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Eyes closed reading the time
Identifier
001322
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
There may have been the added contribution of sleep deprivation as well as sensory deprivation [he had his eyes closed].
A description of the experience
William Buhlman – The Secret of the Soul
Steve M, via email
My first experience was over thirty years ago when I was twelve years old. It was late at night-3:21 A.M., to be exact. I was having trouble sleeping when all of a sudden I saw, not with my physical eyes, the time on the clock. It was very big and clear, and I know I did not leave my bed.
This strange experience frightened me a bit, and I jolted back to my body with my heart racing. The next night I did an experiment. I wear corrective lenses, so from my bed I looked at the clock across my room and behind me and found that it was only a blur unless I got up and put my face about one foot from it. I didn’t talk to anyone about this for some time and then mentioned it once to my brother, who said I had had an ‘astral projection’.
The source of the experience
Ordinary personConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Sleep deprivation, insomnia and mental exhaustionSuppressions
Being a childRelaxation
Sensory deprivation