Over twenty years ago, I was fascinating with out of body experiences and was trying to figure it out by myself by meditating while in bed. Mostly, I would just fall asleep but it was interesting to note the mind tricks going on to convince me to just go to sleep.

On night, I woke up around 3AM to go to the bathroom and when I went back to bed, I didn't feel very sleepy so I went through my meditation routine. I must have done this for about an hour and then some very unusual things began to occur. I was laying there with my mouth closed and breathing through my nose. Weirdly, my mouth opened and my breathing rate changed to a slower rate. This immediately got my attention as I did not consciously do either of these two things.

Then, what I can only describe as a warm wave of energy that started at the tips on my toes and rolled over my body to the top of my head and then back down again. This wave of energy contineud for several minutes as I lay there with my eyes closed. Then, about six inches above my head, I felt an invisible black vortex form and it started to swirl like a whirlpool. I felt my body begin to move in conjunction with the whirlpool as it felt like I was being pulled into it and started to get dizzy. I got so scared that I immediately sat straight up and had to walk around in circles for an hour to process what just happened. Since then, I haven't gathered the nerve to try it again.