My first sleep paralysis. So close!

[yuiko]

Hey guys! I've been lurking this forum for a while and decided to make an account to post about my first OBE experience last night.

Generally, the farthest I ever get during an attempt is just vibrations around the body, never anything close to what I experienced last night.

So anyway, while laying in bed around 2am or so, I began to feel the vibrations creep up. All of a sudden, I found myself seeing images in my mind and realized I was getting close to dreaming. As soon as I realized this, I felt as if my whole body began to sink into the bed. My chest suddenly felt heavy, a bit suffocating, so I found myself trying to keep my breathing steady. My heart rate was steady, but I could feel my heart pounding. I tried my best not to move and keep calm. But I felt like I wouldn't be able to move if I wanted to. All I could feel were vibrations now heavier than ever. And so, I was laying there, paralyzed, heavy breathing, heart pounding, and eyes twitching for a good minute.

I decided to try to spin out of my body. Not to be confused with the roll-out technique, it's just basically spinning like a disc while laying flat on my bed. I knew pretty well how to do this since during meditation, I've learned how to induce extreme feelings of spinning while sitting in the void.

As I spun, I could feel my "astral"? body fluctuate from lifting to sinking over and over out of my body. I began to spin pretty fast and I began to see a swirl of gray-ish light mixed with darkness.

I didn't want to lift my limbs out of my body for fear that I may move physically. Eventually, as my excitement grew, the feeling went away, and I ended up just lying there back to trying to fall asleep.

I kept trying, but I was too anxious after that. I just decided to go to sleep and try again some other time.

How close do you guys think I was? Before this experience, I really was reluctant to believe in any of this. But after that night, I could physically feel myself moving out and around my body, so I'm very much excited to try it again tonight. However, at the same time, I could still feel my muscles in my body, such as my eyes twitching and heart pounding.

I'm so frustrated that I couldn't be pulled out. I wish I had someone to just give me a hand and help me pull myself out. heh.

So what do you guys think? Is this what sleep paralysis is supposed to be? Would anyone like to give me tips on what to do whenever I go into that phase?

Thanks.

[Szaxx]

Hu,
Sounds like you need to calm your mind more. Any emotions will slow things down so chill out. To get there you need the intent (you've got that), to be more passive (stop analysing) and when at the door let go of the physical completely (totaly dis-own it).
If it works great, if it doesn't then yay theres always tomorrow.
With this attitude you may get results.

[yuiko]

Hey, thanks for the response!

I definitely need to be more passive and just let myself progress deeper into sleep. What made it so difficult was that the realization of being paralyzed came like a surprise and so I got too excited.

One thing I'd like to know is when exactly should I try and exit. Am I supposed to wait till I lose all feeling of my physical body, such a breathing, heart beat, muscle twitches?

[Lionheart]

 Hello, it looks like you are showing progress here. But, to truly be successful with anything in life you have to go through a learning curve. This involves showing a level of commitment to your desired task. Many of your questions can be answered by the PDF's and Primers that some of the participants here put a lot of time and effort into so you could have success just like them. The key here is you need to search these for your answers. I started Phasing last year in March and still everyday read PDF's, books and watch videos on Astral Travel. There is a wealth of information to be found on this subject here, on You Tube and even with a simple Google search. Do the work and you will reap the rewards.
 Good Luck and Safe Travels  

[Contenteo]

You were very close.  Attaining that sinking into the bed feeling is that telltale sign of a successful F10-F12 attempt. Bravo, attaining that is not for the faint of heart. You should give yourself a pat on the back.

Now, I have to burst you bubble for the moment. There is no "Rolling" out. That was one of the toxic facts I ingested when starting out. When you get to the Astral, you will just roll out. Really, when I first rolled out of my body, my first thought, I remember this clearly, was "Oh, that's what they meant by rolling out! Yeah, thats exactly how I would describe it." But it wasn't how I could have ever imagined it. It just happens. I didn't intend it. It just happens. Really, you blank out in the F15 no time zone for a moment(or hours, same thing, yes, its a weird sensation) and then then next thing you know you are in the astral. The rolling is like a feather, slow and ever so soft, and you do it with energy you would waft a feather. So it sounds like you jumped the gun. You are solving for a problem you don't have yet.

In a Conscious Exit Attempt you hit the near end of the sink, which is being bathed in grey/white sensations venue. This is a step that seldom occurs in other types of Exits. Usually you go from a deep sinking stage to a F15 blackness with Drowsy assisted Exits, and you can't quite explain it when you wake up.
So let's think of this White area as a Launchpad. Sometimes you launch right away, sometimes you sit here for a bit. Welcome to NASA. Your next step is the Whoooooooooooooooooosh step. (Yes, you will know exactly what I mean when it happens to you) Now initiating this launch is tough stuff. To really help you thought, I gotta tangent to language for a sec.

INTENT
The real issue here is that the definition of "intent" is tricky. It took me a long time understand exactly what people were talking about. Language is highly imperfect. Intent is like clicking on a link on a web page, you can intend all you want, but until you pick up the mouse and click on the link, you are stuck. The intent we are talking about is what it takes to actually click the link. Otherwise, I would just be staring at a monitor looking constipated. Try it out, analyze your own definition of intent as you do basic things. Right now, intend to do something, then do it. Try it with another object. You'll see the ever so slight difference between these two sensations, however both fit the definition of intent. The incorrect one is like a yearn/really should do that, the correct one is like a "I want to manifest" as you move your muscles, doing so. Ask, how am I actually moving my muscles? It is like a tiny tiny Eureka moment, followed by a tiny tiny sense of accomplishment. That is the real definition of Intent. It took forever to get that straight.

So you are going to use this definition of Intent to Launch. Don't Force it. Just do it. The first couple times I Launched straight outta what a lot of people call the "Crown Chakra" It's like you are getting pulled up. It is going to feel weird. There is no sensation quite like it. It is like a Mindgasm. You are on the doorstep of PUL. I stop all the time on this step. It is just that intense and feels that good. You can just bathe in it. How the elites in this field get through this step on a regular basis still befuddles me.

So, your spinning, rolling, you don't "intend" that sort of stuff. It's more of a just do. You'll know when you can do it. What you are probably doing is some sort of metaphysical imagery. So, when you hit the sinking feeling (this is the one where you feel like you are falling slowly downwards, but makes no sense since what you are laying on is underneath you) concentrate less on doing(no spinnning), and more on emptying your mind. Falling into that feeling. The age old hypnosis, Deeper & Deeper & Deeper, mantra works wonders at this stage. Disconnect yourself. Do not focus on all the fun things to focus on that are going on around you. If you start having breathing problems. Breath. That's the best advice. breathe once, breathe twice, deep in your diaphragm and be OK with the world. Do not hold it in. You will not mess up the process if you take a handful of breaths and calm down. Holding your breath in will screw it up. That advice is gold. Breathing screwed me out of countless phase attempts.

This will help you get to a really mature Launchpad, who knows, you may get Lucky and skip that step alltogether. Frank said it best. To some effect, Phasing is like balancing, like on a seesaw. Too much one way and you don't phase, too much the other, you fall asleep. Learning F12 to F15 "gateway" is as frustrating as it gets.

Cheers,
Contenteo

[yuiko]

Hey! Thank you guys for the reply.

It was actually quite startling when I got into that sinking phase, which is why I had to struggle to stay calm and maintain my heart rate and breathing. I think my eyes were twitching because I felt the urge to try and stop the experience. The sinking and heaviness just came as such a surprise and as soon as I realized it, I was experiencing all sorts of vibrations and feeling as if I kept moving outside and back into my body.

Though, I don't know what you mean exactly when you say F10-F12. I've skimmed over those terms while browsing the forums. Perhaps it's time I begin reading through all of the information on this thread as I continue on as suggested.

I tried again last night, but no luck unfortunately. The best I got to was feeling numb, and a bit like my whole body was asleep. Then, I just fell straight into sleep. It seems that I may have been to caught up in getting into that experience again that I was just too anxious.

I am currently trying to learn the idea of "noticing" which I read about in one of the threads. I realized that noticing that I was beginning to dream was what threw me into the sinking phase in the first place, so it's a key factor in helping me project. I should just notice the vibrations and not react to them so I can go deeper into the phase.

Also, I can definitely see what you mean about intent. I do use a lot of visualization and imagery of myself spinning to induce the feeling. Also, I continually keep telling myself to keep calm, rather than just doing it and being calm.

You also mentioned that there are other types of exits? So not everyone has to undergo the sinking feeling to the launchpad? Just curious, since if there are less extreme ways to exit, I'd maybe like to try those out instead. ^_^

Anyway, I will attempt to practice some more and definitely keep all your tips in mind. Thanks for the help!

[Contenteo]

Just check out all of the Stickies here. They are stickied for a reason. All you need to know is right there.

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Contenteo