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Out of Body Experiences (OBE), Explained

An out-of-body experience is a condition usually occurring spontaneously during meditation, deep sleep, hypnosis, shamanic trance, sensory-deprivation, anesthesia or extreme illness or trauma, in which one finds themselves outside of their physical body, yet remaining fully conscious and perceiving everything normally.

Robert Monroe describes it as, “an altered state of consciousness in which the subject feels that his mind or self-awareness is separated from his physical body and this self-awareness has a vivid and real sense about it, quite different from a dream.”

The experience typically begins by finding yourself floating over or standing next to your physical body, perceiving normally, but with a great feeling of lightness and power. You may see your physical body lying on the bed or you may just rise straight up through the ceiling. You may have a ghostly, astral body which can fly around or you may be a point of pure consciousness which can travel instantaneously to wherever you think about.

If anyone reading this has experienced an OBE in their life and is willing to share, drop your story in the comments! (Or if you'd prefer to keep it lower key, my DMs are open, I'd be happy to keep it private)

[🎥: eric dubay]