445-OBE: Living room with red thangkas on walls

4:26 am:

Tonight, before bed, I reiterated the Vajrayogini protocol, the three steps.

And in the first step, I also added what I was going to do in the lucid dream,

or the out of body experience, the objective.

So I did the three steps repeatedly, repeatedly to remind myself again and again.

And I also, before sleep, I did give mandala offering to, using the hand mudra, mandala mudra,

to Vajrayogini as my yidam and guru.

And prayed that to bless all sentient beings and also to bless me with the lucid dream and OBE.

And I went to sleep and did the Vajrayogini protocol.

And then while lying on the left, with my hands crossed and without the bolster,

and my knees together and up to bent up, I entered many dreams, very clear and distinct dreams.

And in one of it, I was exiting the dream and it was like everything was white in colour.

And I thought, why not take this opportunity to make this into an out of body experience.

And everything was white. And I breathed in.

And as I breathed in, I imagined myself going up and up, like exiting the body, like getting pulled up and upwards.

And I felt the motion of my body going up and up and up, like in the early morning phase state.

And then I landed in my bed. I am now in my bed. I am aware that I am in my bed.

And then I did the exit technique. I moved, I think I rubbed my fingers and hands together.

And I touched the mattress on my left with my right palm.

And then I touched the side of the bed frame with my right hand.

And I used that as a way to step on the floor.

And I swung over, rolled over, stepped my two feet on the floor of my bedroom.

Beside my bed, I stood up and I tapped the left window, the curtains on the left.

And with my right hand, I tapped the mattress and I walked towards the bookshelf.

And as I passed the bookshelf, everything was still in darkness in the room.

I paid homage to Vajrayogini. As I bent forward, I knocked my head on the wall.

It felt like a cupboard.

After paying homage, I said thank you to Vajrayogini for the OBE.

I turned right, continued walking. And with my right hand, I continued touching the bed, the objects.

And on the left also, I touched the wall. I tried to peer at my hands to bring in some light and color.

I continued walking. When I reached the door, everything was still dark.

I used my right hand, touched the door-knob handle, opened and turned it.

Before I opened the door, I imagined that outside would be bright daylight.

And it should be very bright and color outside.

But when I opened the door, I saw everything was still dark, like there were no lights in the hall.

But anyway, I walked out through the door and I looked for the light switch and I walked around.

I turned on a few light switches on the far wall of my living room.

And as I turned on the light switch one by one on the left wall and the right wall, I turned on the light switches.

The room lights lit up and I could see objects in the room as well.

Now, I think the furniture in the room is appearing already.

I then walked to the kitchen which was still dark.

I did the same thing. I looked for light switches on the left wall and the right wall and I turned on the light switches.

The kitchen also lighted up and the kitchen furniture was also there and lighted up.

I came back to the front part of the living room and I continued to turn on the light switches.

And I could see now surrounding me on all the walls were thangkas, red color, and it looks like the deities.

All on the wall, so many of them on the right wall, on the front wall and on the left wall, all the thangkas, red color.

And there were like words on it. The impression I get was that they were Chinese words.

And I take them to be the Buddhist deities and then I really started my sadhana.

I said I want to give the puja to Vajradhara firstly and then I give my homage to Vajradhara

and then I also want to give my homage to the other deities, Vajrayogini.

By this time the dream faded and then I continued anyway to Vajrayogini and then to Mahakala

and then to Chenrezig and Green Tara. So I just continued my sadhana as though I was still in the dream.

And I prayed for blessings that they accept my mandala offering and bless all sentient beings to be free from suffering

and the cause of suffering, to be happy and also the cause of happiness and that all sentient beings be free from samsara

and that I also be blessed with lucid dreams and OBEs every night. And I close it with the dedication of merits.

And I also thank Vajrayogini earlier.

Earlier when I turned on the lights and saw all the red colour thangkas on the three walls, I also smelled the joss sticks very clearly.

Incense it was very clear and strong. It was like I was in a holy place or in a temple.

For the daytime practice as well as night, I just surrendered to Vajrayogini and imagined myself as Vajrayogini again and again throughout the day

and the night as well. And this is the main practice. Whenever I have any stress, unhappiness or any bad negative thoughts or feelings,

I just transform it by imagining myself as Vajrayogini and Vajrayogini replaces my sense of ego and it always brings me peace and calm, Vajrayogini.

Maybe I should have peered my hands longer with more repetitions to bring light and colour to my bedroom.

And also when I opened the door and saw that it was dark outside, at that time I should have peered at my hands more closely left and right and left and right repeatedly

to bring the light and colour to the outside of the living room as well.

While peering, it is also important to always constantly rub the hands to maintain the lucidity.