Spiritual Forum. Org

I was an atheist for most of my life. One night, while I was still serving in the military, I was lucid dreaming and had a nightmare. I woke up breathing heavy but then calmed myself down and quickly fell back asleep.

That's when it happened. Out of nowhere I felt extremely peaceful. I started hearing vibrations and they were feint at first but then they got louder and I could feel myself floating straight up into the air. I thought I was dying but it felt tremendously good to be floating up. This is the part that seperated my experiences from the others I've heard, I started hearing the sound of what seemed to be 100 people whispering. It got louder and louder until it was almost unbearable, like some one was turning the radio up. That's when I felt a little uneasy and I opened my eyes and I felt myself being hurled back down into my body where I woke up the second time.

I didn't know what it meant, and it didn't really scare me but it shook the foundation of my [lack of] beliefs. To this day I've been trying to recreate the scenario but I've only been successful at sitting up or rolling partially out of my body. I'm working on it.

Two weeks ago I also had a psychic experience (I think). I heard a similar buzzing noise but then it sounded like a distant rocket going down a tunnel in my left ear and then I was getting random visions of extremely random things.

First vision I was seeing outer space, like I was floating between stars.

Second vision I was in a grassy area seeing a tornado

Third time it happened I just forced myself to stay awake before I seen anything. Don't know what it all was but it only lasted three seconds.

Sorry for the long post but if any one read any of this and wants to give their input it would be greatly appreciated because most of this is still a complete mystery to me.

 I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't. Six months ago I would have dismissed a post like this as delusional, but since then I have experience some pretty amazing things. Things that can't be explained away with logic or reason. This is disconcerting to a person dedicated to science and what is perceived to be tangible.

You are trying to hard to re-create the experience. Relax and let it happen naturally. If it doesn't happen again, just be grateful for the gift. “Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never again return to its original size.” --Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.