying to get my astral self to stick back to my body. If you're curious about what the astral body looks like, I've always seen it as molded water. It's clear and looks like water created into the shape of my hands and arms. The very first time I saw my astral hand I was about 19 years old. It looked like it was filled with millions of diamonds. It sparked very beautifully, and I said to myself, so divine, so divinely made. And we are all created this way. So pretty!

Now, I do avoid this state because I have had a few troublesome experiences and I decided that if God wants me to have an out of body experience, he would allow it to happen without fear and with permission. I was interested in creating the condition to fly out of my body, but the astral plane sometimes has unpleasant entities, especially if you don't protect yourself with prayers. Sometimes I can hear whispers in that in between state (I don't like it when that happens!) I've even heard radio broadcasts when I've accidentally tuned into that frequency, unintentionally. I don't have control over those things, though it is interesting to me. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I've decided a while ago to stop trying to make the astral travels happen intentionally and instead let it happen naturally like this instance.

I woke up from a terrible night of sleep and grumpily told my husband to watch the kids while I continued to try and sleep a little more in the morning. I went into my kids bedroom and plopped in the bottom bunk. It wasn't long before I started to relax and quickly realized I was in the in between state. I was too tired to fight the feeling and it felt lovely to float above my body and out of the heavy achy feeling of the otherworld so I let it happen. I could see the room and the bottom of the top bunk and I had fun directing my light soul up and down with just a thought. The best way to describe the feeling is comparing it to the astronauts when they float around the space shuttle in zero gravity. Except I moved myself with though and not by propulsion. This is fairly familiar to me. I started to get bolder however and wished to visit space or some other beautiful place. I found myself staring into a tunnel and moving very quickly backwards. First I saw the moon and stars and they were very beautiful, then I moved back (at tremendous speed) and the image changed to microscopic views of the inside of blood vessels, then I moved back again and saw more of space, then again organic cell matter. A message was given to me. It wasn't through a voice or a being, it was instant knowledge. It said 'It's all the same. The expanse of space and the cells of the body...it's all the same.' I then found myself at the bottom of the ocean floor in some sort of cave. I saw coral and panicked because I don't like feeling claustrophobic. I went straight back into my body. Fear does that. It slams you back into your physical self. I still wanted to see/feel more so I floated above my body again and then found myself transported to a beautiful garden. I was flying around looking when all of a sudden an Asian man in a pastel yellow button up shirt came up to me and I recognized him as a very dear friend. We were so happy to see each other and the glee I felt when we played together made my soul so happy. I felt like a child again. He grabbed my wrists as I was flying over him and I swung him around with me both of us laughing without a care and so inexpressibly happy. Pure glee. He wanted me to stay and play but I wanted to see more so I told him I had to go and I had to pull him off because he really wanted to keep floating around with me. It didn't feel odd, and he wasn't offended at all, it was like when you're a child and you're friends are like 'come on! Just five more minutes before you go home!'

I found myself back in my room floating above my body again, and again I left and found myself flying around a beautiful city on water. It was night time and all I saw where these beautiful fancy adobe white homes with roof top gardens and pretty wood decks. There were large White boats as well and some skyscrapers but everything was serene and it looked like everyone that lived there had incredible wealth. I felt intuitively that this was earth in a very very very far future. After many wars and the collapse of the nations we know now. This was a peaceful land and very advanced, yet there was astetic and natural beauty in all the cities designs. I explored and flew around for a while. A few other things happened it's late and I don't want to lose what I've typed so far. I will conclude with this. I prayed to God the night before and told him I was very unhappy and wanted help to get out of this slump I've been in for a few months. I cried a lot and felt very lonely. I prayed 'I'm sorry,' and 'please help me' over and over. Since that experience I've felt my lighter and full of hope. I know God answered my prayer for peace.

 Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience? No     

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?          Yes    The beauty, peace and emotions. The way things felt 'physically'

 At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event? No     

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?      Like being awake

            Was the experience dream like in any way?  Kinda, except I was aware of my body on the bed the entire time.

 Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?  Yes    It slipped comfortably out

 What emotions did you feel during the experience?          Lightness both physical and emotional. Glee. Peace. Relief

 Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?         No

 LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?   Yes    The garden of flowers

 Did you see a light?        No     

Did you meet or see any other beings?         Yes    My friend from another realm. He was Asian and dressed in light yellow. We spoke telepathically

 Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state?         Yes   

I decided I wanted to see space and I did a couple of times :)

 Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?         Yes          My husband was washing dishes in the kitchen. I could hear him and felt guilty that I was having fun floating around and playing while he was cleaning. He told me he had washed dishes when I 'woke up'

 Did you have any sense of altered space or time? Yes    Seemed like a long time, it was only an hour.

 Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?         Yes    Space as big as it is in the same as the small molecules we can't see. It's all connected, all the same.

 Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?           No     

Did you become aware of future events?      Yes    The city is from the future

 Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?          Yes    I came back after I was done exploring each place and decided each time to leave to new places.

 Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience? No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience? No     

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?   Affirmed my spiritual beliefs

 Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Have you shared this experience with others?       Yes    My Husband, mother, and sister. They are used to it. My sister has the same sorts of experiences I do. It's part of our life.

 What emotions did you experience following your experience? Peace

 What was the best and worst part of your experience?          Being free from a heavy body. The dark ocean bottom.

 Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience? No

 Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?    No     

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?                     Yes   

 Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.       No