@Fievel

Thank you for the kind words, appreciated.

"Years later I realized that it probably was all in my head, "

LOL. Well, yes, where would such an experience be? Do you mean you thought your consciousness had actually left your body?

Over the years I've been able to test a couple of people claimed they could 'astrally project" at any time . Simple test. I asked them to describe what I was wearing (miles away) and to describe/read the cover of a book on my coffee table. Each failed miserably.

I have also tested mediums, twice. Also really easy: I told them outrageous lies. Each ran with the lies. Each also became really snitty whenI told them later.

The belief in out of body experiences is ancient and still widely believed as far as I know. Christians of most flavours are taught anything smacking of the occult is demonic . (The word 'occult' only means 'hidden')

Also worth having a look at 'dissociative states ", which are relatively common. I've had them.

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The wiki explanation is pretty good:

An out-of-body experience (OBE or sometimes OOBE) is an experience in which a person experiences the world from a location outside their physical body. An OBE is a form of autoscopy (literally "seeing self"), although the term autoscopy more commonly refers to the pathological condition of seeing a second self, or doppelgänger.

The term out-of-body experience was introduced in 1943 by G. N. M. Tyrrell in his book Apparitions,[1] and was adopted by researchers such as Celia Green[2] and Robert Monroe[3] as an alternative to belief-centric labels such as "astral projection" or "spirit walking". OBEs can be induced by traumatic brain injuries, sensory deprivation, near-death experiences, dissociative and psychedelic drugs, dehydration, sleep disorders and dreaming and electrical stimulation of the brain,[4] among others. It can also be deliberately induced by some.[5] One in ten people have an OBE once, or more commonly, several times in their life.[6][7]

Neuroscientists and psychologists regard OBEs as dissociative experiences arising from different psychological and neurological factors.[5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-body_experience

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"Dissociation is any of a wide array of experiences from mild detachment from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from physical and emotional experiences. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality, rather than a loss of reality as in psychosis.[1][2][3][4]

Dissociation is commonly displayed on a continuum.[5] In mild cases, dissociation can be regarded as a coping mechanism or defense mechanisms in seeking to master, minimize or tolerate stress – including boredom or conflict.[6][7][8] At the non-pathological end of the continuum, dissociation describes common events such as daydreaming. Further along the continuum are non-pathological altered states of consciousness.[5][9][10]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29

@Johan

"That is just the difference between religion and the Real God. It is not man made."

That was hilarious. How do you know? By using tquotes from the christian bible, you imply it is the true one, so stop being vague and just postulate the abrahamic one.

"That is unselfish Love worthy of a God. Anything less is not worth pursuing."

The one selling people to eternal torment if we do not bow to him? You life must be very sas if you think merely human things are not worth pursuing.

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