the ordinary turns extraordinary - an OBE leads me down the rabbit hole
I'm quite in a daze.
About 8:30 this morning I began feeling a bit off... cold feet and hands, slight stomach upset. I lay down with a magazine on the big couch. I fell asleep about 9 or so. I'm not sure what time it started, but I had an out-of-body experience (OBE) like none other in the past.
It began when I had the sensation of my arms and legs waving about. Twice I opened my eyes and observed my body at rest on the couch. I knew right away what was happening, so, with eyes closed, I slowly pushed myself off the couch and into a crawling position on the floor. I opened my eyes. I slowly stood up. I heard someone talking in the kitchen - my kitchen. I walked in to find a young man and a young woman having a conversation. But it wasn't my kitchen anymore. It was a kitchen that two young people still in college might have sported, rather bare and basic. The color of the few appliances was sort of a yellow mustard.
I spoke with the man and woman and learned that they didn't exactly live here. They used the place to meet and be together when they could.
About this time Lovepie (my cat) jumped up on the couch. I opened my eyes to the familiar surroundings, then closed them again and quickly found myself back in the alternate kitchen with the two young people. I told them I was going outside. They appeared to take my appearance in their world with a peaceful resignation.
Upon walking outside, I bent down and looked intently at the ground. The sun was shining. Normally my vision would be a blur without my glasses. This time, I could focus quite well, but I couldn't hold it but a second or two before things got blurry. Then they got sharp again. Besides that, my surroundings seemed quite ordinary.
I decided to walk into town along a two-lane highway. Very briefly I considered stepping into the path of an oncoming car to see what would happen, but rejected the idea, thinking it would simply wake me from this extraordinary experience.
Whenever I approached people I was defintely seen and noticed. (Or, perhaps I should say, there was a presence about me that was noticed.) I watched some youngsters playing in the street. When I got a bit closer, they moved away from me. A girl, about 14, looked directly at me with a bit of apprehension in her eyes, as if I might assault her. (Did she see all of me, part of me, did I appear as some sort of phantasm?)
I found myself in the center of Athens, Alabama, where I lived for almost 30 years. It was night. I came upon two groups of people organized into some sort of march. They stood opposite each other, separated by what appeared to be an alley or side street. One group was singing a very rhythmic piece of music that I didn't quite recognize.
My right foot cramped a bit, pulling me back from the OBE. It was 1:30 p.m.
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