Joey's Experience 2904
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Experience description:
As a pre-teen, My
father had taken my sister and I to a local college football game. It was
deathly cold, but my father was not one to leave a football game before the
final seconds tick off. When I got home, I remember being so chilled that I
dressed for bed wearing several layers including gloves, socks and several extra
blankets on the bed. Somewhere between consciousness and sleep, I feel the
acoustic bumps of the ceiling being right at the tip of my nose. Opening my
eyes, I find that I am, in fact, an inch from the ceiling of my bedroom. I
turned my head, to see myself laying in bed, eyes closed. At that split second,
I awoke with a start and a gulp of breath, sitting straight up in bed, shocked,
but curious.
Any associated
medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?
No
Was the kind of
experience difficult to express in words?
No
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?
Somewhere between
consciousness and sleep
Was the experience
dream like in any way?
No, was surprisingly
real.
Did you experience a
separation of your consciousness from your body?
Yes
I felt I floated
straight up from the chest of my body; my entire body lifting equally and level
What emotions did you
feel during the experience?
I was calm until seeing
myself in bed, I was surprised, perhaps frightened
Did you hear any
unusual sounds or noises?
no, I don't
remember hearing anything at all, I never actually considered this question
before...interesting.
Did you recognize any
familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or
encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?
No
Did you see a light?
No
Did you meet or see
any other beings?
No
Did you experiment
while out of the body or in another, altered state?
No
Did you observe or
hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be
verified later?
No
Did you notice how
your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different?
No
Did you have any sense
of altered space or time?
No
Did you have a sense
of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?
No
Did you reach a
boundary or limiting physical structure?
Uncertain
Did you become aware
of future events?
No
Were you involved in
or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?
Uncertain
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?
Yes
I believe in a
soul (As a Christian) but I found a new belief in ghosts as I grew to understand
(as I was older) what I had actually experienced. I feel as though I were a
ghost for a brief moment and that my spirit had left my body. Why wouldn't this
happen at death?
How has the experience
affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?
My belief in ghosts
and great interest in the paranormal are the only real changes.
Has your life changed
specifically as a result of your experience?
No
Have you shared this
experience with others?
Yes
co-workers, friends,
family. I'm not sure it changed them in any way, but they were very interested
and intrigued by my experience.
What was the best and
worst part of your experience?
The best part - was
having the experience in the first place, I have since tried to recreate the
experience with limited success. I have read before that having been frightened
by the first or early experience makes it difficult to recreate.
The worst part - it
just wasn't long enough
Following the
experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or
substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
Uncertain I
have read book on the subject of OBE's and have tried to purposefully leave my
body with very limited success though I haven't tried in years.