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awareness. One night while lying in bed, I was in for a shocking surprise; I had my first out of body experience. For the first time in my life, I had indeed found something which did not disappoint or leave me with a sense of dissatisfaction or more looming questions. I had peeked through the veil of physical illusion and perception, which usually grips our consciousness to the material world so firmly. It was pure joy, and I was in a glow of awe for many days. Lucid dreaming, meditation, and astral projection all have distinctive layers of awakening and profundities, both while having out of body experiences and also after waking up. After coming out of my body for the first time, I had spontaneous and powerful occasions where I would be weeping in waking life from existential realisations of joy and enlightenment. My depression was being healed. My First Out-of-Body Experience 25th July 2011 One night, I found myself waking up in the middle of my sleep. However, instead of waking up regularly, I stayed still and immediately began spontaneously feeling trembling vibrations all over my body, like an earthquake; I started to see colours swirling in my vision through my closed eyelids. I heard noises, like a mix of a hurricane and white noise. All of these extrasensory phenomena became so intense that I eventually began to have the feeling that I could ‘lean into them’ and separate from my physical body, and thus I floated upwards. It was a slow and intense separation. As I gradually detached, I saw my physical body fast asleep beneath me. This new type of ghost-like body, which I had never experienced before, felt acutely energetic; as if I was on the constant descent of a rollercoaster whilst having continual electrical goosebumps. I felt blisteringly alive, but at the same time, heavy and more real