One Dr. Charles Tart conducted an experiment with an astral projector, only named "Miss Z" and she was able to read a 5-digit number while out of body: 25132. I try to find an article that can point out the methologial problems to this experiment, apart from insufficient sample number and repeats, but my Google-fu fails me.
Even after having had OBE's myself, I wonder sometimes if it's just a different kind of dream. Wouldn't there have been so many more experiments like the one above, that proved it? On the other hand, why do I always start out in the room I was meditating in during an OBE, and why did so many elements of that experience go so far beyond what I'd expected from just reading other people's accounts? Back to the first hand, why do I see people and creatures in my bedroom that are not physically there or not known to be found on this planet? Simplest explanation is: dream. But, that explanation just isn't as congruent with the rest of the experience as I need it to be to buy into it, either.
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