How Is Sleep Paralysis related to OBEs?
If you can overconme the fear of being in this state, then when you find yourself in it, you can use it to your advantage. It has been reported by many people that you can easily enter into an OBE from this state, if for no other reason than the already discociated feelings from the physical body. Nobody really knows why you can induce OBEs easily from this state, but it seems to be a precurser. In fact, the entire sleep / wake cycle – the hormones and neurotramsitters released, the change in brainwave pattern etc all may be intricately related. Usually all that is needed from this state to induce a fully conscious OBE, is to simply will yourself to leave the body. Some people focus on moving toward an object in the room and try to feel the movement, others use methods such as trying to roll themselves out (visualization).
