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hey all,

think this might be my first post on the forums. i discovered this site through davids various interviews with henrik at red ice creations radio.

tonight i woke up from an experience that has me baffled! i'm posting this to see if anyone can make sense of it or has had a similar experience. but first a little background on me:

i'm 24 years old and originally from ireland. i'm currently living and working in the rockies up in canada. i've been here for about 6 weeks and since i arrived i've been having so many strange feelings that i kinda find hard to put into words. feelings like "i know things, but i'm not quite sure how i know them" sort of idea.

anyways this is what i posted in my blog about 15 minutes ago. it describes my experience. i had to post it somewhere because i'm confused and a little scared. the "am i crazy??" thoughts are beginning to go through my head!

so its about 5am and i've has the most mystical experience of my life. i can't tell if it was a dream or if it was "real", but whatever it was it was the most surreal thing ever. i'm having difficultly putting it into words but i'll try describe it as best i can.

i started dosing off to sleep at around 2:30 and then woke up at about 4:30 so it took place over a period of around 2hrs.

basically as i was listening to my ipod (i normally go to sleep with earphones in and some music playing; tonight it was stevie ray vaughan), i began to get pins and needles all over my body. this was proceeded by what could only be described as a build up of energy that began to rush though my body, slowly at first, and then building to an incredible speed. it was an amazing rushing sensation, getting faster and faster until i felt as if my legs were going to lift off the bed! then i heard a voice in my head (possibly mine or otherwise!) say, "just go with it." after i then "let go" it felt as if my whole body was going to be lifted off the bed. and i have to emphasise again how the energy felt like an incredible rush through my entire body.

then (and this part is the hardest bit to describe) it felt as if i could leave my body. i felt my awareness leave the room and go out into the night. i seen the stars and then i seen the stars rush past me fast and fast again until they were like a blur. its hard to describe how beautiful it was.

and the strange thing was that throughout most of this i found that i could still (if i chose to) hear the music that i was playing in my ear. that's why i'm having a hard time telling myself that this was a dream, because i was still quite aware of being awake!

then after this i definitely think i fell asleep and had a few strange dreams. dreams about situations happening back at home and me being able to visit them without be noticed by the people in the scenes. or at least i seemed like certain people couldn't perceive me whereas others could.

all very strange. as soon as i woke up i had to write this down!

and it should also be noted that i've never taken any form of psychedelic drugs. and also on this particular night i haven't touched any alcohol either.

did it really happen? i'm very perplexed and confused!