Was this out of body experience ?

[youngers1810]

Hi everyone
So i was sleeping amd found myself in my own street
I looked to a house and saw three people one of them was a shadow figure with white eyes

I heard a voice say
We gotta shadow

Then i felt myself being pulled up into the sky at a phenomenal rate of speed then i saw a white light around me
And was back in my body again fully awake

Asking myself what just happened that was amazing that rate of speed

Any thoughts kind people

[astralsuzy]

When you were being pulled into the sky at a great speed, you may have been on your way traveling to a place. You never made it as you woke up. Sometimes that happens to me but I mostly end up in some place.

[Miss Hepburn]

Btw, astralsuzy, I'm glad you're around to help with these questions.

[ThatMan]

What I get from your post is that you were wide awake in that experience, fully conscious, of course still asleep. This is my feeling.

"Being pulled" - this is in my opinion a clear sign you had an OBE as I myself have been pulled many times, and a few times towards the sky, just like you, with an incredible speed, so fast that I thought I am not going to make it.

My two cents, you had an amazing experience!!!

[Frostytraveler]

My first OBE over 30 years ago was a very similar experience to yours. The only thing I would add is the totally euphoric feeling I had while traveling up the tunnel which had rings of white light. Theses rings passed me by at such incredible speeds that I instinctually got nervous that I would not find my way back to my body. I had the feeling I was traveling a great distance. I was consciously aware I was no longer in my body. As the concern grew of not finding my way back, I instantly snapped back into my body. It was an unforgettable experience.

[Apakhana Akshobhya]

Were you awake for the entire process of sleep or did you blackout then find yourself suddenly lucid?

If you purposely laid the body down to have an OBE you would likely have remembered leaving on purpose but the way it was described sounds like a lucid dream.

Either way, we seem to experience movements in both states and it is the inner currents (vayus) that seemingly are the mechanism for movement.

The important question is "what did I gain from this experience?" Because I can hear my teacher already, haha, if we didn't really learn more about our own nature then all we did was experience more phenomena.

If we sit down/lay down and have a very intentional practice we will be aware and awake (hopefully) across the entire process and learn allot. There's no better way to know we aren't the body than to leave it and look back at it 😁🙏

[Frostytraveler]

I have had many projections that have launched during the sleep state. Way too much waking awareness to be a lucid dream. The environment, detail and feelings also point to projection. You just know when you are in a full projection (at least for me).