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Afterwards, I left my bedroom and quietly went outside the door to see just how everything was exactly the same as I had seen, with the clear night sky and full moon shining its light on the treetops. I failed to sleep after this. I couldn't wait to tell loved ones what I had discovered. I felt born again, and ever since, I have never felt life in the same way. After eighteen years of wondering what was behind this all, I had finally discovered the verge of something which clearly had extraordinary and meaningful potential to investigate. If I was able to access a world that was beyond the physicality of matter, what else could I discover through it? When I told loved ones, to my disappointment, I could see their uninterest, bewilderment and scepticism. If only I could shake them out of their dream-like state and show them it was real. It took some time for me to realise that telling people who aren't interested has little use. I'm sure this has been the heartfelt struggle of almost every person who has come to the same realisation. Today, I believe awakening happens when people are ready, and even then, it is usually a gradual and gentle process. The exciting afterglow of this experience faded a little, and I continued my devoted meditation practice in a disciplined and profound way for many weeks. As well as the many OBEs that occurred, I also had multiple experiences in physical waking life where I would feel overflowed with pure conscious awareness. The path of astral projection clearly does not just affect our experience in sleep but also has profound effects on our waking lives. This direct experience of out of body consciousness can be challenging to understand if you haven't experienced it for yourself. Still, you can get a taste of it through persistent and consistent meditation. It is a feeling of freedom away from the noise of the mind, which derives from an arising of inner peace and practical understanding. One specific experience I had