Hi Hoping4change,
For me - most of the time during the meditation/experience I hear someone calling my name. But perhaps this will help -
One of the things OBE authors suggest is that when having an OBE experience -- ask for "CLARITY NOW" in order to get more details and have a more in depth experience.
I had an experience years ago that now had me wondering if the same could be applied to past lives. It began with a dream and I was flying. I caught the wind just right and floated there with my eyes shut hovering in space for a very long time. My body position was as if I was laying down sleeping. I was savoring the moments;
I love the feeling of floating.
I was sick at the time and aware my chest was hurting. I said in the dream -
"I want to remember this feeling..I want to remember...I want to remember." I was very sick with a chest infection. My body began to vibrate from the inside out and as I vibrated in space there seemed to be a tear in the fabric of "reality" in front of my eyes.
I had requested something specific which I believe allowed the experience in the first place. What came into view was a gravestone. It was a gray stone with white speckles, carved imagery on each corner and stood about three feet tall. I looked closely and began to see the name and date on the stone, ....lisia...ton...424 AD...then it began to blur.
In my dream I said, "I need CLARITY ---I need CLARITY NOW!" Just then like a lens that comes into focus it became clear as day. I was so excited in my dream I read it over and over again!
ELISIA K. EATON 424 AD - 429 AD.
The inscription under her name meant -- "She was the Mascot of our ship ....she held our hearts....." (There was more, but I went back to the name and dates repeating them to myself over and over so I would not forget!) It was so lucid I could see every detail of the engraving. I knew that her parents owned sailing vessels, that she was very loved and well cared for.
As I viewed the stone, I also became aware - that this was me. I had died at only 4 years old, of a chest infection. I had shifted consciousness and REMEMBERED the feeling. She had died due to this "feeling" -- I remembered me/her and was viewing the grave site. It felt like Europe somewhere, the weather was cool, foggy, and I sensed water nearby.
Perhaps this tip will help you remember too.
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