That's interesting. I wonder if different people have different kinds of
OBEs, like some people have good Near Death Experiences (going to heaven),
while others have very bad ones (visiting hell).
Anyone have a good OBE experience to share? Other posters to other
threads in this forum seem to offer very positive OBE accounts, feelings
which seem quite similar to the feelings I have during my lucid dreaming.
I think a rational explanation of both is that these are phenomena
experienced during an altered state of consciousness. You can call it
"dreaming" or "deep trance" or whatever else you like... what ties both
together is that the brain is functioning differently during these states,
and thus the person experiences certain sensations which is interpreted as
"flying" or "leaving the body," etc. It would be interesting to record
the brain's function using ECGs or CAT scans during such experiences to
build a more objective picture of what's happening in the brain.
