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07/25/82 Sun - OBE #80
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...I looked at my [astral] arms, not astrally, but clairvoyantly, as if trying to see a spirit from
the physical world. My [astral] arms were transparent when I looked at them that way. They
looked like transparent, dark black filmy shadows. I studied them for a while, then blacked
out.
II. Peculiarities of Sight.
Astral travelers have always reported differences between the physical world and the OBE world. For
instance, a door that is closed physically might appear open while out of the body. Why are there
differences? The most common explanation is that we aren't really seeing the physical world: We are
seeing the astral counterpart of the physical world. It is said that the astral world is very plastic and when
left alone, it molds itself to the shape of physical objects. I've also seen some peculiar things while out of
the body:
A. Seeing the physical body.
What is it we're seeing while we're out of the body? If we're seeing only the astral counterpart of physical
objects, it follows that we should not be able to see our own body. After all, we are already using the
astral body. I haven't looked at my physical body much during OBEs, but when I do it usually looks like
a blob of gray. However, it hasn't always appeared as I expect:
04/27/80 - OBE #15
Sometime this morning I found myself conscious out of my body, but very near it. My first
instincts were to get away from it. So when I thought about getting away, I drifted down,
through my bed underneath my body. I could feel the bed as I went through it. I saw my
body through the bed as a body-shaped mass of gray matter. I thought, "No, I don't want to
go down. I want to go up." Then I drifted up above my body to the ceiling. I started to drift
through the ceiling, and I could feel the layers go through my arms and head. It was so
strange!
When I was halfway through the ceiling, I was sensing things with my mind and not using
my astral sense of sight. I thought, "I'm supposed to see what's up here (above my room)."
So I quickly turned my head to look, saw some stuff like a dresser flash by my sight and the
next thing I knew I was back in my body.
01/31/81 Sat - OBE #33
...I could see okay on the astral plane. I was in the high-vibration state, swaying. I was also
about five inches below my physical body. My physical body from the astral plane looked
like a ghost might on the physical plane. It looked to me to be a transparent shell in the
shape of a man, with nothing in the middle....
01-15-84 Sun - OBE #101
...At that time I realized that my eyes were closed and I really wasn't seeing anything at all.
My vision was totally dark. So I opened my astral eyes and turned around to look back at
my body. The room looked normal. I could see everything in it. I looked at my bed and it
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looked just like it should: all messed up. But there wasn't a body on it that I could see! I
tried squinting, but I still didn't see my body. I did notice that the bed linen was flattened, as
if there was some object on it, but the object was totally and completely invisible. I thought,
"Oh that's interesting. I wonder why I can't see it." I closed my eyes and tried to turn on
clairvoyance. I could barely mind-sense my body as a filmy, gray shadow on the bed. I just
thought, "Hm. Oh well," and decided to go do something....
B. Astral clouds.
During several experiences I noticed clouds of gray hanging in midair. I still don't know what they are or
why they exist. It seems to be undefined astral matter.
C. Astral lights.
During a few OBEs I noticed a strange light that I could not explain. As far as I know, this is not
common in OBEs, but many people have reported seeing similar lights during near-death experiences
(NDEs). Here are some examples from my journals:
12/20/79 Thu - OBE #4
...strong vibrations came. I stayed calm. They "took over." I came out of my body about four
feet away. I saw a bright light to the west. I was halfway through my wall between my
bedroom and the living room. I looked back and saw my body. I was then slowly drawn
toward it. I thought, "No! I'm not done! I want to go to JP's house! I want to go to JP and
CA! I want to go!". I was sucked partially in my body. I kept part of me out. I could move
both bodies (astral and physical). My arms were astral, but my eyes were both astral and
physical! I waved my left arm right in front of my face and looked through my physical
eyes. I couldn't see them! I could feel them there but I couldn't see them. I wanted to see
them, so suddenly I did. I could partially move my other limbs. I decided to go back [and
end the experience]....
03/07/82 Sun - OBE #66
...I looked and I saw a tiny, but concentrated, pinpoint of bright light to the West, and up a
little bit. I was intrigued by it, and I stared at it. It didn't seem to be a physical light. I tried
focusing my eyes in a number of different ways to try to see it more clearly. I tried to look at
it with physical sight, astral sight, mind-sensing, and many other forms of sight. I tried to
magnify it in my vision. I don't know why I was so fascinated with it. I started staring at it
almost hypnotically. I wondered if it had anything to do with my body, or if I was waking
up. Then I felt my consciousness slowly transported back to my physical body and I was
still quite loose from my body. I started swaying again, but I felt all of my senses come
slowly back to my body. The swaying became slower and slower, then finally stopped, and I
came to.
D. Misc.
Sometimes I've seen things that didn't make any sense:
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06/27/82 Sun - OBE #76
...My eyes opened and I astrally saw a very blurry sight that did not make sense. This lasted
for a split-second, and it was followed by another picture that was very clear, but it was very
short in duration. This second sight [vision] looked like a square rainbow, or a square
representation of the spectrum of light. I could see nothing but gray around this box of
colors. In this box, leftmost, was a bigger block of pure black. To the right of the black
portion were six or so other colors that were either in the order of the rainbow
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