We're through the looking glass now, attempting controlled NDE and/or OOBE experience.
I've removed myself from my body a couple of times in dreams recently, flown around and stuff. Dreams not as energized and intense and mind blowing as many that I've had over the years , but very significant because of the conscious (in dreamland) effort and act of separation. One of the most interesting aspects was that both times when I woke up, I was confused, because I didn't understand that I had gone to sleep. Normally when you wake up from a dream, you come back to this reality and it makes sense that yeah, you were dreaming and now you're awake. This was different. Waking up in ths reality didn't make sense because I thought I was awake.
The point (not the ultimate point and purpose of OOB exploration, which is, of course, unlimited) of the original effort is to transition from body awake, mind awake state to body "asleep", mind awake state, not lucid dreaming, but conscious disconnection from the physical. Of course, the internet and youtube are jam packed with a mishmash of all types of material along these lines, but I feel like we (Mrs. S. and I) have honed in on some of "the real deal". Bob Monroe was a very interesting guy. Darius J. Wright for a walk on the wild side. Tom Campbell for a more scientific approach. Well, back to the rabbit holes 😀
I worked with the NHS for 33 years. They sent me on a course run by a support organisation for terminally ill patients. They used Robert Munroe’s methods to induce OOBEs, the rational being that once a patient experienced that they could exist outwith their body, their fear of the inevitable would be gone. Interesting that the NHS were subscribing to this as an intervention for patients. Cutting edge stuff you won’t hear about…