From: laura@nospam.me   
      
   "The Dude"  wrote in message   
   news:coI4d.16732$Qb.5055@fe2.texas.rr.com...   
   > As I was drifting off to sleep last night, listening to some talk radio, I   
   > started feeling and hearing a very pronounced vibration inside of my body.   
   > It started out slowly and quietly, and then slowly increased in intensity,   
   > to the point where it was startling enough to give me an adrenaline rush   
   and   
   > actually wake me up.  I could not feel or hear it when I was awake, but   
   was   
   > aware of it while drifting into sleep.  It was definately internal to my   
   > body.  The vibration was like a low frequency hum, very modulated, and I   
   > could feel it in my ears and throughout my body as a type of "pressure."   
   I   
   > could describe the sound as similar to a Australian Aboriginal "Digeridoo"   
   > but without the "hollow bottle" sound, just the vibration.   
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   > This is not the first time this has happened to me.  The first time it   
   > really scared me out of sleep and I lost it.  Another time it was not   
   quite   
   > as startling, but I still woke up and as I attempted to get into the same   
   > state, I could not.  This time was different.  This time I was surprised   
   to   
   > hear and feel the vibrations, and although they woke me up, I was able to   
   > quickly get back to the state where the vibrations were starting.  Yet as   
   > they increased in intensity, I would wake up again.   
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   > I am confident this is something that can be controlled, but to what end I   
   > am not sure.  I am not sure what this is and where it will lead me.   
      
   Perhaps not so much "controlled" as "allowed to happen" :-)   
      
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   > The interesting thing is the timing of all the experiences.  They all   
   > coincide with a specific spiritual experience in my life, and I may or may   
   > not let everyone know what those experiences are.   
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   > So, I am asking if anyone knows anything about this type of experience.   
   > Putting a name to it would be nice, and pointing me in the right direction   
   > for some research would be fantastic.   
      
   It is often called "OBE vibrations". In my own experience, one has to relax   
   in spite of the increasing vibrations/noise/pressure. It is important not to   
   get worked up about it; both fear and excitement tends to prevent the   
   experience from progressing. Then, quite suddenly, they will disappear. At   
   this point, I usually roll over and am in an out-of-body experience. Note   
   that everything may appear very convincingly real around you, so you might   
   miss the fact that you're not just normally awake. You could try a reality   
   check at this point - I find that clocks are generally just as messed up as   
   in regular lucid dreams.   
   Try visiting the newsgroup alt.out-of-body   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)