Out-of-Body, Technique
Perceiving Reality Directly Technique
I’m still having frequent out of body experiences. For the month of September 2025, I had 11 experiences, which is in line with previous months.
What is even stranger is how much they’ve changed and evolved over the months and years. The content of the experiences has changed, but so have the techniques I’ve used. I’m not sure if different techniques produce different results, or if they co-evolve together.
Yesterday, I had an intense experience while out of body. I was laid back on a flat surface and started getting flashes of light and intense energy. I’ve learned over time that resisting can make things worse, or end the experience – so instead, I usually try to endure it, accept it, or distract myself.
This time, I decided to ask myself: “What is the quality of this experience?”
I’m not sure this was a good idea 😅.
My mind locked onto the experience to try to understand it better. This drew me in more, and it became more intense. It felt like my heart was racing, but I don’t think that was physically accurate. I was entirely disconnected from my body. I think that’s just how my mind interpreted the intensity.
Eventually it stopped and I continued meditating.
So during today’s meditation, I had this experience in mind, and the question I had asked myself – what is the quality of this experience?
I thought about a technique I used a while ago, where I tried to see the raw sensory data from my eyes.
What if I combined the two ideas: can I focus on my direct experience? The raw, direct experience of the present moment. Not filtered through labels or stories. Not trying to categorize constantly, “is this jhana?”, “is this bliss?”, “is this safe?”. Not narrating the experience to myself, “I see a purple blob”, “I hear footsteps”, “now I’m out of body”.
What am I directly immediately experiencing right this moment? What raw sensory data am I receiving, prior to any filters, prior to any analysis, prior to any reaction, prior to any comparison with experiences in my memory?
Can I perceive reality directly?
This meditation technique was really interesting! I did end up leaving my body again, which I will write about later.
The meditation was quite challenging at times, especially when I heard noises from the environment, but it did feel like I was perceiving reality more directly.
Also, it was nice to give the story generator in my head a break. I didn’t realize how much my normal awareness sits behind this incredibly filtered view of the world. Most of my waking time is spent filling out the next chapter of this internal story I call “my life”. It’s strange.
Anyways, give it a shot!