AC 223: May 31, 2003 (Boston)

© 2003 Kurt Leland

At some point during the wee hours of the night I ended up making several attempts to get out of body. The results were mixed. I kept finding the conditions right for an OOB and trying to take advantage of them. I’d have the feeling of falling through a trapdoor of consciousness into another level, which is a typical way for my OOBs to initiate themselves. I had a vague sense of my bedroom, perceived in an OOB state, while my physical eyes were closed. I also had a sense of passing through layers of vibrations, some rougher than others, and a state of consciousness that I represented to myself as a swamp.

My physical body seemed to jerk around at several points during this rash of mini-OOBs, as if shaking off some fo the tensions stored in it. Charles has said that OOBs can serve that purpose--because, during an OOB, the body consciousness is temporarily free of the controls often exerted over it by the ego.

I’ve had similar rashes of mini-OOBs during afternoon naps, but rarely at night--or else I rarely remember them when they’ve occurred at night. I wonder whether I was using these mini-OOBs to release tension or whether I was preparing for some other kind of experience--which either didn’t come or which I don’t remember (or which is to occur some other night?).

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