Out of my Body – in Reality

by Mike
Vancouver, Canada

It was the morning, maybe 9 or 10 am. My parents had planned to go out early to run some errands, which we had discussed the previous night. By this time they would have already left. After waking up I found myself still very, very tired and I allowed myself to fall back asleep. In doing so, I became conscious of some familiar sensations attributed to out-of-body experiences - I felt very heavy yet very light and I felt gentle electric-like pulses running through my body. Very soon after the onset of these sensations I knew it was time to get up - not up in the physical world - up outside my body in the astral plane!

I sat up in bed and looked around. Everything was very blurry and dark. I tried to get out of bed, but I felt like I weighed a million tons, so this was a real struggle. But with some well-directed efforts I managed to get out of bed and see clearly.

I stood on my carpet staring at the closed blind of my window. I was indecisive about what to do. I was out of my body and wanted to make the most of it... then I abruptly jumped into the air and glided right through the blind and window to land outside my house. This surprised me because in a previous OBE I wasn't able to pass through my door and instead had to open it, yet here I just jumped through a window, no problem.

It was a bright and sunny day, with just a couple of clouds in the sky. I could feel the sun on my shoulders, the air on my skin, and I could even smell what was around me. I was standing on the pavement. There was a plant pot sitting next to me, which I didn't expect. In truth, the pot was usually there but I never paid much attention to it. I was pleased with this observation as I felt it showed some objectivity of the astral plane in that I could see more than what I'd normally expect to see. My experiences weren't just stemming from my imagination.

My attention then turned to the driveway. I could see our Honda Accord sitting there. I was a tad perplexed, because it shouldn't have been there; my parents were supposed to be out and I thought they'd take the car. But I didn't fuss much over this and I explored the astral a bit more ...

I woke up in bed after my explorations and got up right away, this time, in the physical world. I felt invigorated after traveling beyond my body. My parents were in fact home - they were running late. I went outside quickly to see if what I'd seen was legitimate. It was! The sun was out, shining brightly with just a few clouds; the plant pot was right outside my window and the car was parked in the driveway - everything was exactly the same as I'd experienced when outside my body. From this I knew the astral was real.