Intro and game plan

[Zenit]

Hi everybody

So ever since i was 18 i have been experiencing sleep paralysis (SP). My first experience really scared me as I though i was having a seizure. I was drifting off to sleep, and i suddenly i became aware of a white light in front of me. It started pulsating more and more, and there was a sound associated to it (although i dont remember the sound). Eventually the light and sound grew so much that it felt like they were overtaking my conciseness (if that makes any sense). I feel energy rolling up and down my body and i forced myself out of it. It was terribly frightening.

Sometime later when i was 22 i had gotten into meditation and spirituality for various reasons. The concept of acceptance and just observing had been playing in my mind a particular day. That night I experienced (SP) again. This time i decided that even though i felt like i was going to die, I would just observe regardless. Here is a brief account;

The rolling energy starts throughout my body and the visual amplification of my though starts growing stronger and stronger. I always know when SP is about to happen cause il be drifting off to sleep, then all of a sudden il become aware of my thoughts and they will turn super lucid. No exception that night. As i observe whast happening I start going through a tunnel. Its like im traveling through the tunnel. This is a common visual occurrence for me when i experience SP. If you have seen 2001 space oddessy you know what im talking about. At the end of the tunnel i "emerge" and its like im in a void. I mean... im its like the darkness infront of my eyes has taken on a void like appearance. In front of me there is a prism, a diamond and its shining in all sort of lights. Its the most lucid vision I have ever had. It fades. As i wake open my eyes and look around the room something dawns on me. My thinking has completely stopped.

How can I know this you ask? Isent knowing this a though? No, this was  realization. For the first time in my life i experienced being in such intensity that I had to run out in the street in the middle of the night and observe. What had been a fragmented reality had now transformed into one single moment of conciseness (its hard to describe that but thats how it felt).

Lets cut to the chase

The reason I am here. My research led me to google the symptoms of my experiences. Im not very much into spiritual wo' wo' stuff but I cant deniy that so many of the things I experience have been documented and are in line with Astral Projection (AP). So I decided that if im naturally prone to these situations, why not try to induce them consciously. I mean, can there be anything more fun then becoming pure conciseness and exploring.... what ever it is you explore when you AP.

So thats my back story and why im here. If the Mods are okey with it i would liek to start a thread in one of the main forums as a journal documenting my experiences. I have spent a few days now trying to AS and have jotted down notes n such about my experiences. I think it would be fun to make a thread that goes from total noobie to AS capable. Plus it motivates me to keep notes.

Glad to be here with the rest of you like minded people.

Cheers

[blis]

The no thought thing is pretty awesome.

I used to get it when I took acid.

NOTE:I'm not advocating the use of acid. It totally messed up my mind in the end and it's taken me many years to feel like I'm starting to recover.

[NoY]

Welcome to the Pulse 


:NoY:

[Xanth]

Hi Zenit

Welcome to the Astral Pulse.

Yeah, Sleep Paralysis can be very scary when you have absolutely no idea what's going on.
Read up about it, learn as much as you can.  Educate yourself!  That's your best weapon.

After all that, when you experience it... STAY CALM. 

[Zenit]

Thanks for the greetings guys. I think i been bit over zelus the few nights after my last SP. I been trying to hit OBE without actually priming for it by being conscious while i sleep. Maybe the first step is learning how to induce SP on its own?