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ASTRAL TRAVEL / OBE SURVEY RESULTS PART ONE

COMMONLY REPORTED PHENOMENA
ASSOCIATED WITH OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES
Based on 16,185 responses

1: Experienced a jolt or jerk awake - 98%
2: Experienced sounds such as buzzing, humming or roaring - 85%
3: Experienced vibrations or high energy sensations - 56%
4: Experienced floating, sinking or spinning sensations - 82%
5: Experienced sleep paralysis - 72%
6: Flying in a dream - 81%
7: Being touched or lifted - 33%
8: Panic attack, overwhelming surge of fear created by
  strange vibrations or sounds - 46%
9: Hearing voices or footsteps - 37%
10: Seeing through closed eyelids - 49%
11: Lucid dreaming - 79%
12: Seeing or feeling the presence of an unknown nonphysical being - 22%
13: Seeing, hearing or speaking to a deceased loved one - 24%

Commonly Reported Fears
Fear of the Unknown - 5%
Unable to Return to the Body - 4%
Interaction with a Non-Physical Being - 3%
Death - 2%
Possession - 2%
Fear of Paralysis - 2%
Experiencing Evil - 1%
Becoming Lost - 1%
86% of respondents reported "no fears"

Average Age of First Out-of-Body Experience
The average age group is 4-12 years old.  This is often a repeated experience that declines during the early teen-age years.

Average Number of Out-of-body Experiences Reported per Person
(Based on 9,360 responses)
1 - 36%
2-5 - 41%
6-19 - 13%
20-100 - 3%
Over 100 - 7%

http://www.astralinfo.org/obesurvey.htm

Interesting facts but I think people who answered  that they had no fears either told lies or were very strange. A question arises If one don’t have fear at all where is his instinct of self-preservation?)) 

Oblivion wrote: Interesting facts but I think people who answered  that they had no fears either told lies or were very strange. A question arises If one don’t have fear at all where is his instinct of self-preservation?))

Oblivion,

if you know that LD or OBE is not more than illusion OR if you have a wide LD experience then it's normal when you don't feel a fear. Also keep in mind that critical thinking (that is a part of self-preservation) isn't fully operating in that state, that gives you ability to accept anything (e.g. when I'm jumping into the closed window I can experience a fear of death in case if I fall off, but I don't experience any fear regarding broken window glass).

I personally feel no fear while in the phase..in fact in any LD i have i jump thru windows or walls...works great!
My personal opinion is that one can enter easyly in the phase if one thinks that fear does not exist!