WontonMee asked about Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs), here is my reply

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I'm reproducing my post to 'archive' it in this 'Religion' forum, due to its relevance to this subject.

https://www.sammyboy.com/threads/sudden-jerk-when-falling-asleep-why.267555/

WontonMee asked :

Why? like a sudden jerk which jolt you out of sleep. Why I always get it?

I replied :

SERIOUS REPLY. U don't believe your dai ji.

The falling sensation (also known as a hypnic jerk), the hypnagogic (half-asleep) state, sleep paralysis (when you're still conscious in your body, but can't move or control your body) and the 'exploding head syndrome' (when half-asleep you suddenly hear a cacophony of loud noises sometimes including voices near you, then you wake up and KNN bo lang around!), as well as experiencing very high rate of heart beats and vibrating, but then waking up physically to have normal heartbeat KNN, etc, are all associated with Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs) aka Astral Projection.

I'll next include excerpts and links to relevant websites. But an important explanation 1st : if such symptoms (eg. paragraph above, eg. falling sensation) is a rather commonly reported experience, then it implies the consciousness (or so-called astral body) leaving the body would also be a fairly common experience, then why don't people remember it? Simply because these symptoms (paragraph above) are far more easily recallable, because the consciousness is still within the body then, so the experience is naturally downloaded as memory biochemically into the physical brain. But once you (ie. your consciousness) actually leave(s) the body temporarily (which occurs during some phases of the dream state, which is also why dreams are seldom recallable), the brain no longer records the memory, and you have no recollection of having the out of body experience. Simply because as far as your physical brain is concerned, well your brain never left the body, did it? Your consciousness did, but since the brain didn't, the brain won't have any memory out of the body, hence 99% of OBEs and dreams leave no memory behind.

Another point to note :
Even upon leaving the body, there are many different 'levels' or 'dimensions' or 'worlds' of the non-physical or extra-physical, and only a few of these are sufficiently close to the physical that you can interact with it, albeit with limited interactions. The following 3 articles of 'ghosts' captured on video, refer to when the non-physical being (human or otherwise) are present on this etheric level (ie. very close to the physical level in vibrational terms), and hence can have limited interactions (including being caught on video, seen by physical humans present, etc) with the physical level.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ghost-sheets-video-reddit-101331057.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1890034/Video-Baby-monitor-catches-ghostly-figure-walking-girls-crib.html
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mom-shocked-security-camera-appears-show-ghost-dead-son-felt-like-letting-know-happy-heaven-012223630.html

Also check out the visitors' comments below each Yahoo article, as some others share their own personal experiences on these matters.

From lim pei's personal experience, only a minority of the times upon leaving the body (eg. after the falling sensation, the exploding head syndrome, etc), will you actually find yourself in the etheric or close-to-physical levels next to your bed or physical body or in your room or in your home, although this does sometimes happen (even then, most pple won't remember as the memory isn't downloaded back into the brain as explained in earlier paragraphs), in which case from personal experience, the best thing to do is fly out of your home into the night sky, tremendously satisfying experience lim pei guarantee you. Most of the time, you'll immediately find yourself on other levels (they feel very different, as your mental & emotional capacities vary widely across such extraphysical levels, remember you're not longer in your physical body with a biochemical based brain and central nervous system).

Transition is naturally possible between the different extraphysical levels or dimensions or worlds, but it's not easy and depends on both personal skill & energy & lucidity, as well as other 'environmental' energetic factors beyond your personal control. But it's on some of the higher dimensions where contact and communication with other non-physical beings, with your own soul friends & family (ie. souls you've known in your own extraphysical home world, souls from your other lifetimes, from your intermissive period interactions, etc), your guides & helpers etc, are possible.

Ok, cut short to go back to your query on "falling sensation" and how they're associated with OBEs ; here are the relevant website excerpts and links :

From the website of the International Academy of Consciousness, which have university-like institutions of (literally) higher learning where some of the modules take place out-of-body, the instructors and extraphysical guides & helpers present will help you leave your body, even help to 'pull you out' if necessary. IAC is kind of a real-life version of the fictional Professor X's School for the (Psychically) Gifted, in Marvel's X-Men.

Source : https://uk.iacworld.org/falling-sensation-while-sleeping-what-it-is-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Have you ever woken up after having a dream of falling or with a “jerk awake” after a vivid sensation of rapidly falling down a cliff? As it turns out, you are not alone. About 40% of the respondents to IAC’s Online Survey reported falling sensation while sleeping at least once in their lifetime. And while the reaction to the experience can vary from thrilling to surprising to frightening, you can learn how to work with your non-physical bodies and turn this experience into a positive one.

What causes falling sensation while sleeping is the natural disengagement of the astral body (psychosoma) from the physical one, as a result of the relaxation achieved and the expansion of your energies. When we are awake, our energies keep us connected to the physical body, and as a result our bodies stay “aligned”.

To understand the falling down feeling while sleeping, we need to understand what happens with us during our sleep cycle.

We also need to understand the difference between the sleep state and being lucid. Our physical body needs sleep. We, as consciousnesses (mind, soul, intelligent principle) do not need to sleep. The physical body may be awake or asleep. The consciousness, on the other hand, can be lucid or not, and have different levels of lucidity at different points of time.

When we combine both variables, we get some interesting results. Most people lose lucidity when their physical body goes to sleep. This is not something necessary however, it is only a force of habit that we have which makes us switch off lucidity as we are falling asleep. If you manage to stay lucid while your physical body goes to sleep, you will have an out-of-body experience (or astral projection).

When we take off with our astral body (psychosoma) during natural sleep, we usually float near the physical body. Most of us do not have lucidity while this is happening, in other words, we are unaware that we are out of the body and not in control of the experience. Since the astral body (psychosoma) does not have weight like the physical one, it tends to float out of the body. The separation of astral body from the psychosoma seems to be associated with the bioenergy recharge we receive from a good night of sleep.

The dream of falling and the sensation of falling while sleeping stems from regaining lucidity when you are floating outside the body.

Our brain normally tries to incorporate external sensations and stimuli into our dreams, especially when we are in the REM period close to the time when we wake up every day. For example, if the alarm clock goes off with a nice song, and you were driving a car in your dream, you may dream that you switched on the car’s radio, and that the same nice music started to play. This is something that happens so quickly that it can give the impression that the dream and the stimuli happened at the same time.

In regards to the dream of falling, the sensation of falling from a few dozen inches above your physical body may be the trigger for a dream of falling into a well, or stepping into an endless abyss.

A more elaborated hypothesis involves the difficulty our brain has to differentiate falling from floating. This is why people inside those specialised windowless airplanes that go very high and then enter a free fall think they are floating. They are actually falling at the same speed as the airplane, but because there are no windows for them to see a reference that would indicate falling, instead they think they are floating inside the airplane.

In low lucidity conditions, the evaluation of our sensations can get fuzzy. Think of this scenario: you are floating outside of your body, during natural sleep, and recover just a bit of lucidity. At this level of awareness, it is just enough to feel the floating sensation, but not enough to wake up or to gain control of the experience. The fuzzy processing of the floating sensation can get translated into a falling sensation because falling is more likely to happen than floating in our waking experience. After that, your brain incorporates the mistaken falling sensation into a dream.

To get the answer for “what is the sudden falling sensation while sleeping” when that sensation is followed by a jerk awake, we also need to understand how the reconnection to the physical body happens when we wake up. When we wake up in the morning, we normally reconnect slowly to the physical body, as the psychosoma is gently attracted back to the physical body by our energies. If we wake up outside the body and reconnect suddenly, at once, the physical body rapidly integrates with the floating psychosoma, causing a falling and jerking sensation.

Source : https://uk.iacworld.org/falling-sensation-while-sleeping-what-it-is-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Next, from the website of DreamStudies.org, which specialises in lucid dreams, and their link (ie. transition state) to out-of-body experiences.

Source : http://dreamstudies.org/2010/10/15/out-of-body-experience/

Sleep paralysis (SP) is a reliable launching pad to an OBE. The powerful feelings of being crushed, twisted, or pulled along are a good indicator that you can separate your mind (the “I” or the seat of your personal perspective) from these bodily sensations. According to SP expert David Hufford, OBEs are more likely to emerge after SP experiences that last at least 2 minutes. Here’s an example of an SP-to-OBE I had recently. I was sleep deprived (jetlagged actually) and knew that if I took a nap lying on my back I could probably have a SP easily. It worked like a charm. Here’s what happened :

I hear a rushing sound in my ears; it comes and goes like ocean waves. I focus on my ears so the rushing increases; it comes back in longer and longer durations. Finally, the rushing sensation is constant and I hear a distinct tone as well, like a bell. I try to move but cannot. “I am in sleep paralysis,” I think. I then try to move out of my body. I try to go up but it seems blocked, so I kick myself out to the left and down. It’s an odd sensation; my “me”leaves a part behind. As soon as I’m “out,” everything changes. It is quiet, cool, and dark. I feel like I’m drifting down a stream. I have a small fear arise, and then, I relax into the sensation… it’s very calming. Some lights like stars are overhead. My breathing is slow and deep. After a while out-of-body, I decide to go back into my physical body. I wriggle my little toe (which I cannot see because I am still floating down a dark river!) but the focus brings me back. After a few seconds, I can move and I open my physical body eyes.

A visitor to the DreamStudies website, Tina Peacock, shares :

I am so happy to find your site. I didn’t realize just how many people experience what I have for years. I just thought I was weird…

I’ve experience SP so many times. It’s always followed by OBEs that range from horrifying to hilarious.

I’ve tried to induce SP, but I’m seldom successful, I just have to be incredibly tired. When it occurs, it’s as if a freight train in my head and it gets so loud, it’s all I hear. My entire body begins to buzz and vibrate. It seems like the frequency keeps going higher and higher. I’ve done my best to play with these sensations, but it’s such a thing I can’t really describe.

I’d love to find another way to get out of my body. Seems I like to roll out – and fall. That feeling of falling out of bed, or out of my body is very unpleasant. I feel myself hit the nightstand – the ground. But then I am free. And that is the best part.

But the falling sensation to leave the body is still preferable to being “pulled out” which happens on occasion. That sensation is always coupled with a “visitor” or feeling that someone(thing) else is with me and sometimes the fear level goes sky high.

But those are the times that are the most profound, and I learn and see things I may never have any other way.

When I can get past the fear, which has become much easier over the years, SP and OBEs can be very rewarding.

Source : http://dreamstudies.org/2010/10/15/out-of-body-experience/

Finally, from Quora website, do read the many replies in which others share their own personal experiences to the question "Have you ever left your body in your sleep? And if yes, what did you see?"

There are so many excellent replies, I'll just reproduce one of the replies, which has your "falling sensation" mentioned in it. The other replies you can (and should) kaki go there to read yourself.

Joe Moyenne shared :

Yes, it happened before I woke up as I was sleeping on my couch. My mind suddenly awoke in a state of complete darkness and it felt like I was falling backwards.
This backwards falling sensation was somewhat alarming …then I was suddenly back in my physical body. There was a buzzing and rushing noise in my ears along with a hum like a 60 cycle AC electric current.
What happened next was another apparent detachment from my physical body and more falling sensation. This time it felt like I fell through the wall of my house and out into the front yard. Then I was bouncing on the grass out into the street.
I rolled over and felt the tire of my pickup truck. Then I stood up and looked up at the sky; the moon was crescent. I looked down the street and observed a strange ethereal humanoid creature limping across the road. He walked through the brick wall of my neighbors house.
Everything became hazy like a fog and I was back in my physical body, fully awake this time.

Source : https://www.quora.com/Have-you-ever-left-your-body-in-your-sleep-And-if-yes-what-did-you-see?


Next on a related note, since we're currently physically incarnate into a physical biological body run by biochemical mechanisms, it comes as no surprise that drugs and medications can affect your mind, not just your body, and profoundly so at that. For those interested (no need to remind you that in Sg, CNB is always watching, so read on just for your own info's sake, any 'practical sessions' must be done overseas and far away from Sg), check out (on Google, Reddit and YouTube) these compounds :

Ayahuasca

DMT

5-MeO-DMT

Finally, on another related note, if anyone reading this post, is also genuinely interested in reading up more about the spiritual (from a non-religious perspective) and checking out my recommended list of 'Books on Reincarnation', PM me. You'll get a link to read excerpts from these books for free. All by different authors who do not know each other. But all of them understand that being a self-responsible free-thinker is a wiser choice than being a blind follower of religion, any religion at that. Furthermore, everyone who successfully recalls their intermissive period experiences (ie. the period in between physical lifetimes, in the so-called spirit world) all agree that it doesn't matter what religion you have, or even if you have any religion at all. What matters is how your live your life, how you've used your physical lifetime to learn & grow, and how you've helped others or your contribution to society and the world. Anyone interested, feel free to PM me, anytime.

 

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