Just wanted to jump in here and mention what has worked for me as far as finally “getting out” of my body. OBE has interested me since I was a child, and I think I have read 1000’s of books, blogs, articles, etc… on the practice. Anyway, I spent so much time and energy trying to seperate from my body according to the way the pictures usually show it done, trying to project myself as a double in front of myself… The first time I actually had an OBE I was like “Wow, why didnt anyone ever mention this”! When I have an OBE I basically “crawl” out of the top of my head. I know that sounds kinda weird and creepy, lol.
Here is my routine. It is not “the” routine, but it works for me, and maybe it can help some of you that are having a hard time. Firstly, I cant project from a sitting position, not sure why, it just doesnt work for me. I like tp lay down, with me head elevated, like laying on the coach with my head proped up on the arm. Anyway, I close my eyes, calm my mind, and regulate my breathing. Nothing fancy on the breathing, Im not counting the inhales, exhales, etc… Just breathing, then I visualize, starting at my feet, a pair of silver, glowing hands that are kinda like rubbing my skin and infusing me with this glowing silver essence. This procedure completely relaxes me, while giving me this “armor” so to speak.
So these hands work their way from my feet all the way to the top of my head. I always work from the bottom to the top, as this serves another purpose as well. I find that by doing this I am shifting my conscious up my body. By the time I get to my head, it is as though my entire being is in my head, there is no recognition of my body at all. Once I am “in my head” I shift my conscious to my 7th chakra. I do this by moving those silver hands just to the place above my head. When this happens, I just slip right out of the top of my head, and I am free to move about at that point.
A few weeks back I was laying in bed and decided to give this a try, but it wasn’t working as I had a cold and laying on my back wouldn’t allow me to breath comfortably, so therefore I couldnt relax enough to project. I ended up rolling onto my stomach instead, and wow! That was pretty cool. Once I got to my 7th chakra, I kinda paused for a second. My head was only a couple of inches away from the wall, so my conscious decided that what it needed to do to get out was to come out of the top of my head, squeeze in between the wall and my bed, and go under the bed and pop out at the foot of my bed. Is that clear as mud??? lol. Anyway, it was awesome! It was like I did a flip out of myself, lol. I even felt that disoriented feeling you get when you do a flip. Needless to say, I was feeling pretty cool
Anyway, sorry this is soooo long. I was just reading through and wanted to put this out there just in case it might help anyone.