I can't recreate places in the phase, but I haven't tried it too much because I typically don't care exactly where I am. I used to enter the phase and be in a projection of my house. Now I am almost always in a building or area completely unfamiliar to me. I suppose focusing on entering a familiar p...

Once again it's been ages.  I had another kid last month, which actually has helped me practice the phase more often. Couple of highlights in the last several months: 1.  I had a reality check fail me.  I plugged my nose and tried to exhale several times in the phase and could not do it (meaning I w...

Video Recording my nightmares was something I always wanted to do as A kid because I had the most amazing adventures... Phase practice has made me appreciate dreams to the point that I sometimes prefer them to the phase.  I like the unpredictability of dreams, plus I don't have to work so hard at d...

Summerlander wrote: I think we spend a lot of time in the phase even when we are awake.  It's like our minds are partly there throughout the day.

I'd be careful here, because this idea destroys the definition of the phase. 

* The pineal gland is made of many of the same retinal cells that that make up our eyes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland * The pineal gland is full of calcite micro-crystals that are piezoelectric. * The source of the visualisations in the phase are from the Pineal retinal cells. * Calcif...

Occasionally I will awaken from a dream in a perfect state to quickly enter the phase; however, the dream that I awaken from is so vivid and jarring that it is difficult for me to focus into entering the phase because I am thinking about the dream.  Anybody else ever had this problem?  Should I just...

Try not to use alarms. Your body knows when you are at the optimum part of REM (the top before you cycle back down) better than an alarm. This is the part of sleep where we all wake up momentarily but don't remember that we do.  If you have strong intention to wake up, you will catch these moments n...

Michael, what you said about similar experiences relating to similar people is very interesting to me. I'm sure when phasing becomes more mainstream people will be able to collect data on similar experiences and show correlations with certain behavior/personality traits.  Like all things I doubt the...

Memory is inherently corrupt.  This has been shown time and time again.  In the legal world, we say that memory is "active".  Something we need to keep in mind when we visit places from the past while in the phase or arguing with a SO over what the two of you "really" said. ;) I ...

I noticed that the new version of SOBT is now available at Amazon. There are only 4 reviews and the first one is not completely favorable.  If you have something to say, it would be nice to see justice served.  Hopefully new reports will overtake the older reviews. The first review is very favorabl...

I find it very difficult to get any sort of vision based on imagining.  In other words, I do see pictures but if I try to force them or even focus on them too much I lose them. I may try something like this, except that I would imagine I am in the driver seat and try to hear those sounds.  Then I wo...

I've read his stuff. It's alot like Raduga's only about 100x more difficult. The beauty of the SOBT techniques is that it focuses on practical methods that achieve optimal results and not in over-thinking a needlessly complicated system. If you want to learn a little bit more about how sleep paralys...

Lol. I suppose you are right about attitude effecting deepening in Lucid Dreams.  Slipping into a dream state is still usually how I exit the phase. Oddly, I frequently slip into sleep, then become lucid again later on and deepen just as well as when entering the phase from consciousness.  More evid...

I agree with what you're saying Summerlander. I believe it is all the same thing, the phase. The difference for me right now is that I find lucid dreams harder to deepen fully and to have a completely real experience. Scientifically believe their is also a slight difference: in an OBE you enter the ...

This is why it is important to only try the deferred method 3 times a week.  Otherwise it is very difficult to form the proper intention to wake up.

This will be difficult to describe, so bear with me. Over the last few months I've been trying to train myself to enter the phase very quickly, almost pavlovian when waking up.  I tried a short alarm (4 beeps) but that didn't work. But a few times I have been able to separate before I realize that I...

I've tried riding motorcycles, but the speed makes it difficult for me to focus and I end up falling into sleep.

Why use a vehicle when I can fly or transport anywhere?

Minneapolis, MN

It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been around. Too busy to practice much the last few months.  I basically don't even try if I'm not getting enough good sleep. Taking a LONG break (probably a month) really paid off this morning. I slept 6 hours, got up for over an hour, then went back to...

I work at a computer all day most days.  Sometimes I get very sleepy. An interesting thing that I found is that deepening techniques work in reality.  In other words, they help me stay more awake. When I get tired I'll rub my hands, peer at objects, and when nobody is around I'll even spin in a few ...

I find that I go in and out the phase very quickly before I find a moment where I am sure enough to really enter the phase (I say enter because I rarely actually "separate, but translocate instead). For me it's hard to know when I enter, but easy to tell when I have exited to my body. I'll sort...

This is good to know since I rarely separate.  Usually I just deepen when waken by imagined rubbing of my hands and body until I am out of my body.

I don't usually get sight though until I start touching the environment.

I'm at about 1 per week, but I still feel like I lack sufficient control to be able to experiment successfully. 

More accurately, I feel like I should focus on developing key skills in deepening and maintaining for the time being.

Sleep 6 hours, get up for at least 15 minutes (physically out of bed).  Then go back to sleep with a very strong intention of waking without moving AND remembering your dreams. Even if you don't enter the phase through this method, I can guarantee the clarity of your dreams will more than make up fo...

I wonder if this man was eating alot of carbohydrate before sleep? I don't remember what I ate, but I typically shy away from refined sugars and try to eat fairly low carb.  I am currently training for a marathon though (my fourth), so I do eat more carbs during training. I'm also currently making ...

Also had a string of OBE's Monday morning. Regular separation, but blind.  Felt around, but the furniture I felt wasn't my furniture.  I thought it would be cool to be in a mountain cabin, and when I gained vision I was in an unfamiliar mountain cabin.  Again I was alone. It was completely real agai...

I had another lucid dream last Saturday.  It is possible I immediately separated after awakening, but either way it was the Phase. The longest and most realistic experience I've had.  Unfortunately I was locked in an unfamiliar place.  Another weird thing was that I was completely alone.  No random ...

I have more fun when my mind is a little bit hazy.  Just seems like it is easier to fly and do awesome things.  Also I'm surprised more because the environment is apt to quickly change spontaniously when my mind isn't so clear. Unfortunately the "fun" I have while in a hazy state often lea...

But you understand what it is. I don't think my friends think I'm lying, only that they don't understand what I'm actually saying and think it is really just a controlled dream. The only reason I'm hesitant to share more openly with others is because I want to find the best way to present it.  I'm j...

Phantom wiggling is very tough for me to use successfully. What I've noticed is that when I do move by sensation, frequently my real muscles will tense and this ruins the experience. I understand that I am suppose to do absolutely nothing with my real muscles, but no matter how relaxed and "sen...