Same. I'm convinced OBEs are a form of dreaming, especially when comparing the techniques used for initiating wake-back-to-bed lucid dreaming (relaxing the body & mind, feeling vibrations, being amazed how "real" it is, etc).
That intoxicatingly calm space between awake and not-quite-awake-yet is about the best drug there is. The difficulty therein is knowing that the day's remainder will, at best, and rarely in sobriety, only approximate this magical state of bliss.
> That intoxicatingly calm space between awake and not-quite-awake-yet
...that space is calm for most people?
Being there is usually literally terrifying to me. Like whenever I finally come through to the awake side I'm drenched in sweat and crying on occasion.
I had a few OBEs while falling asleep in the afternoon while maintaining awareness, and it is seemed to me that they were hallucinatory experiences triggered by sleep paralysis kicking in. And yes, they are likely a specific form of lucid dreaming.
tommydoesntknow|4 years ago
Shared404|4 years ago
...that space is calm for most people?
Being there is usually literally terrifying to me. Like whenever I finally come through to the awake side I'm drenched in sweat and crying on occasion.
gpderetta|4 years ago
sebastianconcpt|4 years ago
Think about it, can 2 people's dream be synchronized from the perspective of each other? Because that's how a shared OBE feels.
Once you have some of these, you know these aren't dreams.
philote|4 years ago