Teachings from the published works of Britain’s bestselling spiritual author, Stephen O’Brien
Here’s an OOBE experience recalled by a man in his early thirties, an event he often experienced as a child:
When I was about ten years old I used to leave my body at night.
I’d learnt a clever trick of sinking down through the mattress - in my other body - and then going further down again, right through into the middle space between my bedroom floor and our kitchen ceiling.
I could clearly see all the thick, grey plastic-covered electrical cables, and plenty of fluff and dust, running the length of the wooden ceiling rafters. Then I’d fall further down again -
through the floor - until I could see the kitchen ceiling above me. But I was always horizontal and looking upwards, never down.
Whenever I decided I wanted to get back to my bed (and these were conscious decisions) I’d simply reverse the falling process - but going back was always much, much quicker, and then I’d be back inside my body.
It was always so much easier to float down than to go back up - funny that.
But whenever I was outside of myself like this, I was always struck by the sense of peacefulness within me, and I was really happy to be light and floating.