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searcher
China
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 Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 01:46:10 AM
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Om Shanti.
I love this web site
Thank you to everyone who contributes to this great treasury of collective knowledge.
Thank you Yogani for all your sharing. I am honored to have access to such an advanced soul from the comfort and privacy of my keyboard.
I'd like to provide some background on myself and then share a recent experience.
I describe myself as a passive searcher. I am looking for stillness and connectivity with the divine. I read a lot (including many of Yoganis books) and believe I have sufficient knowledge on how to get where I want to go but I fail in the execution. I am perhaps too lazy, easily distracted, busy with work and other things. I am in the process of establishing a daily practice and in time I will get there.
The experience I want to share is one I have had maybe 5 -10 times in my life. It's basically when I am falling asleep, and in that transition state between being asleep and awake. The experience is that I become aware of my state but cannot control my body. I cannot move. I cannot raise my head. I feel stuck. Locked in. I am fully aware I just cannot move my body. It is scary. It passes after a few minutes and I am able to sit up in my bed.
I had this experience again a few weeks ago. When it happened I decided not to be scared. I started to mentally recite a vedic mantra which gave me confidence and strength. I decided I will ride this out until it stops. I started to feel motion. I could hear what sounded like a loud wind or loud air conditioner. Blowing, moving, and rushing very fast. I felt like I was on some kind of roller coaster. It felt pleasurable. I got strength from my mantra. The motion then stopped all was quiet again and I sat up on my bed.
I am not sure what to make of these experiences. I felt that by sharing on this forum someone may be able to relate and offer some thoughts.
With much thanks and best wishes.
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Ananda
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 02:44:34 AM
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hi searcher and welcome to the forums , and thk you for writing and sharing.
your experience sounds like sleep paralisis and i think you should google it out.
by the way during sleep paralisis it's easy to project out of the body, have that in mind next time you go through that experience .
namaste,
Ananda |
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Richard
United Kingdom
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 06:43:29 AM
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Welcome to the forum searcher,
Ananda is right sleep paralysis is nothing to worry about its just that your mind has woken up and your body is still asleep. I have experienced it many times and it can be a forerunner to astral projection when it happens do nothing just accept it relax and it will pass.
We have a saying here that when establishing your daily practices just do them like brushing your teeth expect nothing and you will receive everything |
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Katrine
Norway
1813 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 07:10:10 AM
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Hi searcher
Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing
I hope others can advise you regarding your experiences before sleep. There is a change in consciousness right before falling to sleep....and the way we perceive things...when in this space... may differ greatly from our "daily" state. This in itself can trigger fear.....
Have you tried to let the attention just follow the breath when the feeling of being "locked in" happens?
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I am in the process of establishing a daily practice and in time I will get there.
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I read a lot (including many of Yoganis books) and believe I have sufficient knowledge on how to get where I want to go but I fail in the execution. I am perhaps too lazy, easily distracted, busy with work and other things.
If you can find the time to establish a daily meditation practise....this will be of great help. Luckily...it is not more knowledge that is needed..... once you know the tool of meditation.....it is the actual daily practise of it that will take you further into the moment...where the divine resides always. Connectedness always happens NOW. Right where you are. And the depth of now is made accessible through meditation..... inspiration....and the awareness (silence) cultivated this way will make it easier to enjoy the moment....whether engaged in work or other things
The best of luck to you |
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 07:26:55 AM
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Welcome to the forum searcher.
yes the paralysis is a precursor to astral projection. I usually get it when I'm returning to the body. It is a fear within the body, not your mind. You need to decide to move away from the body at that time.
And Katrine is right; twice daily practices are everything. Even just 15 minutes twice a day. It is worth losing sleep for, and it will improve your entire day.
And that's in addition to the spiritual benefits. |
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miguel
Spain
1197 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 12:16:28 PM
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Hi searcher and wellcome.
Only i can say is i have heard,felt,that air currents in astral dimension.It was like the sound of a plane reactor,very strong and very loud.It was scary.I domnt know what it means. |
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jillatay
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 10:55:37 PM
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There is what I like to think of as a membrane between the waking state and the sleep state. When you penetrate it you feel vibrations/buzzing and hear the rushing sound. If your mind remains awake through the process you will find yourself on the other side of normal consciousness. What happens then depends on many factors. You can be awake in the non physical version of your room or body. Or you may enter the dream state. This state can be normal dreaming or lucid. I have had times where my experience was just as normal as any other and I have also had times where the experience was as transcendant as they come.  You should study about the features of sleep paralysis to dispel all fears. If you sense another presence, be reassured this is none other than your own inner self. It is a blessing indeed. Fear not.
Love,
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searcher
China
8 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 05:30:59 AM
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Thank you all for your responses.
Sleep Paralysis makes perfect sense.
However I do wonder if there is more to my experience than purely sleep paralysis.
What I did not mention in my first post was that same evening before sleep I practiced the Uddiyana Bandha for the first time and it definitely had some effect on me, not exactly sure what but it felt like space being cleared. Air being moved, something being stirred or churned.
So I wonder if the experience and specifically the roller coaster like movement part may be some kind of Kundalini "fly up" or awakening.
I mentioned that the experience became pleasurable with the rushing motion and perhaps that may be some sexual energy rising upward having been released by the bandha ?
Not sure.
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