AS I STATED IN PREVIOUS POSTS, THAT WHILE TECHNICALLY OBE, NDE, AND AP ARE ALL OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES, I FEEL THAT THERE DISTINCT ASPECTS OF EACH TYPE OF EXPERIENCE THAT SEPERATE THEM FROM EACH OTHER.
OBE REFERS TO ANY TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF THE BODY, THAT IS NOT A CONSCIOUS EFFORT, NOR THE RESULT OF PHYSICAL DEATH. HOW THIS HAPPENS IS A BIT VAGUE, BUT MANY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THERE IS A SUDDEN AWARENESS OF BEING OUTSIDE THE BODY WITHOUT KNOWING HOW ONE GOT THERE. IN MOST CASES THE EXPRIENT IS SAID TO HAVE ONLY VIEWED THEIR OWN BODY FROM A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT, THERE IS NO INTERACTION AND NO TRAVELING TO OTHER PLANES OF EXISTANCE.
IN CASES LIKE THESE, THE EXPERIENCE IS A SHORT LIVED ONE, OFTEN TIMES THE ONLY THING OF VALUE TAKEN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE IS IN RECOGNIZING THAT IT HAPPENED.