"Like putting on a really big glove", was an excellent analogy, Euph...it's just like that!
When I was a kid, and sometimes even now, I can do what they call 'luminousity' (I think that's what they call it), where you can leave your body at will. I used to look down on myself, and even wander around the house and stuff. I have since found out that what I was doing was quite dangerous, because I didn't set myself up with a 'life-line'; ie, you should always have a means to return, or you'll get 'lost'.

MJM, sheesh, not quite the same thing that happens to me. Does it rule your life, ie, do you fear going to sleep?