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human
My only OBE was quite a bit more pleasant and profound than that. See .
I had convinced myself, just before it happened, that this world was not real. I discovered later, that this is a Tantric technique of meditation.
gpt
Sounds pretty amazing, looks like you visited one of the higher heavenly realms.
human
Sort of, the 'me' was totally gone by the time 'I' got there, lol. Was like the most frightening feeling followed by the most pleasant feeling imaginable. While I was physically just fine and nowhere near death, it seemed like a death or near death experience. For a few moments after I wasn't sure if I was a man pretending to be God or God pretending to be a man. Happened in a public place, too. Nobody else seemed to notice, lol.
gpt
Sounds like you entered the supreme nondual state of nirvikalpa samadhi. At the highest level there is no self, no other, no God. Only infinite light

You have seen and attained the goal, if only for a limited time. According to the aghori Swami Vimalananda this makes you a kaula


The Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra is the text all of those techniques come from. Excellent read. My favorite upaya so far is the very first one
human
Yeah I found out about the 112 Tantric meditations from Osho's 'Book Of Secrets'. I also gave up on the yogic path at that point because Osho explained it's a kind of very deep suicide. I actually don't really have a whole lot of desire to repeat the experience, because I feel certain I'm guaranteed to do so when I die, and I'm not in a hurry to die.
What's a kaula?
gpt
Kaula is a combination of the Sanskrit words 'kula' (form) and akula (no-form). It's a type of tantric practitioner, and more specifically in this context refers to a level of spiritual attainment

In short what you experienced was moksha, the eternal freedom and bliss that is your true nature. Moksha is usually the main goal of eastern spiritual practice, but there's plenty of other directions to go if you don't desire liberation

In Buddhism bodhisattvas deliberately reincarnate to help others, or they may work on creating a mind made body (sambhogakaya) which allows a lot more creative freedom

Some Hindu and Buddhist tantrikas aim at powerful states of being short of moksha, so they can enjoy samsara while also being free from its clutches to some extent

One particularly beautiful view I like is that of Vallabhacarya. He doesn't want moksha. He loves God so far infinitely that he wishes to remain apart from him, always lovingly remaining in his presence. As it's said 'a bhakta (lover of God) wants to taste sugar, not become sugar'