XTC, you should look into the links I posted below

When I was a kid (and sometimes even now) I used to be able to leave my body and float around the room or house - everything feels real, but somehow enhanced. I would float up into the corner of my room and look down at myself, lying there in my bed. I would also get a sense that I was huge, or sometimes a sense that I was tiny.
My 'dreams' would be very vivid (like you say), and would 'feel' things that were happening to me - like, this one time, I dreamt that I was a pirate, and got run through with a cutlass (lol)...I felt the blade of the cutlass bouncing against my ribs and stuff as it passed through my body!
Another time, I got stung by a wasp - I felt it like it was real, and was convinced that that was what it felt like to be stung...even though I had never been stung before.
Some years later, I actually DID get stung by a wasp, and was instantly reminded of my childhood dream....and it felt EXACTLY the same

The human brain is a very mysterious thing, dudes, and (I believe) is capable of much much more than we give it credit for. 'Illumination' (IMO) is just another tool that we have forgot how to use.
Some people believe that babies are born with all those 'lost powers' intact...it is just the upbringing that kinda 'unlearns' us how to use them - if you know what I mean lol

http://healing.about.com/cs/spirituality/a/obe.htm
http://www.spiritualtravel.org/
http://www.lucidity.com/NL32.OBEandLD.html

Just a few starting points - maybe to help understand what you're experiencing
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RESiNATE Reviewed by RESiNATE on . Ghosts Alright I am sure many of you people belong to other boards on the net. I happen to belong to A paranormal board called the shadowlands. www.theshadowlands.net Well anyway I reason I post there is many years ago when I was a preteen maybe 12 or so. I would fall asleep to wake to find myself in paraylsis I can not move or speak. It feels like there is something pushing me down restraining me. Its really freaky, They call this term "sleep Paraylsis" Its when your body is awake but your brian is Rating: 5