[Immarsecice]

I had my first OBE experience in a long time shortly after finding this forum, so I thought I would share. I felt it was more related to me, on an inner level, than an actual Ap, as if I was exploring some sort of inner space. Maybe thats what all Ap is, I really don't know much of anything about this sort of thing, besides my personal experiences.
Anyway, this was after reading the phasing tutorial. I had previously worked on attaining trance state while laying in bed, and had simply fallen asleep. So, I decided to try the phasing thing while laying on the loveseat. The surroundings were far from quiet, but I thought why not. So I lay there, just looking at the the blackness of my eyelids, and trying to focus inwards, instead of on the noise around me. It took a while, but the blobs you normally see began to coalesce into various pictures, kind of like looking at the shapes clouds make. I sunk deeper, and after a while, images began to flow past, and I found myself by a lake, surrounded by forest, and mountains, and whatnot. I still felt conscious, but my physical surroundings had melted away. I decided I wanted to go elsewhere, and ended up in the lake (no idea how that happened). Something large seemed to brush up against me, and I got worried, so I clicked back.
So, I began again.This time, once I ended up back at the forest, and paid more attention to my surroundings. I felt as if there were small dark critters in the trees, but they didn't seem strong enough to be threatening. I then sort of "said" "hello?" , and a man walked out of the forest. I didn't like the way he felt, so I asked him, "Are you a neg?" I then told him to leave, and he ran at me, and grabbed onto me, kind of gnashing his teeth, and pulling me towards him. I pushed him away, and repeated my command. This went back and forth a few times, so I threw him over the lake, where the large creature that had brushed against me earlier rose up and ate him.* shrug* It then walked out of the lake, and seemed nasty, so I asked for help. A "green man", and what looked like a stereotypical angel showed up, and we got rid of it, somehow. That part isn't clear. After doing so, the whole are felt much lighter, and more peaceful. So, the "green man", and I talked for a bit. Everything kept wanting to blur, and he kept trying to help me "stay". We headed for a clearing, where we used the cutting the cord exercise to cut my ties to a certain someone, who I was tied to in my past, and to the conception of myself that I got from that someone, who wasn't very nice, but who certainly had.... something. Still something I was troubled with. I then actually had trouble keeping things clear, so I woke up. I had actually been asleep,or at least it seems that way. It may have been a dream, but I felt very lucid, and in control of myself, but not completely in control of my surroundings, and I certainly wasn't asleep when I started. *shrug*
Anyway, I had been having trouble being positive at my job, and dealing with stress, and could see the same thing with my sister, who lives with me, with her kid. That has improved tremendously, with both of us. Er.. I just realized how long this was.... my apologies. At that point I felt a bit tired, and didn't want to try again, so I got up, and ate, and whatnot. Thanks for listening. -OM ETA: I tried this technique again last night, and didn't get anywhere. Meh.