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Hi "Altered Species"

Your experience about floating to the ceiling reminds me very much of Robert Monroe's first experience. He's one of the modern pioneers in this field. I highly recommend you read his trilogy (Ultimate Journey, Far Spaces, and my favorite, Journey's Out of the Body).

The “cord” you’re speaking of is commonly referred to as the "Silver Cord". It is said to always be there but not always observed. It is usually attached to a person’s midsection or forehead and is theorized to keep a live circuit or connection between ones astral body and their physical body. When a person dies it’s said that the cord separates. But I know of no known instance where the cord is broken or separated while one is active in an OBE. You can do a Google on it and find out more about it.

If you download the FREE Astral Dynamics book mentioned in my previous post the author speaks about the silver cord on pages 27, 84, 52-53, 397-403 and 544.

BTW: Was it an actual “pain” you felt or just an uncomfortable or unknown experience like a jolt? It's a common occurrence to be jolted back into the body and sometimes the shock of it causes a person to jolt physically tensing up their muscles. This can sometimes cause a bit of temporary uncomfortableness or pain.