Re: Conscious exit at last!!!!
Because I did not want to be jerked back violently into the body, I went back voluntarily, "following the trail" ( a broad, silvery mist - was that the silver cord, I wonder?) & slid in. I was really overawed when I sat up in bed; it's the longest time I have been consciously out - I have shortened my adventures considerably (considerately?? )
Has anyone else encountered the big hall of tables? And what of the personality change I had, to playful from rather serious??
Hey, sono, interesting experience. I think it was probably a good thing you went back when you did. Had you not done so your experience may have dissolved into dreaming and sorting out what had occurred would have been much more difficult. I think you did marvelously well despite the personality aberrations. You re-entered the way you wanted to and you were quite observant.
I haven't encountered the big hall of tables in OBEs but I've certainly dreamt of banquet tables with many present. It may not be the same thing though.
The personality change is probably best explained by the fact that there are subconscious aspects to our personalities that are given free-play in dreams and dreamlike states. If you've been keeping a dream journal you'll identify behaviours by your dream persona that you would never enact in life. I think even in the OB state there are degrees of lucidity. Let's face it, even in waking life we have varying degrees of awareness and volition.
Although I definitely would enjoy exploring for a while, I really would like to be allowed to be of some service in the "reception areas" that I have read about; maybe helping spirits of animals cross over after their violent deaths at human hands. . . how would I go about that? Can one get astral training for that sort of work?? Or is one chosen, rather than a volunteer . . . & thanks for reading this long screed!
sono
We always feel incredibly ambitious after a successful experience. I think that you may be doing astral charity work already and not recalling your experiences but, of course, to recall them is far more interesting. From my reading, the trick is to continue to practise the basics and next time you're out consciously to ask to do an animal retrieval or whatever and see what occurs. If it's education you seek, again you could try asking for a teacher or to be in an appropriate class once you're "out."
Did it occur to you that the girl who thought you were ill was possibly a confused spirit?
"A dream is a question, not an answer."
(Therapist and dreamworker Strephon Kaplan
Williams)
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