At the age of 25 I had a near death experience (NDE). I had been very sick for a long time with un-diagnosed Addison’s disease. Two weeks prior to
the NDE I had a very vivid dream. There was a single tree in a field of grass with wildflowers strewn here and there, it was a very beautiful.
Standing in the center of the field was a woman with her arms outreached to me. When I woke up the dream felt like a premonition, I knew I was going
The NDE occurred in the ICU at 12:05 pm. When I woke up there was at least 20 people standing around me, machines everywhere and a nurse putting
oxygen mask on my face, it was very hectic. Before anyone told me what happened, I already knew. There was no bright tunnel, no white light and no one
waiting to meet me, I don’t recall seeing anything visually at all. What I was left with was a feeling of utter peace, one that I had never felt
before and have not felt since. Wherever I had been I now I was not alone. I had always been afraid of dying and my NDE changed that. I am no longer
afraid of death; the process of dying is the scary part.
Since childhood I've had very vivid and lucid dreams. Even had a few out of body experiences (OBE) prior to the NDE, but nothing like what I have
experienced after it. I have OBE’s at least once a week, often at least 2 or 3 in one day.
Astral Projection is quite fun as well as very spiritual experience for me, so why not look a little deeper and see if there are connections between
Astral Projection and Near Death Experiences.
There are 15 classic traits of a NDE, such as an unpleasant sound, tunnel, bright light and a sense of peace. The NDE scale has 16 elements:
Time speeds up or slows down.
Thought-processes speed up.
A return of scenes from the past.
A sudden insight, or understanding.
A feeling of peace or pleasantness.
A feeling of happiness, or joy.
A sense of harmony or unity with the universe.
Confrontation with a brilliant light.
The senses feel more vivid.
An awareness of things going on elsewhere, as if by extrasensory perception (ESP).
Experiencing scenes from the future.
A feeling of being separated from the body.
Experiencing a different, unearthly world.
Encountering a mystical being or presence, or hearing an unidentifiable voice.
Seeing deceased or religious spirits.
Coming to a border, or point of no return.
Kenneth Ring divided NDE in to a five-stage continuum
Seeing the light
Entering the light
He stated that 60% experienced stage 1 (feelings of peace and contentment), but only 10% experienced stage 5 ("entering the light").
So now I have a better understanding with a guide, my NDE feels validated. That may sound a little silly but its reassuring to know what I felt and
went trough would be called a classic case. My gut tells me that whatever happened during my NDE caused my ability to astral project. I’m not able
AP at will, meaning lying down with the intention to do it. When my body starts vibrating, sometimes to the point of pain, I know I'm ready good to
So what is the difference between an out of body experience and astral projection anyway?
"Out of body" experiences (OBE's) are personal experiences
during which people feel as if they are perceiving the physical
world from a location outside of their physical bodies.
Astral projection is a paranormal interpretation of out-of-body experiences that assumes the existence of one or more non-physical planes of
existence and an associated body beyond the physical. Commonly such planes are called astral, etheric, or spiritual. Astral projection is often
experienced as the spirit or astral body leaving the physical body to travel in the spirit world or astral plane
The traits, characteristics and classifications of a NDE can transfer over to Astral Projection. When I AP there is a sense of leaving the body,
experiencing a different world, meeting different entities, time feeling different and so on. I now see and feel that NDE and Astral Projection are
related. Its my belief that when one astral projects your soul leaves the body. Every time I have an AP experience is assures me that there is more to
life after we die, that this world is not all there is, that we are eternal beings.